Engines back!!

[krobinson]

Got the engine back tonight from Steven Gault. And spend the night bolting on the gearbox, engine brackets, 40's and other bits n bobs. Ready to be fitted tomorrow morning (i got tuesday/wednesday off!)

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New Spec:

Engine: 1300 SR Single OHC, Block cleaned and re-painted, Block Bored & honed to 1398cc, Crank sized and journals polished, Rods fitted with ARP competition big end bolts, New mains and big end bearings, End-float reset to middle limit, New Pistons balanced to within 0.1g of each other. Flywheel- substantially lightened and rebalanced along with whole rotating assembly, New oil pump (primed) New Water Pump. 1.3sr head - fitted with new guides, new valves, new Solid Lifters, head modified to Group A spec (+2mm inlet +1mm outlet big valves), re-cut valve seats, Kent uprated valve springs. Inlet manifold ported and Doweled to head. Weber 40DCOE151 Carbs with Weber Twin linkage & polished trumpets, Kent AST 17 Cam fitted with Piper alloy Vernier and timed on solid follower. New followers (non std) All alloy blasted to look new. Facet Silvertop competition fuel pump, king regulator/filter, braided fuel hose, Red anodised clips, STD new engine mounts, Blue Samaco silicone hose kit, Bailey header tank, Janspeed 4-1 Manifold, Magnex full SS System. F13 Close Ratio Gearbox with 4.18FD.

Keith :)

[srs1]

sounds awsome.
i hope you have better luck with this one.

[krobinson]

Notice the blue Loctite on the nuts holding the trumpets on ;)

Keith

[Stuart]

ouch how sore is your ass? lol

get a clear cam cover to show off the springs :D

[krobinson]

ouch how sore is your ass? lol

get a clear cam cover to show off the springs :D

You can just about see them through the oil cap ;)

Keith

[Riggy]

very good news to hear mate



swing on those nuts :oops:

[krobinson]

very good news to hear mate



swing on those nuts :oops:

I did!! and broke one off :oops:

Keith

[karl Rowntree]

Looks stunning Keith! well for now anyway until you have done a few track days lol.

Cant wait to see it in the flesh. Good luck mate, bring on Germany, you should easily brake the 10's as long as you leave that handbrake alone!

Karl

[jamie gsi16v]

that looks absolutely stunning mate love too see it in the flesh one day

[krobinson]

Looks stunning Keith! well for now anyway until you have done a few track days lol.

Cant wait to see it in the flesh. Good luck mate, bring on Germany, you should easily brake the 10's as long as you leave that handbrake alone!

Karl

Lmao, i only used the handbrake once, young chris made a big deal out of it, probably cos we ended up on the grass lmao!

I'm fitting a willwood brake bias too, so that should help from the discs locking!

Oh, and the engine will absolutely minging after the ring trip, i'm still finding dead flys and moths stuck everywhere!!

Keith

[ade]

that's a work of art - not an engine

8)

you'd better do yer damndist to keep it that way too!

[peester]

porn. pure filth.

[Adam Moran]

as said on mig... awsome :o

not many people go down the 8v route (i did for about 6 months :oops: )


Looking forward to the trip :D

Well done Keith :wink:

[Adam]

Looks stunning.
It looks too nice to use :wink: lol

[ANDYRACER]

WOW :o Now that looks fukin quality. Always have liked the small blocked 8 valve engines. Nice to see the car is nearly complete. :+:

[Jim]

Excellent stuff Keith, like Ade said, it looks more like a work of art than an engine, hehe.

Jim

[ward]

how did u get the gearbox like that mate as it looks new.
hopefully ull get some fun out off it after all the work uve put in.

another class nova on the scene.
well done mate

[Matt2107]

How many notes did all that lot set you back?

[Chris]

^^^ bit nosey!!

Engine is in now,it should be just about running

Chris

[martweaver]

Looks good Keith! - Gearbox looks familiar :roll:

Mart

[novaco]

just out of interest keith what is the little plate on top of the rockercover?

what does it say?

or just what is it?

[krobinson]

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Fitted, plumbed, wired, suspension refitted and setup, running and test driven. All i can say is is sounds fooking immense, much better than its old spec.

Keith

[Riggy]

pure pron mate :lol:

[krobinson]

Looks good Keith! - Gearbox looks familiar :roll:

Mart

I only realised when i got it home, it was same colour as yours!! lol Mate did it with some spare paint he had left over from his corsa.

Keith

[Dod]

You'll be for Lark in the Park then mate, I was ment to be Navigating but we didn't get a place so bring Aughadoey!! (spelling)

Cant wait to see it mate, i'll have your head tortured with questions though!!! :lol:

[krobinson]

No probs mate, make sure and come say hello!

Keith

[Dod]

Any particular times suit? Must Arrange a Van and Transported now!! Gosh, its all presure presure presure!! :lol:

[Marc]

the engine looks right at home mate in your engine bay will have to keep it clean and tidy no matter how long it takes :D

love the car its great!

Marc

[krobinson]

Any particular times suit? Must Arrange a Van and Transported now!! Gosh, its all presure presure presure!! :lol:

I dont finish work till 12, so wont be down until then.

Keith

[scott.parker]

Very nice keith glad to see she has the real 8v power in there at last,hope it all go's well runing in etc,welldone to steve hes done you a good build by the looks of the spec :wink:

Scott

[Jim]

Tsk, tsk, the cap for the brake fluid resevoir is filthy :P

Jim

[Snowface]

intresting to see the results. I know Steven thinks the ast 17 is a better cam then the ast2.