cheers lads! small update cleaned all the block off, including all the rust and old paint, was an absolute wanker off a job took many hours ! but gota be done. looks amazing now almost a shame i will be painting it. you can see ther state it was in... few pics through cleaning it up getting there and the finished product all nice a cosy in my room haha, also honed all the cylinders so thats all done, few more bits to do to the block then will get painted, all the bottom end is away at machinest getting balanced so that should be back in a few weeks then i can assemble the short block also these came the other day thanks james ! more soon