More GTO look, EFI, AMG supercharger, Supertrapps and Magnaflows by bert308

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Good thing I pulled the crank, some of the bearings were not as good as the one I first examined. I loaded the crank, a head, some liners, a piston and some example valves in the Lancia and will visit the engine shop after work tomorrow for opinion and estimate, if the guy has time to examine my stuff.

8-13-2008

So I went to the engine shop today. The guy was happy to get a work order for a Ferrari he only had a few before, but I guess the parts look like just any other car. He was surprised to find that the cast original pistons were English made (Is it really from a Ferrari?) and when he picked up a conrod he said, ow, that's heavy.
No other surprises. The inlet valve guides were like new, just like all the in/ex seats, crank looked fine, he thought the exhaust valves were fine too and when I told him they were prone to break he thought I was exaggerating, I said they can break when dropped on the floor, he said, they don't drop on the floor when they are inside an engine do they?, anyway I will replace them with either the ones superformance UK has or Norwood but also the engine guy will see if he can find some from his suppliers. Superformance and Norwood offer the forged JE pistons, SPF in 82.00 mm size and Norwood has 81.36 mm size or custom size. I'm choosing the Norwoods 81.36 I think, will email them first. So what we agreed upon was crank checking, measuring, magnafluxing (I almost wrote magnaflowing) and polishing, bore and hone the liners to the required size for the forged pistons I will supply, reem small end bushes to the proper size for the new pistonpins (the Norwoods have an oversized pin) and remove exhaust valve guides and install the new ones, about 650 Euro total, flywheel machining was 35 Euro if I decide that, depends of what clutch I will get. Still interested in the Norwood one, found a company over here but Norwoods has a product that is proven for the 308 and his price is sharp (because it is in $$$ hehe). So I'll inquire with Norwoods, await the call from the engine guy tomorow if he has found exhaust valves or not, and then I will place orders with Norwood and Superformance. The engine shop can start the work when the exhaust valves and guides and pistons are there.