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thats the 1300sr lump that will be going in the nova. It is going to get all cleaned up/painted. The blue rocker cover wont be staying on it. I have a weber 32 twin choke carb to be fiited and headgasket kit.
i have a few questions that i hope you guys can help me with.
I want to clean the sr engine and get the bottom of the engine black/silver and the head/rocker cover in silver. What paint should i use and where do i get it?
When i am putting new spark plugs and leads on, how do i know what order they go in? if i buy brand new leads will they tell me what plug to put them onto or can you tell by the length of the leads?
I would like to paint inside the arches but want underseal stuff on them and to protect my new splash guards. What paint/underseal should i put on? where do i get that? Also do i brush it on or spray it with a spray gun or will i need a special underseal spray gun?
Thanks
Greg
I have been really busy again today, i have stripped the sr engine down and took all the old gaskets off and i have washed the gearbox, rubbed it down with sandpaper and wire brush then primed it. It looks miles better even with the primer on it. I am getting paint tommorow for the block and the head/rocker cover. The block is going black and the top end of the engine is going nice shiny silver. All the manifold are in the middle of getting ready for painting. After the exhaust manifold is done it will be getting heat wrapped.
Quite chuffed with what i have done today!
i have a wee list of parts to get in the net few days.
black hammerite paint,
rocker cover gasket,
sump gasket,
exhaust outlet gasket (broke in 3 pieces when i took manifold off),
Should get the engine finished by the end of the week.
The guy that is coming to weld my nova is going to be coming up later on in the week so should be finished next weekend. Was hoping to have it done by wednesday but cant help it. The front end should be welded and painted and put back together and engine in running in 2/3 weeks. Starting to really feel as though i am getting somewhere with this project. Will take pics of the engine etc tommorow.
finally finished painting my engine tonight and i think it looks really good. I have also done the gearbox and all the linkages and engine mounts. Looks miles better! Sorry about the picture quality, it was taken from a phone.
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looks very nice greg, good work :)
my dad is going to buy me some gaskets in the next day or two. I need to replace the rocker cover gasket and the inlet and outlet manifold gaskets. I will be doing the headgasket and valve stem oil seals at some point aswell so should i buy a complete head gasket kit? How much does this cost roughly?
keep up the good work :)
looking good mate, keep up the good work, engine looks sweet.
just bought a complete head gasket set for my sr engine. Only ?19 inc VAT!
What can i do to my carb to get it a little bit better? Is there a cleaning/refurb kit for it? Its a pierburg twin choke.