The Counts Track Day Nova Build

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Originally Posted by trackdaynova

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:roll: lol

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Originally Posted by Count Vaux Alot

And replied mate :thumb:

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and replied, you have my number if you need a chat

replied Jonlem :)

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Originally Posted by Jonlem

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Might well take you up on that ;)

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Originally Posted by trackdaynova

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Where !

I feel so left out :(

Progress from this weekend :)

Last weekend involved a lot of driving lol i drove home from Bournemouth to Bedfordshire on fri night then sat morning i started out early and collected a couple of x16xe engines from Ayr in Scotland (Thanks again Jamie :thumb:) making the journy back down south sat afternoon/evening to see John H in Stoke on trent to collect some more parts (cheers Boss nice to chat again) and finally back to Bournemouth on sunday evening!

However sunday morning/afternoon i did find the time to unload the van and put an engine in the nova!

This is the first time in over a year that the engine bay has been home to an engine, here is what i started with:

An empty engine bay

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One spare engine for parts and to use to mock up the new manifolds (this one will be fitted into the car for the time being)

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One good engine to be rebuilt and actually used in conjunction with the new turbo in the car

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The spare engine fitted to the spare small block gearbox just for mock up purposes (any one have any idea how to identify this gearbox? it has no markings ie F13 F15 etc in the usual place?)
And arn't these small blocks light i can just about carry one on my own.

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I dropped the tie bars down to make way for the motor

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And shes in

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Feck me is it small or what...look at the space around it

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And with the rad in place

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Then i put the bottom of the inlet manifold on just to gauge space to the back of the engine, again loads of room which is nice :d

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Content that there would be loads of room for the new custom inlet i set about moving the rad about, to see what space there would be for the turbo and exhaust behind the rad.

First off i centred the rad so that the intercooler pipes can fit either side, some trimming of the front panel will be needed.

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And the view from behind with the rad in its new position (the rad is centred and moved forwards a little)

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...a/DPP_0026.jpg

i did try the turbo behind the rad but photo bucket wasn't as happy as i was with those images so it has deleted them :mad:

Once i was satisfied with the spare engines temporary new found home i decided it would be rude not to crack on with the rebuild of the other 1600xe so i mounted it on to the engine stand ready for the strip down to commence, but a cup of tea distracted me.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...DPP_0014-1.jpg

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The small block looks alright to me

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...DPP_0017-1.jpg

Here you can see the start that some one has made on an inlet manifold for some bike carbs that came with the engines.

The bike carbs are off a kawasaki zzr1100 and are 40mm in size if any one is interested in purchasing them - pm me if so
Today following a trip to Benns last week i got on with cleaning a few bits up at work (dejavo i know), anyway I started with these - rusted to fook

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Then i removed the the unwanted bits

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And slung them in the degreaser then hot wash then blasted leaving the hubs and bearings in place as i don't need them (i'm upgrading) and couldn't be @rsed to press them out.

Bling bling

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And finally a coat of acid etch to protect the bare metal while they are away being machined again

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...a/DSC00590.jpg

Hopefully some more progress will follow next weekend - Benn see your wip :thumb:

no worries James! Glad you got back safely and good to see the engines being put to good use.

Cheers, Jamie

cool stuff mr james. welcome to small block club n all that..