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Hoverbob replied to the topic 'Engine work/refurbishment' in the forum. 2 months ago

Another thing to add is that at least one of the cylinder liners has deepish scratches in it so I'm going to replace them since they're fairly cheap off rimmer bros I'm assuming they shouldn't be too hard to replace?

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Hoverbob created a new topic ' Engine work/refurbishment' in the forum. 2 months ago

Hey guys looking for some help and advice to do with refurbishing the engine out of my 1997 mk1 vvc mgf.

I've been going through the fun of dropping the subframe and taking the engine off and dismantling it over the past month or two, I've finally gotten the head off the block and it's desperately in need of a skim :( it seems the last owner decide to do it himself and left some visible low spots!! And I've found a decent amount of carbon build up on two of the piston heads as well which I imagine was caused by the poorly fitted head gasket. Oh and they managed to snap one of the head bolts and left it IN!!!! SO I've GOT TO DEAL WITH THAT LATER TO!!!!! (this guy very clearly didn't care very much for the mgf when he was working on it)

So anyway what I need advice on is:

1) What do I need to do with the head before I get it skimmed?
​​​​​​2) Should I be getting the block skimmed/checked too? 
3) Is there anything else I need to do with the head/block to do with the mating surfaces?
4) Once I've got the head and block sorted what else do I need to check or do to make sure I'm not going to have any problems once its all reassembled. I understand there might be something to do with getting shims? How do I find out if I need shims?
5) If I do need shims, where are they meant to go and how do I know what shims to get?
6) I've been told I should get a shop to do all the bottom end work butttttttt I would really like to do it myself and get all the experience I can. I've never done anything like this before is it relatively easy if you take your time and have everything you need? 
7) I'm also thinking about getting the head ported as well. What would I need to do/change after this?

Thanks heaps for any help and knowledge you veterans can give! And if anyone knows of people in the Hamilton new Zealand area that can help please let me know! 

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