Happy New Year!
Brief update, did some work before the Christmas break but didn't get time to upload being away with the family.
I cleaned and painted the gearbox casing. It's going off for a full rebuild (carbon syncro's, bearings, seals and shims) and change over to 4.7 final drive but I wanted to wire brush and check everything before it goes: Gentle brass wire wheels in a drill made short work of the surface crud and corrosion
Once cleaned off, I used the same paint as the block. At this stage it's just to protect it as I'm sure it'll be stripped and cleaned again at the gearbox place
Head is finally finished and is having the last skim and check. Quick spec:
B18C Type R head
Welded intake ports, hand finished to match Jenvey Throttle body manifold
Gas flowed intake and exhaust ports
3 angle valve seats
Polished compression chambers
new Ferrea valve guides,
new Ferrea valve stem oil seals,
S2 standard compression valves,
S2 dual valve springs,
S2 titanium valve retainers
new OEM valve collets,
Toda Spec C cams,
S2 cam seal,
S2 adjustable cam gears,
S2 LMA's
Rebuilt V-TEC solenoid, all new seals and filter
S2 V-TEC solenoid cover
All new seals and gaskets
Block build should be starting now . It's already had the block guard fitted, been bored to 81.5mm for safety and re-honed