Another METRO Project

[Daox]

When I was considering rebuilding my Metro's engine, I was going to use thermal coatings and dry film lubricants to increase thermal efficiency and reduce pumping losses.

I was planning on using this kit: PEK1 Engine Kit - Assembly Lubricants

With it you can coat tons of stuff. The thermal coating can go on the piston tops, combustion chamber, and valve bottoms. The dry film lube can go on main bearings, cam journals, valve shafts, piston skirts, all to reduce friction. I have no idea how well any of it works, but it sounded good.

[freebeard]

Bookmarkt. Thanks.

I've been thinking I might build one more 36hp VW engine. That and some cryogenic tempering would be on the list.

That's a clean Metro!

[thepunisher]

Originally Posted by MPGeo

So now I have a fresh 0.020" bore, fresh hone, 1 fresh sleeve, and one more of the 65 mods listed... a shaved block

Bonus! I'm fairly jealous of of your engine, I think I have 1 too many cylinders in my car.....where's my angle grinder.

[MPGeo]

Daox, thanks for the link... I'll definitely look further into it, just the other day I was thinking about ceramic coating the pistons... but that's a bit more than I wanted to do at this phase, but then again I've done allot more than I was intending to do at this phase in the first place

That's a clean Metro!

Thanks FreeBeard, it's not too bad... but the roof paint sucks... but then again I can't see it from the drivers seat.

I'm fairly jealous of of your engine

Punisher, I don't know why??? You are driving yours ...
While mine keeps throwing me costly curve balls

[MPGeo]

So I'm still undecided as on what to do with my cyl. head at the moment.
Decided to take a look at what the spare cylinder heads I have look like and what other parts I have in my "spare parts car" and had forgotten how much stuff I had collected in it...




Surprise, surprise... look what it came with!


So in the engine compartment I have several 13" wheels


And in the interior I have two blocks, two auto tranys, two heads, manifold sets, misc parts, wiring ecus... and a set of 15" Prelude wheels like the one on the front of the car...


The trunk hatch is comprised of another auto tranny, and one manual tranny, and misc. hardware, cams etc...


Are you looking for parts?? Spare cams maybe??

[jakobnev]

Was someone building a flywheel-hybrid?

[MPGeo]

Just to brake it up a bit...

You may have noticed that on one of the previous pics there was a mazda truck. It's in fact a '90 B2200...



I's another one of my builds COMPLETELY on the other end of the FE & power spectrum... But you can check out my thread on this build and a watch her run on the vid below... Tell me what you think.

347 Stroker Turbo thread

You Tube Link of truck running

[freebeard]

Nice, shiny front bumper!

[MPGeo]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Nice, shiny front bumper!

[MPGeo]

CYLINDER HEAD UPDATE

Ok, so after 3 days of looking at options and prices... I've decided to bite the bullet, and just repair my head... but not too happy about it

So a word of advise anyone that is going to do a project of this sort, especially on a rebuild... check your valves early on. If they are burnt, AND if you where planning on upgrading to an XFI or other econo cam anyways...

Then you just might be better off buying a head from
3tech Performance

I have not bought anything from them to date, but I've considered it.

You can buy a cyl. head from an auto parts store... say O'reillys for about $400 w/ core exchange... and you can spec that for an XFI for the same price.

Or for the same prize you can buy one from 3TP... their heads will run you about the same, you will get the expertise, and customization to your specific goals, polished, ported, high grade guides... plus you're helping someone closer to you than a corporation ever will be (unless you work there).

Or... your can do like me and buy an XFI cam for for $160, then find out your head will have to be reworked... and none of your spare heads are any better.

So now, I'm $160 into this head due to the XFI cam.
If I buy a 3TP head it will set me back an extra $400

So my option is to keep trucking forward...
So today I bought a set of nitride coated ex. & int. valves, and set of guides for $65
(& $40 for a set of new lifters-but I had already purchased that earlier as I was going to replace them anyhow)

Now I have to take to machine shop... $55 for resurfacing the head, $66 for a valve grind & lap job ($11/ea), That doesn't include installing the valve guides or the valve guide seals... which I will be doing myself, unless I want to give the machine shop and extra $36 for them to do it.. (although I just might)

So now I will have invested $386 -$420 in a run of the mill head...

Why am I doing it? Because by the time I found the problems it was cheaper to keep'er

Save yourself the trouble... Either buy a reman XFI from a parts store... or possibly an even better one from 3TP.