Modifications/repairs - page 10


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Time to strip the engine for re-conditioning. Not too bad inside, other than a couple of rusted bores.

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First cylinder head gets stripped down.

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First cylinder head cleaned up, and all looking good.

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Second cylinder head stripped down, with one cracked exhaust valve needing replacing.

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First clyinder head gets some porting done to the rather restrictive exhaust ports.

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First cylinder head assembled.

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The gearbox gets cleaned up, and a new shift improver kit fitted. Bit gutted I forgot to take a photo of the valve body properly in bits.

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My gearbox turns out to be a C5, rather than a C4, and proved to be a tad confusing, so I have put together a webpage detailing a few useful pointers for others trying upgrade their C5 gearbox.

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