MarkGolf

Cheers! They are RH ZW1's, in the middle of polishing them, amoungst many other things I have begun which I wish I never! lol Ouch, they are big figures, can't stretch to that at the mo! As its a bottom end from an unknown place an I can't afford the £1700, what can I do on a smaller scale budget? Just get piston rings re-newed? Im going to get Hi flow heads to lighten and balance my flywheel as I quite like the price they offer ( hiflowheads.co.uk ) The gaskets will defo be from VW as I get disocunt, someone mentioned about going for a mk4 head gasket, but as Im going for a supercahrger, they said stick to the original.. All far too trying, but should be worth it in the end I hope!! Just want to get it in the car and running, then I'll go about doing the up-grades.. Thanks for your help :D

Hi.. I'm in the process of pulling a 2.9 VR6 engine apart so I can fit a new bottom end as I put a piston through the original.. Now, I've got no mechanical experienc, but have pulled the complete conversion out of a corrado, and getting it ready to go in my golf... Today I pulled the rocker cover off, and chain cover.... Would like some tips... The chain look brand new, but guess it would o, the guides look pretty new too with VERY minor marks from where the chain runs along them.. So I guess they've been changed... The car had donr 107k with full VW service history.. Well, tomorrow I want to pull the head off, but today I couldn't budge any of the splines holding it onto the bottom end.. I know the order in which they are all meant to be undone, so no need to warn me on that.. Do they need to be undone with a gun?? Would a LONG bar do the trick? Im not made of money, but the new bottom end im getting has done 92k, so would a re-bore and new piston rings be recommended?? How much would this cost?? I have a mate who does machining and he says if I can get the bore size, he can do the rebore for me.. So, anyone know the bore size??? If i get him to do this, he'll do it for a crate of beer, so how much would fitting new piston rings cost if i simply take the bottom end to the place and say 'fit new piston rings' thanks, any other advice would be appreciated!! what things shud I replace? I'm replacing everything single gasket, new bolts here and there, waht else?? the chains and carriers look fine so far..