Fone upload programme is officially shit and isnt connecting. FFS

Pics ????
how long has he been in the shower :homme:

Oh, your still alive then Matt!!! :p

. . . with my night vision binoculars and cammo face paint on - scary!

slightly off topic but willsy your reg plate is nearly indentical too mine lol: R669 JRP

I've seen a picture :P

excellent progress mate:y: can't wait till pictures of the engine:)

Hehe its very nice eh Josh?

Sneak peak from the man himself:

Very nice indeed.

thats is fookin lovely! :y: really quite jealous

That looks really nice mate.

Can't wait to see it in...

Clean as a whistle!

More pics...

that engine is very clean and pure sex:P

lookin very nice :)

Sorry for the delay lol

PC studio suite was being a muppet last night and wasnt recognising my phone so naturally i threw a paddy and went for a few pints lol.

More composed tonight ive reinstalled it and job seems to be a gudden.

Anyway:

Went to pick up the Engine yesterday afternoon from Cylinder Rebores who did the work.

As a quick summary they've changed all my bearings and seals, and pistons rings etc from the bottom end. The whole lot was cleaned up and cleared out of any old oil residue.
Bores glazebreaked to leave them immaculately smooth again.

Sump was resealed.

Head placed on bottom end with new head gasket kit and all the timing was re-setup with new cambelt and pulleys and vernier pulleys, also new water pump.

As they were cleaning the whole thing up 100% the did say that my nice paintwork would probably lose a fair bit during the clean as if any small residue of muck left would cause it to come off- fair enough i prepared for that and knew that id have to paint again, but at least on a perfectly clean surface :)

The mrs's Mum was on hand to lend me her trailer and kart the engine back.

Jaybiss also made an appearance to lend a hand :y: good lad.

After getting the engine home and on the engine stand this is how it looked:







As you can see it had lost alot of the paint that id applied.

Im still scared stiff by the thought of it just being held up by 4 bolts, theyre not very think either, but must be strong as hell.
Going to find something else i can put underneath for extra support i think, especially when working on it and putting pressure on tightening other bolts.

Anyway out came the paintbrush again to re-do the bottom end.





Tomorrow afternoon after ive helped lower Teebags car im intending on doing the following (prepare for a mass of pics tomorrow, posted after Top Gear)

Give bottom end a final coat of Hammerite

Do the cam covers a bit more to enhance the polished look

Spark plugs have arrived so may fit those in and coilpack

Put together the thermostat housing with 82degree thermostat (should run nicely and a bit cooler than the 89degree one) All new parts and seals for that.

Fit alternator brackets ready for new alternator.

Start fitting the oil filter and some of the coolant system

Also ive just noticed that part of the back cover for the timing gear/cambelt is damaged somehow-shit!

Any ideas to fix that appreciated, obviously i cant replace with a new part due to its location.

Minty mate, keep it going!!

Can't wait to see it finished Matt, going to look sweet.

wow one smart engine bay:P