engine build with help from turbominis lot of pics
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Cool. See you there.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

well, getting a little closer my goal is four weeks from now lol

got the engine and tank out now






phil helped me get a higher cc in the head, will get better pics tomo, thanks for the work phil

thats looking tidy Paul, :)

I love the rockercover!!

yea, great rocker cover. who did the head work?

Bulkhead looks tons better.

Turbo phil did the head work. He had a bit of a job as the head was originally intended for NA and needed opening up to 24cc's. Nice work!

Whack it in at the weekend?

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Bah What bastard palmed you off with an old over skimmed N/A head lol

Lol!

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Edited by wintersurferuk on 2nd Mar, 2010.

Looking good :0)

My 79 Clubman Build Thread - http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=451008

Jamie.

looks good love a simple ish build that just comes together.

is that the side manifold that was on ebay and went for a silly amount of money or did you make it yourself?

my heads with phil atm you think your heads bad he can only get 23cc out of mine. but its nice to see what mine will come back looking like :)

Edited by t@z on 2nd Mar, 2010.

Edited by wintersurferuk on 2nd Mar, 2010.

ah yeah thats the one, was oing to have a bid on that myself but it went out of what i was willing to pay for it. saves time and effort though and i like the idea :)

i'm not cutting mine up either going T2 and hopefully matty might be able to help us out on manifold

love your car though had a clubman regret selling it. what cr you get in the end and boost you planning to run?

I need to fit some gauges to the inside of the car, boost, oil temp, pressure and rev. I wish to keep it as original period looking as possible. so far ive come up with this crude idea of using an old dash to hold every thing, any suggestions would be great, go silver or carbon look and so on



thinking of useing thesehttp://www.equus.com/Product/Detail/F1DD60D7-5D84-495B-A705-20746814E888
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Equus-PRO-S...sQ5fAccessories

on your template have you left enough gap between each gauge? bearing in mind that the bezel is about 2mm (i think) so 4mm plus a gap.

maybe get a duel oil pressure and water temp, is oil temp really necessary? just thinking of ways to reduce the requirment so it can be kept std inside.

I've got some black crinkle paint,

that might look good.

The rings on the carboard were just to see how many i could get on there, there about 62mm each so the gaps may need tweeking.

The ebay link's not that great, they do one for pressure oil temp and volts, also sell boost in psi and a rev gaege form the same line. cheep a chips as im lead to beleave they come with the senders http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Joe that paint is great, but i was hoping to match the spedo, if this fails i'll make a pod like yours with the paint, i need to do more looking for retro late 60s early 70s.

or you could fabricate one for me .... your good at that sort of stuff lol

Edited by wintersurferuk on 2nd Mar, 2010.

Nice use of CAD there.

CR is 8.9:1 with 24cc in the head.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

If using the mpi pump you can run more than 15psi, think your getting confused with the spi pump.

Edited by wintersurferuk on 2nd Mar, 2010.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

LOL!!

Project's looking good. Glad you're happy with the work.
Thanks
Phil. :)

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been hard at it this week, fitted the new tank, plumed in most of the fuel lines, fitted the heater back with new hoses.

built up the engine today and fitted the head, starter motor, clutch slave water pump, pot joints.

The exhuast stud snaped in the head :( if your ever building an engine allways get new studs or arp! hours later oneeyed drilled the head and re taped it, its not fun, so close to putting the engine in, then that happens its shit!

droped the engine in, then spent about two hours trying to get the engine mounts to meet up, in the dark. never again.

thanks gary, it was a long hard day. cheers for helping today!

i have to move the break bisvalve thing now to get the down pipe in :( oh well getter there, lol

oh yeah, got the bumper back on