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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: JamesV6CDX on 30 October 2006, 17:50:12
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Well, as posted previously some good progress has been made on the project, so I'm now going to post up some of my pictures so far. Enjoy!
Pic 1: The project car
(http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/jamesv6cdx/6d_1.jpg)
Pic 2: The Doner Shed, er, car
(http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/jamesv6cdx/100_0131.jpg)
Pic 3: The Damage done to the block of the original engine in the project car
(http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/jamesv6cdx/100_0143.jpg)
Pic 4: The shot engine coming out of the project car:
(http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/jamesv6cdx/100_0136.jpg)
Pic 5: The Donor car being butchered apart ready for pulling the engine block out...
(http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/jamesv6cdx/100_0132.jpg)
Pic 6: The engine coming out of the donor car!
(http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/jamesv6cdx/100_0148.jpg)
Pic 7: The donor engine block ready to be lifted into the decent project car:
(http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/jamesv6cdx/100_0150.jpg)
Pic 8: Mating with the gearbox, a barsteward of a job...
(http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/jamesv6cdx/100_0128.jpg)
Pic 9: Donor engine block all cleaned up, with new head gasket in situ, ready for my nice head...
(http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/jamesv6cdx/100_0155.jpg)
Pic 10: My cylinder head, I'm proud of this!
(http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/jamesv6cdx/100_0153.jpg)
Pic 11: The neighbours must love me :D
(http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/jamesv6cdx/100_0141.jpg)
(http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/jamesv6cdx/100_0149.jpg)
Pic 12: This came flying out of the original engine when it seized!
(http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/jamesv6cdx/100_0118.jpg)
More pictures to follow, and hopefully an update to say it's running sweetly next week!!
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Good luck with the rest of it. :y
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Cheers
Once it's done, I'm faced with the dilemma of whether to keep it or not!!
It's only a 2.0, yet it's mint, overhauled and low mileage...
Whereas my 2.5 V6 is getting tatty, (but we've only just done the timing belt on it)