almost ready for fcs supercharged amazon vts.

[DannoWilko]

sounds like som awsome plans lol... I cant really cmt here because i dont exactly know wht your goin on about.... looks cool though

[adzvtr]

hae just ordered head gasket, 1.5mm (made 126 ftib on cams with this size gasket,so cant be bad,) and the timing wont be so exteme this tme,
also head bolts and timing belt, so will be back together tomorrow.

[raunchz]

Originally Posted by adzvtr

hae just ordered head gasket, 1.5mm (made 126 ftib on cams with this size gasket,so cant be bad,) and the timing wont be so exteme this tme,
also head bolts and timing belt, so will be back together tomorrow.

Sounds awesome mate !!!

Hows the engine bay coming along?

[adzvtr]

Originally Posted by raunchz

Sounds awesome mate !!!

Hows the engine bay coming along?

to be honest the bay is dawnting me lol, im trying to get a mobile welder to do the seams, then paint, then keep everythin to a minimum, dont want wires and pipes everywhere want it tidy

[raunchz]

Originally Posted by adzvtr

to be honest the bay is dawnting me lol, im trying to get a mobile welder to do the seams, then paint, then keep everythin to a minimum, dont want wires and pipes everywhere want it tidy

borrow a welder yourself and have a go !! Buy some metal to practice on, get a mate who can weld to help you set it up and away you go !!

[adzvtr]

gt no poblems welding, just need the welding bits, mobile one aint so big lol

[raunchz]

Originally Posted by adzvtr

gt no poblems welding, just need the welding bits, mobile one aint so big lol

can rent them ! Sorted !! Seam welding here you come !

[Tufty]

Another S/C conversion! Quite a few of these projects around at the mo!

[raunchz]

Originally Posted by Tufty

Another S/C conversion! Quite a few of these projects around at the mo!

I had no influence at all

[geordie_alex]

cool car mate, keep it up

[Tufty]

Originally Posted by raunchz

I had no influence at all

Lol!! I can think of four people now!

[Lippy]

should be sweet when done!

Adz why dont you get Carlos to seam weld it for you? or theres another place on Shutterton estate that might be able to do it for you!?

You have a trailer to get it about!

[adzvtr]

;

Originally Posted by raunchz

I had no influence at all

no influence what so ever lol

and lippy. i wanna give it ago myself m8, want as little help from outside as possble, apart from when mapping and some inside help from some very knolledgable peeps

[adzvtr]

NOW then, a little update, had a pretty crappy time with the build, as i put the head on,
and old belt and bolts, didnt even torque head, and could see the valves were hitting pistons,
head off measured, its been skimmed to mant times, new valves or not this is my head ache.
so old head back out, and stripped down(been sat for over a year no way seals will be any good)



so now me old head has new seals, and all valves and springs all look healthy,
plus its only been skimmed once, 0.2 and am now running the same gasket as did when had this head so all should be about right now.

so new bolts and gasket and head on and torqued down.



also re rapped mani, all the pipes individually, think it looks so much better,
s/c bracket fitte with vtr alt bracket and alt now sorted, and lined up,

now timing the engine up, (BALL ACHE)

now i locked the cams in, and the crank, then fitted belt, couldnt get the exhaust mark to line up where it should, always a tooth out.



and this was where the cams would sit when all pins out, pain, gt a little stressed and managed to brake part of the timing whole, (WOOPS)

ANYWAYS after a couple hours playing, swearing coffee beer, food, toilet brakes, i loosened adjusted and tweeked, and finally everything lined up, cams are locked in crank locked in and belt at correct tension,
so engine back to standard timing. (its a start)
now will clean engine up as the head is tatty, nand awaiting c2 covers, then can start on other things.
its never easy with this car lol,

[raunchz]

S/charger bracket looks awesome mate!!

Fingers crossed on valve clearance now - must be running close though?

[blackie_2k5]

this threads spot on adz, i never knew youd made a new one!! but i havent been on for a while so this is probably why lol

[Lippy]

sorry to hear about more arse ache
All looks and sounds good so far though, was impressed with how tight the mani wrapping was the other day when i came over!!! Im gonna get you to do mine I think or at least show me what you did

[adzvtr]

Originally Posted by raunchz

S/charger bracket looks awesome mate!!

Fingers crossed on valve clearance now - must be running close though?

now im back on standard head, the clearance should be that of original specs with 708s, all be it a bit more due to cut outs being larger, fingers crossed its ok,

Originally Posted by blackie_2k5

this threads spot on adz, i never knew youd made a new one!! but i havent been on for a while so this is probably why lol

cheers m8, thought it best to start again, so much has changed and all,

Originally Posted by Lippy

sorry to hear about more arse ache
All looks and sounds good so far though, was impressed with how tight the mani wrapping was the other day when i came over!!! Im gonna get you to do mine I think or at least show me what you did

i will happily do urs m8, was funny when u turned up lol,

[adzvtr]

spent today just basically cleaning everything up and making things tidy with the engine, double checking everything,
all seems ok now, so a few pics of my handy work.



all timed up and cleaned

the fidanza finaly fitted (its been a while)



and one final pic, car meets engine for first time in a while,



next plans are, fit sump baffle and sump,
order c2 covers and fit
order bigger injectors and fit
then concentrate on the bay itself

[raunchz]

Looks awesome mate!!! Makes me excited to get stuck into mine!!!

What's the sump baffle like? The constella one?