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Originally Posted by sleek lemur
Ha ha, yes you are right, Army, this is my first time (blushes).
I have done most jobs on a car, but never an engine. I wanted something a bit special for my 1800E, so had a specialist do it. Now that my E is finished (famous last words), I wanted another project and not having the space for a full restoration looked about for an engine, which I found on this forum. Goodness knows when it ran last, but it turned and was a very reasonable price from a friendly fellow member.
I did have a clean garage, however after having spent a month cleaning the engine, I now need to clean the garage.
I have most of the tools I need and a friend nearby who has offered to lend me what I lack. A crane and a stand were my first additions.
There's lots of help on this forum; invaluable really, plus useful stuff on YouTube, especially Amazon Cars' videos. I want to upgrade it somewhat. A K cam seems to be the way to go, with 9.5:1 CR. But not much further than that.
I'm really appreciating the engineering quality in the motor. It's a thing of beauty. Parts are reasonably priced and availability is great.
When it's finished, maybe I'll be able to sell it (but I'm already thinking of looking for an Amazon to restore around it, who knows).
But that's for much later. Right now, I'm enjoying the journey!
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Well that sounds like fun.
I hope you realise just how difficult it is to sell a rebuilt engine. I don't rate the chances of getting anything like the costs you will sink into the engine back. Most people - including myself - would be very suspicious of such a situation. I'd prefer to buy a "new engine" as a heap of new and refurbished parts so I could see the condition for myself...
...but as it sounds like the engine will be used for the next "stealth" project I encourage you to have a proper good play =>
Perhaps you'd be interested in measuring cam profiles, working out when valves will bounce, measuring and balancing rotating engine parts, porting cylinder heads, thinking about turbos and fuel injection - stand alone programable ECUs...
There's a lot of play space out there. There are a lot of tools and goodies to be bought.