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11-1-2013
The yellow GT still has it's original engine. We're unsure who assembled the engine, but the machine work was done at Morspeed in Coalville, it was taken out +60", and had unleaded valve seats put in and a general refresh. Since we've had it (around 5-6 years) It's only accumulated around 500 miles. This was mainly due to reliability issues. We never had any faith that it would start! Turns out a faulty battery earth cable was responsible for the stating and electrical issues. I conducted a top end rebuild early in the summer due to poor compression on 1 cylinder, caused by a really poorly lapped in valve. It then ran beautifully for the next few weeks and then on the way to Gaydon BL show we think the big end bearing let go. My dad thinks the end-float on the crank wasn't set properly, either way it died and sounded like someone dropping cans into a food blender. I'll try and get some pictures when I took the head off, it's a real shame cause the block looked stunning. I've yet to touch it after that happened though. It's such a shame though as the rest of the car is stunning. which is odd as my GT is ugly as hell, yet goes like a train! My dad's trying to steal my engine....
Hi Cliff, Thankyou for your kind words :) I was really pleased how it came up aswell! the head was even better! I used a soft-ish wire brush on a corded drill. I just made sure I was careful not to apply to much pressure. The block is so hard though being iron you can get away with it.
So todays update is possibly the best one to date, but I'll let a picture do the talking.
11-10-2013
So the order of the day today was rear brakes! For those following this thread will know I fitted brand-new back plates and minifins. But despite this there was an odd noise coming from the rear under braking. So I bit the bullet and pulled the drums off, to find the return spring was upside down and rubbing on the hub! In fact it'd starting scouring its own little line into the hub! So much for buying built backplates to make it easier, so I flipped the spring and it's fine now! I also just a lot of niggly things like my engine steady keeps undoing itself. I also advanced the ignition to 12 degrees BTDC from 5, and it now revs out so much quicker, has some real top end punch!
Next job is a new steering rack as mine has quite a bit of play and is quite scary to drive along an uneven straight road!
