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[1987_ParkLane]

So...some of you may have seen my trouble with my piston sourcing and getting them machined, but I rang up MED today and after a lot of talking, we finally worked out we don't need to put a dish into the pistons, as I'm going to be using a 940, up to 30cc can be taken out of them, and keeping them on a standard engine I would need to take 31cc out of the head, however, with the pockets, thats a -1cc, and the head gasket is another -4cc, so only 26cc is needed to be taken out of the head biggrin.gif , if you get what I mean ?

Cheers for all you help everyone .

Just uploading my pictures now for todays small update .

Edited by 1987_ParkLane, 17 June 2009 - 08:10 PM.

[1987_ParkLane]

So yesterday I had a bit of time before I went over to James' to pick up my pistons, so I hid the reset switch for my alarm, and found a nice place to put the LED warning light:





As I'm not going to have a heater valve, there was no need for the push pull thing, but I kept the thing the wire ran through. So I cut it down, drilled it out to fit the LED, and 'brushed' up the aliminum with some wet and dry to give that nice shiny affect , I like it .

[1987_ParkLane]

And after speaking yesterday to James, we decided it was about time I cracked on with getting the engine ready to be taken out, so I began stripping it down, and here is how I left it today :







Still a few things left to do, but it should be ready by the end of the weekend .

Also I'm off to MED tomorrow to drop off my pistons , so there might not really be an update .

[stardude]

is that hylomar for the head gasket?!?!?

you might also want to cover the dizzy hole up, dont want to get grit in there

looking good!

Edited by stardude, 18 June 2009 - 05:53 PM.

[1987_ParkLane]

is that hylomar for the head gasket?!?!?

you might also want to cover the fizzy hole up, dont want to get grit in there

looking good!

I'm building a new engine anyway, so what happens to this one doesn't really matter, I just want to get it out without damaging the front end .

[stardude]

cool, are you lifting it or dropping the subframe??

[1987_ParkLane]

cool, are you lifting it or dropping the subframe??

I am going to be lifting it out, that is why I am stripping as much off it as I can, as I may not be able to get hold of an engine crane, so it will have to be man handled out .

[1275 SPRITE]

is that hylomar for the head gasket?!?!?

It's where the blue paint got on the block when the head was painted blue

[analogue_radio]

If you want another pair of hands mate I'd be happy to help out

What condition is the bulkhead in near the clutch & brake cylinders? looks pretty nasty!

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

paint the engine bay with stone chip u know it makes sense

[1987_ParkLane]

If you want another pair of hands mate I'd be happy to help out

What condition is the bulkhead in near the clutch & brake cylinders? looks pretty nasty!

Thanks for that Luke. Ah that was where me and James spilt a lot, and I mean a lot, of brake fluid when we tried to get it ready for the MOT .

paint the engine bay with stone chip u know it makes sense

Yes I thought about that .

[camp freddy]

cool, are you lifting it or dropping the subframe??

I am going to be lifting it out, that is why I am stripping as much off it as I can, as I may not be able to get hold of an engine crane, so it will have to be man handled out .

i've got a engine hoist, and a good lifting brkt.

[1987_ParkLane]

i've got a engine hoist, and a good lifting brkt.

Thats great , would I be able to borrow it when the time comes please?

[1987_ParkLane]

So I went over to MED today to talk about my engine build. He took down what I wanted doing to the block:

• +40thou bore
• New cam bearings
• Pockets
• Reface

And he said that should be ready in 4 weeks, and thats fine, it gives me time to sort out the old engine, etc, and get stuff ready for the rebuild and finish off the interior .

And when I got home the Fiat needed some work, as it was running on three cylinders , but in the end just turned out to be the spark plugs . So will get cracking with some more work tomorrow .

[stardude]

So I went over to MED today to talk about my engine build. He took down what I wanted doing to the block:

• +40thou bore
• New cam bearings
• Pockets
• Reface

And he said that should be ready in 4 weeks, and thats fine, it gives me time to sort out the old engine, etc, and get stuff ready for the rebuild and finish off the interior .

And when I got home the Fiat needed some work, as it was running on three cylinders , but in the end just turned out to be the spark plugs . So will get cracking with some more work tomorrow .

how much is the blockwork going to cost?