Yorke Posted February 4, 2015 Author Posted February 4, 2015 I didn't buy the car off him unfortunately, otherwise I would be contacting him instead of bitching and moaning on here Quote
Yorke Posted February 9, 2015 Author Posted February 9, 2015 Back to work on the GT, got the block mostly clear enough for paint.Spot the mistake ^ Quote
aaddzz123 Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 Lol retarded I4... or the others are all wrong ;) Quote
Yorke Posted February 12, 2015 Author Posted February 12, 2015 terrible terrible things were discovered today. pulled the sump off, amount of silicone (quite likely bathroom sealant) used is a good sign of a shit engine build pulled a con rod cap and main bearing cap off to check the wear on the shells. everything went downhill from there. metal in the sump after cleaning the oil out the bottom kept on pulling it apart after that, the bad news kept on coming in waves In short, the whole bottom end is FUBAR. In more depth, the cylinder bores are oval, no.1 conrod is bent, crank is worn, main bearing cap broke. Need a new engine or bottom end really. usually i would prefer to repair what ive got, so i know i can trust it, instead of taking a gamble on a second hand engine with no history that could have similar problems, but in this case, it would cost me the price of a forged engine just to repair it to standard spec. still cant get the smell of burnt oil out of my nose Quote
aaddzz123 Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 What the fuck mate. How did it even run before we took it out!? Literally nothing has been good about this car so far. It looked so promising when we viewed it. Quote
maddox710 Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 Shit luck mate, couldn't imagine buy a crock like that I'd end up going back to his house and chucking the fucked engine through his front room window Quote
Yorke Posted February 15, 2015 Author Posted February 15, 2015 Picked up a spare block from Rob (because he's awesome) on friday afternoon, and set to work on it saturday. it had started to knock so i still had to strip it and asses the damage. one spun shell and one melted into itself. wear in the main shells. little ends are seized from oil starvation bit of wear on a con rod bit of wear on the crank to be expected so all in all, a very savable engine, even if i do have to mix a conrod from my engine.still needs a crank grind and a full set of bearings and little ends, but i can live with that. started cleaning it up now i knew i could use it first coat, still wet second coat, still wet not bad for a days work. Quote
Yorke Posted February 15, 2015 Author Posted February 15, 2015 also, in-between/before crying about having a dead engine, ive been painting these i bought another intercooler, only a cheap one, but the pipes wont dangle down underneath the bumper. and still more parts, some of the gaskets are now pointless now im going to have to buy a head set Quote
Socks Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 Looking good there Neal! Keep up the hard work, im sure it will be worth it eventually You know where me & adz are if u need anyhthing else! Quote
Yorke Posted December 10, 2016 Author Posted December 10, 2016 Random pic dump, because boredom. Quote
Yorke Posted December 10, 2016 Author Posted December 10, 2016 All the pictures of the build are from July/August 2015, nothing new here! Quote
Gainzy Posted December 10, 2016 Posted December 10, 2016 Good stuff man! What you paint the block with? Can? Quote
Socks Posted December 10, 2016 Posted December 10, 2016 Looking good there Neil! Any plans for next year or the winter ? Quote
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