Engine Installed

Haven't had a huge amount of time to spend on the roadster lately, just the odd bit of tinkering time, but I've slowly managed to finish rebuilding the engine over the last few weeks.

Got a decent session in the garage on Friday night though and managed to get the engine in the chassis :)

I still need to either remake the engine mounts, or rework and finish off the ones I've got (following my 25mm offset - see earlier post), but they'll do for now!

It feels like a massive step forward having the engine in place :)  and it opens up lots of other jobs I can get on with now (exhuast, intake system, engine wiring, cooling system, etc, etc...  Not sure where to start!).

Engine Re-build

Haven't had much time to spend on the Roadster lately, but have been slowly stripping the engine down as I have the odd 5 minute here and there.

I've now stripped the block as far as I'm going to, and I'm now ready to start putting it back together again!
I decided to leave the bottom end alone, as it felt fine when I drove the donor, and I can't detect the slightest bit of roughness or play when I rotate it by hand.
The bores also look perfect, and the piston rings appear to be sealing well.

While I was at it I decided to paint the sides of the block with a can of high temperature paint.  Not the best job in the world, but it'll do!
Did bother doing the front or back, as no one will see those once I put it back together :)
A mate of mine who's rather better with a can of paint than me has offered to paint the cam cover, so that should look pretty good at least!