they balanced it to match with the rest of the associated crank parts

not much to say really

it was out so glad i had it  balanced

regarding the pistons i dont know what to do

better i speak to accralite as i need to know which way the pistons go anyway

and i need to find out which way round the rods go too

heres some pics of what ive done today

fitted the open thermostat into the housing to allow for remote thermostat

measured the main bearing journals all seem ok

fitted crank ,oil pump, oil filter elbow, turbo drain pipe and dipstick tube

need to fit liners pistons and rods next

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spoke to accralite today regarding the piston they yell me that the ex mark under the piston crown refrences exhaust side which i was pretty sure thats what it was but best to check and they were very appolagetic aboat the pip that was left underneath the piston crown and was told to remove it

apparantley its to centralize it in the laithe when they machine it

regarding the cams was told by piper that the timing figure for a 244 duration cam with 12/52 and 52/12 should always be 110 degrees

there we go sorted now can start to get them together

yeh used the proper rover sealant

cant see why  not

i bought mine from elise parts but all they advise is to fit the uprated oil pump gear with it but they dont do a gear for the very late pumps so i didnt

wont have a problem mate fit it

after finding out which way the rods and pistons went

i managed to get them built up with the rings too

ive put an old piston in just for clarity just for people to see the diffrence from standard to performance

hopefully get these in the block this week

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heres some more pics of the liners before i fitted them

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and the dowells i fitted in the block

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yeh they sit 0.33mm above the liner so should be ok but i was going to use the mls gasket aswell

just worked compression ratio works out at 8.257 plus or minus 0.500 to 1

means i can run more boost over standard ratio 9.200 to 1 plus or minus 0.500 to 1

not really drew will have to work out safest boost pressure to use

0.7 bar is the standard boost pressure

the head fitted to the block and the metal water pipe fitted

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munday - 5/2/2011 9:53 AM

dazbooker - 5/2/2011 2:08 PM

just worked compression ratio works out at 8.257 plus or minus 0.500 to 1

means i can run more boost over standard ratio 9.200 to 1 plus or minus 0.500 to 1

With that sort of CR you can run some healthy boost through that May seem a little more sluggish off boost, but as its in a metro you will hardly notice it

what sort of boost pressure do you reckon i coul run with this cr