LET the rebuild begin

[bodgetastic]

Engine in the black calibra is now totally stripped, complete mess interanally and nothing from the bottom end is salavageable but I put the blow up to fatigue which isn't bad I suppose for a 100k+ 'hard driven' engine.

Fortinately the head came away unscaved so thats where most of the work has been going. Parts everywhere at the moment, but can no one count to 16 :confused: ....14 of this, 15 of that, nightmare :cuckoo:

Head is currently with the man know only as Gary :icon_mrgr for him to work his magic but should be fully rebuilt by next weekend when I can start concentrating on the rest

Here's what's going in.....

Colsibro bronze guides



Oversize valves, waisted stem on the inlet side and standard on the exhaust for obvious reasons



Steel caps and platforms



Vernier pulleys



Double valve springs



Cams



Infact the only bits being re-used from the head are the followers, nice

[wolfy]

great work mate, i look forward to seeing how it progresses! [img]/biggrin.gif[/img]

J

[Stupink]

Good to see an update.
Make sure your lifters are nice and flat and not concaved from wear if you're going to re-use them on new cams, else they will promote wear on the cams.

How much is gary charging for the headwork if you dont mind saying, still something on my to do list. are they 1mm oversize?

[bodgetastic]

<!--QuoteBegin-Stupink+--><div class='quotetop'>(Stupink)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Good to see an update.
Make sure your lifters are nice and flat and not concaved from wear if you're going to re-use them on new cams, else they will promote wear on the cams.

How much is gary charging for the headwork if you dont mind saying, still something on my to do list. are they 1mm oversize?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Lifters look to be in good condition, thought about buying the SBD ones but their is no real advantage so a bit of a waste of £150'ish.

Yea, the valves are the SBD 1mm oversize, will PM info about Gary.

[dicky]

Good work, I would personally change the followers after all that work. Shouldn't mix old with new.

[Add_Gee]

there some nice new bits, will have a great head with that [img]/biggrin.gif[/img]

[bodgetastic]

Some new bits starting to turn up for the rest of the engine.

Firstly the Arrow's with ARP's, how gorgeous are these :icon_nod: ! Thank god its only a 4 cylinder engine :icon_mrgr! Don't think i'll be breaking one of these!!



Bearings....



And some SBS head studs with ARP's to hold it all down [img]/smile.gif[/img]

[bodgetastic]

And here's the finished head ..........






Few more bits and I can start putting everything back together

[splinter]

My god that looks great ....

Looks like what i have to do next. [img]/smile.gif[/img]

How much did you get the rods for ??

[bodgetastic]

(splinter)My god that looks great ....

Looks like what i have to do next.

How much did you get the rods for ??

Cheers

The rods were a bargin at £650

[Stupink]

Good to see some progress [img]/smile.gif[/img]
I can't wait to have the money to continue mine, at least I have my scrapheap one to faff around with in the meantime.

[bodgetastic]

Progress has been slow over the last couple of weeks, not helped that im working away at the mo and have very limited time on my hands but need to pull my finger out and start putting things back together :icon_mrgr

Is nice to get back every weekend and have a few new toys to play with though.

Bottom end is progressing, having a few bits powdercoated at the moment which should come back next week.

Will hopefully fit some these babies next weekend using Chips TV guide :icon_mrgr



Next up is a Z20LEH oil pump from the vxr, will need to get the pick up pipe custom made to suit but should flow better than the oe pump and has nice steel internals.




And picked up the crank yesterday, beaded knife edged polished and everything balanced up. Looks a lot nicer than when it went it came out the block :icon_mrgr

[Craigieloon]

bodgey boy... that looks fantastic.... keep it going!!

thats how my crank looked when it came out... Felt guilty fillin the car with oil after my rebuild as i was getting my new shiny internals dirty. LOL

[bodgetastic]

Yea, its a shame to get it all coked in oil. Tempted to rebuild the engine and make a coffee table out of it instead :icon_mrgr

[bodgetastic]

Here's the pick up pipe that's gonna need to be modified. Would it be best to use the pick up at the end from this one or from the standard one?