Project JetBLICK by JetBLICK

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Cheers bud

Well, its practically done now... well, that gearbox ent getting un-bolted anytime soon anyway! I've used allen cap 5/16 bolts and my god they are a PITA to do up! If you think doin up your gearbox bolts with a spanner is fiddly and time consuming, try it with an allen key!

Only a few things left now, gotta sort the rocker cover out for the new breather system, block some of the holes and then make some bigger ones Then gotta cut the bulkhead and make a weber box. I'm only gonna do a small one temporarily, because i'll just use some sock filters for the time being till i can decide what the next step is.



Unlike previous pics... all the bits are actually in there now The endfloats where all checked over and everything is shimmed up perfect, the cam is timed to swiftys recommended between 105 and 106.. so i've landed it on 105.5. Checked the valve clearances on the pistons and got a nice 89.5 thou on the inlet, checked the exhausts with plasticine and they where way off so nothing to worry about there. Also noticed while doing this that my piston comes about 10thou above the face of the block at TDC... apparently this is a very good thing and it'll 'pull like a train' according to BES, woop

Probs gonna have to wait till January now tho to get it on the road, as the engineers dont come back till the 3rd and they're the ones who gonna sort out my RR session so that i get a top notch job, woop

by the way if anyones ever looking for engine work to be done in the worcestershire/bromsgrove area i cant recomend BES enough, they've been so helpful, even so far as lending me a couple of deep sockets over christmas so i can do up my head studs (stupid ARP 'star' drive nuts)

Ta Dan

12-28-2007

Woop, its in



Thanks to oli who came round to give me a hand liftin it in. I started cutting to clearance for the weber, but need a new blade for the hacksaw to finish cutting as the angle grinder dont fit up the top. May get it fired up tomorrow but most likely not, got a few more things to get first, and gotta adapt the loom for the different starter. Its gettin there tho

1-3-2008

Cuttin the bulkhead aint an issue, i done that anyway. The manifold isnt a swan neck either... this is a swan neck...



Mine manifold is about 3.5/4 inches long. Reason i'm sticking with it for now is a) i've got it, b) it's ported and matched the the head and c) if it was on the engine before and working fine i see no reason for changing it.

If, when i go to the rollers they say i could see a big power hike with a bigger one then i'll consider it, but for now this one will be fine


Soz to leave you on a 'cliffhanger' as you put it, been bit busy, and having trouble getting the car to fire up, i blame the freeeeeezing weather and the stupidly complicated weber. I know people rave about them, and i'm sure it'll be good once set up, but frankly, unless absolutely necessary for all out power... they are rubbish. Gimme SU's any day!

It eventually fired up today, thanks to oli who came over to lend a hand, but it wont idle without throttle, tho again i imagine this is down to the weather. Retired for the day now because its too cold, may have another crack at it tomorrow, if i get the chance to go get more fuel. Rather annoyingly its back to uni on sat, so then the only chance i get to work is on weekends.

Its not far off tho, it'll get there soon

It'll be fiiiiiine. I think you gotta take what people say about stuff like this with a pinch of salt. Yes, engine companies do know more than us, but when they say any shorter than 5" will be poo, what they mean is, any shorter than 5" wont be as good. The reason webers are so reputable is more because of the way they deliver fuel more than anything else... that thing that makes them so complicated is what makes them so good too.

This engine has ran all its tuned life with this manifold, i don't see any valid reason to change it just yet. Its a cast steel oselli (or maniflow... cant remember now) manifold. I should have taken a pic, but when you take the carb off and with the valves out you can see how they have been ported together, s'all cushtey, dont worry

I'll try that pumping thing, i'm aware of the pump jets, we where trying actually to open the throttle slowly so as not to flood the engine.

Its a 45 by the way, duno what any of the jets are. But i cant see to be honest how they can be too far out, the original engine spec was exactly the same, only thing i've changed is the 1.5 forged rockers for rollers, and the 286 scatter for a SW10. The SW10 should make a tad more power, but it shouldn't really be so far off that the car is this hard to start.

1-17-2008

'lo

was gonna keep this quiet till the car passes its MOT, but i'm bored andwaitin to go home tomorrow to finish the car....

Last weekend i went home and it was a shambles to say the least. The plan was to get the car finished on the weekend then RR'd and Mot'd on Monday. Things went tits up from the start.
-The new 'leccy ignition i bought didnt fit because the lobe things have been machined of my dizzy shaft, thats no so much a problem as the old one still fits, it just looks a bit messy.
-Then the speedo cable i got was too short, as mine's bout an inch futher forward than normal...in the end i bodged the screw thread fitment onto the end of a longer speedo cable.
-The brakes just wouldnt bleed, then i snapped the nipples.
-And the engine refused to idle under 3000rpm and i cant even dip the clutch without it stalling.

In the end i had to cancel the MOT and RR and re-book it for this week. So nothin exciting

This weekend thers not so much to do, just sort the brakes out, and tidy up a few things really. The RR guy, Malcom, has said he can pick the car up on a trailer Monday morning, so i wont have the headache of trying to set up that stupid weber either.

Cant wait till monday now , but at the same time bit nervous about driving it for the first time with the new powerplant