Thanks Dave bud, appreciated

 

Thats gonna be some car I can see the hard work gone into that top job

 

Fantastic Kev. Are you going to have it running this summer?

 

Thank you, comments appreciated!

Na Jon, decided I want to move house and get one with a garage also take a holiday so no way this'll get finished fast.

But will still be plodding on with her, engine will be fitted and hopefully loom made and fitted as well as brading all fuel and brake in, will be very close but wont be finished.

How bout yours?

 

It's painted just moved house and going on hols next week so funds are low right now. The build is on soon though. Your family over near me yet, looking forward to a beer or 3

 

Yeah mate they moved in now, I went up other week for a couple pints and lunch, bit quieter than I expected and posher lol

I'm coming up 8th June I think for weekend piss up, we'll have to meet up mate.

 

It's a date! Let me know if you fancy a trip into town, I'll sort summat out

 

whats my van doing in your pics lol

 

lol I remember Ian talking me through the work he had done to your van mate.

If you know of any rear door rubber seals going for a van mate met me know as mine are fooked.

 

Nothing to update atm but have 19th May booked in with my mate Sam to so some modifications to engine bay and get dummy engine back in to fit my dry sump scavenger pump.

But seeing as I have GrpA mounts fitted and rear gear box is vibratech, the only OEM bush left on car no one makes, so made my own.

 

Surprised this is still on the go kev!...good work though mate

 

It's a project mate, take time when also building friends cars and continually helping fellow RS owners out, something I am now trying to stop within reason.

 

Yeah Ian well looked after me, 14 hrs welding, he's a good man, if it's any help level there where 2 vans down at hoppers, don't know if they had seals though, worth a look see.

 

I never get time to go to any scrapper mate, miss looking round them too lol

 

Long day up at the unit today!

This was 7 am




Me and Sam spent all day on L2.

Sam worked his arse off welding for me, proper graft today as got dummy engine in and out a few times to line up for chassis mod and get dry sump fitted with scavenger pump etc...

Some pic's...














Also found time to fit Tom's car in for some new inlet gaskets, this is Tom doing what is very rare, actually working on his car as I made him clean the inlet face of head off lol









next up alternator fitment and brackets but Simons coming to aid with that in a couple of weeks as he ran the set up in Blue Oval for a couple of seasons and worked well.

 

all looks great as normal kev

 

Thanks Jon

 

what clutch will you use in the kev? no nothing about rs2k's really . who makes one to handle good power ?

 

Gona run a helix one Jon, a pal of mine runs 250bhp through his n/a and had no issues also another mate runs 305bhp through his Turbo and had no issues, both RS2K's.

So hoping I'll have non either mate lol

 

Shed! Nice sumping Kev, who's system is it?

 

lol

It's PACE mate, the scavenger pump is new also from PACE, was last one on shelf as they don't make that type of pump any more.

 

hi!!! where can i get a pair of adjustable lower suspension arms like yours???? if anyone has a pair ill buy them!!!!

thanks!! and gongrats on your car it looks amazing!!!

 

Sorry those parts are very rare now, rocking horse shit even lol

ZOO made them but he closed buisness years ago.

 

Working on L2 all this week!

 

Started on my engine build today, was a nice moment to work on my own engine for a change.

Some pictures -



Had a couple of choices with rods but decided to go with ARROW as they proven and tested, the IKE ones look a good bit of kit and measure up true but went for ARROW's.





Had to then re-tap the crank to hold timing trigger wheel as it was fitted standard with punch fittings which can no longer get. Scary moment with crank being nice and finished lol ALD L&B Knife Edged Crank.




Pistons



Only managed to fit 1 & 4 before leaving it for today as was doing loads up the units too.






gave the BARA Motorsport / Quaife MTX75 a quick paint up too -




And the GrpA and custom mounts got a quick blow over too -




Back on it tomorrow but... was hoping to fit this week, but TTV are dragging their feet with my billet fly wheel, was paid for and they had check start of last week, they haven't cashed it nor have they replied to email and they haven't a contact phone number for public to call, so, I am stuck waiting for that to arrive

 

Cool update matey.Nice con rods.

 

Thanks Glenn, just hope I get some progress with TTV soon.

 

Nice mate, I believed the standard ring gear was prone to breaking up/off and getting wrapped around he crank around 8500 on the f2 engines didn't you fancy doing a trigger wheeled front pulley?

 

I've not seen one let go at 8500 yet mate and seen a good few now.

I would love to have external trigger wheel incorporated into pulley mate but I have been spending months trying to get a standard billet pullet made and still not got one yet, getting a trigger incorporated into it would be a ball ache.

 

All rods and pistons now in, only first torque on the rod bolts as not 100% satisfied they wont have to be undone again yet lol

Started refurbing my dry sump today as its internal pan had a hard life in its last racing series, the previous owner had a couple of engines go bang that I know of and even though it was removed from a working engine, it was full of swarf


Any way, looking good now -








Also still working on the bulk head, not much more to do -




More tomorrow.

 

Great progress Kev looking real good mate

 

Thanks bud

 

Not much done today as I'm not felling to well but my mate Si popped up with an alternator and brackets to run along side dry sump set up, not the best brackets but saves me days and says of measuring and calculating to figure out a set up.

Excuse the pics looking little dirty etc as these are only mock up parts etc, have all beed removed now for new bits to be sorted.




Didn't get a pic with alt on.

Also dropped off blanking plugs for breather and dip stick holes, ill see if these clean up on lathe if not ill run some new ones up.





I have decided not to use any bolts on this and replace all for cap heads, they just look nicer lol






Ive got to buy these now too -


-8 out let from scavenger pump.




-10 return from tank into engine pick up area.




May go back tomorrow and do some more on engine, depends how I feel cause atm I am a bit rough.

 

few people asked me for pics of the cooler location I am using, this should be fine on the front cross member.






Started to figure out my dry engine build also as with timing chains it isn't a case of dry build up with chain as you'll just waist a load of tensioners or need to rest um a lot.

I have measured and identified how much tension the chain needs to allow me to place dummy tensioner in and tension chain for timing on a dry build, been years since I timed up adjustable pulleys and doing so on a 16V with natural chain slack between inlet and outlet cam doesn't make it any easier.




Can not find my bottom pulley timing wheel any where, I know there only a few quid but there isn't any on eBay, gob smacked.

 

Plenty of scope for adjusting the cam timing on the dyno with those valve cut outs

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kent-Cams-...item4d0d38bde8

 

looks ace m8

will you be using it on track?

 

Thanks Mark, the size of the inlet valves I have just fit in the piston nicely.



Thanks Yeah mate I will be taking it to every track I physically can

 

nice work mate

 

Ebay?

 

Thanks bud

Fuck off weirdo