200kg ?  bah, you should be able to bench press that right out of there !!!


reminds me of being a kid helping my dad change a transit engine, i was so small all i could do was fetch and pass tools, too small to actually do anything.... but can remember watching my dad pick up a 3litre V4 out the back of a car and carry it over to the van.... no idea how heavy it was... but to a little kid he might as well have picked up a house !

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Quote from: knightylooks like youre doing pretty well for working outside with limited space/tools etc...

I must be getting old, Im starting to get garages to do work Id have done myself a few years ago

yeah the slope on my drive was a real pain today and I could do with some proper engine moving equipment, that subframe and engine must be around 200kg.

here is how I left it for today before I moved onto trying to fix my bike

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Simple - put the engine on a dolly raising it off the ground, put the car on higher axle stands, lower the car on to the engine.

That front end needs to be the same as the finished ride height.

Quote from: soopahflyThat front end needs to be the same as the finished ride height.

48" rear tyres and a bit of welding should cure that problem
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JOKE!!!!

not done alot since as the weather has been nice and been out on the bike.

did a little bit this morning but was getting hot and bothered and pissed off with all the nackered bolts, ruined a ball joint getting a drive shaft off.

removed pipes, loom, alternator, drive shafts, suspension, anti roll bar.




next will be manifolds and gearbox and then Ill take the engine out.

Id keep my eye out for a cheapish K20 if I was you - as in a Honda K20

Quote from: MarkId keep my eye out for a cheapish K20 if I was you - as in a Honda K20

i keep getting the urges to make it quicker but it isnt that sort of project just want to get it to a good standard, let the missus run around in it for a bit and sell it on.

I would probably stick a k-series vvc engine if I was going to make it quicker.

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Quote from: MarkId keep my eye out for a cheapish K20 if I was you - as in a Honda K20

i keep getting the urges to make it quicker but it isnt that sort of project just want to get it to a good standard, let the missus run around in it for a bit and sell it on.

I would probably stick a k-series vvc engine if I was going to make it quicker.

Is it not the VVC version then?

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Quote from: MarkId keep my eye out for a cheapish K20 if I was you - as in a Honda K20

i keep getting the urges to make it quicker but it isnt that sort of project just want to get it to a good standard, let the missus run around in it for a bit and sell it on.

I would probably stick a k-series vvc engine if I was going to make it quicker.

Is it not the VVC version then?

no just standard 1.8.