After changing a head gasket a week (OK maybe a slight exaggeration), a guy I knew who worked at Roots, said stop using any old head gasket, buy a Reinz, I did and had no more problems.
@oliabid-price45173 жыл бұрын
That head has maybe been skimmed once (if at all). Perfectly good to go again. I have rebuilt many Imp engines over the past 30+ years.
@nectafarious88422 жыл бұрын
Correct. You can see the chamber edge step on the shallow side which tells you it's not been skimmed to death. I've been building them for 45 years...
@oliabid-price45178 ай бұрын
80% of this is just for dramatic tv effect. Those of us that really know the Imp engine know how good they are. There is a good reason why an Imp won the British saloon car championship three years in a row. (And it was one car, not a new one each season). Ever heard of Coventry Climax?
@welshlyn90974 жыл бұрын
Best show on KZbin
@alamocannon37914 жыл бұрын
need longer content..
@carlbirtles45185 ай бұрын
If copyright will allow it.
@jackking55674 жыл бұрын
Notorious engines for warping heads leading to major issues. I was told that warping was caused more by two factors: The engine actually had some grunt and could be pushed hard and often was. The problem came when drivers kept the throttle wide open for long periods of time. Yes shorter blasts of full throttle could be done but keep it open and the engine broke. To me the Imp was a car that could have been so much more. As a manufacturer they actually made some OK stuff during their time.
@brianvogt81253 жыл бұрын
The rear compartment was a real hotbox. When Rootes competition department used them in rallies, they jacked the rear panel open slightly.
@mbongenishandu4003 жыл бұрын
Like the show Fuzz and Tim .. SA
@xjet4 жыл бұрын
If I had a dollar for every time I had to take the head off my old Imp I'd be driving a Bugatti Chiron today :-)
@mbak78013 жыл бұрын
It really needed a cast Iron head. I had mine planed which helped a bit but I was buying gasket sets at a rate of knots.
@xjet3 жыл бұрын
@@mbak7801 A cast-iron head would have made things worse due to the markedly different COTEs of aluminium and cast iron.
@jaxsongrady76173 жыл бұрын
instablaster
@chrismorris56084 жыл бұрын
Coventry climax.
@DL-ls5sy4 жыл бұрын
The great Coventry Climax ! 1963 and 1965
@nectafarious88422 жыл бұрын
No, just loosely based on the CC engine.
@masamorinakaima93773 жыл бұрын
Hillman featured in Forza Horizon 4 as part of the Car Pass since January 31, 2019.
@ratheanach55452 жыл бұрын
Back in the day, I knew a guy who transplanted a Honda S800 engine into an Imp, machined his own transaxle/engine adapter......went like the proverbial s**t off a shovel.
@jackswift71034 жыл бұрын
Tim and Fuzz should be the new presenters of TOP GEAR. i don't understand why they got a bunch of idiots presenting Top Gear. these guys are the perfect replacement. Car SOS? genius Show!
@rogerking72582 жыл бұрын
Well that's never going to work - these guys actually know how a car works.
@EdwinNew3 жыл бұрын
Where does the furrng up material come from?
@nectafarious88422 жыл бұрын
Internal aluminium corrosion and people chucking Radweld into the cooling system. 33% minimum Bluecol required in the cooling system all the year round.
@DL-ls5sy4 жыл бұрын
Canted at 45 degrees
@CortinasAndClassics4 жыл бұрын
Return to channel 4. You have lost viewers including me.
@naradaian91964 жыл бұрын
Hilarious ...this head has been skimmed several times......er yes its an imp engine...useless and high maintenance engines given old gaskets and rusty liners
@nectafarious88422 жыл бұрын
No it hasn't. Excellent engines let down by owners who don't use antifreeze all the year round, don't check their coolant levels, don't bother keeping the rad matrix clean and get Geoff Capes to tighten the fanbelts which knackers the water pump bearings. The same owners who then whinge about 'useless Imp engines'.