Engine dilenma

[meritlover]

just build it mindful that everything may not be as you expected. You can measure a crank, measure a bore, check the rings and just replace the bits you have to. presumably you wouldnt build it if the journals were out of tollerance or scored beyond use? you should be plastigauging to check for clearence anyway.

If you dont think you will get half back on what you paid for it, you have very little to loose. Even if it does 'let go' its unlikely the whole thing will be a write off, there will still be some components left you can salvage.

if its not good enough for you to rebuild with then it wouldnt be right to sell the stuff on to some other shmuk

[House]

if its not good enough for you to rebuild with then it wouldnt be right to sell the stuff on to some other shmuk

I would never sell on anything if I thought for a second it wasn't 100%.

I'm not into turning people over mate!! in fact I'm donating a head to Iain for his track car that I'm having checked, pressure tested and skimmed for no charge because I don't supply parts to people that are dirty, *u*ked or likely to not work!!

If I built it then I would use new shells, rings and check everything get the crank polished and I guess like Mr Meritlover and Mr Ghost say everything can be measured and checked before hand.

[meritlover]

Do I,

Keep it all, build it and just see what happens.
Get another block (which I've already got in stock) bore it and then build the engine using the parts but sell the scrap the original block. This would make it a different engine.
Sell the lot and start again.

I'm over £4,000 in at this point and I wouldn't even see half that back if sold as parts!!

I would never sell on anything if I thought for a second it wasn't 100%.

what's the problem then? crack on and get it built...

[House]

Haha yeah I know I'm being a girl about it, I'll make a proper start at putting stuff together, get the crank polished and bearings sourced and look at getting it bolted together so I can have the compression ratio measured and work out what needs to come off the Pistons to get to to 12:1.

While you guys are reading, Can I re-use a comitec head gasket?? It's new now but I've got to bolt it all up to have the compression ratio tested then get the Pistons out to have them machined to the correct dimensions, can I use the gasket again or will it be cream crackered??

[Andy]

Crack on.im checking toms over and not looking forward to it.however its a chance to put things right when they havent turned over.
If that "engine builder" spent half as much time on the engines as he did taking pics of himself in bras hed do alright.

[House]

Crack on.im checking toms over and not looking forward to it.however its a chance to put things right when they havent turned over.

Very true Andy, if I'm not 100% happy with something I'll make sure I am before continuing.

Thanks all for the input!! I'll get cracking!!!

[Andy]

Good stuff

[meritlover]

[Edd]

Men in bras, never a good thing

[House]

Men in bras, never a good thing