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Need to clear some shelf space in the garage so this lot needs to go. New standard 1.8 crank, rods and pistons with rings. £125 inc post in UK. Used standard VVC 1.8 crank, rods, pistons with rings, grade A liners and bearings as fitted. '99 vintage, approx 3000 miles use. £160 inc post in UK. Can be left in block if someone wants it, for extra cost of posting only. EU2 Cam Cover. £30 inc post in UK. These bits below are FWD fitment and wont fit Caterhams. PTP Lightweight Flywheel. 1500 miles use. £80 inc post in UK. FWD aluminium sump and oil pick up. £30 inc post in UK. Simon.

Montyf, You have mail. Simon

First in line I hope !! You have mail. Simon

The ECU from the 214 you have been offered is of no use to you for a VVC at all. You will need the Rover ECU that has two plugs on it, a red one and a black one. They cannot be reprogrammed once it has been done. If you find one and get an immobiliser from another Rover or your current Caterham one then a dealer can match them up in a couple of minutes when fitted to a car. The MEMS 1.9 are all the same units with different programmes in, the MEMS 2J is unique to EU2 VVC engines. The EU3 ECU's, the ones with one large and one small plug, are all the same internally for standard and VVC engines, they are flashed at the end of the line with whatever that car requires. They still cannot be reflashed. Simon.

The coils from a standard EU3 K Series wont fit a VVC head. Its about 15mm taller, both EU2 and EU3 are the same. The coils themselves are the same but you will need some longer plug top boots, they are red in colour. The plug leads will be ok, I think, as the extra height is in the cam carrier. The cam cover is the same though.

Throttles now sold. Open to offers on the engine.

Neither. They are the sort fitted to late VHPD as supplied by Caterham before they started to fit roller bodies.

Any offers???

Steve, You have mail. Simon.

For sale due to change of plans. '99 VVC K Series engine, from MGF. Dry stored about 18 months, bores oiled and turned over regularly. Did around 1500 miles before removal. Complete with ancillaries, clutch, loom, ECU and 5as unit. £800 ono. DTH throttle bodies, used. PTP type. With fitting bolts and trumpets, no backplate or airfilter. Could possibly find a fuel rail and some injectors if that would help get a sale! £SOLD. All above sold as seen and buyer collects or pays post, to avoid any problems. Cheers, Simon Edited by - Simon Hayward on 19 Nov 2002 22:40:33 Edited by - Simon Hayward on 26 Nov 2002 09:57:24

I have sent you a mail about the plug cover. Cheers, Simon

Julian, Assuming its not already spoken for I'll have the proto cam cover from you. I've sent you a mail off line. Cheers, Simon

You can get the dizzy drive spigot from a Rover dealer, dont know the part number or price but I seem to remember that they are not very much. If a dealer doesnt have them then I would think that PTP or DVA (probably your best bet) would have them. As far as alignment of the drive goes, they are just hit into the end of the cam, I would try to find someone with the jig made up to do it. Again try DVA or Scholar Engines in Suffolk have one, bit of a long way away for you though. I think if you look at your old cam and see where the rotor arm location flat is in relation to the cam lobe and put it in the same, that would be close enough. The cams will look the same because they are usually ground from the same blank. The cam sensor lug is just for the newer EU3 engines. They are positioned correctly for the inlet and exhaust by the standard cam pulleys machining. If fitting verniers then copy how the old cams lobes were positioned with the crank on the cam timing marks as your start point. I have reused the head bolts with no ill effect. Just make sure, if its the same head, they go back into the same holes. Dont reuse them if when they are screwed into the block with oil rail fitted, finger tight only, the length from the block face to the underside of the bolt head is more than 97mm.

You have mail.

John, I'm interested in the flywheel and clutch. You have mail. Thanks, Simon.

Anyone upgraded their K series to a dry sump system and got a wet sump and oil pickup pipe sitting on the shelf they want to sell? Maybe even with an anti-cav tank too?? I also need a standard flywheel from a 1.6 to convert my 1.8 to Caterham spec. as 1.8 flywheel is too large to fit bellhousing. Simon.

Sorry, double post!! Edited by - Simon Hayward on 30 Aug 2001 22:52:14

As new and unfitted shallow alloy sump suitable for X-Flow. Bought earlier in the year as part of the bulk order but due to change of plans now no longer required. £140 ono.

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