Project Forged - engine rebuild

[gazrev1tubby]

Hi all, as some of you may already know I rebuilt my engine last year to cope with the increased strain that I planned to put my engine under to gain a few more ponies. During mapping in February of this year - although I got a very good result power wise, I noticed a lot of smoke from my crank case breather on the way home which led me to believe that a piston/ring had failed

So........i've been saving like mad and have finally ordered everything to rebuild my engine yet again - but this time i'm going forged

Unfortunately I haven't taken as many pics as i'd hoped but will be more vigilant with the camera as I progess

This weekend has mainly consisted of getting the engine out and stripping it down ready to fit the forged components. Here are some progress pics

21:30 Saturday eve - finally she's out


All stripped down in preparation for the forged build


Look how much room you need to get the engine out



Manage to strip all the paint off my cam cover today and respray it in the future car colour



Just waiting for the pistons to arrive before I can continue but i'll keep the thread updated as I progress

[gazrev1tubby]

Here's the culprit - one cracked piston no. 2 :


And the forged replacements

[GBTurbo]

Shiny! Good luck with the build mate

[Lewis Jay]

Good job mate, very nice.

Would look even better with a clear cam cover fitted.

[GTS GAV]

glad to see you have started your build thread buddy im just about to start mine aswell, sorry i havnt respended to your email yet, irl reply to it when i next get a sec

[gazrev1tubby]

cheers guys, well, I haven't been around much lately as i've spent every spare minute in my garage building this bloody engine, but i'm happy to say it's done -

Didn't get quite as many pics as i'd hoped but here's a few:

Pistons in block


Arp head studs in


Head on


Fitted






Didn't realise the mot ran out on Friday just gone so got it booked in for this coming sat All being I should be starting the running in process this weekend

Won't be long until I finally get to feel what 323bhp feels like

[Mike N]

its looking good.

[GTS GAV]

very tidy and clean, very good job there gaz

[Ryan S]

You can never plan the future by the past.

reported.

[gazrev1tubby]

Holy thread revival batman !

Blimey, that's going back !

Unfortunately that engine crapped out on me after 600 miles. Some swarf must've been hiding somewhere and scored up cyl 3 wall

I'm now on another engine, which looks completely different and has covered 2000 miles now. All ready for mapping but I'm struggling to find someone suitable !