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[stretch tech]

a new set of cam followers came yesterday (forgot to take pics) they are to be fitted on my shiny new engine.

the work on my block and head has been finished for a while but the guy doing the work is just waiting for my new 998 +40 thou pistons and mains to arrive, they should have been there Wednesday but they are now arriving to day hopefully.

[stretch tech]

yey, i've just been and picked up my engine from the machinist, looks great no problems thus far, dead chuffed

skimmed unleaded head



stepped valves, this will make all the difference when i fit my stage one kit



skimmed block



998 +40 thou and honed bores



brand new set of 998 +40 thou pistons and rings





old stock genuine rover main bearings



all of this work is thanks to SMART PERFORMANCE A SERIES ENGINE SPECIALISTS (http://new.smartperf...ce-engines.com/)

[richw911]

Amazing project friend of mine has just done a 30 too

[stretch tech]

i am painting my block and head using hammerite smooth gold (yes that's right a GOLD engine)

hopefully me and my dad will get the engine painted and rebuilt by Christmas Eve and then i'll get some pics up to.

thank you to every one following my build

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

Rhys

[Risky]

Gold engine looks good, this was my previous engine (which blew up )

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[Tommyboy12]

Any reason you went for the +40 over +20? Could hurt a bit when you tell you insurance company at 17!

[stretch tech]

Any reason you went for the +40 over +20? Could hurt a bit when you tell you insurance company at 17!

the bloke doing the work said that +40's work well so i went with that, it shouldn't make too much difference to the insurance as i'm going with classic insurance

+40 +20 it's all the same in the eyes of the insurers, it's going to hurt either way so i might as well have some fun

[stretch tech]

hi all, today me and my dad set about rebuilding my engine...

first we bolted in the crank shaft using new main bearings



then we rebuilt the pistons with 998 +40 thou heads and new big end bearings and piston rings

[stretch tech]

my old pistons and some other bits and pieces for the engine and gearbox (my old pistons are solid standard units and will be for sale with rest of my stuff that i don't need at the end of the project)

[stretch tech]

next we put the cam shaft, timing mechanism + cover and water pump into/onto the block



we are replacing all the old seals with new ones

Edited by TH3aRchit3ct95, 24 December 2011 - 04:21 PM.

[stretch tech]

then we turned our attention to the gearbox/sump



we didn't bother stripping the gear box/sump or differential as they were great when we drove back, there was no crunching and there was a smooth shift between all the gears gears. we just cleaned and painted the unit as a whole.

[stretch tech]

then we mated the block and gearbox and fitted the bell housing, clutch/fly wheel and cover











that's all we had time to do today...check out the shiny pistons in their new home

[stretch tech]

we are going to build-up the head on boxing day and bolt it to the block and fit the last few bits (oil filter housing, distributor drive and lift pump) on Tuesday.





hope you are all enjoying my build so far, things went pretty smooth with the rebuild of the engine...when we stripped it apart a few weeks ago, i almost broke my finger trying to get the clutch plate off

more updates next week, until then MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERY ONE

comments always welcome

Cheers

Rhys

[mohammed]

great job mate.. loving ur project..keep it up.

[grahama]

Hi,

looking great, but why the tie wraps, do the seals have to be stuck on before fitting??

Graham