That engine was their interpretation of an "engine build".
Close mate of mine outlayed about 10k having the motor built. Brand new everything, apparently. Shortly after he had the engine the water pump failed and he learnt they just reused his old one, they didnt even put a new one on it, and they claimed it wasn't covered by their "warranty".
The "forged" pistons they had used arent even traceable, possibly their own knock ups. The serial numbers stamped on them didnt find any hits on Google or anywhere else. His invoice didnt state a part # or anything for them either, only info he got was "block prepared for forged internals". Also the crank and rods were stock items aswell.
What i believe killed the engine when i had it was poor head work, when i had them rec'od. Although from the carnage it was so difficult to tell exactly what happened.
It appeared that the problem came back to the valve seats being cut off-square to the guides and over time fatigue set in and the stems cracked (Perhaps they were cut using the old guides? Or without the guides?). There really was very little left to try and piece it together from, though the seats looked off square even to the naked eye.
As i said before, this engine wouldnt have lasted anyway. Every single piston skirt (both sides) was scuffed to the shitters (poor clearances) along with poor honing of the bores. Nearly all the crank journal bearings, thrust bearing and large-end rod bearings were assembled in dirty conditions as most of them had shown wear and copper was visable on them. Some of the bearing caps were even dirty UNDER the bearing shells.
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