Thomas Dillon

Fellas, thank you both for your input. outstanding! I've had a wee looking into measuring cc's etc, as you say, looks rather easy with a pipette. All things to be discussed further down the track once we've had a good look inside. I look forward to coming back to you both with pictures of where we're at hopefully by Sunday. All the best team, cheers

Hi mate, Thanks for a prompt response! From a recon perspective we're not too limited on budget and at a bare minimum I'd like to have the pistons out to do rings and main/rod bearings. We're treating this as a learning exercise more than anything so I'd like to give everything a bit of a once over if we can. Will take a heap of photos and get back to the thread sometime in the next week or so. I think this'll be a good thread to run with some input & photos from a complete learner on the first build. We're not under any time pressure either as i don't have a rolling body yet so we'll just chip away steadily and get it right. Really looking forward to it. Thanks again for for a snappy response, really appreciate it. Cheers Banjo

Hi Team, So I've had a few Kp's in the past and have done pretty much everything with them except for opening up the motor an attempting a rebuild. I Decided recently that I wouldn't mind trying to build a hot wee 4k in the shed through winter and as natural progression follows, finding a kp rolling body to dump it in when the opportunity presents itself. We're not going for a crazy build here, this is an opportunity for me to tinker in the shed and try my hand at building an engine from the bottom up on the work bench. Street driven, peppi town driving and passing a few mazda demios on the highway haha. Basic run down of the build as I see it rolling out: Feel free to interject Completely tear down the engine Send the head & block off to be acid washed/cleaned Head skimmed Block resurfaced/cleaned up Honed/bored out 40thou for acl pistons? Build spec: Pistons Mild cam 270 Deg? Main bearings Frost plugs Head gasket Timing chain Valve spring set webber 32/36 downdraught lightened fly Extractors Electronic dizzy My Questions: When it comes skimming heads, resurfacing blocks and the thickness of the head gasket... My knowledge begins to disappear. Remember, we're ultimately building this in the shed for 1. Me to learn 2. to have a bit of fun 3. to not break the bank. But with that in mind I'm happy to spend money where necessary as I want to make a good solid job of it. Basically, my question is this.. Should I be skimming to make higher compression or should I just get the head & block resurfaced so we can slap it back together. If the answer is skim for higher compression, what else needs to be considered when upping the comp? when we start talking about measuring cc's and all that jazz I'm all out of ideas. Should I send my factory cam away for a regrind or go with something aftermarket? Valve springs.. Kelford performance valve springs? Balancing the engine, Is it necessary? OEM Headgasket or go with a metal head gasket? Thank you for taking the time to read and help out, I have done my research through various forums but I can't seem to find a dumbed down answer for my application. I plan on picking the motor up this week and firing into the methodical and well organised tear down.