ok another one of my crazy ideas...
my old gaffer has a punto 60 on his driveway. his ex's daughter ran it out of coolant and kept driving (suspected HG failure). the timing belt cover had melted its self to the head so its been properly cooked. he had the head off and the barrels are scored (i dont know to what extent but im assuming pretty bad).
i want a project to teach my mate about engines and also ive wanted a 1242 for the extra power and stuff for quite a while. id probaby be putting a C&B 268 or a 75 cam in, mc kritch chip and a few other subtle mods but would it be an ok base to work from?
bear in mind i will be fully stripping it down and rebuilding from sctratch replacing anything even slightly damaged due to its unknown history and the fact its been nuked.
whats the chances block and or head are cracked? i dunno how susceptable the FIRE engines were to cracking under excessive heat.
my old gaffer has a punto 60 on his driveway. his ex's daughter ran it out of coolant and kept driving (suspected HG failure). the timing belt cover had melted its self to the head so its been properly cooked. he had the head off and the barrels are scored (i dont know to what extent but im assuming pretty bad).
i want a project to teach my mate about engines and also ive wanted a 1242 for the extra power and stuff for quite a while. id probaby be putting a C&B 268 or a 75 cam in, mc kritch chip and a few other subtle mods but would it be an ok base to work from?
bear in mind i will be fully stripping it down and rebuilding from sctratch replacing anything even slightly damaged due to its unknown history and the fact its been nuked.
whats the chances block and or head are cracked? i dunno how susceptable the FIRE engines were to cracking under excessive heat.