2litre 16v Strip & Rebuild

[Anonymous]

I am after a 2litre 16v Cos-Cast engine.
Most of these by now will have done over 100k miles. So when I put it in2 my Nova, I obviously want to make sure its completely mint and I'm not going to have any engine trouble.
I haven't got an engine yet, but looking everywhere...

I was pondering, when I do get one, regardless if it sounds ok now (cos it may not in a couple of months, or my luck when I buy it) to get it stripped down, change the gaskets, the bushes etc...
I am gonna change the camshaft anyway with pulleys ...
Q. what else do I need to account for?
Q. And is there anybody trustworthy to do it for me??

[Anonymous]

my brothers selling a Astra GTE 16v

90k
red
brakes, box, dash, interior, engine are all very sound

no knocks or bangs
non pourous head
short MOT

bodywork is tidy but it needs new rear arches

offers...



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[Anonymous]

rebuilds cost in excess of ?1000 to do it properly

16v Nova - Toolkit, Trouble, Points and great expence all come as standard :)

e reg shell almost gone!!

[Anonymous]

I though Davidp had one for ya Sid ?

[Anonymous]

Yeah, its done 130k miles ...he's gonna let me know if its any good.

Even if it is, I may still wanna change some bits inside cos its done a LOT of mileage!

I just want it to be running for another 10 years

[Anonymous]

run it and when u break it then rebuild it
i'm doing a rebuild on mine but i've been giving it death for 8 months
have u undertaken an engine work before?

i'm doing all the work on mine except reboring and regrinding crank

but costs are still high, pistons etc

16v Nova - Toolkit, Trouble, Points and great expence all come as standard :)

e reg shell almost gone!!

[Anonymous]

All I have done before is change the spark plug leads!
(I havent done any engine work before!)

How much is the reboring & crank costing you?
What "else" is there?

fanx

[Anonymous]

lol...

i wouldn't try it then mate...it's not ablock of lego that u can mess about with...lol


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[Anonymous]

I havent played with lego for ages! :p
I was gonna get somebody that did know what they were doing to do it for me...

[Anonymous]

rebore ?50
crank grind ?50
build bottom end ?40
+pistons +rings +shells +headset +pulleys +vaux cambelt etc

16v Nova - Toolkit, Trouble, Points and great expence all come as standard :)

e reg shell almost gone!!

[Anonymous]

this prob sounds a little stupid to u lot ...
but is there some place on the internet that shows what each engine bit is, in deatils, inside & out??? :-/

I have been trawling the net the last 3 days for engine-recon websites ...& I did see one site that had it, but cant find it again!

[Anonymous]

my mate jsut had his 16v rebuilt for ?220 that included low friction pistons, new rings, New con rods, crank regrind, new big and little end bearings and the bores honed.

and its all top notch work from some grubby looking (but excellent) garage in swansea.

might get em to rebuild the 1.2 LMAO

Dave Pearce, hmm he mixes like a man with no hands

[Anonymous]

Cambridge, what was the name of that garage? I need to rebuild my 2.0 engine, but I dont think I can be arsed doing it myself, so if there is somewhere like that I would be willing to pay for a courier to get it down there and back again.

Garages sticking to their promises???? not likely!!! :(

[Anonymous]

I was gonna ask that too JK!

[Anonymous]

ill find out for you

Dave Pearce, hmm he mixes like a man with no hands