rebuilding x30xe

[davieboy0312]

about a year ago I had a 2001 omega and had a slight accident at 110mph when head gasket went. Removed engine and stripped it to the bare bones.

The engine has been honed, new rings, crankshaft and all the bearings and heads done.

AND the best part its totally been powdercoated candy red. Just waiting on the timing wheels, power steering wheels, alternator wheel, aircon clutch and crankshaft wheel coming back from chromers



any ideas would be great

[TheBoy]

Image no workio for me...

[davieboy0312]

followed instructions for putting it on. how come not workin

[TheBoy]

In dropbox, there is an option to publish/share the pic.  You are actually trying to share a page (whic is in link below)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/w7uryu766eo61h2/20120826_195520.jpg

[tunnie]

Used wrong link, needs to start dl.dropboxuser

[davieboy0312]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qs5f6wfcalgnzuu/20120825_073101.jpg

[davieboy0312]

side view with gear box powdercoated as well. manifolds getting chromed as well

https://www.dropbox.com/sc/9rc048jhg9elcth/7xi2yb4GbC

[Nick W]

Looks good, although the colour is a bit gaudy for me.
What are you doing about the cambelt cover?

[davieboy0312]

looks better in the sunlight. cam cover thrown out. yea I know I run the risk of something getting into timing belt and wrecking everything I done. chance I will take for it looking good

a better pic of colourhttps://www.dropbox.com/s/o9w5a9lc6ykwjh8/WP_20130902_007.jpg

[Nick W]

I learnt that lesson over twenty years ago when I left the belt cover off because it looked cooler.
Then the fanbelt came off, and made the timingbelt jump about 4 teeth, which I only discovered when I'd walked into town and bought and fitted a new fanbelt.
The AA patrol seemed surprised when I asked to borrow the appropriate sockets and refitted the timingbelt at the side of the road. That is possible with a 2.0l Capri, it will be a disaster with a 4cam V6.

My advice is to find a way of fitting the belt that you can stand to look at. I intend to fit an X30XE to my Standard Flying 12, and will be painting the block and (probably) the gearbox dark blue, as that will be the detail colour on the car. I intend to retain the plastic camcovers and timing belt cover and just clean up all the other aluminium bits.

[davieboy0312]

only other things I could do is cut the holes out so timing sprockets are visible but still protects the belt

[kevinp58]

Is it possible to get perspex covers moulded. 
Looks great BTW 

[davieboy0312]

that's a idea Perspex covers. wouldn't need to be rounded like the cover just enough to protect the majority of it. good thinking mate

[Johnny English]

side view with gear box powdercoated as well. manifolds getting chromed as well

https://www.dropbox.com/sc/9rc048jhg9elcth/7xi2yb4GbC

Nice job mate, could you have some pics about chromed parts, please? 

[davieboy0312]

only have coil springs as yet all the rest will be coming back next week,also waiting for the whole back end coming back from powder coaters. so be busy rebuilding 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9a544ncnm5b8g1n/V__D41D.jpg

when I get the rest back and on I will take more pics.