engine rebuild

Hi all, I'm still working through a light engine rebuild and had the valve/rocker cover off yesterday. I noticed there was a lot of sludge collected at one end of the engine. My first though is that this engine has just sat for 20+ years and it's probably just old oil. But wanted to gut-check...

So what is interesting about just another test/tune day on my 57 year old 3 liter 6 cylinder Austin Healey engine? It is running a custom EFI system, but at this point that's old news. So here's the kicker.... Ric (master EFI guru and all around good guy) was doing the test/tune remotely...

I bought two sprites in pieces. Both are MK IIIs. One was to be the basis of a rebuild and the other a parts car. The problem is that the rebuild started and ended very early in the process 15 years ago and I have boxes of parts from several sources including a 948 engine in pieces. The body has...

As part of my 1965 MGB "Resurrection" project I want to have the engine, transmission, and rear end completely cleaned, disassembled, inspected, and rebuilt. The car has 54,715 original miles on, I was told when I bought the car many years ago that the transmission had a recent rebuild. The car...

I have a 1963 TR4 that I am rebuilding the engine from the block up. I have a new Findanza aluminium flywheel. I am increasing the bore to 87mm, and installing a very mild cam, otherwise it is a stock engine. What are the pros and cons of the lighter flywheel?