Anything concidered
I have one complete with gearbox if you are interested It had done 11,500 trouble free miles before I had the Honda conversion you can email me at [email protected] or tel on 07970 938858.
PM Benja for a potential Honda
why buy a vhpd?
most of it will have to be chucked away;-
pstons ruined against GKN liners - all scrap
flywheel hideously out of balance and doesn’t fit - scrap
crank - hideously out of balance and ruined by tuftriding - scrap
head probably soft - scrap
valves , cams , springs, retainers all better replaced - scrap
that leaves you with block castings and rods plus TBs of value and all of those can be piced up for a couple of hundred quid - how many are prepared to sell a complete engine for that - what in fact a vhpd is worth.
Honestly start with a standard engine and just buy a new head and TBs - you will be much better off.
simon
Out of interest Simon, have you done the maths? As I have know idea what they’d be.
I assume you mean a std K from say a Rover 218? What’s one of those worth (not a lot I’d have thought)?
From the above you’d then need liners, flywheel, crank, head, valves, cams, springs and retainers. Now I’m sure you can spend loads on any of those items but what’s a ball-park.
Added to the �200 for block, castings, rods and TBs, gives…?
Then we get to the labour question?
I’ve never thought about it in bits, just an overall number.
Cheers, Ian
Sheepdipracing YHM (pm sent)
Help!!!
My motorsport exige is fitted with a none VHPD engine(standard bottom end) with a none vvc head which is supposed to have had a lot of work done on it but I have been told i need the VHPD engine if I want more than the ruputed 185 bhp I have now. Can some one put me right with what I actually need please as i am very confused over this engine