well, it was certainly the real thing, havnt had a good look at the gearbox yet but i can only assume its a williams unit, i have got plenty of time to check because its sat in my garage!!
I got the whole lot for £300!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
must be the cheapest a willy engine and box has changed hands for,
from my initial guess its not had a horrific life, but im baseing this on the dact that its totaly standard, the oil and air filter are clean, the only worrying thing so far is the head looks like it has got very hot as the plastic around the rocker cover and the surrond where the spark plugs sit are slightly warped unlike thos on my 16v,
aprt from these early indications i dont know much more about it, apart from its came from a heavy write-off (rear end)
the wires have been chopped where they leave the block in two or three places, as have the oil breather pipes/fuel lines etc, but im hoping all these will be replaced with my 16v bits that are already insitu plummed in,
anyone any thoughts on what the next step is?
i need to ispect it and see what needs doing, im in no hurry to drop it in and it may well be a winter project, and include a partial re-build with some mods
wish me luck,
P.S after all that aprehension on the journey uo there is was so pleased to see that tubular manifold and the magic F4R on the engine number plate
may the hassel commence
P.S if your ever going to try and move an engine, take a bigger car than a clio to transport it, that engine is HEAVY!!