bit of a story behind this one but i go through that later...... the basics are i bought what i thought was a good car, turns out someone sold their covered up problem on
Things went from bad to worse when they took it back for warentey, i got the car back with the engine removed & in pieces, when they removed it they also managed to break the heater matrix & destroy both parts of the front bumper splitter
I was so pissed off & messed about by different people the car has sat for over a year now..................

Anyway i started building a new engine & thought i'd better start a resto thread so myself & who ever is intrested can see the progress

 

this was the car when i got it, looked cracking, all seemed ok then...



soon had problems & this was the main issue...



after it sitting around for a year i thought i'd better get on with a rebuild, after thinking of different rebuild plans i finally decided i maight aswell do it properley so i opted for a slightly lower compression with valve cuts in the pistons, 6 long studs & a WRC multi layer head gasket, the head has been ported & gas flowed with new valve guides etc...
The car started life as a small turbo so it had the advantage of having the YBP engine with the wrc oil squirter etc.

the block being drained of the last of its oil before being completley stripped,

 

keep the pics coming

 

then it was on to getting all the goodies for the build

the head done & waiting for the bottom end,





new pistons, decked & valve cut,




crank bearings etc & big end bolts,



engine gaskets & seals,



WRC head gasket, long studs & 4 standard bolts,



crank with a fresh grind,



& of course the block for it all to fit to,

 

Looking good.......

wish i had the knowledge to be able to do this sort of thing myself.........oh and the cash to pay for it all!!

 

Hes a perfectionist thats for sure

 

Nice one

Moondust one's are definately worth saving for sure! You'll have a cracking cossie on your hands when all said and done

 

looking good, really liking the silver escos
nae many of them going about is there???

 

i love moondust silver cossy's

Looking good mate keep the pic's coming

What did you use to paint your block??

 

G60 VV most people seem to think there were 7 right hand drive silver ones, i know of 6 of them & 1 of them has been written off.

Brian i used a high temp paint, its not quite as bright in real life, plus i have since laquered it which makes it look darker.

 

i had standard big end bolts but decided i might aswell fit arp's while it was apart..... (thanks Matt Lewis Motorsport )



Also when looking at the tightening torques i noticed that it said to replace the 'scotchbrite' bolts holdong the front timong cover on, they were only cheap so i got some of them, they come with the locksealer already on them

 

Time to start putting things together......

first it was to install the oil squirt jets & get the crank in,





then get the pistons on the rods,



then new big end bearings in the rods & caps,



everything laid out nice & tidy ready to work,



oil the rings then put the piston in the ring compreser ready to install,



no. 1 piston in,




no. 4 ready to in,



& with the rings inside the bore, just waiting to be tapped in a bit more,



piston 1 & 4 in,



all pistons fitted,

 

Cracking looking car, they are nice in moondust

Be an interesting read when you put the 'story' up

Good luck with it all

 

Moving along then mate! I thought that was all the pics but you had more to come!

 

looks very nice matt. be nice to see it in the flesh. never seen one about before

 

Did you bring this to the dorset show this year, Im sure it was?

 

Good luck with it all Matt

 

As others have said the car looks lovely from the outside and will be ace when you've finished

Love the colour of the engine block!!

 

As hes already said.....We bought it and its never been on the road, and that was a year ago!!!!

So unless someone whacked an engine in it for the day and drove it there then im guessing you were mistaken

 

plenty more to come Dan

 

 

top work mate, just love them in MoonDust Silver


keep up the good work

 

 

The bottom end is nearly finished now, its all torqued up, i fitted the windage tray, front engine cover, aux shaft & cover & the bottom end oil seals, i also got all new seals for the oil cooler & remote are & fitted these.
Just need to find the lubriplate to prime the oil pump then i can fit that & put the sump on.

 

sweet

 

top job matt

nice to see you doing it in the comfort indoors

 

 

looking wicked m8, my mrs would have a barmy at for doing it in the house

 

interesting read mate, keep it coming

 

 

that engine looks lovely. defo looks better in the flesh the colour blue too. i love it.....

good on ya Matt...another shit hot strong engine like the 3dr hey

 

had a spare few minutes yesterday so i poped the oil pump on,





when i got in tonight i thought i might as well fit the sump back on, i made sure everything was clean & all the bolts were there (1 of the long front ones was missing so i had to improvise for now) installed the end seals with some sealer then a smear of sealer around the mating surfaces then on with the sump & torqued all the bolts up,

 

Interesting read Matt, not often people show their complete engine rebuild best of luck with it

 

Brookesy that was i was thinking, normally you just see a complete engine getting dropped in, i thought i would include the rebuild as part of a resto, then i can look back on how things are coming along & it can also be useful to other people who may need to look at a picture to compare it something on their engine.

 

she's coming along nicely mate

 

sorry .
Top read though

 

There is another one in silver from up north, its probably his car you saw it also has super T's on

 

 

Good read keep the update's coming and the picture's


Brian

 

Nice one Matt


Fancy building mine