Hey Ludwig,
Yeah I meant the casting, all the internals were used in the new block, with the exception of the cranckshaft and the camshaft. The ones from the donor block were far better then my originals. So something good came of it after all.
A 200 is not something that is lying arond at the local scrappers in abundance.
Remember, this is europe home of the 4 cylinder car.
Best chance i've got for a 200 is from a mustang, and then, what condition is it in? I could have bought a "recond" 200 but after some questioning, it turned out to have a recond head, but the lower block was still original, so I decided against it. Also I have the relatively weak 2.77 tranny and on some forums I was advised against installing anything bigger than the 170, or else risk losing the tranny.
Yup older car, older woman
, they don't build them like they used to
I graduated as an physical geographer, with a specialisation in pollen analysis, landscape- and climatic reconstruction.
In dutch arceology most of the time you're reconstructing buried landscapes to try and interpret if, how and when that landscape was suitable for habitation. Basically what I had learnt to do. It is great fun.
Frysian terps are a good example of the often difficult conditions the dutch people had to cope with. You're living on a piece of land that gives a good yield in terms of meat and other resources, but it floods twice a day and in winter you get exeptionally high floods, so you buld yourself a nice mound with a house on top where you keep your cattle safe and have a well that wont go bad due to high salinity. AND you stand a goot chance of kicking some roman butt, or whatever ruler who wants to submit your community. Sorted!
But in the better part of seabound netherlands there are terps, either at the surface or overgrown by peat.
Greetz Rinke