Ohh okay truee. Didn't know that :/

Anyways, might see you around.

Brandon.

So I just checked out a mate's factory turbo kit off a MX6 (or something like that) hat he's got collecting dust that will bolt onto the engine that's going to be dropped into the escort.
I do believe that this build has stepped up a notch...

So I dragged this wee beastie back to my place last weekend:
 

 
The body's fairly well rooted, the tray's solid but missing bits, starts, stops, shifts and steers quite well, but the poor old thing wasn't running right.

Cylinder four wasn't pulling its weight.
At all.

Plenty of fuel, air and spark, but the compression was down severely.
I immediately thought 'rings', but usually rings (especially in these tough li'l f*ckers) all wear down evenly, so I was thinking it was either a burnt-out valve or a hole in the piston.

I crossed my fingers, hoped that it wasn't a lightweight piston, and pulled the head off.
 

 
So the bores are squeaky clean (no scoring or glazing and a tiny lip at the top) and the tops of the pistons, bowls and valves are covered in carbon, but I did find this:
 

 
Ah-huh! The culprit!
 
The plan is to clean the bowls, valves and pistons (as best as I can without tearing the engine down) and throw it back together, although I am very, very tempted to tear the entire engine down to its undies, clean everything (the oil's black as black and smells burnt), and throw it back together nice and clean and fresh-ish (I think they're called a re-run engine).
 
Anyone know where to get valves for these things?
 

Quick update:
I cleaned up the mating face and bowls of the of the head the other night. It was in pretty good condition, still has machining scores on the face where the gasket meets, so that's all well and good. The valves are horrendously coked up, along with the exhaust ports, but that's nothing that can't be cleaned.


Got off my proverbial and decided to yank the motor and 'box out.

Propped up in preparation:


Motor and 'box halfway out with Dusan's help:

 
Back of the 'box was stuck on the lip where the floorpan and firewall meet, so after a few failed attempts at prying it out, I jumped up and gave it a bootful.
It worked.


Tadaa!

 
Motor and 'box sitting under the stairs awaiting pulldown, inspection and rebuild

 
On a lighter note:
New workbench!
It's big and steel and awesome.
Picked it up for $300.
(Note the size of it compared to my ute).

 
Where it's sitting for now until it gets the top cleaned up and a coat of black paint.

Nice bench,
Should've used the F truck to move the bench......The old Kingswood wouldve struggled....lol !!
 

I only use the purple thing to move it becaue I've managed to trash the C6 in the truck, but the old girl didn't struggle at all!

So yesterday, myself and a couple of mates decided it'd be a great idea to paint the horrendously yellow workbanch, clean the surface rust off the top (it was sitting in an open-sided shed in a sand and gravel yard), and rearrange the man cave.
Suprisingly enough, it all panned out as planned:
 

 

Not-so-minor update:

With the motor and 'box up on the newly-refurbished workbench, I threw the head back on and dry-fitted the factory turbo and exhaust manifold off a Mazda MX6.
This motor's merely a stroked-out version of the 2L in the MX6s and Telstars.



The only clearance issue was that the exhaust snail fouled on the dipstick, which was remedied quickly and easily with a pair of multigrips.


After these grin-inflicting shenanigans, I broke the 'box off of the motor.



The only problem that I had with the pulldown was the crank sprocket for the timing belt.
No amount of leverage would get it off, so while it soaked in WD-40, I knocked up this little pulliemajig utilising the factory pulled bolts.
Worked a treat.



Motor's all apart ready to be cleaned and regasketed.
:D


Viciously considering a water/methanol injection setup.
Thoughts?

Crank, rods and pistons in.
Excuse the terrible pic, that's what pictures look like with grease/oil over the lens.

 
Lower timing sprocket, water pump, oil pump and windage tray on.

 
Sump on and flipped back right way up.

 
Head and cam gear on.

 
Timing belt, timing belt cover, harmonic balancer and pulleys on.

 
Threw the cam cover on and dipstick in and finally it's ready to bolt up to the gearbox and shoehorn into Esther.

 
Gave the 'box a quick tidy up.
For a 'before' picture, it's the big ,greasy, oily black thing in the background of the photo of the motor disassembled on the bench.

Progress!
Finally done with my housemate's Chevy, so I rolled the wee beastie in and got crackin':
I'm getting my money's worth out of the courier.
Pinched the bonnet support out of it and bolted it onto Esther.
Works a treat.


Bonnet off.


Little cars are good in their own twisted ways.
Pulled the bonnet off by myself


Radiator, overflow and battery out.


Engine crane on and nipped up.


Halfway out...


...and it's out.


Engineless engine bay.


This is how she'll sit for a while yet.


Can't wait to hook in and dummy fit the new motor and 'box!