The Racetractor. The End.

[Piggy]

OK...

gota bit further today...very time consuming work, ruddy flithy gunk...anyway I'll get to that...

first got the 1st coat of the final colour for the engine block...



Needs another coat to finish...but looking better!

Next came the head.
These are some before pics...
inlets all looked like this...



amazed it even ran and amazed at how clean the pistons/head and exhaust ports were in comparison.
Next came cleaning up all the surfaces, flatting, removing crap etc etc.
Also took away some manufacturing edges in the exhaust port to help the single valve/ports out a bit.

Quite surprised though how smooth the inlet and exhaust ports already were...did a few xr2i heads in my early years...and they manufacturing edges were awful, ports were so rough you could hide a mouse in the groves...no so with this head. Pleasantly surprised.
I wasnt going to do any work on the inlet ports anyway...but it would have been a waste of time if I had decided to!

Heres the ports after degunking etc

exhaust

inlet


And the head all cleaned up...




Got most of the last bits from MrRoyalfail today...so heres my current box of to do bits...




the spoken of special wheel bolts...


and a HUGE water pump!


All I need is injector seals and washers and I have all the parts for the rebuild...but they can wait till later if needs be. (oh apart from a clutch...still need to find one)

got me one of these too....



but it wont be staying ridiculous red...will be toned down (and cleaned) for installation.

Thats about it for now...back on it tomorrow...lap the valves in, new valve stem seals and cam seals and the head can be put back together and then reunited with its bottom half