MANNN that block looks soo clean man... hey what size is your CS HG btw?

 

Thanks buddy!

I beleive you are referring to the head gasket...If so the specs are Bore = 98mm T ~ .6mm (Pr)

I hope that is what you are asking for

 

Very nice build and component list, can't wait to see the results on this. Love how you have some good pictures with the thread.

I can't believe the combustion chamber on your stock block is so dirty, mine must be filthy with 93k miles.

 

Thanks for the compliments buddy!! More pics to come as we progress.

Haha Yeah it definetly gets dirty in there.

 

Very nice build

I'm genuinely jealous
Between you and Rookie both getting the Cosworth treatment
Enjoy it man and keep on top of it

 

Cosworth is yummy. The shortblock pricing is semi high, but starting with a fresh block, crank and all assembled by a company like Cosworth makes me feel better when running it hard.

I'm coming up on 10k miles on the new motor and everything has been great so far. No oil leaks, no coolant leaks, no real blow by in the manifold either when I pulled it off recently.

 

Very Nice build!!

 

^ Thanks everyone!!

Quick update. Just picked up the Carbonetics Clutch yesterday. At the last minute we decided to upgrade from double to tripple plate (to be safe). Called Cosworth afterwards to go and pck up my plenum...and unfortunately it is STILL NOT READY!!! Grrrrrrrrrrr!! They said Mon or Tues next week. Their reason for the delay...delay in manufacturing process...again. The good news is Cosworth did commit to it being ready on Tuesday at the latest.

Going to go pick up my timing and cam covers today as well. We were going to go with powder coated black, but at the last minute we decided to do polished.

More pics will be up later today.

 

Nice call on the clutch, very nice.

 

Carbonetics is confusing, too many options. Hopefully it holds without needing to be heated up too much.

This is where we usually get the more intricate stuff polished. http://www.kaleidoscopepolishing.com/

I haven't seen any better polished timing covers. Many look nice in pics on the forum, but up close you can see not enough die grinding and not enough tools available to the polisher for the tight areas. Plenums and other pieces are easy compared to tight areas of the timing cover.

 

^ Rookie I am not worried about the clutch. We got the one for street use. Very good driveability and no warm up required for everyday driving.

To late on the polish work...My buddy took them to Magmasters in Santa Ana. I do not have pics yet but they look like mirrors. Very good work as well in the tight areas of the timing cover as well. Very satisfied with their work.

 

Ah! I cant wait to see this thing finished!!!!

 

^ You and me both!!

 

Good to meet you today. Lets get that monster finished.

 

Nice to meet you today as well!! Where did you end up today on the dyno?

As far as being done we are shooting to be at Technosquare on the 17th for tunning...cross your fingers. I want this thing finished so bad!