I knew that would be the first comment!!!!! HahaOriginally Posted by totalnova
That's a temporary cover, the actual cover that is blanked off for the dry sump had an accident in the hot wash so I need to get it re-painted.
And yeah the idea that I could be driving it in 6 weeks after all this time is pretty mad.
the sump comes with an O-ring so you didn't need to silicone it:
https://www.sbdmotorsport.co.uk/appl...structions.pdf
what has been done to this motor, and is that one of those fancy high torque starter motors?
It doesn't or I'd have used it.
It's not an SBD kit, it's an original Pace one, hence needing to add the bracket for the external crank sensor.
Lots has been done to this engine!! 12.5:1CR, Newman PH5's, Neil Roper head, +1 wasted stem valves
And yep it's a high torque starter from Brise.
Engine looks most acceptable. Don't throw away the red blanks they look useful for storage engines!
I'm prepping a little box especially for you
Never ending!!
Thought I'd get my clutch fitted and prepped and checked before we actually bolt the box on. Luckily I did!!
The assembled height with the clutch fitted and slave cylinder, I measured from the block mating face to the height of the fingers 61mm add a mm for wear as per Helix's instructions, plus 44mm for the slave we get to 106mm.
Unfortunately from the mating face on the box to the slave mounting face I only have 100.5
Predictably Quaife were useless.
Luckily James at Relentless Performance is an AP dealer so he set about searching for a smaller slave to no avail.
We quickly realised that we had to change to a 7 & 1/4 inch clutch, which means a new flywheel and slave bearing but it's all ordered and will arrive tomorrow.
Got my cam cover painted too, it looks like cleaned up aluminium that been lacquered which is kind of what I wanted, won't be to everyone's liking.
Hmmmmm titanium bolts
Not strictly lock-wired correctly as all 5 should be linked but it will achieve what I'm looking for, the worst that will happen is all 5 will undo 1/4 of a turn.
And now onto the real prize of today!!
James assures me it'll be quite forgiving and not such an on/off switch.
Awaiting the flywheel delivery then the whole lot is off to Jay at Modus for a balancing check before we can bolt it on. I will ofcourse bolt it all up and measure it prior to sending it to Jay.
Clutch is only there to hold the power, you won't even use it once you're out of the pit lane
Happy to have helped out with some bits on the car
Speechless as always. I love this build, it's the attention to detail and money no object (that's the impression anyway) that will make this stand out.
Nick
Thanks mate!!
I'm not sure it's money NO object but it has to be right and money isn't the deciding factor and I guess I'm so far in now I've got to keep going!!
Nearly there now!!!
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