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I can select reverse gear, not first so I think the gear linage does need adjusting. Still got the noise though and cam breather is smoking, it looks like steam, my old engine never did this. ​Im starting to lose the faith now.....

Im always excited to see how it shifts... looking good Pete.

jesus...that would p**s me off. shame. One piece valves would def be way to go for peace of mind

Sorry Mark thought you meant the clutch gear leaver...I tried selecting gears when i refitted the gear linkage and it all seemed to work fine, however I will double check.

Will look into the selector, how does do you adjust it, can it be done without removing the gearbox? I was assured that the engine was fine, with around 65k miles, looked in good condition

No the plate was fitted correctly (can only go one way).

Just tried to put it in gear, 1st and reverse cannot be selected? When engaged into 2nd the noise became louder! Did not sound good! The smoke was coming out of the pin dot hole on top of the cam cover and crank case breather (car is on ITB). Regarding the gear, I unclipped the gear linkage so...

Flywheels was rusty (mild) and I cleaned it up with wet and dry paper. Ok I will go and fire it up and leave it for longer, so you reckon the noise will go away then if I start to drive it?

The CRB was brand new and grease applied to correct areas, how can this be creating the noise? whats the fix?

I would like to add, this is only when at idle, I have not engaged any of the gears yet.

Looks great mate, fit for purpose...whats next on the list then?

Ok buddy will do. Thanks for the detailed reply.

Fired the donor engine up today and started first time and sounded very healthy... However I have a noise when I depress the clutch...sounds like a something rubbing...makes a grating noise, the noise stops when foot is off the clutch. Have a biffed up putting the clutch in wrong? I 100% made...

Interesting, well initilally as I now have a 182 engine instead of the 172, and saw that extra sensor I started to worry... I did speak to Matt at CR who said it was the knock sensor. So, ok my old sensor had been removed, the new engine has one and I still have the old loom connection, so from...

I like that a lot

Cheers Dan makes sense

Nice one, great colour, cant wait to see this finished, glad to see im not the only one working on their track car all day in this heat ;)

Looking good, whats the air feed on the right hand side?

I would pay extra and get a Valeo one (if its not one already)

Valeo, should be had on ebay for around £70ish

Re: sonny172cup "track racer project" Iv been thinking about it but might leave that for another day (winter project maybe), I just want to get this track worthy ASAP so I can enjoy the season.

Great vid, sounds epic

Re: sonny172cup "track racer project" My thoughts exactly, going to block two left side ports and run the rights hand ports...I was actually surprised how strong the air flow is, I was expecting it to be a lot less. I plan to run the tubing into the existing vent in the bulk head, do you think...

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Just swapped my engines over on the 172 cup with a 182 engine and noticed a extra plug above the oil filter, turns out its the knock sensor. The thing is I still have the knock sensor plug floating around in the engine bay (always wondered what it was for, thought it was redundant due to the...

Re: sonny172cup "track racer project" Ok it is done, the donor engine is in, well it actually went in before the weekend, but got side tracked with other stuff. All engine components and looms are plugged and bolted in ready for fluids to be added for the first fire up (just waiting for the...

Looking rather mean mate, good work.

Re: sonny172cup "track racer project" Well I now have 2 weeks off work, looking at getting this project smashed. Today I started on the engine swap, took me all day to prep, done everything ready for the removal of the engine (drained engine and gearbox fluid, coolant, removed all sensors and...

Re: sonny172cup "track racer project" Looks good Morgs, didn't think about putting the stress plates that way round. Ideally I dont have access to a wielder so putting them under the car was the cheapest solution, even though I had to compromise on the location (further 10mm towards handbrake...