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I now have the radiator and hoses fully fitted and in the car. So now its on with the head and all the ancillaries and it wont be far off turning over the engine 🙂
Continue readingFinaly have had got the brackets fitted to the Custom Rad, so its all ready for fitting. I also have a very cool thermostat controler for the fans (when i get the new ones!) which fits inline on the top radiator hose which works out just right as with the new rad i needed a longer hose but due to cost just had the normal manta B one made. Now i have those bits i can get on with the finally finishing off the engine. I still have a few little bits left to do before we are ready for…
Continue readingI now have the bottom hose all cut to size and fitted and im just waiting for a hose joiner to come from Samco so i can fit the top hose. As i needed to extend the hose im using a hose joiner that takes a 1/8th NTP fitting as i have found a cool fan cotroller from Revotec (http://www.revotec.com/acatalog/EFC_Hose_Fitting.html#aEFCHOSE) it fits into the joiner (or you can get one already in the joiner) and it will control the fan temperature without having one of those ones that fits into the hose where it goes onto the radiator as they…
Continue readingYesterday the new hoses arrived from JS Performance. The top hose is the standard manta one, but the bottom hose has been enlarged on the bottom part to fit the Summit Racing radiator. I have also got a set of heater hoses from them as well. these are not specially made for the A series, but are Lotus Cortina ones as they are the right length and have the 90 degrees set in the right place as i will be routing them across and down the other side of the engine as with all the injection and throttle bodies on the…
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While Googleing about i came across this picture of HPE 611N from back in the days when it was looking its best (wont be too much longer and it will be back to looking the same again, but slightly improved 🙂
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I managed to get and modify the original fuel pump gasket as although the pump came from webcon with a gasket it was just an ‘O’ ring type and i wasn’t convinced it would seal that well on the tank flange. So i ordered the one from Fiat and turned it into a flat gasket, which is much wider than an ‘O’ ring and covers the whole flange. Then i ordered a V-band clamp from ebay. So here it is all fitted up with 4″ V-band clamp. Just need to test the pump runs ok now its in the tank and it will…
Continue readingFinaly after lots of messing about and getting lots of little bits made up for the engine the bottom end is now all in and complete. Front cover on (a little note here with the front cover, in the manual it says to put the timing chain on with the cam pulley all complete and then hold back the chain tensioner, which is kind of hard on your own, and then fit the cover, dont be tempted to think you know better and think the cam pulley will go on after the cover is on, it dosent :-), sump on…
Continue readingI now have all the engine parts back from Rhino Alloys. They have been cleaned, blasted and powder coated and they are looking very shiny!
Continue readingAll the nice new exhaust parts have now arrived, so its time to start fitting it 🙂 Im running a 2.5″ 316 stainless from the manifold back and will have flanges so i can take off any of the parts if needed. The plan is to fit the middle and back box and use the old system as a template to get it all fitting correct and then have the new pipe bent and the flanges welded on. I wont be doing the welding myself as its stainless, but hope i have found a good place to get it done….
Continue readingThe holes are all cut out and the bulk head filled ready to fit the master cylinders. I have a bit of a clearance issue to work out on the clutch one so the throttle bodies dont hit it but think i have a plan as to how to sort it. (i will add some pictures in the next day or two when they are all in)
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