WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.

[63monte]

I don’t see the point in altering that particular book as it can’t be presented to DVLA as any sort of proof of existence when it is quite clearly stamped as a previously damaged total loss.

[Pete]

It’d have virtually zero value if a buyer thought that was the case, it sold for £250 so clearly somebody thinks they can do something with it. All the logbooks listed in the last few months by that seller have been altered.

[IanD1965]

Purchasing a set of steel caps from swiftune plus the cost of good line boring will prove a shock to your wallet!

I have had this done. It cost an extra £700 to machine the thrust surfaces in apparently
This was on top of the line boring and initial £300 for caps and bolts. Does that sound about right?

[Polarsilver]

These days i will be be paying a "proper" engine machine shop £95 per hour +vat .. maybe this is the going rate in UK because if the company is any good they are stacked out with work & have to pay their energy costs

[Pete]

The black biro’s been out again. . There must be a recently discovered well full of these.

[mk1]

I honestly can't imagine how these doctored log books have any value whatsoever.

[Tupers]

There’s probably a lot of value to the people sellling them to would be flat pack builders…..

[Exminiman]

So are they over writing them ? Looks like they might be getting their kids to do it, hardly Copperplate writing

[MrNoo]

Purchasing a set of steel caps from swiftune plus the cost of good line boring will prove a shock to your wallet!

I have had this done. It cost an extra £700 to machine the thrust surfaces in apparently
This was on top of the line boring and initial £300 for caps and bolts. Does that sound about right?

Think mine was 1800, that was to drill the extra two hole for centre main, we also had to move the crank up toward the deck as it had suffered a nasty on the centre main. Line bore and hone and thrust faces machined. It is not an easy job to get spot on and I wouldn't be trusting just any old engineering shop to do it, ideally one that has done them before. Also had an overbore, cam bearings and just faced the block, drill out/tap the gearbox bolt holes and tap oil gallery holes to accommodate brass tapered cap inserts, so easy to remove to clean in event of a rebuild. Obviously the latter stuff is on top of the line boring etc price

[MagicWandWoody]

A nomination for the Most Charmless Seller category...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334818766881 ... name=11021

[mini_surfari]

Purchasing a set of steel caps from swiftune plus the cost of good line boring will prove a shock to your wallet!

I have had this done. It cost an extra £700 to machine the thrust surfaces in apparently
This was on top of the line boring and initial £300 for caps and bolts. Does that sound about right?

Think mine was 1800, that was to drill the extra two hole for centre main, we also had to move the crank up toward the deck as it had suffered a nasty on the centre main. Line bore and hone and thrust faces machined. It is not an easy job to get spot on and I wouldn't be trusting just any old engineering shop to do it, ideally one that has done them before. Also had an overbore, cam bearings and just faced the block, drill out/tap the gearbox bolt holes and tap oil gallery holes to accommodate brass tapered cap inserts, so easy to remove to clean in event of a rebuild. Obviously the latter stuff is on top of the line boring etc price

Who does your machining? You're not far from me.

[IanD1965]

Who’s not far from you ?

[MrNoo]

Who does your machining? You're not far from me.

South Cerney Engineering, but they are very expensive, had some very short inlets that I made up for twin 40's on my Arden head, angled and splayed needed facing and got stung for 360 inc vat. In their defence they did have to make a jig to hold them and also wanted a bit more off one side of a face to angle the carbs down a tad more. But saying that they do a very good job. I have used them for nearly 30 years and never had an issue (bar the price on occasion!)

[imack]

Purchasing a set of steel caps from swiftune plus the cost of good line boring will prove a shock to your wallet!

I have had this done. It cost an extra £700 to machine the thrust surfaces in apparently
This was on top of the line boring and initial £300 for caps and bolts. Does that sound about right?

Think mine was 1800, that was to drill the extra two hole for centre main, we also had to move the crank up toward the deck as it had suffered a nasty on the centre main. Line bore and hone and thrust faces machined. It is not an easy job to get spot on and I wouldn't be trusting just any old engineering shop to do it, ideally one that has done them before. Also had an overbore, cam bearings and just faced the block, drill out/tap the gearbox bolt holes and tap oil gallery holes to accommodate brass tapered cap inserts, so easy to remove to clean in event of a rebuild. Obviously the latter stuff is on top of the line boring etc price

Recently had similar block "race prep" carried out by KAD which included supplying and installing steel caps/4 bolt centre, line boring and thrust facing, offset boring, drill and tap for 11 stud an 5/16 gearbox bolts, drill and tap for screws in oil gallery bungs, semi dry deck and deck 30 thou, replace cam bearings.
£1500

[Pete]

Yet another fine selection of altered logbooks recently upgraded with a biro to now read Cooper from the same seller as all the others :

[rolesyboy]

It’s such a gutter like thing to do isn’t it.
Grown men pulling naff stunts like that is just embarrassing

[Andrew1967]

Duplicate

[Andrew1967]

Also fraudulent … but wonder which is more so, him trying to con someone or someone using it to (try to) obtain an identity.

[Peter Laidler]

SURELY, someone with a bit of nouse or authority somewhere could have been clamping down on this. Or am I missing something.

I'd nbe thinking something along the lines of ''''pecuniary advantage by deception.....'

[Pete]

It’s such a gutter like thing to do isn’t it.
Grown men pulling naff stunts like that is just embarrassing

Where there’s muck there’s brass and looks pretty lucrative to me!