Oh Noes Not Again!!!!!

[Butuz]

Opened up the garage to check the car last night - and some pikey thief has broken in and stolen the friggin engine!!!!!!!



You cant leave anything lying around nowadays!!!!

Butuz

[CocoPops]

Are you kidding?!?

[mart_haj86]

Oh no, thats terrible! little b*stards! that the engine for the skyline?

[0iD]

That's not random is it, someone's sussed that in advance.

[Lee H]

That's not random is it, someone's sussed that in advance.

I thought that as well.

All that time, sweat and probably blood spent on it and then it dissapears overnight.

[Moby-Dick]

I think thats been removed too carefully for it to have been stolen

[BUFF]

& look, they left their tools ...

[Butuz]

Its ok!! Found the engine! Must have sleep-removed it and forgotten

Lol!

Cams look good as new! not bad for 16 years old.


Crank looks good as new.


One of the cylinders has a nice scratch - probably caused by a sparkplug disintegrating in the past blocks off to the machine shop to be honed up good as new.


Engine out and stripped in 6 hours - not bad!

Butuz

[Howard]

Hahaha you lot are so gullible

[0iD]

grrr

git

[Lee H]

Gah - hook, line and sinker

[Butuz]

Some bits to go on:



Inside the engine just giving her a refresh - new piston rings, main and big end bearings, and a full nissan gasket set including the headgasket.

Also doing full fluid swap, Engine / Gearbox / ATTESA(4wd).

Looking forward to getting the engine back together! I am also taking this opportunity to re-paint all of the cam covers etc - the nasty goldy powder coat is proving to be a right nightmare to get off. I've tried to get the bits shot blasted but had no luck as they said its soft aluminium and could be damaged / pitted

So going at it with sandpaper.

Might try some kind of chemical dip - its taking too long to do it manually!

Butuz

[Butuz]

omg shock horror - IT'S ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It didnt mash itself to dead on the first crank of the starter - w00t!

(pics coming later)

Butuz

[Butuz]

Here some pics. I only washed it on Sunday and its bloomin stinking already





Done nearly 200 miles in it so far and limited to 4000rpm. Will go to 5000rpm @ 200 miles and increase 500rpm every 100 miles.

Vroom vroom!

Butuz

[Zak33]

how does it feel?

[Butuz]

Handles like a go cart and pushes you right back into your seat between 2500-4000rpm (cant wait till i can push her to 8000rpm+)

Sounds pretty insane too.

Its got standard shocks on with Tein springs so its a tad stiffer and lower than standard - but still rolls a little bit too much for my liking though so I may put the hideously stiff coilovers back on to try.

Butuz