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Thanks mate yeah your dead right exactly why I just purchased the long block and put in I wanted to do my motor rebuild slowly and correctly and not rush it, my mate who sold it to me fessed up and said the idler bolt snapped causing the valve to piston damage so it did only break on low rpm and not under full load etc the price for one piston is actually not that cheap almost worth while buying a full set, yeah I’ll strip block right down rehone go a higher tolerance with rings new bearings, I have a few heads sitting there so I’m not to sure what extent I’m going to go with that wether I convert to solid lifters or just have the head machines do springs and retainers and drop my poncams in, I don’t really like big horsepower prefer it under 500hp as I can really push the car to its limits I don’t think I’d be confident over the 500hp mark

began stripping down my forged motor and have priced up a new piston at 336$ however not sure on condition of rod as piston has contacted valve and I’m unsure if rod has Been slightly bent looks 100% fine but need an expert opinion but if all is well will go ahead with the forged build

Since top photo I have removed both stickers As of now moving forward with the 32 I’m looking at respraying the body however I have a dent in the rear quarter I need panel beated and the front fender a few more cosmetic prices to add to the engine bay as well as rear fenders as I wanna run either ,equip o5 ,weds ldzx, vskf something with a lot of dish

The interior looked quite poorly as well I had tacky cambergang stickers, centre part was very poorly done so I removed it made a new one with a 4 panel switchboard Removed stickers and tidied gauges up

I’ve removed washer bottle as it looks disgusting and I don’t want to paint it or pay for a custom fabbed one coolant overflow I’ve ordered a universal one to replace the old busted factory one yet to fit it still waiting for it to come but hopefully that fits okay im respraying the rocker covers as I found the wrinkle paint full and over time the wrinkle goes down leaving a flat Matt like paint, having issues with gun so gonna give it a full strip and clean down, some plastic primer and then we’ll be good to continue with that

This is currently how the engine sits

this really bought the bay to life, this was my first time spraying with a gun and air compressor first spray paint reacted to something on the front left strut tower so sanded down primed and resprayed and come out perfect