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MikeHardy
04-16-2004, 09:48 AM
do all B23's have a trayed oil pan like this
http://www.pbase.com/image/28005957/large.jpg

are these M rods cause they don't look thick like the ones i've seen in pics and they've got a thick line like you get on forged stuff.

http://www.pbase.com/image/28005958/large.jpg

a pic of the whole thing

http://www.pbase.com/image/28005959/large.jpg
grizlyadams
04-16-2004, 09:53 AM
Some nice red X's you got there mate ;-) (dont worry, its not you fault, work firewall doesnt like pbase (full of porn apparently) and i dont administer it :-( )

Griz
MikeHardy
04-16-2004, 09:57 AM
well bugger off home where pbase isn't blocked
wildmanben
04-16-2004, 10:10 AM
My b23F has it, not sure about the others.
linuxman51
04-16-2004, 11:44 AM
looks normal mate :)
MikeHardy
04-16-2004, 12:32 PM
i opened it up to have a look see. this is the engine i got off ebay (sold Dlot the SCP405).


the car it's out of was Writen off in 87 (so just 3 years use), has sat for 17 years though. but still turns over as normal but bores a bit of surface rust
EvanSargent
04-16-2004, 12:55 PM
The pan is just a normal B23/B230 pan. You should have a B cam in that head though
MikeHardy
04-16-2004, 01:04 PM
yeah it did. i sold the complete SCP405 to DLOT a fair old while ago
Hank Scorpio
04-16-2004, 02:31 PM
Rods look like M rods. M rods have studs for the rod caps, the 13mm's (not sure about 9's) have bolts.
MikeHardy
04-16-2004, 03:44 PM
just asking as i've never seen inside one.
Hank Scorpio
04-16-2004, 05:56 PM
just asking as i've never seen inside one.

Yep, just thought it was neat info for other people who might wonder :D
dl242gt
04-16-2004, 07:51 PM
So essentially that is what I'd see inside a B23FT also? Probably a nice hot tank cleanup and honing would fix that cylinder corrosion correct? My B21FT still had very defined honing cross hatching when replacing the head gasket at 275k miles.

Thank you for the pics and info guys.
That head is going to go on something good.
Best regards,
MikeHardy
04-17-2004, 02:08 AM
should still be in specs too. like i said it was in a car for 3 year did about 45k then the car was samahed up, the guy said the engine was Great haha
The Aspirator
04-17-2004, 02:16 AM
In the past week I've seen a B230F, B21FT, and AQ125 oil pans, and they all looked the same.

Thanks for that info doug, very good to know. Now hopefully I'll remember it!

John
The Aspirator
04-17-2004, 03:02 AM
http://www.vipinfoservices.com/john/images/myB230block.jpg

This is the block that's in my car, taken last week. It's an '85 B230F, canadian model if that makes a difference. If I'm seeing things right it's got bolts rather than studs as in Raven's picture up top. My knowledge on rods tends to be a bit forgetful. Does this mean that I've got 9mm rods with bolts? I guess that's normal, if anything I'm just clarifying this for doug! Unless I'm lucky and got 13's.

John
MikeHardy
04-17-2004, 03:21 AM
then i guess the 9mm's have bolts too.
your Crank isn't as pretty as the B23 one. which is much thinnner due to being forged