Given the mint condition of the donor car, I decided to make it into a fun little track only project for the winter, to keep me motivated through the welding on the green car. As part of that I bought this B172 (renault f3) engine that was seized with all the attachments to put a f7p/f7r/f3x engine ...

So this popped up on marketplace, a b234 block with intact pistons
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I bought it to pull the pistons, but what a curious thing
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I was suprised to find that the block was a completely different casting, making transfer of the ...

I finally moved to a place to a garage, so I took last weekend to pick up the car!
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Got going by stripping out all of the remaining interior
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And proceeded with the doors
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This took more than a ...

Well parts turned out to be a donor car, whoops (This might end up becoming a f7p track toy :roll: )
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Borrie still had this mint donor car when I picked up the green racer, which I decided to also pick up after some consideration
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I obtained a car! After much discussion with Borrie we agreed upon a price for his old race car such that it can be put back in action. It's the coolest 360, being a three door:cool:
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The will be a lot of work involved, but I should have most of the bits to get it ...

New week, time to tear down the 360 engine!
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The oil represented more of a gelatine than oil, it hardly drained, so some cleanup was required
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I also had to get a 3/8" socket for the sump plug, at least it has cooling fins to ...

So slow progress, but progress non the less, finally obtained a 90+ squirter? b230 block. I initially thought I'd gotten a b230fb, but it ended up being a b230fd, still the strong one though, so no worries. 376579km's on the clock and a brand new clutch with it.
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Given that my 745 project is close to the point I set out to achieve barring an upcoming turbo upgrade and according tuning, the itch for a new project has been there for a while. I'm also planning to move to a place where I finally have my own garage, such that I'd have the space to get into more ...