Picture Thread For C210 V8 Rebuild

[V8skylineMAN]

1st pic is the v8 short motor just after i removed it from the engine bay( i only just thought of takin pix at this stage)

2nd is the empty engine bay....lots of room hey

3rd is one stripped and cleaned cylinder head

4th is the inlet port, nicely cleaned up...

5th is inlet port from valve side

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the plan was just to give the cylinders a hone, fit the new rings, bearings, cam and lifters, reseat the valves and throw it all back in, but....

[V8skylineMAN]

number 7 bore is far too pitted and scored(pic 1 and 2) to hone out, so the block has to be sent to Trapnell Race Engines to be bored out another 20 thou(total of 60) dammit, now i need to take the rings back and get bigger ones,AND buy pistons....not happy jan.

pics 3 and 4 are the valve spring compressor i made, because the one that i bought bent when i tried to use it. Damn aftermarket double valvesprings.

meh......to be continued.....

[85URK]

tough! sad you have to wait to get it bored out but atleast itll be a fresh engine again.

[Col-GTSX]

Nice spring compressor...

Looks like one i used to use at work....

Very reliable and easy to make.... Those cheap arse china made spring compressor are so tacky.....

[LBR33]

Trapnell ahahahaha.............. your going to be waiting a while, they have taken 2 years with my bros engine so far and it still isnt done.

Hope it all turns out well tho.

[Bekkyboop]

Trapnell ahahahaha.............. your going to be waiting a while, they have taken 2 years with my bros engine so far and it still isnt done.

Hope it all turns out well tho.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

They did the heads for it and we didnt wait for too long. They have been pretty good actually which is nice.

Rang them just before to get the quote to bore out the head for jase and they told me 1-2 days and they will have it done by the end of the week.

We have been told that they can be alittle slow, but so far so good for us, which is lucky, cause we need the v8 running asap

[V8skylineMAN]

Trapnell ahahahaha.............. your going to be waiting a while, they have taken 2 years with my bros engine so far and it still isnt done.

Hope it all turns out well tho.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Sucks to be your brother then, because i put my heads in to be machined, i got them back the next day.

Then i put the block in on wednesday to be bored and have the new pistons fitted to the rods......picked it up on friday, all work completed.

All work was done by the time he said it would be ready.

I will definately be going back there.

[V8skylineMAN]

Painted water pump.......this is the colour the engine will be painted.

[miss_petepie]

lol that green is wicked

[predator]

you're such a girl pie..

you should be taking into account the fine art of engine building, the engineering, mechnical knowledge, the problem solving, the tribulations

[R33S2]

Lots of work there! Good job so far would love to se it in the flesh one day when finished. Congrats.

[V8skylineMAN]

Update...new timing chain cover was in order, and i also bought a speedmaster hi flow, semi hi-rise manifold.

pics-----fitting piston rings...

And new timing chain cover and water pump.

[V8skylineMAN]

fitting main bearings and crankshaft....

[Bekkyboop]

Ok cause Jase has been alittle slack ill add a quick non-pic update.

On sunday we seated the valves (i did one of the heads and im rather proud of myself), finished the heads off and now the motor is looking more like it should.

Fingers crossed that today we might be able to get the motor in!

[Bekkyboop]

The v8 is finished.... YAY.

So i will finish this and update you all on what has happened since the last post.

This is as Jase was painting the sump in our infamous Kermit Green... fun afternoon with the paint cans nozzle being poo and annoying jase. In the end it looked good tho.

The motor back in one piece...

[Bekkyboop]

this is the new speedmaster hi-flow manifold

This is the engine going into the engine bay - at around 2aM jase fell asleep under the car :lol: ... at least he was nice and cool... B)

[Konrad]

Is that how the engine will sit in the car?? Nice and low, looks like it belongs there

[V8skylineMAN]

yup, thats how it sits.

low= better handling