reverse pattern swindon head

[mowgli]

i think you lot are pathetic this guy has come on a vauxhall specific site and and he is asking a few questions and you lot are grilling him.
alot of people in motorsport just do it as a job and dont care about second hand parts or there values.so 1.5k would be a fair price.
i hope this guy has got this engine although it is funny watchin you lot going on 1.

apart from the mud slinging, there have been a load of hugely informative comments.

If someone has an engine that hasn't been used for 14 years, & it is apparently a reverse head swindon race engine from a btcc car, then it is a remarkable find & for 1.5k sounds too good to be true.
I personally am interested to find out just how complete it is, cos it could easily cost 5k in bits to get it running, I am talking about ecu's, dry sump pumps, manifolds etc.

A couple of photos of the said engine would be fantastic & any self respecting nova enthusiast would probably go weak at the knees in the presence of such an engine.....

[Sloth]

right been to the guys to have a look, the things in 2 boxes. one with the head, block in other. rocker is the cast one with swindon on it. had a look and some bits dont seem right ie no outlets for oil pipes, wet sump? etc then theres this:- and this:-
that piston looks just liked a std xe one i think. i guess thats why its so cheap. all there is is the short motor and the head no cams bodies or ancillaries.

[Pistol Pete]

Looks like the moonhead stomp has been done on those pistons and head to me!!

[Rick Draper]

STD XE piston that looks like.

[Sloth]

thanks fellas. tbh i saw it and did one quick
saab engine it is then.

[BIGS]

may i suggest you give these a call!

http://www.swindon-engines.com/design/index.html

[t45_ste]

Was the head reverse? Any more pics?

[meritlover]

looks like bad det on the squish area. nothing too serious, but im sure the top ring-lands will have taken a fair old pounding.

[Jonlem]

It was unlikely that it was a complete Swindon engine going that cheap but I was once offered the spare engine from this car for 4k



A friend of mine owned 3 of the cars, 2 were sold complete with spares packages for approx 16k each and the 3rd was broken for spares, I helped him change the ge****t in it once which took all of 10 mins

Before anyone asks thew spares are long gone