Damnation: The Cynos Project

If you were wondering, the title has no real relation...I just like saying it. Anyway, no real progress on the car itself, more parts ordered, but since I'm now in the land of Arabia, I will not be there to welcome them into my open arms! But, whilst there, I did finally fully dismantle the 5E-FHE!






I do noob up a couple of times, though armed with a plank of wood, I was actually surprised what I could do! Point in case of nubbing up:





That's what happens when you drop a piston from underneath the block...and can't push them back up...so have to force them up, destroying the piston rings...which had to be pulled off...with pliers...yes, it was...terrible.

Good news though, the block has shown itself to be as immaculate as the head, no scoring!





The head was also immaculate, incredibly so - no wear on the camshaft journals or the camshaft carriers, at all! Only the combustion chambers were a bit grungy, obviously as this engine suffered a blown headgasket - it was all swollen and fuzzy, looked like a soiled nappy! I'll let that image sink in...and:





I'm not actually using the head though, so its no use to me! And finally, the Crankshaft goes in sleeping in a polystyrene box, till its needed again: