realised that i havent put up my xr2 rebuild on here
basically bought it around augest last year for £1500
on the face of it, it was a soild good little car for the money i had a good poke around etc and found very little wrong with it
did puff a bit of oil on start up but ran well
ive copied this from xrtwo.com so the dates etc will be a little out
quick current spec
engine
twin 40 carbs
kent fast road cam and vernier
ashely system
suspension
gmax kit
partly polybushed
body
colour coded body kit
interior
leather retrim
heres what i intend to do to it
polybush all around
cosworth brakes
rs2k alloys
possible lighten and balnace of bottom end
get the body work sorted
heres the current state of the car
there is some rot on the rear arches that was hidden behind the body kit
the arches have been replaced in the past but not done very well as there is a ton of filler blending them in
so they will both be replaced
other than the rear arches the body work is in very good condition
having checked the engine number it still has the original enge with 99k on the clock
the valve stem oils seals are in need of replacing so i thought id tae the head off and have a nosey at the bores etc
it was a lucky thing i did
as you can see the water ways have become very gounked up with corrosion and crud with just the small holes in the head gasket letting any coolant to the head
how it didnt over heat i never know
but on the plus side all the bores seem to be good
but i will be doing a bottom end strip aswell as i want to give it a good clean and inspect
due to the crap coolant when i took the thermostat housing ou i found the stat was corroded into the housing so i had to chisel it out
hence why i now need a new stat housing ans its knackered
heres a sneeky of my rocker cover that will go on
i love em!!
