Billy3200
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I have been away from the forum for a while licking my wounds of owning a beautiful 3200 GT, but I thought now and update was in order. Some may remember a thread back in May 2017 where I was having to try to make the man maths work as to why a total rebuild of my 3200 engine was a sensible thing to do. Well - for no other reason than I really like the car - it has been with Emblem until last Friday for an engine rebuild!
I started with the idea "it wont be too bad" after all the car ran perfectly and apart from the end float reading of 0,8 mm everything seemed fine. Since that point I have expected everything to actually be much worse than hoped! When the engine was stripped we found: crankshaft worn so badly that it was unable to be salvaged, the heads pitted so badly that replacements were required, obviously all the shells gone, oil pump casing and gears, the list goes on! However Myles and Martin between them managed to source what apparently doesn't exist and with the help of an excellent machine shop and Myles skill and attention to detail - 10 months later - the car is back! I was slightly nervous on my way home but 130 miles later it all seems to have been a really great idea!
I hope you enjoy a few pictures of the work. I wont be answering questions on the cost, what I will say is that it would have been cheaper to just buy another really nicely looked after 3200!
(If you worry about these things - sorry about the black coil covers, but a suitable silver has not yet been sourced and as this car has gone through three ABS units I now have an aluminium cover to keep water off just in case!)
I started with the idea "it wont be too bad" after all the car ran perfectly and apart from the end float reading of 0,8 mm everything seemed fine. Since that point I have expected everything to actually be much worse than hoped! When the engine was stripped we found: crankshaft worn so badly that it was unable to be salvaged, the heads pitted so badly that replacements were required, obviously all the shells gone, oil pump casing and gears, the list goes on! However Myles and Martin between them managed to source what apparently doesn't exist and with the help of an excellent machine shop and Myles skill and attention to detail - 10 months later - the car is back! I was slightly nervous on my way home but 130 miles later it all seems to have been a really great idea!
I hope you enjoy a few pictures of the work. I wont be answering questions on the cost, what I will say is that it would have been cheaper to just buy another really nicely looked after 3200!
(If you worry about these things - sorry about the black coil covers, but a suitable silver has not yet been sourced and as this car has gone through three ABS units I now have an aluminium cover to keep water off just in case!)
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