engine with some accessories removed
an interesting mod that I might do
the start of the removal
damn grease monkeys
out she comes
useless hunk of junk
look at this nasty engine bay... time to degrease it ...
It is a real pain in the ass to drag a picker with a motor and trans attached to it, over gravel
Out of curiosity we decided to take a look at the clutch... keep in mind that this clutch has about 70k on it .
yuck
look how thin the disc is
but even more critical, the acutal disc was starting to break, this could have been a major problem, had it actually broken completely
Time to grab the built motor out of the basement...woo hooo
look at all that powdercoated goodness
Next we started transferring some of the older accessories on to the new engine, like the intake manifold, alternator etc
then the fun part started we decided that it was time to degree the cams...
finding TDC
The solid lifters on the intake and exhaust cam, so that we could set zero lash
and a shot of the dial indicator mounted on the cam cap, so we could determine lift
We ended up using the center line method for degreeing cams... our end result for the kelfords were 3.5 degrees advance on the exhaust side, with 0.5 degrees advance on the intake side..
timing accesories done, also shown in the pic below is the fluidmpr
next up we bolted all the accesories to the new shep trans
a shot of the quartermaster hydro TOB....No more slave cylinder and fork for me
flywheel torqued to 100 ftibs
and the twin disc installed
its getting late so lets drop this bitch in, notice the angle of attack
and there she is , in her new home
here is a pic showing the powdercoated shifter linkage bracket with rusty shifter linkages
, you will also notice the rear motor mount bracket is powdercoated.
we then re routed the slave cylinder SS clutch line and attached it to the Hydro TOB...
and a picture where we left it last night... it is starting to look like my usual clusterf**k of an engine bay
Remember earlier this year when I bought the new Tial compressor cover.. well I had Rex polish old girl up
old vs new
rex being silly
however it didn't fit, so I am dealing with Tial right now, trying to come up with a solution.. I really think I just need to change the backing plate, and then I will be good to go
poor fitment picture
On to the the mock up pictures... I apologise if they are redundant , but I am a bit of a picture whore when it comes to this kind of stuff
the new Tial cover
the coated GT turbine housing
and checking out fitment with the radiator
.first up we had to drill the exhaust manifold for the EGT probe. I did not have balls big enough to make a hole in mani. So jeremy did this...
the runners were so thick probably 5mm if I was to guess, that it took him over an hour to punch through it.
I then made a bracket to hold my methanol pump and catch can system. Since the car no longer has a slave cylinder, I bolted it to the tranny where the slave cylinder used to be. Turned out decent.
