To keep me in the spirit of novas after breaking mine up I was asked to build up another for a good mate. Its been a long time coming as things have gone up and down over the last year but things are now coming together very well.
The car had a full Harry Hockley plating kit installed to hold the front end together, the rest of the bay was stitch welded then all painted in the original flame red.
The engine parts were brought nearly a year ago, as per most specs it went from being mild to not so mild, I still feel we could of gone slightly further with the engine spec but its my mates money not mine
I have a lot of things to do now but hopefully I expect to have it ready for Santa Pod on the 4th June for him, and also there is a Rolling road shootout that day so should make a appearance there.
Here are some pics
Bay prepped and welded
Painted
The engine arrived back to me a few months back, Looks great and hopefully the power should be plenty for this car too
Me and a mate finally got time to get the engine in on Saturday, due to the competetion mounts it was a pain in the arse to fit as once mounted you could not move the engine about to get it sitting correctly but eventually we got there
Finally my mate trying to look busy with the impact gun, not getting far with a 17mm socket though
I will update the thread with further specs and progress as things get done.
Engine spec for anyone interested is :
Early xe Block bored to 86.5mm
Early lightened and balanced crankshaft
Cat Cams Steel rods with ARP 2000's
Accralite pistons with extra pocketing
Gated Sump
SBD Steel gear kit and nylon relief valve
Blydenstein GM Head with porous fix, ports and throats have only been modified
QED 450 Camshafts
QED Solid lifters
QED Double Valve Springs
SBD Vernier Pulleys
Jenvey taper TB's on MBE 967 ecu
Bosch motorsport injectors (not pictured)
Simpson race exhaust and manifold, fully slip jointed with re packable back box
Engine built by Odell Motorsport and will be mapped by Steve Greenald of Track and Race
