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Hi, As a follow up to my opening question (posted some months ago with apologies for the delay- I'm FIFO and go without internet for long periods): I am a total beginner and have started to teach myself about engines by pulling apart an old blue motor. Anyway after having a mechanic friend...

Thanks for all your help guys (and gals?). Looks like I'm going to have a lot to think about over the coming weeks/ months/years! Apologies in advance for a never-ending flood of silly questions!

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If the cylinders need boring out (and so new pistons would be required), do any other components need to be changed/ upgraded? Or can everything else remain standard?

Thanks BlueHighway. I think my primary goal to be honest is to simply prove to myself that I have the ability to learn the mindset & practical skills needed for such a project. I'm approaching middle age, have a mortgage and a new baby, and so any pipe dreams of tearing up the highway at 300kph...

Thanks for the advice! I should add I have stripped down the blue engine as far as I can (for now), and the reason I mention acid dipping is that it looks as if there is a fair bit of surface corrosion around the head- which I've cleaned myself as best I can- and inside at least one of the...

Hi, I've recently inherited x2 Holden 202 engines. Both are complete (without gearboxes), one is blue & one is red, and both are stock standard as far as I know. I'm a total beginner when it comes to working on cars/ engines & have nobody I know locally to teach me, so I'm learning the very...