hi all

[gazza72]

hi all just showing a bit of work hadf done and wot happens when you dont check cambelt



and then



and now this



and how it is at moment
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images fixed, avatar removed - skip

[skipunda]

Interesting thread, moved straight to photo gallery

[Alex]

looks good what did you use to clean engine prior to painting

[Ajsingh]

Wow never seen a head break like that :s what happened there then?

Nice clean looking car mate, got any more pics and info on it?

Also a nice clean shiny new engine, is that a 2.5? Or any hidden internal surprises?

[bss325i]

Wow never seen a head break like that :s what happened there then?

Snapped cam belt.

I bought a 325i cabrio to break and it had the same damage after a snapped belt.

[capri_rob]

Moredoor porn - wheres diddler ???

[gazza72]

hi every one my car started out as a standard 325 auto which gave me no problems brought it for £500 i put a full powerflow stainless system on it but one wet and windy night i headed across a junction had a bit of sideways floored it on the old kickdown got the old girl into second and at full chat spinning like fook it all went quiet luckily i was about 300 yards from my house so rolled and pushed it home

[gazza72]

i used a lot of tfr grease remover and jet wash[img[/img

[gazza72]

i got the car picked up by my good friend robin at raw motorport as his workshop is about two minutes from my house and had a closer look inside and this is what we found i managed to bend all the valves bashed all pistons and bent the bars that the rocker arms slide onto and broke and cracked the head [img[/img

[gazza72]

luckily we sourced this mtec 1 325 sport engine and gearbox was going to ditch autobox anyway[img and as you can see it has been sat around a while so what better excuse to rebuild it the head on this engine we found out wasnt all that but luckily we pursuided the bloke we brought it of to chuck in another head he had [/img]

[gazza72]

so have had to get my baby out to use as my daily [img[/img]

[Alex]

golf looks smart

[BATTS91]

love the golf , ats cups ? suite it well

[gazza72]

dont like driving it in this weather but needs must [img[/img]

[gazza72]

got the head off [img[/img]

[gazza72]

[img stripped this apart[/img[img then sent it all off to owesbury crank and machine shop to get it all machined head skimmed and everything lightened and balanced and got them to skim my flywheel within an inch of its life [img[/imgso started to clean and paint it all[img[/img

[gazza72]

now looks like this[img[/img[img[/img[img[/img[img[/img]

[gazza72]

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[gazza72]

more parts prepped and painted[img[/img[img[/img[img[/img[img[/img

[gazza72]

[img[/img]got new oil cap[/img had a break for a ride in friends drift car was awesome day [imgback to reality[/img sourced a bigger radiator e36 m3 keeps temperature down[/img[imgi got the parts back from owlesburys [/imggot the carnk back in[imgnew oil pump[/img]

[gazza72]

started putting head back together what a job that was as have never done anything like this before but had good guidance from robin welsh from raw motorsport who kindly helped me with the build put the oil seals springs and valves back in this was time consuming took me ages to get it to this stage as people who have done this before know whats involved.we drilled the holes in the oil pipe so will squirt out more oil[img

[gazza72]

sorry missed this pic out[img[/img

[gazza72]

i then managed to source new dash as mine was cracked[img[/imgtook out the carpet found this [img[/img so got it all welded up

[gazza72]

got my new wheels and wanted to colour code them so did it straight away[img[/img[img[/imgmy mate jay was in charge i just prepped [img[/imgand like an idiot i thought it would be a good idea to do all the bolts as well but i wouldnt reccomend it were a nightmare to sand them all[/img]

[d1mkaz]

wow , that car has an awesome treatment............ jealous

[adit]

some good work there mate, you're really getting on with it. well done

[rix313]

Do you take the pistons out and clean them everytime you drive the car I've never seen engine parts that clean lol!

How did you get the bonnet so clean? When I removed the sound proofing from mine the glue was a total tw@ to get off.

[gazza72]

thanks for positive comments , i had to use a lot of tfr and a jet wash bit of petrol it did take a while just needs a lick of paint im not putting sound deadening back on the more noise the better

[gazza72]

here we go again[img

[gazza72]

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[gazza72]

got more done to the engine[img pistons in [/imgnew oil pump[/img[img[/img

[gazza72]

put the head on [/img[img slowly but surely[/img[img[/img[/img]

[gazza72]

manifold was a bitch [img[/img[img[/img[img actually starting to look like an engine [/img]

[gazza72]

a few days later it looked like this [/img[imgit was a lot easier to get in [img with some much needed help i couldnt have done it without this man [/img ta da [/img

[gazza72]

then we had to get the gearbox ready which was crapping it about as i didnt know if it was any good but with a short shifter added is as sweet as a nut [img[/img[img then all we had to do was the easy bit and get her started[/img]