Engine Assembled

[John Dixon]

Just got to mount the sump pump / pan and top covers now then ready to finally fit the thing!Some pics here:

http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/4796265

Can't wait to get started on it now

[maxnix]

Very Pretty.

Like they say, Godspeed on the finish.

[SuperHatch]

John has some super secret exhaust ports...

[ceningolmo]

Holy **** that looks good! Slightly different than the swamp I was wading through when I was doing under plenum hoses on my VH45 last week. Damn! I want mine to be shiny like yours!

[Ezekial]

your block came up cleaner than mine in the valley!!

looks awesome mate!!

[John Dixon]

Cheers!The secret exhaust ports! Like it!The whole block was dipped with the gallery plugs out etc to clean it inside and out. Think it was in the bath for a while. Does look nice clean, hopefully it'll stay that way - at least with dry sump I'm unlikely to have oil leaks.

[Mettler]

Good work... so hey, why exactly are your exhaust ports so secret ? Surely you're not in competition with anyone that could steal your development ?

[John Dixon]

They're not really, it's just I didn't take the tape off them that was stopping dust getting in!

[SuperHatch]

They're not really, it's just I didn't take the tape off them that was stopping dust getting in!

Lol, it really looks like one of those photoshopped black squares stopping us frmo seeing it, but now looking at it again I can see the curl of the tape in the second pic.

Again, beautiful engine!

[Mettler]

Haha yeah I thought they were blacked out too, I missed that curl!

[John Dixon]

Lol!! No chance I'll hide anything. If it all works out OK I'll happily share all the details of it on here, this place has been great.