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Mk1 F4R/172'd Track Car Project [Year 3 - Engine and Chassis Rebuild]
TVR Cerbera
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
Foxy, lots of heat is the only way to sort exhaust manifold nuts.
Won't be long now........
Foxy, lots of heat is the only way to sort exhaust manifold nuts.
Won't be long now........
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
Unlucky with the bolts lad
Can't wait to hear it after Friday!
Unlucky with the bolts lad
Can't wait to hear it after Friday!
White Sti Hatch
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
WTF thought it was Snowing down south !
ahhhh re-fitting the engine in rain, thunder and lightening.....why oh why
WTF thought it was Snowing down south !
M
mini-valver
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
Good progress, reminds me of my rush before FCS. Fcuking cars
Good progress, reminds me of my rush before FCS. Fcuking cars
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
Will sound immense when it has the new exhaust on. Can see this car being the star of FCS this year jord.
BTW anyone who fancies giving me a lift i'll chip in for petrol etc, i'm not taking my car to FCS, unless i can hide it under a sheet lol. (probly a bit early to think about FCS)
Will sound immense when it has the new exhaust on. Can see this car being the star of FCS this year jord.
BTW anyone who fancies giving me a lift i'll chip in for petrol etc, i'm not taking my car to FCS, unless i can hide it under a sheet lol. (probly a bit early to think about FCS)
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
I'll give you a lift down if you're stuck dude...
Doubt i'll still have the 182 though, so i'll have to leave the car at the back of the stand lol
I'll give you a lift down if you're stuck dude...
Doubt i'll still have the 182 though, so i'll have to leave the car at the back of the stand lol
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
Probly take you up on that Chris, I'll go halfs on petrol etc.
Is the Teg coming sooner than FCS then? Hopefully someone off here will buy your 182 so its still around, be a shame for it to disappear or will it be put back to standard before you sell it?
Probly take you up on that Chris, I'll go halfs on petrol etc.
Is the Teg coming sooner than FCS then? Hopefully someone off here will buy your 182 so its still around, be a shame for it to disappear or will it be put back to standard before you sell it?
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
Day 89
Needed to get the engine back in today as I had JP Exhausts booked for tommorow, so the rush was on....It was raining non stop from when I got home, just had to get on with it...
First I needed to get the rounded bolts off the manifold, one of them came off with a better spanner, and the other would not budge. I got the drill on it and drilled the bolt off, wasnt too bothered about the stud as the head is coming off in the next few days, just wanted to get the Williams manifold on so the exhaust could be made correctly.
Then I fitted the williams maifold....
And set about lifting it back in....
Got there in the end, although there was still a million things left to connect up, downpipe, driveshafts, radiator etc etc, and it was 11pm now. I decided to leave it as it was still raining, and there was no possible chance I was going to get it done in time for tommorow morning to go to JP Exhausts.
Im going to have to re-book JP now, but it will be a while yet....seems like a waste of two days swapping the clutch and box to get it there, then not ending up making it
Day 89
Needed to get the engine back in today as I had JP Exhausts booked for tommorow, so the rush was on....It was raining non stop from when I got home, just had to get on with it...
First I needed to get the rounded bolts off the manifold, one of them came off with a better spanner, and the other would not budge. I got the drill on it and drilled the bolt off, wasnt too bothered about the stud as the head is coming off in the next few days, just wanted to get the Williams manifold on so the exhaust could be made correctly.
Then I fitted the williams maifold....
And set about lifting it back in....
Got there in the end, although there was still a million things left to connect up, downpipe, driveshafts, radiator etc etc, and it was 11pm now. I decided to leave it as it was still raining, and there was no possible chance I was going to get it done in time for tommorow morning to go to JP Exhausts.
Im going to have to re-book JP now, but it will be a while yet....seems like a waste of two days swapping the clutch and box to get it there, then not ending up making it
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
Back up and running again, just took it for a spin round the block, clutch and box are all good
Also started to fit the new valves into the williams head, which will be fitted later this weekend with the engine in place, as its too much work to be taking it all out again....not got enough time...pics of head/valves later
Back up and running again, just took it for a spin round the block, clutch and box are all good
Also started to fit the new valves into the williams head, which will be fitted later this weekend with the engine in place, as its too much work to be taking it all out again....not got enough time...pics of head/valves later
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
Day 90
Spent a good couple of hours this morning connecting the last bits up to the engine as said, took a bit longer than expected....started it and took it down the road, clutch is good, no whine from the box like the other one had, back how it should be
Obviously didnt make it to JP Exhausts, so rebooked it for the 19th December. Winston is lending me an exhaust he has for Oulton next friday, as the DIY side exit is falling to bits...
Next thing to sort is the head, so got on with lapping the first four valves...
I labelled the valves, so they matched with the valves/springs/collets that I previously took out, so the bits went back into the right place...
To fit the valve, first put a new stem seal onto the head, then put the valve into place. Then use a valve spring compressor to compress the spring, and put the collets into place, which is the most fiddly job EVER...
The collets have to go down the gap, round the valves stem...nightmare!
Once the collets were in place, slackened off the valve spring compressor...
Continued to do the next valve...
Then made a rig-up workbench in the kitchen as the head was nearly falling off the table when doing the next four valves...
Got 8 valves done, and decided to leave the rest as it was 2am, lol
Will get the other 8 valves done tommorow, fit the cams, thermostat housing and inlet manifold...should be near enough ready to put on the engine by then
More soon...
Day 90
Spent a good couple of hours this morning connecting the last bits up to the engine as said, took a bit longer than expected....started it and took it down the road, clutch is good, no whine from the box like the other one had, back how it should be
Obviously didnt make it to JP Exhausts, so rebooked it for the 19th December. Winston is lending me an exhaust he has for Oulton next friday, as the DIY side exit is falling to bits...
Next thing to sort is the head, so got on with lapping the first four valves...
I labelled the valves, so they matched with the valves/springs/collets that I previously took out, so the bits went back into the right place...
To fit the valve, first put a new stem seal onto the head, then put the valve into place. Then use a valve spring compressor to compress the spring, and put the collets into place, which is the most fiddly job EVER...
The collets have to go down the gap, round the valves stem...nightmare!
Once the collets were in place, slackened off the valve spring compressor...
Continued to do the next valve...
Then made a rig-up workbench in the kitchen as the head was nearly falling off the table when doing the next four valves...
Got 8 valves done, and decided to leave the rest as it was 2am, lol
Will get the other 8 valves done tommorow, fit the cams, thermostat housing and inlet manifold...should be near enough ready to put on the engine by then
More soon...
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
Day 91
As I didnt make it to JP Exhausts on friday, I had to rebook it, and the next available date was the 19th. Ive booked it in for then, but wanted to get rid of the side exit as it was blowing and getting annoying.....Winston offered to lend me his magnex system for now, mainly for oulton on friday, so I went and picked it up.
Fitted it to the car when I got back, cant get it aligned right which is pissing me off already lol, so im going to nip up to the local garage who have ramps on monday and get it aligned. Il put up a couple of pics once its sorted...
I still had 8 more valves to do, so I did those after doing the exhaust. Went a bit quicker this time, got them all done pretty easily...
Cleaned up both sides of the head, then cleaned the camshaft carriers too...
Started to fit the cams after that, then had to leave it as I was heading out, so will finish the cams tommorow. Then it just needs the thermostat housing fitting, distributor cap/rotor arm and the pulleys fitting. Hopefully that wont take too long and il get the head onto the engine tommorow afternoon all being well
Day 91
As I didnt make it to JP Exhausts on friday, I had to rebook it, and the next available date was the 19th. Ive booked it in for then, but wanted to get rid of the side exit as it was blowing and getting annoying.....Winston offered to lend me his magnex system for now, mainly for oulton on friday, so I went and picked it up.
Fitted it to the car when I got back, cant get it aligned right which is pissing me off already lol, so im going to nip up to the local garage who have ramps on monday and get it aligned. Il put up a couple of pics once its sorted...
I still had 8 more valves to do, so I did those after doing the exhaust. Went a bit quicker this time, got them all done pretty easily...
Cleaned up both sides of the head, then cleaned the camshaft carriers too...
Started to fit the cams after that, then had to leave it as I was heading out, so will finish the cams tommorow. Then it just needs the thermostat housing fitting, distributor cap/rotor arm and the pulleys fitting. Hopefully that wont take too long and il get the head onto the engine tommorow afternoon all being well
e92 + E46 M3 + Cup
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
Wish i could re-build parts of my car in the house lol
Wish i could re-build parts of my car in the house lol
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
Me too!
If my Mum or Dad even saw me walking towards the house with mechanical parts, just the look on there face would put me off!! :dead:
Me too!
If my Mum or Dad even saw me walking towards the house with mechanical parts, just the look on there face would put me off!! :dead:
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
Nice work!
When are you going to RST?
Nice work!
When are you going to RST?
R56 JCW
M
mini-valver
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
I'll take a pic of my wardrobe later dude, it's worse than your kitchen table
Going up to Paul for mapping?
I'll take a pic of my wardrobe later dude, it's worse than your kitchen table
Going up to Paul for mapping?
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
yeah dave, was meant to be going to paul for mapping, but read on....
Day 92
Built up the cylinder head, and went down to Ryans to fit it, 3 people on hand to get the job done quicktime...
After building up the head, removed the head from the engine in the car....
Next, swapped the inlet manifold from the other head to the fresh williams one, and put it into the car with a new headgasket...
Also fitted a new low temp thermostat, to aid with keeping the engine heat down...Then locked the crank at TDC, and timed the cams in, fitting the cambelt...
Then refitted all the covers, etc. Got everything connected up.....went to start it....nothing! Just did not want to fire...checked for fuel, that was good, spark was ok.....just didnt fire up....
Tried changing the ignition/coilpack order, made no difference, got a bit of spluttering but then nothing....by this time it was 2am, and I had no way of getting home. A call to the RAC got them to show around an hour later, to some guy who seemed to have no idea what he was talking about, and wouldnt tow me home.... Ended up having to stay at Ryans mates...cheers mat!
Day 93
After getting to bed around 4am, got some sleep then got up to try and get the car going...Tried a fresh set of spark plugs, and made sure the iginition order was correct. Once again, nothing, checked every connection, sensor etc....all we got was smoke out of the inlet manifold, and some popping/fuel from the throttle body.
After a couple of hours, admitted defeat, and got a lift home with Nick who had come down earlier. I got my mate to drive me back down there a few hours ago with his trailer, to get the car back to mine.....just got it onto my driveway and left it for tonight, fail!
So im not sure where to go from here now....we shall see what tommorow brings!
yeah dave, was meant to be going to paul for mapping, but read on....
Day 92
Built up the cylinder head, and went down to Ryans to fit it, 3 people on hand to get the job done quicktime...
After building up the head, removed the head from the engine in the car....
Next, swapped the inlet manifold from the other head to the fresh williams one, and put it into the car with a new headgasket...
Also fitted a new low temp thermostat, to aid with keeping the engine heat down...Then locked the crank at TDC, and timed the cams in, fitting the cambelt...
Then refitted all the covers, etc. Got everything connected up.....went to start it....nothing! Just did not want to fire...checked for fuel, that was good, spark was ok.....just didnt fire up....
Tried changing the ignition/coilpack order, made no difference, got a bit of spluttering but then nothing....by this time it was 2am, and I had no way of getting home. A call to the RAC got them to show around an hour later, to some guy who seemed to have no idea what he was talking about, and wouldnt tow me home.... Ended up having to stay at Ryans mates...cheers mat!
Day 93
After getting to bed around 4am, got some sleep then got up to try and get the car going...Tried a fresh set of spark plugs, and made sure the iginition order was correct. Once again, nothing, checked every connection, sensor etc....all we got was smoke out of the inlet manifold, and some popping/fuel from the throttle body.
After a couple of hours, admitted defeat, and got a lift home with Nick who had come down earlier. I got my mate to drive me back down there a few hours ago with his trailer, to get the car back to mine.....just got it onto my driveway and left it for tonight, fail!
So im not sure where to go from here now....we shall see what tommorow brings!
