Pretty sure it was standard carb, no idea if the jets were changed or not to suit, however it certainly wasn’t performing as you’d expect a special 1.9 engine to.
I’ve no idea where the oil was going now, I was pretty clueless about such things back then, however it was SE who said it was warn and was due to the wrong fuel. When your clueless (ish) and you have money to spend, you’d expect they’d have been wanting to do some actual work on the thing, if nothing else they could have sold me/ bunged twin carbs on and charged even more money. Oh well, that was a long time ago now! M From: quantumowners@googlegroups.com [mailto:quantumowners@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Hearne Sent: 30 October 2014 12:19 To: quantumowners@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] Good Engine Reconditioners? I still have that engine waiting for something for it to go into. To be honest i took the head off and couldn’t see much wrong with it, i think most of the oil was leaking from seals and gaskets. And, didn’t it still have the standard carb on it ?, which was probably why the power was done. But, yes, i seem to remember they told you you had worn it out by using the wrong petrol. Jim From: Matthew Wastell<mailto:matt...@wastell.eu> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 12:10 PM To: quantumown...@googlegroups..com<mailto:quantumowners@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] Good Engine Reconditioners? I used them about 10 years ago. Terrible engine wear and oil leaks everywhere with low mileage (1 pint of oil per petrol tank approx was needed) They said it was nothing to do with them, I must have used the wrong petrol and they charged me near £300 to change the oil and say "the engine is pretty good actually" The 1.9 was putting out less power than a 1.6. Maybe they have changed but personally I would never use them again nor recommend anyone else did. Matthew On 29 Oct 2014, at 22:41, "Chris" <chris.quan...@btinternet.com<mailto:chris.quan...@btinternet.com>> wrote: I had Specialised Engines in Essex rebuild my engine in May this year. Fantastic service and price was ok, if you’re in the owners club then you will get a discount on parts. It’s an old fashioned workshop with all the machinery needed and the knowhow about how to use it all properly, they do EVERYTHING inhouse. Apparently a few years ago another company set up near them with a similar name and did some REALLY bad rebuilds, which gave them a bad reputation. I have no probs about using them again............but hopefully not for another 10 years <wlEmoticon-smile[1].png> Look in the club mag for the logo. Chris G From: Dave English<mailto:dandh.engl...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 10:23 PM To: quantumown...@googlegroups..com<mailto:quantumowners@googlegroups.com> Subject: [Quantum Owners] Good Engine Reconditioners? Hi all With nearly 200k on the clock (including 10 seasons of the RAF Sprinting Championship) it's time to get my engine reconditioned. (Well, after Curborough on Saturday anyway!) Initially I was looking at Specialised Engines for a stage 1 upgrade, but some reports on this forum were less than encouraging so I'm interested in where people have gone and any recommendations. I'm near Peterborough and will be transporting the engine in my trailer, so somewhere not too far away would be ideal. The current plan is to do this over Winter, I have a list of other jobs on the car anyway. It'll be the first time my 2+2 has been off the road for any length of time in over 21 years, so I guess it deserves a short break! Regards Dave English -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quantum Owners Group" group. 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