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Yeah, I know, ewwww. Another 'this wasn't supposed to be a project' situation. A while ago I bought a cheap Telstar, because after having the odd blast in my brother's one they seemed fun. And they aren't worth much, so meh. The idea was that I could fang about in it, and maybe do the odd hillclimb, 'cos Radisich-tuned spenshuns means it's a racecar (in my head). However the one I bought only has two of it's original Bilstein struts, and the springs were replaced with generic Cobra lowering springs, which were shite. Also, it's 20 year old bushes probably aren't conducive to sporty handling. And it uses oil, 'cos the valve stem seals are poked and the rocker cover gaskets leak. It was fun for a while though. And the paint polished up alright. After doing a little research, it seems Ford did two runs of Radisich Telstars, to commemorate Paul's two WTCC titles (even though those were in a Mondeo, Telstars being the closest we had locally at the time). He did drive one occasionally in the local Production racing series though. By most accounts there were about 150 made in the 1994 run, and only 100 in the 1996 series, with the second lot having a numbered placard on the firewall (wow, special, right?). They tweaked the suspension settings, which apparently involved Paul thrashing one around Pukekohe for a day or two, and ended up with Bilstein inserts and stiffer springs. They all had 16" ROH Astrons, and some earlier cars had baffles deleted from the rear muffler, 'cos more noise means horsepower. Ford also decided (with these being a limited run) to trial fit them with Powerbeat batteries, most of which failed under warranty and had to be replaced. On the inside, they recieved a Momo steering wheel (with PR's signature in the middle) and leather gearknob/shift gaiter. Series I vehicles were specced as a GLEi, whereas Series II cars were based on the Eurosport, so they had front seats with fatter side bolsters (for all the g-forces through the sweeper at Pukekohe, or the local Foodtown). And in case you aren't sick of pointless facts about Telstars yet, here's another: all Series I cars had a steel spare wheel, whereas Series IIs had a matching 16" Astron. Yeah. Anyway, it was all going well, until one day the lifters started clattering. Really loud clattering. Uh oh, me thinks, it's lost oil pressure. . It sounded like all 12 lifters had collapsed, on the rear bank, just to make life difficult. So there was no option really but to pull the heads off to take a look. At this point I remembered why I chose to work on diesels, rather than having to deal with cramped modern engine bays all day... But after a little recreational swearing, this happened: Then this happened And then this happened At least it all looks fairly clean inside, suggesting it's been reasonably well serviced and had coolant in it for most of it's life. Can still see the hone marks in the bores, even after 260000-odd km. At this point it looks like the little oil supply/restrictor/valve seems to be at fault, will whip them out and see if the rear one is blocked. Couldn't poke anything down them, but it would sort of make sense that they are a one-way valve, so oil doesn't bleed back out of the galleries when the engine is stopped. Also, want to do something to the exhaust at some point, it's too quiet. Goals: