308 rebuild in Australia

stevepet

Several months ago had the timing chain skip a few teeth so decided it was time for a rebuild. Had a 308 block ready for rebuild so heres a few photos for you. Car is 52 Wasp brougham

Removing the old lump

cleaning up ports a bit hydraulic lifters being installed as headers are going to be fitted

Big holes

Massive heavy crank getting a wash

Crank installed

Deburring caps. They were amazingly rough lots of sharp edges etc had to do same to block and inside oil pump

This is before clean up

Installing lifters

Hopefully non leaking rear main

New pistons going in

Double row timing chain no more jumping teeth

Back together

Almost ready to go in

Just waiting on headers being powder coated and oil lines being made up.

Will post more pics soon

Glowplug

Thanks for sharing your experiences.

stevepet

Big shout out to Ken Ufheil without him would not have been able to get this done. The man is a legend.

54coupe

Good decision on the timing chain upgrade.

railknight

Sharp looking 308 engine. "Happy Motoring!"

beaverbikes

That's the cleanest parts washer I've ever seen.

stevepet

Nearly all back together.

terraplane8

Very nice. What compression and fuel are you running?

stevepet

compression around 8:1 use premiom pump petrol

stevepet

Headers all fitted

New oil lines

Motor ready to be dropped in. Happening this weekend

TwinSupercharged

Stevepet, Please note the closeness of the fuel line to the exhaust header. Shape around or insulate to avoid vapor lock.

stevepet

Thanks mate

Trick of photography I have about 7 cm of clearance.

Thanks for your concern