Category Archives: Performance upgrades

With my finger now nearly grown back after the modifications I made to it last time, I could recommence battle in the garage. This morning’s job was a pretty straight forward affair – finish the stripping of the head. All … Continue reading →

This morning was one of those rare days when I achieved what I set out to do. Just! So, the head was looking like this, as left yesterday. I got prepared first of all, gathered some egg boxes to store … Continue reading →

Ah mid-week garage time. Reminds me of the build! Got a little bit done today… luckily I hadn’t returned the impact gun after borrowing one to remove the crank nut so I was able to remove the cam pulleys. Whilst … Continue reading →

Caught an hour in the garage this afternoon and managed to remove the head from the mk2 engine. It wasn’t too involved – I’d already removed the inlet manifold. So today all I had to do was remove the exhaust … Continue reading →

The crank pulley bolt was the target of today. I borrowed an electric impact gun from a fellow Westfield owner and set to work. This one apparently turns out a maximum of 450nm (331 lb/ft) and as the bolt should … Continue reading →