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[The Batman]

Joe, do you live in an old pub, or is that seat at your grans ?

joe?! i think you mean Adam

[Crazyfrog (Fab)]

joe?! i think you mean Adam

we are used to his colorful carpet by now

[mandarinvx]

I don't see what's wrong with my carpet (It's a rented place )

[Crazyfrog (Fab)]

I don't see what's wrong with my carpet


(It's a rented place )

we know because of the bad taste

[leevx2.2]

Who done your seats Adam look

[haggi961]

seats look awesome mate, how much did they cost to get them like that if you don't mind me asking.

[The Knobs]

Sorry Joe, as soon as I see that hideous colour orange in an avatar I think of you.

[The Batman]

awwww its nice to know you are thinking of me at this time of year

[The Knobs]

I don't see what's wrong with my carpet


(It's a rented place )

Is it 10 Rillington Place ?

[mandarinvx]

I got them done at a place in Witney, near Oxford They were £300, which was on the high side of the quotes I got, but at least they seemed to know what they were doing!

[vocky]

Nope, not yet Plan to fit it along with the Eagle rods

I don't really want to do the pistons as I don't want to remove the block and send it away or have any desire to go >300bhp, but do I need to fit new piston rings to the existing pistons when I remove them to change the rods

wakey, wakey, weather is improving so time to fit those rods

[mandarinvx]

wakey, wakey, weather is improving so time to fit those rods

Cool, very good of you to volunteer

small matter of fitting the new head and timing chain at the same time I'll get the clam back off in the next few weeks

[vocky]

as long as the weather is 'reasonable' it should only take a day to swap the rods and change the chain kit chain has to come off to remove the head, which has to come off to remove the rods .... engine tray needs to be off and the exhaust would be a bonus too

[mandarinvx]

Well it's now in a nice cosy garage all be it in Redditch!

[vocky]

and there was me thinking it was outside in the cold I can live with popping over to Redditch mid feb

[mandarinvx]

Cool :: should be able to rope in a willing assistant too

[JimmyJamJerusalem]

Adam, Can you check your PM's and get back to me.... Sent a few PM's about the national slots, and they are coming up as unread...? Am I on your block list or summit...? Hope not

[mandarinvx]

Well. the car is now in bits again

Fitting the new head with cams, Eagle rods, EGR cheater, new chain kit etc

Here's how it looks:



I have re-located the fuel breather to the drivers side, and replaced the undersize gearbox breather pipework with some of an adequate size



Any top tips of what else I can do / remove whilst the car is in this state (should I remove the material bulk heat stuff )

MrSimba very kindly helped with removal of the manifolds and ancillarys, the Karlos78 helped with removal of the head - thanks guys


Head removed, so now looks like this:



Bores look nice and clean, no scoring



And this is where I'll be spending the rest of the weekend





And a reminder for all those (like me!) that have not changed the alternator belt during services. Looks fine on the outer side (ie the visible side when inspecting ) but this is the condition of the ribs

[mandarinvx]

For the EGR removal I...

Bought the blanking plate and gasket from Vauxhall
And the cheater (thanks Vocky ) from Z22SE.co.uk

I also wanted to get rid of the hard pipe that runs from the outlet of the head to the inlet manifold (just below the throttle body)

The way the pipe is mounted in the inlet manifold is useless, it protrudes about 1/2" into the neck, disrupting airflow; and isn't even angled at 90 degrees into the flow

I was a bit wary about sealing the hole left once the pipe is removed - it simply unclips then pulls out, as I didn't want to risk any foreign bodies getting sucked into the engine

In the end I found that a 10p peice fits perfectly into the recess for the hole, and is much bigger than the hole for the pipe, so can't physically be sucked through. I then glued this in place from the outside, so that no stray glue can get sucked into the inlet - simples

The manifold:



Close up from the outside



And a view from the inside - no glue



Should give easier access to the oil filter housing too

[mandarinvx]

And to continue with the EGR deletion, a blanking plate I made up and the connection to the head with the pipe removed, both sprayed in high temp paint