Megasquirt in my 16v by JonnyPhenomenon

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7-16-2008

So I am finally getting around to building my 2L 16v motor, and I have some questions. 

First: head gasket.

whats the commonly preferred brand of headgasket? 

Im looking at getting a cometic brand head gasket from Bildon motorsports for 89$. any suggestions for a better place to get them?

it looks like Ill be able to buy bearings and all the gaskets today. I just want to get the best stuff y'know?

second: rings... where do they sell them for the stock 2.0 pistons?

wow. what a clean engine!

did you get that bored out any? what kind of pistons are those?

what kind of finish is on the engine block? I want to do that.  

I would really like to go all out with this motor, but money is really tight.  

Im looking at getting most of the stuff from german autoparts. bearings, gaskets and rings, and just reusing my rods and pistons. it doesnt make any sense for me to get new pistons right now, since I plan on going turbo some day and would just want to get turbo pistons then.

one more thing: once I get the block all assembled, it might be a while before I can get it installed in the car. is there anything I can spray the cylinder walls with to prevent flash rust?

got the block all cleaned up today in the parts cleaner at work. I honed the cylinder walls a bit to get all the flash rust off. theres some really light pitting here and there, but I think I can hone some of that out without needing to upsize the pistons. 

I gotta run, but Ill post more later.

7-17-2008

thanks fo the wd40 tip, and the oil priming tip too. this is a 16v, so I can prime it with a 22mm socket on the end of the intermediate shaft.

which by the way, was really funny shaped so I turned it down real nice on the lathe. I spent more time trying to locate a halfway decent bit than I did actually lathing the thing. 

anyway, I picked up a 5gal bucket of purple power parts cleaner. that stuff is intense! cost me 20$ at advanced auto parts. 

I cleaned up the block, degreased and descaled it. then washed it with laquer thinner and sprayed it with a few coats of duplicolor 500 degree engine enamel. ionce its dry Im going to respray the cylinder walls with some more wd40 and call it a night. I got a ton of stuff coming from GermanAutoparts.com tomorrow and I have the day off from work, so Ill have this block built by the end of the day  

after that, I have to wait two weeks for my next paycheck so I can buy all the stuff I need for the for the head. 

I just updated my original post to include the stuff Ive picked up recently, and I just realised that the only thing that is stopping me from finishing my megasquirt install is some hoses and fittings.... 

what the hell am I waiting for????