Well,

Did some work on the Cortina yesterday so thought i'd pop up a report. I'm still waiting for the block to come back from the engineers before I can start rebuilding the lump. Also my crank is 27thou bent so that has been sent away for straightening.

Then I decided to take the old engine, gearbox and prop out of the shell. Especially as i'm selling them! :P


Pretty empty engine bay now, not long and then when the better weather comes i'm gonna start on the bodywork.


i've also had the time to sit down and spec my engine for what I want it to be. The car is going to be used as a road legal, 1/4mile and track car so i'm not going stupid power from it. I've decided now that 360bhp is the figure i'm going to aim for as the car is VERY light anyway, no longer looking at the 400bhp figure I originally thought about.