Chris Slix McLaren Engine Rebuild: £15K In Parts Alone!

Part three of our Chris Slix McLaren engine series and we strip the heads to assess the damage before the rebuild begins. We also show you the collection of expensive parts we've ordered - over £15,000 worth! Plus, we check out our mate, Jordan, from Pro-Detail UK's stunning Lotus Exige that's for sale...
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[@Chris_Slix]

Wait until you see the rest of the bills 😢 im starting to think it was a mistake 😂 appreciate your hard work ricky cant wait to hear it run for the first time!

[@nickmitton7350]

Chris, hope you've got deep pockets buddy!! 😂😂

[@Clive19681]

Learn From Mats Builds TRACK DAY CARS THE MERCI - FERRARI 430 engines Mat built it himself DONT BUY TRACK DAY CARS this engine was Shot Chris

[@micksparks58]

sell Micky's car to pay for it 🤣🤣

[@richardthomas1918]

Ricky is a sick talent…wish this guy had more time for road trips amongst his mad work schedule , class humour

[@fatherandsonsferrarirescue]

Chris I feel your pain if I put more cash into our Ferrari project I'll be permanently in the dog house!! Im guessing I should be ready for this eventually. My wife does not appreciate the black sports car!! Good luck hope you have deep pockets....that being said can't wait to see more videos on this car.

[@Matt_The_Paddy]

I’m so glad everyone is using Ricky and he’s starting to get the publicity he deserves! 🙌🏽

[@petersutherland2075]

All these big youtubers having to fetch their engines to Ricky. does make me smile. great content from The Goat . enjoyed very muchly

[@TessTickles00]

The best supercar engine builder/rebuilder there is.

[@infocuslearning]

Ricky is one of the most knowledgeable car engine guys anywhere.

[@richardthomas1918]

Swallowed all the super car manuals ,,, only way he can have all this insane knowledge

[@petersutherland2075]

yes he is GOOD

[@TessTickles00]

@@richardthomas1918 He'd be the only guy to go to if we could afford a supercar.

[@1843arrow]

Hello Ricky and team, fantastic video as always, I am constantly amazed by you depth of knowledge and capability to concentrate on the job in hand and still be bloody entertaining 😂😂 Would it be possible on your next engine build video to include how to set the orientation of piston rings, you went through it many,many videos ago but I’m buggered if I can remember, I’ve had a sleep since then🙈 Keep up the work FBS Mark in Lincolnshire

[@paulwh791]

You explain everything so well

[@headgames]

Man! Thanks for the shout out! Funny, I’ve been thinking the same about you guys! All the exotics! And intelligent, well spoken videos. Much better speaker than me lol. I’m gonna be doing a huracan vs perf flow battle soon. And showcasing the new GSC Power Division valve train for the lambo. I’m gonna mention you guys in there!

[@REPerformanceUK]

Amazing! I geek out over your stuff mate! Would love to hook up and do more! Drop me an email [e-mail] ❤️

[@nickthompson6739]

Love watching these videos. I've recently been medically retired from work and your videos have helped me get through a crap time. At 54 I know diddly about cars but watching what you do is just amazing, you're a magician!! Plus I'm a Gloucester boy so it's also fun to hear how stupid a SW accent really is.! 😅😅😅 Keep it up lads. Thank you for a few laughs along the way. Mad respect to u all. Nick

[@davidstocking1622]

A 36 minute master class right there🤟

[@PaulLorenzini-ny2yw]

A master class in spending other peoples money, It's what Ferarri and Lamo have done since their inception. Misspelling intentional, Fords last a long long time, AND DO WORK!!!!!!!!

[@TessTickles00]

@@PaulLorenzini-ny2yw A masterclass in fixing other peoples broken engines, talent like his doesn't come cheap, anyone can fix a Ford, that's why Henry started building em, Ferrari's and Lambo's are a different breed altogether mate.

[@distortion_plus]

I love it whenever Ricky says “obviously” when literally nothing about what he is doing or looking at is obvious to me 😂

[@damianedge9372]

Always enjoy the videos - always good to watch someone who can effortlessly go through the ins and outs of everything!

[@EvoraGT430]

Also good to be reminded not to buy a McLaren!

[@AMF1]

you have to be one of the most down to earth KZbin brothers out there, on top of that you have to help Armstrong and Slix !!!!!!!! You neerd a medal !¬!!!!

[@darylmc123]

Rick needs the 100k sub asap best engine build channel on YT

[@Tyronnster]

Ps love the channel the "banter" from all the lads is class. What i also like is Ricky dumbs everything down for thick ppl like me

[@EvoraGT430]

"Prick!"

[@peterhoare1276]

The original engine was built from parts manufacturers from every part of the globe on a very small budget and I think it was originally a race engine detuned for the road which was already an old design before it was used on the 1st cars sold.

[@JonBallard-x3x]

Hi Rick, Great video as always. I enjoy hearing about the unit and business updates too. Any of those coming? I’m just a nosey business owner and enjoy listening to others experiences.

[@Impulse5596]

It would be nice to see the machining of the head and valve seat replacement

[@slideybackfast]

“Gollum” 🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I can totoally see it!! And the tOm Hardy also, to be fair, but more Gollum. 😅

[@John-rf4sv]

✊✊great video you know your stuff and passionate about it makes a difference when watching that the bloke you’re watching actually knows and not reading the instructions ✊✊there’s too many pretenders out there . Keep it up you’ve earned your status by hard work ✊🇬🇧

[@DanDan-yx6so]

Can see it now....Rick "come here my Precious" Kate "Piss off leave me alone!" 😂😂😂😂

[@REPerformanceUK]

😂😂

[@TheStotty79uk]

Fubar was also off Tango and cash

[@LBthecarguy]

I just came here to say that lol

[@user-sl5bh8kr8h]

​@@LBthecarguyme too 😅😅

[@tobby1able]

Kurt Russel even explains what it means in the movie. The movie (Tango & Cash) is from 1989. Saving private Ryan is from 1998....

[@hOgOjUnG]

"Bumping uglies with my sister"😂😂😂 Wicked film

[@katywalker8322]

Thought it was an old military term. I heard it in the mid 80s (along with snafu) and it wasn’t a new term then

[@greengreenie55]

Enjoyed that, read loads about valve seats over the years now I've seen this have a bit better understanding, I was never going to do anyting myself just interested in reading about engines and how the do what they do.

[@coastalrider1155]

Could listen to Ricky all day long

[@kltay4416]

Superb video. Learned a lot and enjoyed the banter with the usual suspects 👍👍👍

[@ragnarironspear1791]

Always brilliant and entertaining videos 👍🏻🇬🇧

[@jacquesevans1023]

I thought the sharp edge on the ssr is there to create more tumble on modern turbo engines. Ok the port doesn’t flow as well but the boost is just turned up to compensate. Much more efficient combustion and less chance of detonation.

[@adriansmith1410]

Proper job lad🐸👌

[@johnhowell8728]

Hi Ricky love the channel on the subject of lookalikes the first time i saw you i thought you reminded me of Billy Casper aka David Bradley from the great film Kes,keep up the good work.😅

[@jimmcculloch3786]

Wow, a mid-week(almost) treat :)

[@clumhain]

you could put an inline needle valve on the flow to the ram to control the speed of operation for a tad more control.....love the vid.

[@steffydog]

Cheers guys.

[@Dad-howdoIUK]

Imagine if Rick borrowed Mat Armstrong’s hair dye and grew a moustache…… KAISER!! 🫡🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫

[@StevieBzz]

I think you are a very clever geessur 😂. Much respect from sunny Tenerife Canary Islands 😊

[@Peterbrendanalbert]

Jealous. Lived there for years. Regret moving back. Havva barraquito for me. 👍

[@PaulLorenzini-ny2yw]

Gollum fits, wear it, no costume needed!

[@knoxyish]

ahh the old days porting and polishing ! .carillo are the best .

[@Simon.h-z5j]

Is Matt the long lost son of non speaks from Superman 2 😂 love the vids 👍

[@davidgare9238]

Always enjoy the content and a bit banter….cheers Tom Hardy and Gollum’s love child 😂😂😂😂

[@stephenpage-murray7226]

Headgames Motorworks videos are mandatory viewing

[@julianpritchard2558]

As far as I’m aware “ FUBAR “ was originally in Tango and Cash !!

[@JamesGrimsey-d7p]

Yep. Totally. F**king Private Ryan 🙄. Bloody millennials lolol

[@mrwaltzerboy]

You beat me to it

[@jonhoneyball194]

Wiki says “The Oxford English Dictionary lists Yank, the Army Weekly magazine (1944, 7 Jan. p. 8) as its earliest citation: "The FUBAR squadron. ‥ FUBAR? It means 'Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition,"[1] referring to unpaid military personnel with erroneous paperwork.”

[@eddiebolland6516]

Nice one 👍👍

[@neilhealey6187]

Talking about valve springs. I’ve got a V8 RS5 which can have issues there. Is it easy to change them? Do the heads have to come off?

[@AbcAbc-mk2ml]

I was thinking same Mat

[@leecwilkin]

if you get valve lash that is too tight ive taken metal off the valve stem to increase clearance before. can you do that with theses heads?

[@mattoy123]

Surprised how rough the castings on the head are leave McLaren’s guess they did the figures and gains and just signed them off

[@OK247OK]

Fubar was originally from escape from New York with Kurt Russell

[@bingwalker5024]

Enjoyed 👌

[@NO_COMMENT_710]

Bing bong 😊

[@brianbob7514]

FUBAR is from the movie “heartbreak ridge”

[@PeterGoodman-nq7zy]

I think fubar comes for American slang in WW2

[@PatGill-tu6oq]

What causes the cam and finger wear? lack of zinc in the oil?

[@JamesGrimsey-d7p]

At what boost/power level on these or twin turbos do you remove squish ??

[@shocka007]

I wonder why Desmodromic valve trains were never a thing in bigger engines outside motor cycle engines?

[@parjanfin]

Will you balance conrod and piston combination(s)? Or try to get those all as close as possible to each other? Or "Naah - not worth it on street engine"? :)

[@garyhoward2628]

Think there's a previous vid on this subject

[@mikede9601]

Best channel on U tube , better than Mats ..

[@superbrit3845]

Not a chance

[@zubz8795]

Different audience mate. Ricky goes in to more detail with the work and shows us every part of the process. It's more like an education, whereas MA's channel is a bit of learning, encouraging people to DIY within reason and ultimately the joy of completing the project asap. I'm a subscriber of both and I think they're great at what they do.

[@superbrit3845]

@ Even though Ricky is super talented and has an incredible amount of knowledge and ability but his childish personality can get really annoying for me so I have to skip through the videos here but with Mat I’ll watch all of them.

[@zubz8795]

​@superbrit3845 Yeh, I think the videographer should do a better job at editing out what isn't needed or maybe have a second channel that has content which isn't appealing to the adults and more for the younger audience. Also depends on what the goal is for the channel as well

[@superbrit3845]

@@zubz8795 Yes I agree with you

[@markaddy53]

great video as always next one please

[@MrRctintin]

Ricky, another awesome video, full of amazing knowledge, thanks. I have a question for you regarding spring rates. Does a spring have the same compression rate regardless of preload, all the way to lock up? For example a rear spring on your R6.. if you add preload to that spring, does the compression rate increase? Or stay the same? I’m understanding the pressure required to compress a spring to lockup is identical, regardless of where it starts moving in its range (preload), is this correct? Therefore if you want a stiffer rear suspension in this example, you need to fit a heavy duty/thicker spring? Thanks mate.

[@REPerformanceUK]

Depends with it is a linear or progressive rate spring! We try to use linear rate so the movement has an appropriate force associated! So on my rear shock or 95nm per mm, preload then changes my start point or the amount of work the spring is doing at rest!

[@MrRctintin]

@ thanks Ricky. So your 95nm spring will always require 95nm to press it down, regardless of its starting point? (Assuming linear spring)

[@REPerformanceUK]

@@MrRctintin No the spring will always require 95mm to move 1mm, adding preload changes the start point - so how much force is required to move it that first mm.

[@MrRctintin]

@ this would make a good topic on one of your videos mate.

[@robertjennings745]

How much effort to check for follower / cam wear? The beetle obliged with a limp mode at a fraction of the wear shown on this engine. Slightly worried now...

[@iandolan444]

You shouldn't do your bing or bong. You should say! Ringa-a-ding, A ******* ding-dong... Here I go, I my own again 😂

[@anthonythomas9456]

I love your videos i think it eas make it a whole lot better if u fidng sware

[@leehunt4422]

Fubar was from Tango and Cash

[@OK247OK]

A Welsh Mr Burns 😂

[@MitchREP]

"Excellent" comment 😂

[@65sneaky]

Tango & Cash was where FUBAR was first used in a Hollywood Film. I kna yous aint that old, but as you like attention to detail

[@revingtosh]

Mr Burns more like. 😂

[@Yourtruthmightnotbemine]

At the beginning of all this I kept thinking that this was going to be expensive! And it is!😂

[@andybegbie8553]

Great video Ricky, what do you think about billet heads/blocks? Know it's more a drag thing but great way of making em identical! Hiya Kate, not in the video thos week, not getting camera shy after finally overcoming it? 🤔 x

[@REPerformanceUK]

I was too busy working Andy 🤪. Next time x

[@erickvond6825]

Right Rick, if I'm being honest you actually do look a lot like Martin Freeman. I was thinking Simon Pegg at first though.

[@djwarren5081]

He could stand there and not say anything, he'd still be funny 😊

[@REPerformanceUK]

😂😂

[@MrAkagrim]

Make a nice table haha

[@mickmexi]

Lotus needs the buckets to fetch that money

[@danielmarshall4587]

Safety glasses GOOD IDEA, the amount of SH..... beg your pardon "debris" I've had in mi-eyes, in mi-time. Anyhow as always, thank you for the vid.

[@TheChappers]

Definitely Gollum.

[@6969vera]

Brilliant. So brilliant I've got a friggin' headache. Thanks Ricky and Dav, as ever.

[@adamdiaz8442]

What’s a garmin ?

[@HFJ999]

Is Matt’s brother George from GVE London?

[@amcluesent]

That amount of wear suggest oil flow in the engine is poorly designed.

[@adrianstubbs702]

Wasn’t fubar from tango and cash in 1989

[@fredericdouillard8953]

Yeah 🎉

[@kriscowley3241]

My comment went Ricky, so im having to repost. Rick, Davlaa, question/suggestion. How about a cheap little shop build track car by you and the lads as you're all into track. I get tired of seeing these '900bhp savage fastest in UK' carry-on, like you say, Tuner Wars. Everybody is fast in a straight line. Weekly or time allowed improvements/guides on engine, aero, weight, drivetrain, etc. It would be good for technical talks, competition, and insight. It could bring other youtubers on board or head to head to help or build something to challenge you around a track, not down a strip. Maybe a Turbo'd Clio 182 (i dont like french pap, but we all know how cheap and easy to mod they are), or a Turbo'd R32 or 8P S3, something AWD/4WD At the very least, it would be great content tech wise and fun content for the banter. I dont think you need any content advice these days as your channel is blowing nicely like i thought to myself it would last year.

[@nickymarriott8400]

wasn't FUBAR also in The last boy scout with Bruce Willis

[@kylepawson]

FUBAR was from Tango & Cash before Saving Private Ryan 🙂

[@k20aa]

Chris should have got matt Armstrong to re build it he probably could have done for £500 quid 😃 Love your work Rik and the channel

[@milliondollarempire]

Haven't seen Matt Armstrong rebuild an engine I heard he sends them to Halfords 🤣

[@k20aa]

@@milliondollarempire He is really good on Range rovers

[@milliondollarempire]

@k20aa What's the point in fixing a Range rover that's going to break down 8 hours later with Air Suspension or Restricted performance or the 1 million other problems Range rovers have🤣

[@paulwh791]

Matt leaves the O rings out

[@k20aa]

@@paulwh791 Cost savings 😀

[@timw5709]

Tom Hardly 😂

[@whatsdavedone104]

Tom Handy

[@Glynn14]

The valve seat machine didn't need a hammer, you just carried out some "percussion adjustment" 😅

[@tonyb1184]

The term Fubar was first used in Tango and Cash in 1989 then again in saving private Ryan in 1998. Yes I'm a nerd 🤓 😂

[@Vteccer666]

When the hats coming back in stock ??

[@TomWxm]

Hi Ricky, Matt chose me to win one of the 2 Carly’s in the previous video. Can you advise where to contact you? Cheers! Tom.

[@REPerformanceUK]

Drop me an email mate [e-mail]

[@TessTickles00]

I think the commenter got their Tom's and their Oliver's mixed up mate 😉.

[@nagnag01]

FUBAR was from Tango & Cash before SPR

[@deanharriss2029]

Love this shit Ricky.

[@robertwiddrington]

You've gone full on Ferrari 458 service agent with two in the old unit!

[@conorkelly8]

Ricky looks like Tom Hardy and Gollum had a lovechild 😂

[@megalodon6108]

😂 Gollum hardy

[@thewraith9843]

Yeah Tango and Cash first

[@Dad-howdoIUK]

Rick needs to use a breaker bar but when he uses it he calls it the ‘elder wand’ and get some Harry Potter references in. Im not saying he looks like Dobby……..

[@Health77500]

super

[@bigladdan]

Was that Ray Charles on that machine?

[@Tracertme]

Rick is looking like a dentist for valve springs, 😂 I learned a lot today, how to fix engines with a mallet 😂 it’s not about what you know , it’s knowing where to hit it. 😮😊❤ this video is so good…

[@BigBisalreadytaken]

15K in parts doesn't sound bad for a McLaren.

[@jeffreyrex8232]

You know what? This will decimate all, after, you put about fifteen grand in it or more. If we have to, with overnight parts from Japan.

[@TheBoydnet]

I’d buy that T shirt…

[@mikey117us]

After FUBAR, it’s BOHICA.

[@jack14kd]

Fubar was on tango and cash