Right time for a bit of an update.

This is how the car looked a day before Central day:





This is how it looks after Saturday:

Head off.



What you cant really see from the pics are indents on the top of No2 piston. We think this has been caused by the tip of the spark plug comming off. One of the exhaust valves has a chip out of it aswell that i forgot to take a pic out of.



The bores pretty much fucked aswell. But after i noticed whats in the next pic it didnt really matter. How i havn't noticed this by now is beyond me It must have been done a good while ago as its been painted over when the engine work was done



Oh and my 'WRC' head gasket turned out to be a bit more like Partco



What has surprised my missus the most is how chilled out i have been about it. She doesn't know it but its down to her putting me in a fantastic mood i have just taken it in my stride so far.

A good few people know who built this engine and i am sure its mentioned in the thread somewhere, i am not saying anything i will let the pics do the talking. I know the car was sold the week after it being on there stand at a show aswell so sure nothings been tampered with it after it left them.

I am not saying any more on the subject as it's not going to help get it sorted.

As for where i go from here, i will take the rest out next weekend and go from there. I have the choice of 2 205 blocks that are the same bore as i already have so would save me cash. I also i might have turned up 200 block and bottom end with standard bore which would mean buying new low comp pistons, its not the cheap option but i will go this route if i can get the block.