Hi started it in june this year but have spent all year buying bits and planning it.
here is the old engine before we took it out.



and here is the car in the garage with the engine out.



Big Andy W trying to work out were the bits go!


Here is the bottom end nearly finished.



will post more pictures when I get the engine in.

Dave.

 

Good luck with it mate hope all goes well !!!! what spec you re-building to ???

 

that garage is almost as untidy as mine

Good luck wi it mate

 

what happened dude???

hope the rebuild is soon and you get to rag is soon

 

Fitted uprated engine mounts today.



long way to go

Dave.

 

lookin good so far mate good luck

 

Fitted fans and new S/S rad pipe to new radiator with S/S nuts and bolts.



still no engine work

Dave.

 

very nice proper job, goodluck with rebuild m8

 

putting sump on tommorow and then installing the bottom end in the car from the top

Dave.

 

Put sump on tonight
engine ready to go in



and engine in



only took us a couple of hours to install the bottom end, front dif,power steering rack,front crossmember and cross shaft

big thanks to Big Andy W for helping me get it back together.

Dave.

 

Look very well Dave keep up the good work!

 

fitted starter motor, front dif prop, engine mount heat shield.
porting(matching) the inlet manifold to my ported head tommorow

Dave.

 

Finshed the inlet manifold and plenum chamber today, now off to the powder coaters tommorow

Dave.

 

dont take this as a dig make up your own mind
but do not run that lash up of a rad pipe
cut and welded at 90 degress will cause cavitaoin and air bubbles to form you need a nice sweeped turn
i know making things yaself is a good idea but that aint right way to do it
other stuff looks mint thow good luck

 

Hi Brom I didn't make it myself, I wish I could make one
I bought it off Lee at fusion and wasn't aware it was a bad design
what do you mean by "cavitaoin" I have never heard that before.

Dave.

 

basicly it will creat a swirl in turn sort of causes a blockage
its hard to explane

 

you have got me worried now I am using a swirl pot though so maybe it will cancel it out .

Dave.

 

no mate the water going threw the 90 degree bend will swirl round and try to come back on its self so to speek
not make a blockage but will slow the flow down a little
not a major issue but stick to normal one or get one rolled so its a nice flow

 

Cavitation can also creat air bubbles and that's not good for cooling. Get it with a bend.

 

I don't suppose Lee at Fusion will give me a refund

 

hope you remembered to put the clutch on

 

Fitted this today, ready for when I fit the new fuel rail and hose's



Dave.

 

Fitted new map sensor bracket.



my new fuel rail arrived last week very bling !



putting head on this week.

Dave.

 

 

nice fuel rail m8 very bling where did u sorce it from?

 

It was my old one that I got modified by a friend, and he did a great job

Dave.

 

Head now on just the little jobs to do now




cheeRS Dave.

 

Hi long time no post anyway she runs
had a bit of trouble with a air lock in the oil pump but fixed it with an electric dril on the aux shaft
heres a couple of pics.





just got a few things to put back on the engine bay and to run it in and its away to be mapped and 400 bhp here we come watch out Spiky

Dave.

 

Looks very nice

 

Very nice mate

 

where you buy this cam vernier

 

I would tell you, but they aren't that good and I would not recommend the retailer he is a moron.

You can't see from the picture, but they are different colours - one has a matt finish and the other has a shiny finish plus there is a lot of pitting in the finish on the shiny one. I was well disappointed.

I only fitted them because I had to send them back a couple of times due to other things wrong with them and I ran out of time.

I will take them off next winter and get them re-anodised.

 

Dave

how did you fit the engine?

did you have the cossmember all fitted up and dropped the engine in witht he diff attatched?

how did you get it on to the gearbox?

as much info as poss mate as ill be doing this soon

 

whos going to be mapping it ?

 

Hi Dave

Like in my pictures I had to drop the crossmember down so I could lift the block out from the top, so I had to do the reverse to get it in.
it went in ok but we had to get the engine on the gearbox and lower and wiggle it a bit at a time till it went on.
also we fitted the dif and other bits after.

Dave.

 

Done 420 miles 580 to go

 

That looks very very nice