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Thanks Simon
According to baxters sig on vxON it was 212 with an f28
see here:
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either machine your flywheel for an xe setup, but use a c20let pressure plate this will give the clamping force required but the splines for an f16/18/20 box etc
of if your feeling flush speak to ttv racing and they will make you a billet item
if there's enough face and the clutch will bolt up ok, machine the fly.
Todays activities began with the removal of the rear axle (it was craigs disk axle and he sold it on so it had to go) - nice to meet you btw Chris.
Back end in the air
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD316.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD317.jpg
Axle off
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD318.jpg
Luckily i had a spare anyway so i slipped that on
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD319.jpg
Axle swap...done!
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD320.jpg
Whilst i was messing around with that i found the MOT failure of the day - just another repair!
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD321.jpg
Putting that to one side i focused back on the main task in hand - the engine bay modifications and repairs
This needed sorting
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD322.jpg
So i fashioned this repair section
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD324.jpg
like a glove
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD323.jpg
Gave it a clean up
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD325.jpg
Along with the inside of the chassis leg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD326.jpg
Tacked it in
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD329.jpg
And welded it in fully (this was a pain in the ass due to the amount of crispiness all over the surrounding material)
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD330.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD331.jpg
After giving that a quick clean off and a prime i started to tidy the leg up as i wanted all the cutting and grinding to be done before i welded the td engine mount in.
This is how i left it
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD327.jpg
Crispy
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD328.jpg
A little cleaner with primer
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD333.jpg
Then i went on to do some marking of more unwanted material, so i had some clean metal to weld to
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD332.jpg
chop chop
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD335.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD336.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD337.jpg
Getting there
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD338.jpg
Doesn't that look better
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD339.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD340.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD342.jpg
Once i was happy here it was time for the boost pipe repair section
I gave this some further fettling ready for its insertion
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD341.jpg
Clamped it to the car and cut through it
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD343.jpg
Another hole!
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD344.jpg
I cleaned the edges and some other rust holes/patches
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD345.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD346.jpg
Then turned my attention to the engine mount its self
drilled some holes for puddle welding the bottom edge to the cars outer chassis leg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD334.jpg
Tacked in
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD347.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD348.jpg
And began to weld it in
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD349.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD350.jpg
The chassis leg its self needed quite a lot of cleaning to find clean metal hence the gap around the td leg section, i will probably weld it all up then clean the welds up V them out again then cap them to finish them off properly.
I was unable to get any further today due to important house buying related commitments so hopefully there should be some more progress to follow tomorrow :thumb:
Should look pretty much factory once the welds are ground back and painted, very neat work. :thumb:
It's quite worrying where rot can hid on shell even if you think there clean and rot free..
But looks like your well on top of it now mate, fair play for doing all this.
Keep it up.
Scott
I'm sitting in a damp patch.
u even had sunshine.. i mean blimmey..