Engine swaps/work/turbo's/etc over crimbo ?

[gooner1]

Well did have shedloads planned,sprayed up engine mounts last night(at work ),picked clutch up from Andyboy today( cheers mate kettle broke? ) Drove home and had couple hours kip ready to assemble clutch Tand then put gearbox onto engine.But can hardly move, something in my groin area is hurting like ****.
Did carry two dualmass flywheels from a 535i and a 730i to me van last night.Perhaps should of done it one at a time.Just hope its gone tommorow as ive got to drive to grandkids house with prezzies

2 dualmass flywheels at once are heavy shit man

NOW you tell me Dont think i,ll be stuffing turkey or anything else ..

[Andy335Touring]

andy - the mani coming off to be replaced by my BBR log

I guess the old one might have to come off then

[mattG]

cheers for the offer gooner

[mattG]

andy - nice bit of tig there is that your handy work

[Andy335Touring]

will it make a noticable difference then?how should it affect things like acceleration and top end as my first gear at the moment is a very short,quick change?

It should be a step in the right direction if your first gear is too short, you might get an extra 5-10mph out of first ?

If your gearing is too short generally(too many gear changes) for your power/torque levels then it might make your car a bit quicker over all and increase the top end speed.

It's one of those suck it and see things because you can guess at how it will feel but you won't know for sure till you try it.

I started off with a 3.25 which was too tall, then i tried a 3.64 which is close but a tad too short geared so eventually i want a 3.46

[Andy335Touring]

andy - nice bit of tig there is that your handy work

No, but i wish it was though !

[mattG]

andy - what tb is that

[Andy335Touring]

It's from a US Ford V8 of some sort, i can't remember which model it was from, if you look on US ebay theres loads of interesting looking TB's for not much money

[cliffybabe]

Ill be taking my BBTB off and polishing it up and the AFM inspired by datour.

Also ill be adding more chrome and servicing the engine.

nothing as exciting as turbo's or intercollers but im happy

[mattG]

Ill be taking my BBTB off and polishing it up and the AFM inspired by datour.

Also ill be adding more chrome and servicing the engine.

nothing as exciting as turbo's or intercollers but im happy

mods can you move this post to "Care & Detailing How Not To"

[cliffybabe]

Ill be taking my BBTB off and polishing it up and the AFM inspired by datour.

Also ill be adding more chrome and servicing the engine.

nothing as exciting as turbo's or intercollers but im happy

mods can you move this post to "Care & Detailing How Not To"

come on matt u know me its all about the

[mattG]

neil - tinsil round the dash & wiper

andy - what would the tb diametre be in creased by?

[Andy335Touring]

Standard one is 64-65mm and the new one is twin 60mm

[mattG]

almost double, does the other side of the inlet look just as pretty

[Andy335Touring]

It will look tidy once it's painted with the same wrinkle paint as my rocker cover, i might get a small BMW roundel and stick it on the blanking plate

[maxfield]

new wheels

[mattG]

andy - whould be a shame to paint the tig worm, polish it

maxfield - a set of rims or a whole car

[Speedtouch]

Swopping the cylinder head on my 1275cc MG Midget-engined Morris Minor Traveller for a Metro one. Bought the head gasket set today from my local motor factors for a bargain £6. Good old A-series engines, you gotta luv 'em!

Impressive bit of welding BTW

[maxfield]

i might be getting a new car depending how my dads feelin

but he's getting wheels

[mattG]

what car are you getting, when do you get your licence

[maxfield]

it will be a car for me to work on

i will build it into a track car

and this time next year i should be driving

[mattG]

bet you carn't wait, whats it going to be 318is

got my first car at 16, 1303s 71 bug, rebuit engine balanced/tufdrited crank big cam 1831cc kit, daul twin webbers
chrome bits , +2" front wings +4" rears 15x8 5spoke revoloutions, one peice front windows lowered front springs,
capri 2.8i front seats well i think so

[maxfield]

i really cant i dont care what it is it will be on 51mm struts coilovers big brakes and then later big engine

[old_skool]

I'm going to be sandblasting my bodyshell

[mattG]

what sort of blaster are you using

[Brianmoooore]

and form some heatshields around the clutch fluid reservoir as its just inches away from my turbo and has started to melt the plastic bottle,

Have you considered feeding the clutch from the brake master resevoir, as it does on LHD cars?

[old_skool]

what sort of blaster are you using

I've been loaned a towed diesel road compressor via a farmer friend and am using commercial hand blasting kit with superfine disposable media, also using two water seperators inline.

Hopefully the 500kg of grit I have will be enough Also going to be using a 14cfm compressor to run my air fed mask and airline blower for cleaning up.

[gareth]

depending on the colour of your grit, it could be a white christmas in gloucestershire!!! sounds like a messy but fun job!

[Ant]

I noticed a lot of rod shop here and in the US are now using baking soda to strip bodies, from what I've seen its very effective and leaves the panels unlemished with the acne you sometimes get with sand.

I've got 2 2.7 bottom ends to build, all machining done and finally back, just need to gap the rings and bolt em together, one is a high comp N/A the other low comp all forged steel, should be fun

If there's time, I may start popping mine back together, been off the road since september the 20th

[cliffybabe]

I noticed a lot of rod shop here and in the US are now using baking soda to strip bodies, from what I've seen its very effective and leaves the panels unlemished with the acne you sometimes get with sand.

I've got 2 2.7 bottom ends to build, all machining done and finally back, just need to gap the rings and bolt em together, one is a high comp N/A the other low comp all forged steel, should be fun

If there's time, I may start popping mine back together, been off the road since september the 20th

hmm wonder who's lump that could be ??

[old_skool]

Yep, FAB engineering use soda to blast their cylinder heads. It's definitely the best media for use on alloys and the best bit is that they wash it down the drain when they are finished with it. It wont break through paint as well unfortunately.