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This engine will be a spare once the proper shell is done, so it's worth doing it properly!!
Darren had to over size the bore by 1.25 thou for him to be happy the damage was fully out. He said the clearance is 2.5 thou instead of 1.25 but as it's a track engine and will run hotter and 1.25 thou is nothing!!!
If iain car is anything to go by a spare engine is a good idea lol
Superb turnaround. Ready for Combe 3rd March then?
Could be!!! Let's see how well it goes back in the car!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by 8valve-craig
Few tiny jobs done today
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Finally got rid of the yellow driveshafts
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Made access to the gearbox level plug, will save from guessing!!!
Busy day down with the boys today
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Darren got his freak on with the bottom end
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Pistons protrude too far out the block, 26 thou so in order to maintain a minimum piston squish of 25 thou (as recommended by QED) we've had to go with a cometic 0.060 thou head gasket, which should give us a squish of 34thou, plenty!!
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Head getting some cleaning
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Head getting ready for skimming
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Skimmy skimmy
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Taken off a whopping 2 thou!!
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Painted, just needs a wipe down.
Lifters have all come out and apart to be cleaned, everything will start going back together tomorrow.
We've decided I can assemble it at Modus under direct supervision as I'm so ham fisted I can't be trusted with anything.
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One final shot of the cam pulleys painted and also media blasted my rear calliper carriers for the new beam so they'll be ready for the new shell just need to send the callipers away for re-furb, probably to BCS who are doing the Alcons.
Back to Modus via the gym and a stop off at the Valentine's Day card shop, what a crock of crap that is.
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And left snugly under a blanky for the night as in off to Swansea boyo for a lift breakdown tonight
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Collecting tomorrow afternoon, plan to have it running Thursday midday, quick run in down the bypass and Robert's your father's brother.
Go go team Shonky. Keep at it & you'll be smoking tyres instead of engines.
She's been smoking for a while now Harvey!! It was smoking at that first day Cadwell, what 2-3 years ago. Bout time I fixed it!!!
1.25 thou fuck me thats tight ist it . will be much better at 3 .
Iv just had my let taken to 4.7 thou for extra clearance with big boost and nitrous
Yeah 2.5 thousands of an inch!! That's almost an interference fit!!Quote:
Originally Posted by total_vauxhall
It all went together lovely and I can't wait to go for a spin out Friday!!!
Nitrous?!? Madman!!!!!
couldn't of painted the oil pump. ;)
So if the pistons are sticking out to far already.. Why take so much off the head? Did it need so much taking off?
Could of painted the oil pump, but I'm not vain!!!!!! HahahahahaQuote:
Originally Posted by Benn
Block was 3 thou out head was warped, 2 thou one side, 3 the other!! So it needed skimming and decking the only reasonable solution was a thicker head gasket, 60 thou.
To be fair the head COULD have gone back on as it was but it was 15 minutes while it was out so no reason not to skim
Sick of my engine falling over or being unstable when removing from the car so smashed this together
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And with the engine on
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Lovely and stable, slight mod needed tomorrow as the flywheel hits one of the mounts but no real drama.
Also got my cover on with a made up rubber from a bit of boot seal, happy with that.
Collect my CV's, gearbox and running in oil tomorrow and make a start getting it back in the car!!
To say I'm excited is an understatement!!
Iain commented that I've not touched the car in nearly 3 months and in the space of 8 days I've removed and rebuilt the engine and am about to have it back in the car!!
Also made it to the Phirm today to add something I've wanted for ages!! Getting so bored of removing the engine and box and leaving the shafts in as I don't want to loose the box oil!!
I did all the machining to get it in, had to turn it down on the lathe and shorten it as much as possible, just had to get Tim to lickrod it in with the TIG
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Nice mod to the gearbox cover. Smart! 👍
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Nice drain.
add a pump, a fitting to the level hole and a cooler... woooo longer life gearbox.
Engine going in, started at 6 this morning in the garage.
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Wickedy wickedy waaaaaaaaa
Took it for a drive at 4pm this afternoon
Got a sodding oil leak!! I think it's from the cooler unions, so I'll have them off tomorrow and see what it's saying
Leak fixed, was the oil temp sensor adapter, I broke the original one and forgot I needed to file a chamfer on the inner edge of the nut to allow it to get close enough to the block for it to seal!! School boy error
Awesome work. Now that's some cracking on.
So sorted my oil leak, all seems ok, car feels strong, pulls well, been running it in fairly hard, currently on mineral oil, will go to semi syn next and then I've got 20 litres of Millers CFS 10/50, on Iain's recommendation, if it's crap I'll smack him.
Popped to see Darren and Jay today in the car. Showed them under the bonnet and old boy Al saw my coil mount and told me it was a "pile of shit and we could make something better" so we did!!
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Much happier with that.
Little road trip planned for tomorrow morning, 140 odd miles, then I can ditch the mineral and get my semi on
I used millers fully synth 10/60 in the vx, and have to in the 500... it's good stuff, temps are mega stable so almost no need for a gaylord oil cooler lol
Yeah Iain uses it and swears by it, I'll give it a go. Was cheap enough delivered!!!
I love it how some people say subtle things. [emoji1]Quote:
Originally Posted by House
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Nothing exciting today, other than a rear crank seal leak!!!! Gotta drop the engine out again to fix, only the 4 time I've had a rear seal die beginning to hate them!!
Oh and my shitty pedal box clutch pedal broke and I had to drive home without a clutch
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Stupid design, can't wait to get the hydraulic one sorted
Also changed these bolts as they were annoying me looking like they weren't tight
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Much better looking
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Can't wait to destroy you with a near standard clio 172
Fortunately my life is fulfilled enough without the need to race people, however, if the tiny insignificant fact that your "standard" Clio will beat my Nova brings some fulfilment to your life then I encourage it, everyone needs to have success somewhere in their life.Quote:
Originally Posted by turbojolt
Just don't be too disappointed if it's not the case.
loving this build, ive been keeping an eye on it, proper race car ;)
Thanks Lewis, but I think Craig's or Iain's would be closer to a proper race car!! Mine's just pretending!!Quote:
Originally Posted by LEWI007
Interesting morning!!
By 9.30 this was how things looked
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Then investigation began,
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I remember reading on a certain someone's off white XE track car build thread on here about using talc to show where a leak was coming from, so to save me taking the sump off I thought I'd employ the talc method to see if I could find the leak, so I removed the flywheel, talc up the block and put the flywheel back on.
Ran the engine up for 5 mins, then took the flywheel off to find
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Clearly the talc around the seal is wet but the 5th main cap sides look dry as does the sump gasket, this was a result.
Down to ECP to collect a rear crank seal, cleaned, vaselined, installed, tested again
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Double result, all back together by 1pm, quick road test and check again and all seems dry. Will need more of an extensive test to be sure but I can't be bothered right now.
Must remember to find out whoever gave me the idea of the talc and thank him!!
Hour and a half drive, no leaks visible on return, just letting it sit for a while to see if anything drips off.
All that's left is to sort the trackday box and bleed the new Motul brake fluid in and I'll be ready for Coombe on the 3rd
Those vauxhall crank seals are a bastard . nearly as bad as the cam cover gasket lol
Love the talc method, your persistence is paying off. :cool:
Bloody nora, I go off for a quick weeks skiing only to return to find all hell is breaking loose in the House garage. Have a little pity on us lazy mortals man...!
LOVE IT THOUGH lol
Bring on evo 2... :thumb:
Evo 2 will be next level mate!! Currently looking at getting some space in a unit for a 2 poster and some proper work space!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by TallDave
Loving this. You never had problems with the license plate?
So after running out of fuel at Mallory last time out and then very nearly again out driving with the old man at the weekend I've decided to get the fuel gauge sorted properly!!
With my multi function display there is a fuel gauge however I couldn't get the ohms set correctly for the sensor I had and couldn't find another sensor that would work.
So I decided to get a kit from CBS gauge and matched sensor, bit of jiggery pokery and away we go!!
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All wired in on plugs for very easy removal, over the bloody moon if I'm honest, you know when you have a scratch and you finally manage to get the bugger, well BOOM itched!!!!
Added a voltmeter as I've got 3 holes to fill, middle hole will be this little beaut
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I know AFR isn't vital knowledge with a N/A engine but I've been having fluctuating fuel pressure when electrical load increases so I want to see how it affects AFR.
Not at all mate, nothing so far anyway!! Now I've said that I'm certain to get pulled!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by turbojolt
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Forgot to add, went to the tyre place and swapped my 888's I've been using on the road to my new wheels!! Love how this looks now!!!
Talc was my idea I gave to Iain for free but you can pay me in Haribo jellies. Plus you have to use Brut talc for the best manly fragrance.
Great work Ted tinkering goodness.