Steve jordan
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Registered: 20th Dec 11
Location: Aldershot Hampshire
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Though it was about time I chuck up a thread as ive been collecting a few parts etc. Ive been out the game far due to a few personal problems and working stupid hours and also planning a wedding all my time and money has been taken up.
Anyway the aim is to fully rebuild a let engine with a few nice bits in it like oil squirters steel rods and low comp pistons etc in order to have a reliable but powerfull spec engine. Turbo wise im going to go down the route of the evo again as ive seen a few people using these and with good results.
First up was to find a decent block/bottom end, after a few weeks of trying to find one locally that i could go and see i found 2 miles down the road selling a complete early 20xe bottom end which had only covered 11000 miles (yeah right) so went to have a look and was amazed by hoe clean all parts were
noticed the block face had a slight bit of damage to it but nothing to worry about as its right on the outside.
The pistons that came out were in very good condition needless to say they sold very quickly 
Took the crank out and was nice to see its in good condition and all measures up to be standard so a polish will be fine.
Once was all stripped down a phone call to sbs and i was on my way down to drop my block off for underpiston oil squirters fitted, decked,honed,oil return tapped and for it to have a good clean up.
whilst steve is doing all my machining etc ill be sending him my pistons so he can lower the comp on them.
Its going to be a bit of a slow build so ill update when i collect more parts and when i havnt spent all my money on the wedding. 
Been gathering a few a few parts for when i get the block back from sbs.
Glyco mains and bigends,
Also bought a oil return for the block 1/2bsp.
These came up nice and cheap so couldnt really say no...
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Picked up a nice clean set of piston pins and a early backing plate from craig s, Thanks mate!
And arp mains which also came up at a good price.
also went down to see the one and only dewisgaymotorsport and craig for a curry, while i was there i got adam to knock me up a baffled sump, nice work mate!
Thought it was about time i actually started doing some work on this so decided to give my z20let oil pump a good clean up, started off with knicking the washing up bowl filled with petrol and gave it a good clean up.
Once all was cleaned and dry I then masked it up gave it a little heat and started to give it a few coats of paint
Once it went tacky I took it inside and hung it over a radiator.
Finished result.
Should be collecting my block from sbs end of month so once back ill get the bottom end built up hopefully. Once the wedding is out the way I'll be cracking on with the head, im going for complete overhaul and with uprated kent single springs from sbs aswell as all gasket seals etc..
Thats it for now chaps.
[Edited on 03-02-20Went to vauxhall today bought a new old stock early xe water pump, as it had been sat in the shelf a good time thy offered it to me at a seriously reduced price so couldn't really say no
Also went and saw a mate asked him if he could make up a z20let modded pickup pipe for me, I supplied him a standard zlet pipe mainly for the flange and also had a c20let pipe just for the basket. After a couple if hours he came up with this
Well happy with how this turned out, and for the price of a curry I couldn't really moan.
Bit of a update, had some bits turn up from Autovaux, Mahle bigends,main bearings,piston rings,xe oil pump seal, xe rear main seal, oil pump to block gasket and oil pickup pipe seal. Must say there prices are very respectable.
Went and collected my block from steveboyslim he fitted under piston oil squirters, decked , honed, oil return tapped and gave it a good clean.
Not even the slightest of lips on the bores so its a very good 86mm .
Once I'd left Steve's I set about going to see corsa Mitch where I picked up my cylinder head, it had the porous mod done which is a nice added bonus but its had a few skimms in the past so ill sort this out with a 1.9 cometic nearer the time.
May try and get the crank fitted the weekend at some point.
Got out in the garage for a couple if hours yesterday so I thought I'd make a start on build it all up. Started off by running a tap down the threads before I fitted the main studs.
Once all threads we all clean I have them a good spray with some brake cleaner and blew all holes out with a airline, then fitted all studs hand tight with the smallest dabs of loctite. Then placed in the main shells with a good coating of lubricant.
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Collected my crank off a mate which had been fully cleaned and polished
lowered into place with the rear seal fitted.
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Then made sure all main caps were completely clean then fitted with bearings and set about torqueing the nuts down to 20-40-60 lbft.
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Once all torqued down I set about fitting the zlet oil pump, started off by fitting the front oil seal
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Then gave both serfices a dab of sealer before fitting
Also got the water pump fitted but forgot to take a picture.
Was a good few hours work
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Should get chance to gap piston rings and fit pistons today along with fit the baffle plate and sump.
[Edited on 03-02-2013 by Steve jordan]
[Edited on 03-02-2013 by Steve jordan]
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