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[Pie]

JEW

[JetBLICK]

Shame this is a family forum, otherwise i cud cuss you publicly for better effect - yea i said 'cuss'... brap!

Anyways.... Motor.... well, er not done much dunno how, but my money seems to be dissapearing as quickly as i earn it, so cant afford to do much work recently. However its all about to start getting busy again, i hope. The MOT has ran out and the insurance runs out at the end of the month. Seeing as it wouldn't pass an MOT on (a) seized radius arm pins and (b) emissions because the piston rings are on their way out, i thought id just leave it off the road, whilst i sort the 1071.

Cheers oli for doin the weldin tho.... even tho it never went for the MOT :s

So, as a sorta fairwell drive, i up'd the rev limmiter to 8k and took the long way to work friday, down the back lanes. Didn't really push it on the corners or anythin because it was rainin, but did give it a pasting on the straights, and best of all, didnt catch up with any traffic It was rainin as i said, and i dont have a passenger wiper, and it was on a camera phone - but i did record it, so, enjoy....



Just to put the speed into perspective... it looks faster than i was actually goin, 60mph comes up just as you get into 3rd gear, but as you may hear, the pull in 3rd and 4th is a bit rubbish compared to 2nd, so rarely goin faster than 70 and probly averaging around the 50 mark.

Edited by JetBLICK, 22 September 2007 - 03:04 PM.

[JetBLICK]

Got reeeelly reeelly bored yesterday, so me and my mate craig decided to go back to my house this morning and start work in prep for the 1071, yaaay

The aim for the day was to just get the engine out and the gearbox in a state where i could strip it on my own at a later date.... we didn't hang about! We got back to mine at just after 11... by 12.15 the engine was out - who needs a stoopid engine crane! .... time for a break and a brew





Next, the engine was stripped of all major parts, basically leaving the block and gearbox attached to each other. So thats the rad, cowling, dizzy, alternator, coil, wok, flywheel, transfercase, and head.... bing bang bosh With parts now scattered all over the garage we had a little tidy up before splitting the block and box....



People who know, know there are two nuts either end of the gearbox that can be a pain in the arse, you've got to somehow hold the gearbox solid whilst undoing the 150ft/lbs nuts, in the past i've managed to do this by shoving the gearbox under the car and using a breaker bar, however this time i just ended up lifting the car up with the gearbox. So we decided to go to oli's who claimed he's got a speshul way of doing it.... i introduce to you, the cowboy engineer





(a bit of a pie moment there )

whats more, oli had another 'custom' tool for getting the input gear bearing off



then it took all three of us to get the damn giant c-clip off, i would have taken a photo, it was one of the funniest pie moments ever, but it really was a 3 man job


So now the gearbox is fully stripped and ready to be taken to the engine services to be cleaned and inspected, then i can start building various bits.

Now that the engines fully stripped it means i will soon be in a position to sell various bits, so if anyone wants first dibbs on any of the following let me know (via PM only please! ) And i will get back to you when i'm in a position to start selling and posting the bits. Be aware this is only first dibs, i aint selling it yet, so i dunno prices

Standard 12g940 head with 2 new valves and double valve springs
A kent 286 cam
A kent 286 scatter cam
Twin 1-1/4 carbs with minispares rampipes, on manifold
A budget LCB
Duplex timing gear
A lightened verto flywheel
I do also have my pocketed block... tho its got a broken stud in it (alternator bracket), and it needs a hone/rebore and new piston rings, and too be fair the pockets are a bit of bodgery too

Anyways thats all for now... not long now till 1071 powwwwweer

ta, Dan

Edited by JetBLICK, 14 October 2007 - 09:21 PM.

[Pie]

LMAO loving the pics of Cowboy Oli....and he says i bodge things up!!!

As for the pie moments....At least i know NOT to put a blow torch near a gearbox!!!!

Oli?? oil is FLAM-A-BLE!!

[mini93]

iv never had that problem with oil this is with oxyacetylin and well i do it on purpose (works boring soi find fun stuff to do)

looking good dan will this be racing round the roads near cov' soon then?

[JetBLICK]

Heeelll yea Playin up all the rooode-bois on the cov bypass

[mini93]

i use the cov bypass daily | i work in binly and well i dont like the area

i found some good roads last weekend by the way around kenelworth balsal common and another place i cant remember the name of lol also the back roads from cov airport to leamington are good

[patlink]

have you made the brace bares yours self? have you got anymore details to them?

[Pie]

Dan likes to be different, so he's going for Positive camber!!!

[JetBLICK]

have you made the brace bares yours self? have you got anymore details to them?

Errr details, well... i got some metal and bogded it together with a bit of JB autoweld then took it round a mates house to get em welded properly. There was no measuring involved im afraid, they where just made to fit. Had to make my own as the normal ones foul the dooh-lally bracketry for the flip front. Soz, i couldn't really be more helpfull. If you want to make your own just remember this, brace bars will do sod all in a crash, miglia racers dont even use them! The only reason u need em on the road is to keep the MOT man happy. So it dont really matter how u make em or where they mount too, as long as they look strong.

Dan likes to be different, so he's going for Positive camber!!!

Yea its the way forward!! They'll all be doin it in a couple of years, you watch

[mad4mins]

haha bodger bill!! lol.. loving the mullet too oli!

whens the 1071 going in then? cant wait to hear her purr!

i may have the flywheel of ya danny boy..

might cya a malvern? i take it your making the tough trip there.. lmao

[JetBLICK]

1071 should be in for christmas.

acctually, little update...

Everythings been stripped and a few bits have been taken to the engineers. As a precaution the block is going to be honed, and they're going to get me some new piston rings. The gearbox casing and the block are being drilled and tapped to accept bigger 5/16th bolts. Also the 'box, transfer case and wok are going to be chemically cleaned. Oh, and they're sending the crank off to be tuftrided (a fancy hardening process)

After much discussion with various peoples nick swift and a very helpful chap who races a 1071 in historic touring cars i have my desired finished specification, no messing around here From the top...

Weber 45 on the maniflow manifold
Maniflow stage 2 LCB and twin box centre exit system
The oselli head with its 36 and 31mm valves and isky double springs
MED 1.5 L-D roller rockers
Switune SW10 cam - their version of the 286, however has made more power than the 286 when used with a weber. Swifty was telling me its what they use on their 1071 racers with 1.5 rockers and twin SU's and the drivers complain they're too cammy should be interesting
Ultralight flywheel
Rally/race AP friction plate
Grey diaphragm
1.08 ratio straight cut droppers
'Clubman' ratio s/c gearset - Dont get confused, 'clubman' doesnt mean they're the same ratio as a GT gearbox, the ratios are infact nearly identical to the ST ratios, except the gearset uses the standard 1st and reverse gears, thus its £100 cheaper
X-pin diff
3.6 final drive ratio - with the droppers this goes up to the equivalent of a 3.9. This will be slightly hellish on motorways, especially with the drops, lol, but it should give blistering acceleration and with the gearset i'll see well over 60 in second gear tee hee

As for ancillaries i'll be going for a minispares super 2 core rad, but i feel theres no real need for an oil cooler, the chap didn't use one in his racer last year apparently and didnt have any problems, so i dont see why i should. 'Leccy ignition is on the cards too, for reliability. I've been using one on the 998 over summer and its been fantastic.

Si the don, from minispares is sorting out my monster order including the new bits and all the rebuild parts, should all be ready soon

Can't wait to build this engine i love building them, my favoritest bit, apart from driving em




Anyways as i was sayin mad4mins, yep should be at malvern, uni work permitting. As for the flywheel, along with all the other parts, are all for sale on ebay...

http://search.ebay.c...sZ888minidan888

Ta

Edited by JetBLICK, 22 October 2007 - 05:40 PM.

[patlink]

thanks for you bare details. i am going with the same flip front .

[tedmcedd]

that engine sounds smint, just put mine in today, however its simply a standard 998 stage one.... im only 18 and the insurance will bugger me if i get anything like your having!! although i will one day have a webber, and i also wouldnt mind one of those supercharger kits you can get..... lol

keep up the good work!

Ed

[mad4mins]

sounds like you've got it all worked out!

good stuff.. cya at malvern