In my 50 odd years of messing with cars as a complete amateur, I have built many engines, including some for competition purposes. I have never had a failure. The only time that I did suffer an engine failure, in my competition Mini, was one built by a professional!

The latter ½ is better, where Isaac is holding the camera, and you arefree to point and gesticulate in focus without any bubbling. His voice asking questions guides the presentations, and he zooms in on bits being discussed. This was all good, Lee. If you can, use this format wherever possible. Good episode. I vote for an uprated bike engine for the kit car, yes. Cheers from the colonies.

I bought a 350 Camaro when I was 19 in 1989. Ordered high compression pistons from America. Went to Nottingham and got a high lift cam, 750 cfm Holley carb, Elderbrook manifold, duplex timing kit, high pressure oil pump, solid lifters and Cherry bomb exhaust then found out the engine was a 305 when the bloke was trying to bore it out. So bought a 350 block and got it all sorted. 0-60 in 5 seconds.

If Isaac gets fed up with engines his interview skills are Bob on. You’d better get him on a longer contract. 🤔😜

Good to see that you’re still washing all that grease and oil straight down the drain probably comes out in the local river or Creek good job

Put Isaac behind the camera every time, he is a natural with the camera and comments! Of course he in first an engine builder!

I've just built a 1.6 turbo Rover k series at home in my garage. It's made up from a 1.4 crankshaft,early k series rods,kv6 pistons and liners and a rover 75 turbo.

Lee, when it's just you and the Isaac in the workshop it seems all is lined up as you like it, and both of you are completely chilled and happily working along!? Young Isaac seems to sucking up the knowledge you impart on him and delivering jobs nicely. Younger brother from another mother. 🤣🤣 Nice you seem to have a new motor for the kit car!! Can't wait to see what it is. As you've said before, don't want to be the slow car on the straights, while it holds up great with the bigger cars through the corners. 😜

Definitely a fan of the Isaac and Lee double act. Adds an extra dimension and makes for better camera angles over trying to do it all yourself. Be careful though....he'll be asking for a pay rise with all these extra duties. Oh..and nice job on the Landy motor. I just inherited an old 50's Triumph motorcycle to renovate, and having to mess about with wierd imperial threads and fastener sizings is a brain strain for the metric schooled. I still don;t understand why a 5/16 whitworth spanner isn't 5/16 anywhere...and why you can;t just use matching fasteners all over. Still....it's worth it when it's done. Just need to find someone who can bore out an ovalled distributor mount in the crankcases, and put a sleeve in, and do it well enough so that the worm gear on the distributor still meshes with the rear cam that drives it. Ahh..the joys of old metal :)

Those grey plastic storage boxes containing the Cosworth bits are fantastic. You could use these to organise the jobs in your workshop.

Hey Lee, there are a couple of you tubers "thosehappydays" who have had their removal van van life conversation engine blow up, I think it would be a great episode where barum engines rescue their channel..

Engine on the crane going by the clues small(relatively speaking)high revving and powerful I'll guess a Busa for the kit car 😉 transit if it's the Puma 2/2.2/2.4 and lost a cylinder probs injector related eg as Lee says injectors over/under fuel burn pistons etc hence ancillaries must be checked or renewed. Rover V8 was the custom car engine transplant favourite of years gone by very light weight but not overly powerful in standard form, ford SBC 289/302 are quite a light block( by iron V8 standards) after market parts are available to boost bhp way above std but Rovers availability wins I guess 👍. Great to see the YB Cossie still going strong with a block design which is essentially 50+ years old 😁 I wonder how many more mod😢performance engines will stand the test of time? Keep up the good work 👍

Yeah, I made a few warranty claims against myself(worst being valve guides hammered in cold and lapped with paste and suction cup on a drill)...I sought professional help on that one....I would have been annoyed if I was broadcast while paying(here in New Zealand)...but then Lee has an enjoyable show and warts n all seems part of it...

On a production line it's common practice to bore cylinders 1&3 in one fixture and 2&4 in another, with a twin spindle boring head over each fixture. Therefore makes perfect sense that if one cylinder "is on the p*ss" next door bur one will be too.

When I was young, very many years ago, we did not have money to pay egotistical experts with selfie sticks in their face. We either build engines from scrounged used parts or did not have a vehicle. Forward 50 years and the last engine a 1978 GM 454 AND a wealthy friend with a 1980 GM 454. Our engine had 300K+, his 200K+. He took his to a shop who insisted they line bore the mains. We did not. His crank broke the first day out of the shop. Our engine is still running.

Indeed, Landy engine looking very nice. Good job Isaac.

A bit cheeky to have a pop at so-called amateurs when there's plenty of professional engine builders who are much worse, some of whom will have had a stab at those Cosworth lumps that you get on a daily basis.

Silly remark about “amateurs” I have known a lot of “amateurs” who rebuilt engines to race, and who did well at it. Often machinists by trade, who can use top quality kit at work. And of course all those guys who built jet engines at Vicars works, not one of whom would have called themselves a professional engine mechanic. And of course my neighbour from years ago who worked for Hawkers,electrician I think, but whose cars were always diesel no matter what they left the factory with, (I don’t think he ever did the Isetta !) Professional, my arse. there is a rebuild firm a couple of miles away that no nearby mechanic will touch with a bargepole !!

The engine on the crane is an Aixam diesel for the kit car.😁

A good double act very professional 👏👏

I guess that answers my question from yesterday.

Love hearing real professional engine builders!

That engine outside is a Toyota Yaris 3 cylinder 300 bhp standard. All the very best Lee

Hi Lee, Get yourself some sealable plastic bags and label them up for the fasteners, saves a load of time and potential stripping of threads on incorrect bolts.

The best "amateur" mess-up I've heard was a rebuilt that would only run with the old worn cams. If you put new cams in it you couldn't turn it over, not to mention the sharper ones. Long story short, all the pistons were in back to front.

Cheers Lee my old worn Thrust Washer. Catch you again.

Loved it all...Ta!

Ref Transit with holed piston! Fitted two Gen Ford recon engines in a week going back a year ago…Ford did a special deal and re-call on e.c.u upgrade

Nothing wrong with an "Amature" having a go. My first engine build was my old 2wd YB lump back in 2014. Did everything minus the block and head skim/bore and made 447 on the Dyno and is still going today. Long as you measure and make sure everything is clean with tolerances against spec you can do a good job.

Nice kit for the next car video, Just a pity Maunder and Skulley from the X-Files where not available to find out what ever happened to the volvo leaking water into the sump?

Look I think you guys do really good work, you seem honest and ethical and knowledgeable but you shouldn't make statements where there are a huge number of exceptions. Not all amateurs' are idiots, in fact, there are probably thousand who have built unbelievably good engines. In fact I know of one guy who built a two stroke on a desktop dyno and when he went to the dyno the smartarses laughed at him and told him he was wasting his time until they ran it up and found it produced more power than theirs and they wanted to pull it down to have a look! Should I mention Burt Munro. I could also mention the thousands of amateurs in race paddocks around the world.

A new engine for the kit car methinks 😊

Isn't the Rover V8 closely based a Buick V8 from the 1950's or 60's that always had oil leaks because it was there 1st aluminium block. Rover made it a bit better but never fully fixed it and now with modern gaskets they can be good engines.

Blackbird engine for Kit car😉

You go easy there Lee with your extra broad brush and the amateurs comment,great way to alienate possibly over half your viewers who aint professional but can do a quality job as a hobby/side job ,and when the M3 dual vanos was timed wrong then sent out to come back with a few bent valves was that professionally timed wrong then as you admitted never done one before but instead of double checking it was good with someone who knows as you had to after the bent valves event ,the cossie rods could have been lightened but not re balanced as you only get half the story from a punter with a near 40 year old engine with god knows how many owners

That cylinder boring machine belongs in the British science museum😂. Not up to modern standards and that unguarded pulley is an accident waiting to happen

Love the channel awesome work! buttt I have to take exception about the festering rover V8. what an asthmatic dog! from oil leaks, low oil pressure, head bolts that pull their threads, over heating issues, stupid tin valley gasket, premature cam wear, atrocious casting quality. plus the myriad of other problems and to cap it all wont rev and produce as much power as a mamod steam roller. A simply hideous creation of an engine!

The small displacement engine outside is a motorbike engine. It’s got so much FI clutter it’s hard to tell what it is but Suzuki’s Hayabusa GSXR1300 is about the biggest bang for the buck on 2 wheels so I’d go with that.

Ohhh new kit car engine can't wait to see that one keep up the good work guys loving the vids 👍

Hi Lee I have not seen any updates on the Triumph Stag V8 you had in a few months back since you did the heads have I missed an update ? Keep up the good work mate ❤

I know exactly how you feel when things get a bit hectic... take a drive in the country ;-) Still, that's expensive at over $6US a gallon. Nothing as outrageous as your prices there, though.

I don't recall for how many years I have been saying that the only difference between a professional and an amateur is that professionals get paid to F*%K things up.

Low displacement, high revving, good power output... Is it a rotary engine?

Another great vid so thanks :) Quick Q thou, outside shot and seeing the Volvo on the axle stands still, did you find out the issue with it ? oil consumption if I recall.

Good morning Sir, You are swamped. Engines everywhere and more coming in! It would seem you could use another set of hands. Maybe someone who only does your parts/block cleaning, mounts engines on the stands, runs errands, fetches lunch to go once a week, lays out incoming jobs and their parts, sweeps the floors, takes out the trash, changes light bulbs, fixes Lee "a spot of tea and biscuits", and best of all, gets blamed for everything gone wrong because he is low man on the pole. Best of luck to you all. Stay healthy. Alan from NC, USA

that 2wd YB lump you showed us seems to have a 4x4 sump in the box

Noticing that there's very little in the way of water flow paths in that TVR engine block and heads. How's it getting coolant from bottom to top? External piping?

Professionals get paid to do it,and it says nothing for their capabilities, an amatuer hasnt been doing it long,an expert has a mountain of knowledge and experience .

It's nice to see you are investing time and imparting knowledge into the younger generation. Isaac suck thire brains dry of information

It all depends. Such amateurs could be watchmakers.

I wonder if the transit had a cheap map put in it

Looks very much like a Honda Blackbird motor right?

Re the rover / TVR v8's oil pump. They really need a baffled sump. I was on a track day at Bedford and after the first few corners, the oil sloshed and the pump sucked up a load of air. net result, game over and a ride home with the AA. The oil pumps need to be primed before starting which is not the best thing to do on a track day. Not sure if there is a pump out there that does not need priming for the Rover V8

Is that a Honda Blackbird for the kit car by any chance 😉

im from Australia so i dont really understand the cosworth platform and why it is so popular. i seen a video today about how it was turned into a formula one engine at some stage or somthing like that, you shoud explain it to us not in the know please.

Another way to stop being swamped, is to gradually increase your prices or have a minimum charge, for small jobs.

Can i respecfully ask? why do you not show more work being done,the interesting stuff.

Hole in piston 4, just a guess,let’s see ?

Messed and engine myself long ago when I rebuilt a sunbeam rapier engine. Did not realise that I needed new con rod bolts and nuts. Nut came off and con rod went through the side of the block. Get someone who knows what they are doing.

and a good morning/afternoon to you, charge them money for camping LOL is that the same diesel engine as in the freelander 2, thanks for the video

So where is Part Time Paul these days, as people have been saying Do Not Let Issac leave at any cost. I will contact you Lee in the near future regarding the history of some of your machines. The vertical grinder is it an Italian machine ? My Father had three Prince grinders, but he used Van Norman b/bars

Lee do you get any feedback from your Coswoth customers on the amount of blow by and cfm reading from the crankcase , from your boring and honing techniques ? Kit from down under

How do you know if your balancer is true and in tolerance, do you have it calibrated.

Whats the latest with your landlord selling up Keep up the good work

please follow the transit diesel build on the Channel.. im into Diesels.. first engine I ever rebuilt was a Peugeot Diesel years ago (USA).. my newest Diesel is a year 2000 International 7.3.. i dont work on the modern stuff ... let me guess hole in the rearmost piston.. clogged DPF in the truck too many Regens too quick melt the piston..

Armatures should NOT pretend to be racing drivers!

Title is a bit unfair, engines shouldn't be built by _incompetent_ amateurs. I've rebuilt quite a few engines and always check bearing, piston and ring clearances etc.

It's Cosworth week!! Lee gets that many, he builds them in his sleep!!

I’ve built several engines as an AMATUER and had great results! You’re talking shit!

Dono i there are any motor trade schools in UK, else u could donate washer to one

Replacement engine for the kit car I guess

I think you’re starting a new maritime channel, and that was a boat anchor

I'LL TOLD THERE IS A COMPANY IN LONGFORD, CO LONGFORD, IRELAND WHO SPECIALISE IN FORD ENGINES. THEY HAVE LOADS OF NEW AND RE CONDITIONED FORD ENGINES. THEY TAKE YOUR VEHICLES IN AND CHANGE IT OVER ON THEIR PREMISES. FYI NO OTHER DETAILS UNFORTUNATELY.

Do you change the Cam sprocket on the V8 rover engines they can slip & valve timing goes out.

Bike engine Lee!

I hear what you say BUT the only legal difference between a Amateur and a professional is that a professional is paid for his work, nearly every inventor in past history was an amateur at first. Food for thought Professionals built and sailed the Titanic, Noah was an amateur.

any news on the stolen/shipped turbo

Bloody Cosworths everywhere 👌🏻

Same with all trades....i would not dream of trying engine work after watching a few you tube vids....dangerous people

Is that a gen-2 hayabusa engine for the kit car?

Whats the details on the washer?

Everyone is an amateur the first time they build an engine.

My brother works for technowash 😂😂

I think it's out a beetle m8

I’m surprised you would knock “amateur” engine builders, I would suggest quite a few of your subscribers would be classified as “amateur engine builders”. I would like to hear from your subscribers of their experiences with “professional engine builders” because I’m sure there will be plenty of horror stories. It looks as though you are having a knock at amateurs which is frankly offensive walk round any race paddock in the uk and you will find amateur engine builders far more knowledgeable and talented than a lot of so called professionals.

I'll pay 1000 for the washer.

Is it a speedboat outboard motor?😂

Oh no is it a rotary

Are you click-baiting Mat Armstrong and his Dad?!

Jet engine????

Ah yes “professionals” gatekeeping to stay relevant.

Wankel/Rotary is it hum hum

What a bloody arrogant statement, there are numerous genius amateurs Unsubscribing

Ey up Lee you need to come away from the job for a proper rest mate your getting a bit manic flirting around like a blue arse fly,get the other bloke John in and all the slackers back in off the sick,I Have been there mate it nearly cost me my marriage kids the lot,you need to rest the old grey matter. : I am not having a go Just concerned about your wellbeing and the workshop needs tidying 😊😊😊

Looks like you have a Wankel engine, I guess for the kit car instead of the CBR1000 you were looking at??

How do you know where all the parts go Lee the are parts every where

Why the hell are you jet washing engines in the carpark. You’re in Barnstable and all the water that goes down the drain goes straight out to sea because of where you’re based. Sort it out FFs or you’re gonna get reported and the fine will be massive.

I remember a certain “Cosworth” specialist build a motor and it went tits up and another Cosworth builder pulled it apart and found it was so bad the builder clearly had no training how to put a engine together. My Cosworth engine man is ram jammed until June next year on rally Cosworth and touring car engines so won’t take on any more CheeRS 🥷🏿🇬🇧