Jay reKx
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this isn't a land rover, but I thought this might be of interest to some people.
The aim of the project is to build a vintage car for hillclimbing/racing and eventually make it the fastest in its class. the car will date back to the early 1900s so all parts and components with the exception of nuts, bolts, and consumable parts will be nearly 100 years old. Today I dragged the engine out of the mud where its been sat for at least five years, and by the looks of it has previously been stored in similar conditions for most of its life before it was left here.
this is the block
head removed
pistons seized solid and bores full of rust and leaves and nearly a decades worth of crap
camshaft
head cleaned up doesn't look too bad
first job is to clean up the block, and get it rebored for high compression pistons, which will be the first and only modification until the cars built, but there are plenty of ideas and parts ready to make it lighter and faster once its all ready
this is as far as I got today, I'll update teh thread as it happens.
JKx
The aim of the project is to build a vintage car for hillclimbing/racing and eventually make it the fastest in its class. the car will date back to the early 1900s so all parts and components with the exception of nuts, bolts, and consumable parts will be nearly 100 years old. Today I dragged the engine out of the mud where its been sat for at least five years, and by the looks of it has previously been stored in similar conditions for most of its life before it was left here.
this is the block
head removed
pistons seized solid and bores full of rust and leaves and nearly a decades worth of crap
camshaft
head cleaned up doesn't look too bad
first job is to clean up the block, and get it rebored for high compression pistons, which will be the first and only modification until the cars built, but there are plenty of ideas and parts ready to make it lighter and faster once its all ready
this is as far as I got today, I'll update teh thread as it happens.
JKx
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