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[JamesV6CDX]

Well, as posted previously some good progress has been made on the project, so I'm now going to post up some of my pictures so far. Enjoy!

Pic 1: The project car



Pic 2: The Doner Shed, er, car



Pic 3:  The Damage done to the block of the original engine in the project car



Pic 4: The shot engine coming out of the project car:



Pic 5: The Donor car being butchered apart ready for pulling the engine block out...



Pic 6: The  engine coming out of the donor car!



Pic 7: The donor engine block ready to be lifted into the decent project car:



Pic 8: Mating with the gearbox, a barsteward of a job...



Pic 9: Donor engine block all cleaned up, with new head gasket in situ, ready for my nice head...



Pic 10: My cylinder head, I'm proud of this!



Pic 11: The neighbours must love me





Pic 12: This came flying out of the original engine when it seized!




More pictures to follow, and hopefully an update to say it's running sweetly next week!!

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Good luck with the rest of it.

[JamesV6CDX]

Cheers

Once it's done, I'm faced with the dilemma of whether to keep it or not!!

It's only a 2.0, yet it's mint, overhauled and low mileage...

Whereas my 2.5 V6 is getting tatty, (but we've only just done the timing belt on it)