i haven't decided what im goign to do just yet, but im either going to gather up all the funds i can, and rebuild this one right off, because im going to get the head shaved and dipped too, buy another engine, get the car back on the road, rebuild a "tuff" street engine later, or (least likely) buy a poo pooty engine, put it in, if it turns out to be in decent nick, chuck all my go fast bits on that engine and leave that for a while.
bottom end knock/clack, and screeching/whining from the cam,
found con rods 2 and 4 to have play to the crankshaft (yeah)
all 3 cam bearings and burnt out and flaking slightly, cam lobes have had it, rockers look even worse, all these filings and flakes of metal had collected in the sump, which is why im skeptical that the peices of metal are all throughout the oil galleries too,
i really cant put my finger on what had happened? some say bad rocker geometry or incorrectly adjusted rockers, mine were noisy as f*ck, but what about the bottom end? the knocking sound became noticeable, and then ridiculously loud within a week.
ill throw some pics in here later, and keep updating with whatever i end up doing, because involving plan 1 and 2, are professional machining, home assembly.
theres a wrecker nearby that had a mk4 cortina with a 2ltr in it, after the easter weekend ill see if they still have it & what they want for the engine. theres NONE on ebay!!!