Engine Build

[leet5r]

Spare cash??? what's that then? all mine's gone into my engine rebuild lol but like you i will have a new engine but mine has to be a daily drive so 300bhp and 470n/m will be fine for me would be well happy with that

what spec is it

[Jamest5r]

The engine will be standard mate it pulled 288bhp and 456n/m before the rebuild..spec was 16t ported, me7 manifold, miltec cat back (no cat), now i will have extra a fmic, 3" throttle body and of course a rebuilt engine so im not asking too much lol

[nobananas]

what do you mean m8 , comprehensive set , it would be great if you could find the price list , it would help me price up

I've searched the site but I can't find it (anyone seen it ?). I remember it was about a grand with machining work (it had a full seat and valve re-cut, a head skim, crank mic-up and polish, bore check for 'ovalarity' and wear, bore glaze bust,little end assessment and probably a few other things I can't remember !) Then the engine was built up with new seals, piston rings, big end bearings and mains. It didn't start off that expensive but when I got all the receipts together and added it all up it was a real 'holy £££££' moment ! I'll see if I can dig out any of the receipts over the weekend and post them up.

[leet5r]

I've searched the site but I can't find it (anyone seen it ?). I remember it was about a grand with machining work (it had a full seat and valve re-cut, a head skim, crank mic-up and polish, bore check for 'ovalarity' and wear, bore glaze bust,little end assessment and probably a few other things I can't remember !) Then the engine was built up with new seals, piston rings, big end bearings and mains. It didn't start off that expensive but when I got all the receipts together and added it all up it was a real 'holy £££££' moment ! I'll see if I can dig out any of the receipts over the weekend and post them up.

cheers pal , very good of you, and i will tr to get the block to a machine shop soon and get things sizes up

[Tomcat]

Fixed yer thread title.

[cameron]

Sorry for the slight hijack, but Jim i cant wait to see what your car will do after the conversion and rebuild, should give the good lady something to think about this year

[leet5r]

Fixed yer thread title.

cheers i relised i typed the title in to fast and wrong lol

[nobananas]

Right, some prices for you.

Main bearing set £86
Big end bearing 5 X £22.80 (£114)
Piston ring kit 5 X £18.60 (£93)
Chemical gasket (between engine block sandwiches) £28
Collection of gaskets and seal totaling £37.45

Total parts from Volvo including VAT £421.18

Other stuff

Head bolt set £29.68
Head gasket set £90.47
Cambelt kit £90.00
Waterpump £35

Machine work

Pressure test head £35.40
Head skim £23.83
Valve re-cut £32.40
Valve seat re-cut £42.80
Remove/replace valves and springs £24.35

Total head work including VAT £186.57

Have lost the invoice for the bottom end but it had a mic-up, polish, light glaze bust/hone and the crank and flywheel were balanced.

I also rebuilt the turbo at the same time and the prices were from early 2007 so may be different now. Hope this is of some use.

[leet5r]

Right, some prices for you.

Main bearing set £86
Big end bearing 5 X £22.80 (£114)
Piston ring kit 5 X £18.60 (£93)
Chemical gasket (between engine block sandwiches) £28
Collection of gaskets and seal totaling £37.45

Total parts from Volvo including VAT £421.18

Other stuff

Head bolt set £29.68
Head gasket set £90.47
Cambelt kit £90.00
Waterpump £35

Machine work

Pressure test head £35.40
Head skim £23.83
Valve re-cut £32.40
Valve seat re-cut £42.80
Remove/replace valves and springs £24.35

Total head work including VAT £186.57

Have lost the invoice for the bottom end but it had a mic-up, polish, light glaze bust/hone and the crank and flywheel were balanced.

I also rebuilt the turbo at the same time and the prices were from early 2007 so may be different now. Hope this is of some use.

cheers bud