Project JetBLICK by JetBLICK

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Soz alex, got no idea how he tuned the weber. I asked him how he knows what he's doin, lol, thers soo many parts and different combinations of everything, and the difference between it working and not is fractions of a fraction of a mm. I'd imagine your best bet would go and speak to someone who knows, and ask them to show you mate, because its all witchcraft to me.

Boo... the problem was i had no endfloat. With the thrusters in, you knock the crank over to one side, so its pushed up against a pair of the washers. Then on the opposite side you measure the clearance between the thrust face and the thrust washers, and it should be between 4 and 6 thou (i think or its mite be 5-7?). To get the right clearance i needed one pair of +3 thou oversize thrust washers, and one standard pair. It turns out one of the standard pair was also +3 thou oversize... which didnt give enough clearance.

Pie boy... u said i got em in the wrong way round, i'm not that clumsy

Been busy today, picked up various bits to put the motor back together, got new thrusters... learnt my lesson now... always measure end float with a dial on the end of the crank... if i'd have done that this would have shown up the first time round

Engines goin back in 2morra hopefully, got a few tips off the RR guy on sortin out the brakes and should have time to do them tomorrow too.

The RR guy also suggested i put a box in for the weber, as it could be considered a fire hazard So i fabricated this little beauty... well pleased how it turned out, i was like back at school when we used to make 'nets' for 3D shapes and make em outta paper... cept this time it was in ally, woop! found a real world use for something i did at school!



L8rz

1-23-2008

what u chattin b'aaat, pie wern't there


Yea, the hope is to be at bingly, fingers crossed.

I can very happily say that its all back in now Gotta run down the motor factors first thing to get some brake fluid and oil. With any luck and all running smoothly (which it undoubtably wont) i may be able to get it done in time to run him down to the rollers in the afternoon

Ta-da