I hadn't thought about that, I assumed it was on all 4 cylinders. Yep, looks like pistons 1 and 4 have this from what I can see online.
Clearly the crack formed at the weakest point, logical but so unfortunate for this to happen.

I'm going to see the block myself at some point, does anyone fancy a large aluminium paperweight by any chance?

 

make it into a table , you don’t need any ones approval to have it in the house 😁🤣

 

A very valid point! lol

 

Hi mate,
I felt a lot better having Alyn do the cdb conversion on my build, some would say over engineered, i would say peace of mind.

For the cost involved its a no brainer if you plan to keep the car.



Siv.

 

i wanted to have a v8 table as per top gear but a boxer one would be a good replacement 😁

 

Siv, what is the going rate for CDB?
I agree, peace of mind.....

 

About 4-500 I think for him to convert a block to closed deck.
Mine was all done as part of my build so I didn’t actually pay for the job separately.

Give Alyn a call, very helpful and easy to deal with.

http://asperformance.com/

Siv.

 

Sorry to hear your bad news.
I was worried when you listed your engine spec and the block had cracked as my spec and usage is the same. Then I realised you've not gone the cdb route as I did. well worth the cost for the peace of mind IMO.
Good luck with the rebuild. If you go cdb the block needs a rebore to true it up so your existing pistons can be reused. That should go a long way towards the cdb cost and result in a better spec.