Hi there! My friend bought himself a first car and it happened to be this super cute little black hatchback Cuore. We absolutely adore it and i try to help him to make it run good and reliable.
Done so far:
Car was bought non-running, with bent valves, they were replaced
Basic maintenance, oil and filters changed
I measured compression and did endoscopy, it gives out 8.0 at each cylinder and the engine is consuming oil now. So now we will be ordering EJ pistons, rings and crank bearings for overhauling
Engine is ED10 block with ED20 head and Volga Gaz-24 126 Carburetor (you cant find any oem parts for cars like this in small Armenia, so we run anything we can find here)
I am very happy to find this forum and thanks to @evilhighway I now have information and understanding that EJ block parts will fit into our ED
Welcome Vlad, Good to see someone else having some fun with what I have done before.
Let us know how it goes and sing out if any help needed.
@Vlad Your country side looks similar to how mine is in outback Australia.
@DaleJeffree a 6 valve ed with ej pistons was what was in my budget track hack before I sold it. Because ED’s have a habit of the cam timing gear flogging out I put an ef one on there. The timing had very minimal adjustment. Because of that I used to put 4 Litres of E85 in each full tank of fuel just to help reduce and possible knock. After I sold it the new owner did blow it up. I did tell him but…
In that car I got my personal best at QR Raceway. Beating the previous times I got in the turbo move and it was N/A.
Hi there! Finally we pulled out the motor and disassembled it. Crankshaft has already been repaired by someone in past, so we have to do at least 0.50 repair on it (or more). We already found crank and rod bearings and gasket set online, the main question now where do I find a head gasket for ED block that will fit 73mm bore? Should I order custom one?
The car will be a daily driver, not a track one, so the reliability is a top priority
