So it started with an MOT.... in 2012
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Re: So it started with an MOT.... in 2012
Engine rebuild begins
Last edited by 1968911s on Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:29 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Re: So it started with an MOT.... in 2012
Car looks great.
What are your plans for the engine rebuild, stock 2.0S build ?
What are your plans for the engine rebuild, stock 2.0S build ?
Re: So it started with an MOT.... in 2012
Hi Mark,
Plans are for stock rebuild, I initially bought 81mm barrels and woessner pistons, which also have a higher compression and are lighter than the mahles, this would have resulted in a 906 style engine, but have decided to stay stock.
The only difference to stock is that the new battles are all Alu rather than biral as the originals were.
(These were pretty scored up unfortunately where the old piston rings dissolved)
More pics to follow on the engine build. Rich
Plans are for stock rebuild, I initially bought 81mm barrels and woessner pistons, which also have a higher compression and are lighter than the mahles, this would have resulted in a 906 style engine, but have decided to stay stock.
The only difference to stock is that the new battles are all Alu rather than biral as the originals were.
(These were pretty scored up unfortunately where the old piston rings dissolved)
More pics to follow on the engine build. Rich
Re: So it started with an MOT.... in 2012
[quote="1968911s"]Hi Mark,
Plans are for stock rebuild, I initially bought 81mm barrels and woessner pistons, which also have a higher compression and are lighter than the mahles, this would have resulted in a 906 style engine, but have decided to stay stock.
Have to admit Stock 2.0S engines take some beating, if your a swb guy. I opted for 81mm barrels and wossner pistons.
Plans are for stock rebuild, I initially bought 81mm barrels and woessner pistons, which also have a higher compression and are lighter than the mahles, this would have resulted in a 906 style engine, but have decided to stay stock.
Have to admit Stock 2.0S engines take some beating, if your a swb guy. I opted for 81mm barrels and wossner pistons.
Re: So it started with an MOT.... in 2012
Hi Mark,
I used the same cleaning process.
Rich
I used the same cleaning process.
Rich
Re: So it started with an MOT.... in 2012
Rich
Did you check your valve spring compression, the replacement springs I bought (from the same supplier in Germany where our Mahle components came from) where out of spec so never fitted them.
Sorry - I sound like doctor doom. Hopefully your originals were fine.....
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Jimmy
Did you check your valve spring compression, the replacement springs I bought (from the same supplier in Germany where our Mahle components came from) where out of spec so never fitted them.
Sorry - I sound like doctor doom. Hopefully your originals were fine.....
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Jimmy
Re: So it started with an MOT.... in 2012
A journey that started with a failed MOT with the need for rotten torsion tube replacement, had the engine and rear suspension pulled out at my local specialist, and the body transported to a local metal worker... finding good metal to weld to was a challenge and one thing led to another... the job grew and time passed. Some years the stripped shell was resprayed back to the original grey, engine rebuilt, and the car drove for the first time... onto a transporter to be driven from Kent to Surrey