West of Scotland RSOC

As some of you know the 16i is on the back burner the now until I kick the S2 into touch.

The engine was very smokey before Christmas and I kept putting it off until the other week there

then decided its about time to get the finger out , so .......

Engine was stripped in place hopeing to just replace worn rings but the bores were slightly scored

so the block was also removed and taken into the work

The rings are not cheap for these cars when you buy the correct ones but the problem has been

getting a local motor factors to get the correct big end shells , then the engine room in Motherwell came up trumps

quality shells and reasonable price but had to get them ordered in as not kept in stock

So the cylinder head is now scrubbed up and ready for the block to get finished

The pics of the head now







cleaneed up and reground valves etc.

nice one mate, you must have had fun lapping those valves in lol

looking sweet

His bitch had fun doing them with a drill.

Drill on the stem, on low speed shifty. works a treat. Done in half the time too shifty!

Aye thats the clever way to do it ,,its a barstward if you cany get the drill on the top o the valve lol but the old cvh is good for it

Finally getting back into it

And is now looking like this





So now just more decorating to do

Ive got a brand new set of rings and shells sitting in the cupboard aswell! Good to see its back together fella.

looking good gordon...............