Rav's Chromie, Bodywork time

[Rav335uk]

Oh, it's being fully stripped and rebuilt. so it'll have a nice new lick of paint.

[magpie]

who's garage is that Rav,are you doing the work yourself ?

[Rav335uk]

Yes Mick, doing all the work myself, about time I tought myself how the M30 runs

[Alex]

Yes Mick, doing all the work myself, about time I tought myself how the M30 runs

About 3 Gallon of Unleaded Petrol per Cycle i think

[DanThe]

You going all out then, new shells, rings, seals etc?

[Rav335uk]

Yes Dan. what ever needs doing is getting done.

And alot more

[Rav335uk]

Yes Dan. what ever needs doing is getting done.

And alot more

[G-Bear]

Good to see an update. Those anchors are a greedy looking engine.. It's the shape of the inlet manifold... proper Yorkie bar muncher.

Good work, looking forward to more...

[ross2009]

weight anchor !!!!!!!

sorry rav couldnt resist

[bhups]

Sorry Rav i dont know why you are m30'ing this when an m52 makes so much more sense...

[DanThe]

Yes Dan. what ever needs doing is getting done.

And alot more

Alloy block from America?

[Rav335uk]

Sorry Rav i dont know why you are m30'ing this when an m52 makes so much more sense...

But the M52 needs to rev to make power, the M30 has a very good tourque curve, and by the time I finish with it, it'll have a load more.

[DanThe]

But will it be faster?

[Rav335uk]

Yes Dan, it will be faster.

[DanThe]

Yes Dan, it will be faster.

Noted and will be put to the test

[The_Diddler]

Yes Dan, it will be faster.

faster hey........... ermmmmmm what about 30 knots, so how do you measure bhp at the prop

[Rav335uk]

Yes Dan, it will be faster.

faster hey........... ermmmmmm what about 30 knots, so how do you measure bhp at the prop

LOL, even now it's faster then your garage ornament

[Rav335uk]

Yes Dan, it will be faster.

Noted and will be put to the test

I'm leaving the aircon pully on this one.

[Topblag]

I'm a recent convert to the Boating Club. My new motto is "Yesterdays Technology Tomorrow".

[The_Diddler]

I'm a recent convert to the Boating Club. My new motto is "Last Centuries Technology Tomorrow".

fixed

[Rav335uk]

A little more today.
Block 90% stripped, oil and water out.

Head off, rocker shafts removed, rockers and cam out too.



Head now booked in for Monday for a pressure test and a 1/2mm skim
I'll take out the valves on Monday for those eagled eye fookers!



Pistons look to be OK, and the bores look good too, can still see the honing marks on them.
Looks to have been running rick though.




Block will be wired down and painted.

Any ideas on a colour for the Rocker???

[Topblag]

I don't think you can beat black, especially in a chomie.

Just don't do what the owner of my M30'd turd did - painted the block white. Great for spotting oil leaks but looks sh*t.

[Rav335uk]

I've got a Black rocker and inlet on the Cab Colin.
Seeing as the turd will be repainted in Brown, I was hoping of doing something different, and no, not white.

[Jim320i]

+1 on black

[Rav335uk]

+1 on black

Might go Anthracite.
There's no inlet manifold on this, remeber that, it's getting M88 throttle bodies.

[Jim320i]

What sort of brown you going?

Weirdest thing i've asked you to date

Whens it having paint too?

[Rav335uk]

No confirmed date on paint as yet. Might find out this weekend on that.

Not sure but thwarting brown is the one on the 1 series.

[leeparkes]

Head now booked in for Monday for a pressure test and a 1/2mm skim

Go for a proper 1mm skim to get the comp ratio right up.

You may aswell while your there.

[Rav335uk]

Head now booked in for Monday for a pressure test and a 1/2mm skim

Go for a proper 1mm skim to get the comp ratio right up.

You may aswell while your there.

No can do Lee, there's a mark on the head for a minimum, and it looks to have been skimmed before, so I'm going down to the mark, so should be on the minimum.
Don't forget my stuff for Sunday Mate.

[E30BeemerLad]

I was hoping you'd be strapping a dirty big snail onto the side of that donk Ravi, but the skim and compression ratio going up suggests not.

Marrakesh brown FTW!

[leeparkes]

Ah i see, i wont forget.

[Rav335uk]

I was hoping you'd be strapping a dirty big snail onto the side of that donk Ravi, but the skim and compression ratio going up suggests not.

Marrakesh brown FTW!

Somethings being strapped to it Lee, not a turbo though

That Browns lovely.

[Bristol_Jer]

Supercharger??

[sag]

Any ideas on a colour for the Rocker???

Black crinkle paint see my build photos

Is quite a nice finish

[gooner1]

[quote="Rav335uk"

Somethings being strapped to it Lee, not a turbo though

.[/quote]


Rav does like a strap on.