All done now complete engine built!!
Some of the pics look like things are dirty/corroded but they are not, it's just the way the pics came out......























Not long now!!

Finished the rest today!!......

 

nice work mate!!! Love doing things like this.

 

bet you cant wait mate, im doing mine this weekend, bottom end is already built cars going tomorrow to have the gearbox mounts welded in then when it come back i can start bolting it all together i actually cant wait

big thumbs up tho

Mat

 

looking good what power you hopeing for karlos

 

well done fella, bet your popular with the kitchen tho lol

Rob,

 

Cheers fella's!

Power wise somewhere between 220bhp and 250bhp, my turbo is the limiting factor being a Stage 2.

Rob, the kitchen loves me mate it's the GF thats not so happy! lol

 

Dont let your mum catch you knocking engines up on her worktop karlos lol good work

 

Looking quality mate! When you dropping it in? Love that your building an engine in what looks like your kitchen or something! lol

 

Lol its kinda what i meant, trick is to rush it and try finishing it before she gets home from work lol then you just need to rid the house of that machine shop smell..... failing that just smash the kitchen window, batter the place up a bit and tell her some wanker of a neighbour threw an escort engine through the window.

Rob,

 

lol

 

lol i build mine in my downstairs bathroom/garage/spraybooth

 

 

chuffed to bits for you fella!
at last good luck with the rest

 

It's my kitchen!! lol
Deadline is 1st week of April!
LMAO! Quality Rob!!
It only took me a few hours this afternoon, and that included cleaning everything, and tripple checking/torquing everything, was really really thorough!
Although.... I did drop piston number one in and then realise I hadnt fitted the expansion rings that secure the rod/piston pin! lol

 

GOOD WORK MATE

 

in the kitchen. i thought i took the piss with dirty greasy tea cups from woking on my cars!!!!! looking forward finished pics etc

 

putting up pics.....your just showing off now..........

 

Lol at least you remembered!!!!! good going mate.

Rob,

 

Yeah right!! How bad would that of been!!!

 

nice work matey

 

cool kitchen build matey liking the refaced block as most miss this out.

 

nice work mate, doin exactly the same this weekend so i can see a near identical thread, although ill be out in the cold in my garage with a flask instead of the kitchen lol

 

didnt you put any graphogen on the bearings bores ect

 

wots this? as said im doin mine the weekend

 

its assembly loob,its a paste.

 

ah i got assembly lube, thought it might be somethin special lol

 

Of course! I took the photo first! lol
Metal to metal....... just the way I like it!!

Yes they do and IMO it's just as important as refacing the head if you want a perfect HG seal

 

Love the graphogen !! I always used oil before the machine shop gave me some to try. Great stuff.

 

spot on that looks lovely and clean- bet you can't wait to get it bolted in and and see how she is

 

I cant mate!! Been off the road 4 months now so really itching to get back behind the wheel!

 

you hoping to have a go up the pod at central day then karlos

 

 

what cr are those pistons ?
tim
looks mint nothin better than in the kitchen lol my missus loves me lol

 

Standard mate 8.5:1, recognise that oil pump?! lol

Kitchen builds FTW mate!

 

TBH this is supposed to be my daly driver and running a standard BC box i'm not risking hard launches, so no!

 

 

nice !

 

Nice work Karl, couple of observations though....

1. I'm surprised you didn't take the opportunity to clean the block up!

2. Did you seriously put sealer all round the sump gasket??!!

3. I don't use Graphogen anywhere except on the cam lobes/followers, certainly not in the bores.

Either way, should be great to get up and running again!!

 

put a lick of paint on the block mate either black or blue or even go red to match the rest of the car! will look so much better in the engine bay!