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Sean
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21st Oct 12 at 17:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cheers nath, Exactly! Best place to do it
Sean
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Been changing my mind a lot with what I want to do the the engine i will be replacing big end bearings, leaving main bearings, piston rings, bottom end gaskets... head will be skimmed and new head gasket kit head port and polished valves re-lapped was going to get block overbored but I want to concentrate on building a let engine when the Nova is done only reason I'm doing as much as I am with the xe is its a learning curve for me, decided to go for the LET over throttle bodies as it will be a lot better ££-bhp than a N/A engine will be treating it to a few other bits flywheel lightened and balanced and oversized tb but not going mental
Darryl H
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21st Oct 12 at 18:47   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Plans sounds smart Sean

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Sean
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Cheers daz, you did quite a rebuild on your didn't you?
Darryl H
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Yeah nearly exactly what you described

Got the block honed, crank ground and balanced. bearings pistonrings valve guides, valves re-lapped, enlarged throttle body, New gaskets on everything a few sensors, probably a bit more but can't remember it all


[Edited on 21-10-2012 by Darryl H]

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Sean
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I know I should remove crank but I've driven it and it was all good so I decided against it I'll be doing the re-honing myself with the help off my boss showed me how to do piston rings the other day I'm well excited just been reading your thread, did you use ear plugs when you painted the block?
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Yeah Work perfect

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Sean
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ArdenblueDan
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Plans sound good buddy :thumbsup
Sean
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Cheers dan just bought a Haynes manual I will be stripping all wiring/relays that aren't needed from the loom.. Not going to be a fun job but should be well with it once done
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I need a Haynes manual lol I nearly impulse bought a mk1 the other day may have to invest in a nova one day lmao
Sean
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Never owned a Haynes manual before but I'm hoping it will be useful when tracing wires do it! They're awesome little cars

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I might have too lol
Sean
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Head off, pistons seem good.. Will get gearbox gearbox off tomorrow then bolt it up to the engine stand and get pistons out

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Your gearbox has a gearbox? Lol. Looks alright in there.
Sean
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Doesn't yours yeah seems good, hopefully I
Don't find anything wrong with it lol
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What that needs is a coscast

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Sean
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know of anyone with one?
Darryl H
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Not yet no

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Christopher
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Ahhhh! Wish i had an engine Coscast head
Sean
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It's great fun got the gearbox off tonight, oil drained and alternator off..

[Edited on 23-10-2012 by Sean]
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Looking good Sean.

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Nice broken pulley there...
Sean
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Its not broken, Engine was sitting on a block of wood in that picture pulley was slid underneath slightly. Got verniers to go on anyway
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quote:
Originally posted by Sean
Its not broken, Engine was sitting on a block of wood in that picture pulley was slid underneath slightly. Got verniers to go on anyway


My bad, now you mention it.. i can see the sheet covering it, looked to me like had been snapped down the middle.

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