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Written by Stuart Brown
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Decisions, decisions
The first step was to decide my plan of attack. I needed to work out which route I was going to take as far as the block was concerned. I decided that using stacked gaskets/spacer would be a little too worrisome for me, so rather than forking out oodles of cash on forged pistons I decided to go down the 2E route and fit a 16v head onto it. Luckily a mate told me of a very very cheap 2E engine that was for sale through his family (Tom you know who you are!).
As well as the 2E block and 16v head, I also needed to source a 9A intermediate shaft. Apparently the KR and 9A shafts are slightly different, and the 9A ones fit better, although I'm not convinced that they are different. So, I will use the cylinder head and intermediate shaft, pulley and crank pulley from a 9A and the block, and ancillary pulleys from the 2E.
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Written by Stuart Brown
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Block Strip Down
First job was to remove all the ancillaries from the 2E block
Removed crank and pistons etc, ready for a good clean and some paint
I got hold of some POR15 engine enamel paint. Although not the cheapest, it's really nice to work with and apparently wont chip or flake, it chemically bonds itself to the casting. I bought a POR15 'kit' which included a degreaser, etch primer, thinners, mask and gloves. Here is the block masked up for paint
I brushed the paint on, after thinning it as per the instructions and it covered really well! Here's the front...
Here is the pulley end....
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16v Turbo conversion 