Originally Posted by -beefy-

cheers for the comments peeps ,


yeah jim , going for a grey black silver scheme in the bay , with hints of red anodising and quip ....

Originally Posted by -beefy-

update - 27-3-2010 bottom end assembly


evening all been a busy weekend but made a good leap on the car build


i think k had noticed ive been a bit up n down with the project of late , and with that a prompt call was made to me saying " get ya ass up , we building ya engine up "


so with that said , it was up and a bit of parts collecting later 99% of the bottom end assembly was plonked on k's lap




freshly ground crank


new piston rings


along with gaskets , seals ,bearings . re bushed rods ect ect ect



so with that sorted the block was degreased and cleaned ready to install the crankshaft







big thanks to rs shaun for the main cap bolts





crank was then torqued down


rear seals installed


brand new oil pump and and pic up / spray bar installed



then i got on fitting the new rings to the pistons , big thanks to jimbo/scs for the valve cutouts





all done




now it was at this point around 7 pm last night that i noticed the circlips from one side of each piston were missing , " no worries i know where they are " revealed i didnt pmsl

so , that stopped play on piston - rod - block installation ...

but .... still had things to be getting on with so the and plates , engine arms , aux pulley ect were cleaned and prepped for painting






so i made a brew whilst spesh laid down some 2k silver ( same as what head and sump are painted in )


. and whilst making a brew a distress call was answerd in the form of lawnsy , who said he had some spare circlips i could have , just cost me delivering 3 parmos

LIVING PROOF THAT PARMO POWER RULES !!!!

so garage was shut up and a run to see lawnsy around 9:30 pm got me some circlips


which brings us to this morning

walked into the garage to see some freslhy dried painted parts








and time to fit the pistons to rods


a liberal smear of graphogen paste




k was fitting up end plate and aux pulley


breather holes been tapped out for a aeroquip fitting


block was stood on end and pistons fitted




eye spy





arp pro 2000 rod bolts






rods the torqued


cometic gaskets thruout



water pump installed ( also been tapped for aero fitting )


then it was time for the big wing sump





note the -12 breather return already welded to sump




at this point we had a dilemma , the sumps too nice to turn over the motor onto so ......


engine stand was fabbed



k used his long range infra red laser welder ....................



and whist that was being welded up , engine arms were temp fitted ( need some new bolts for them ) , oil press takeoff and power steering bracket put on




and with that the engine was turned ova

nearly there .....









" 200" is the magic number






then it was time to fit the long studs ,


bit of a struggle at first tbh , as there seemed no real way to lock them down ,



maybe a redesing for mark (mk ) poss retro machine an allen key socket into the tops , ( constructive comment )

in the end we flipped two of the nuts face to face and locked them off , bit fiddly but got there in the end

pics



with that all done and the alternator bracket fitted , the motor was bunged in the car for a trip home to mine

rear engined clio maybe ??



have to saw a huge huge HUGEEEEEEEEEEEE thanks to my main man k for all his effort and help , engine looks fucking stunning !!!


also a big big thanks to MATT LEWIS MOTORSPORT for supplying all the rebuild parts , all top notch

seriously woulndt use anyone else for my bits


beef & k .

Originally Posted by MK MOTORSPORT

ay beefy what you need now is one of my anodised billet cam covers ,come oringed mate no more gaskets

Originally Posted by MK MOTORSPORT

hi beefy you could lock 2 nuts together to install studs mate ,engine looks well boys

thanks mark

Originally Posted by Mark V8

Looking very good Beefy

Originally Posted by jaiscossie

Quality work and great attention to detail, goning to be a monster

Originally Posted by the youth

looks great m8.
one question tho, the breather on the sump is that an oil return or vent?
reason I ask is the return should be below the oil level and in the big wing part of the sump
keep up the good work

steve

Originally Posted by MK MOTORSPORT

ay beefy what you need now is one of my anodised billet cam covers ,come oringed mate no more gaskets

Originally Posted by COCHYN

Looks great Beefy, used only the best components there

I want that cam cover!!!

@ Beefy

PM me about the brakes convo in the other thread, I wants the bells and rotors

Originally Posted by Luca

Lovely job all!

Originally Posted by Zetecfiesta

awsome work as usual!

Originally Posted by Minirotty

And there was me thinking my Hammerite sprayed engine block looked good last week


Looks amazing Beef.

Originally Posted by RS SHAUN

Top notch work mate!

Originally Posted by mulla

looking realy good mate

Originally Posted by Dicko&Sarah

looking good fella

Originally Posted by fezzajsy

very nice

Originally Posted by -beefy-

lol mate , shows the extra effort pays dividends

Originally Posted by Minirotty

It does mate, I am taking your leed and going out to buy more paint now also be having Mark at MK making me something too

Originally Posted by -beefy-

cheers jas,


ohh btw , then com struts should be in post wed - thurs at latest , ull have them friday ,

would of been sooner but with me and missus working days last week and mon tues this week there been now one in to give to courier mate !

Originally Posted by -beefy-

spill the beans fucker