Project: RS2 ABY

[S2central.net]

No need for ZT wiring etc - I will use something you can connectorise that too.

[Sonic]

No need for ZT wiring etc - I will use something you can connectorise that too.

I look forward to seeing your handy work.

[Sonic]

Porting and head rebuild in progress -

[KaraK]

looking good fella.. any word on whether it will be done tonight or am I going to have to sort out leaving you some keys somewhere?

[Sonic]

Unsure currently.

[Thuppu]

What valves are those? They look so strange... thick...

[Sonic]

Stock ABY exhaust

[Thuppu]

Ok, I gess I havn't seen non-modified stock valves at all. My valves looked like this when I got a look at them:

[mcandmar]

Your pic looks like intake valves. The exhaust ones have a wider end to them, as per Sonics pic.

[Thuppu]

Ooh, ok. Like I told, havn't seen what the valves look like originally. But yes, they are intake valves in the pic when you compare to the head seats. What was I thinking.

[Sonic]

Took the head, bottom end, downpipe, turbo, zeitronix kit and a few other parts up to cumbria where the car is over the weekend, so the build is well and truly on now

Freshly ported and rebuilt head (thanks JP!):







Cleaned and primed engine mounts:





Re-honed and painted block ready for rebuilding:

[europeanme]

and so it begins....

[S2central.net]

mmm mmm shiny

[Sonic]

Yep, can't wait to get this thing back on the road.

Last time i drove it properly was a year ago, not too long after i had it dyno'd, as there was clearly a problem, and it was doing 230bhp.... sickening considering everything i'd done to it.

So... a year on... when i finally get back into it... i'll be stepping out of a 73bhp clio and into a car that no only have i not driven in a year, but has also almost doubled in power during that time.

[Jamo]

You still have to break in the engine so it will be like driving the Clio for a while