There has been
some progress.
The Swindon engine has been thoroughly cleaned, inspected, stripped down and painted. The old engine is out and the engine mounts have been transferred over along with the sump, starter and brackets for the aircon and power steering.
I re-used the cam pulley wheels off the old engine as the ones fitted to the new engine were a bit pitted between the teeth.
The water pump seemed ok but behind it there hid a mess!
That's all been flushed out now and the stainless steel heat exchanger has been fitted.
I fitted the water pump from the old engine as I know it's good, having fitted it myself only six months ago.
The old engine was pretty well mayo'd up.
Plans:
Finish transferring parts from old engine (knock sensors etc)
Delete the now unnecessary exhaust port restrictions with a port grinder.
Fit the 3.2 manifolds (waiting on gaskets ATM)
Modify the downpipes
Once all that is done I can get it off the stand and fit the flex plate (new bolts) ready to get it into the car.
It's slow going, mainly due to working on my own most of the time and the pain meds I'm on not working too well. Still, slow progress is still progress!