oh and i've bought another set of slot mags :D 10 x 15's with 275/60's and 4.5 x 15's with 165's. they may go on the zodiac..... not sure yet.
neil.
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oh and i've bought another set of slot mags :D 10 x 15's with 275/60's and 4.5 x 15's with 165's. they may go on the zodiac..... not sure yet.
neil.
dash is back in, wiring neatened and secured, drivers floor in, tunnel and bellhousing cover in, seat in, fuel line at carb fitted, tranny cooler lines fittes and connected and cooling hoses fitted. my mate's popping round with petrol and tranny fluid friday so we can fire it up, it's not run properly since he fitted a good rover v8 he had replacing the old knackered one. tomorrow we're collecting the pinto and box so won't touch the 32.
neil.
paid the customs fees today so my jay brown intake adapter should be delivered soon. i'll collect my 351 cleveland tunnel ram at the swapmeet sunday, that'll bolt to the above adapter. just need to see what carb's are there sunday and if not i'll buy a new pair of chedelbrock (chinese edelbrock, lol) 500's.
neil.
I’ve got a lovely pair of valve cover gaskets for one of your favourite FE engines. Will be at swappy
cool :thumbs_up_smiley:Quote:
Originally Posted by tom.marg
the 32 was picked up this morning and he tinkered with it and got it running today for a video. it just needs 'going through' now by the new owner but he's pricing it accordingly. the engine/box came from a consul he broke up that ran well but was rotten, it just hasn't run (til today) since being in the 32. all the electrics work now it's rewired and the brakes work good, even the handbrake is good.
in other news the inlet adapter for my fe engine arrived today, woohoo!!
neil.
i've been looking at different steering wheels for my nash and decided and bought this 15" astrali wood rim one.
neil.
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ok, call me a tart/poser but i just ordered 2x 3" electric exhaust cutouts for my nash. :whistle: i say 2x not a pair as 1 was on offer so ?10 less than everyone else so i bought that and a 2nd from elsewhere.
neil.
hopefully the 360 engine i have will fire up and run well enough to go in my nash while i build a 390 for it. i've got the inlet adapter and tunnel ram now and i'm looking into a retro fit roller cam swap. the cam and lifters will add up to about ?800 which sounds a lot but it'll eliminate the issues with flat tappet cams/lifters. we'll see.....
neil.
so i've ordered more bits and bobs for my nash and it's started to arrive. a lump of 8mm aluminium plate to unmodify the top of the tunnel ram, a pair of 1/2" phenolic spacers with studs to a) insulate the carbs and b) keep the carb linkages off of the above plate. also countersunk m6 allen bolts and nylocs to hold the plate to the top of the tunnel ram, a valve spring installed height checker, a new pair of butch crocodile clips for my big boy's snap on battery charger/starter and both of the electric 3" exhaust cutouts. oh and the very pretty steering wheel too :thumbs_up_smiley:
we got the plate cut to size, the holes cut out to the open spacer's size and the stud holes drilled ready to tap. then it was full stop as we couldn't find a 5/16 unc tap.... bu66er :whistle:best order a couple then.
neil.
Another casualty from a previous build, i'm lucky too have a local place, but there never cheap !
the thread taps arrived today, too late to get out and cut the threads though. we'll get that done tomorrow along with some countersunk holes in the plate and through the top of the tunnel ram so we can attach it.
neil.
edit, i also ordered a nice shiny centre/horn push for my nice shiny steering wheel. https://forum.nsra.org.uk/images/smi..._up_smiley.gif
i took delivery of a 4" length of 4" internal diameter stainless tube today. i intend to make an adjustable tapered piston ring compressor to make future engine builds a little easier.
neil.
today we tapped the stud holes in the ally plate and loctited the studs in place. next it's neatening the edges/corners and drill/countersink it to bolt it to the tunnel ram.
neil.
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a little more done today, just need to cut the bolts to length ready for final assembly. that is once all the black paint's stripped off.
it wasn't much but it seems more..... which is good. :thumbs_up_smiley:
neil.
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today we set to on the tunnelram base with my (lidl's own) sawzall and a couple of grinders. all the bits that interfered with the adapter are now gone and it fits a treat. the corners/edges of the carb plate are smoothed off and the super length bolts are all cut to length. we're waiting for blast media now to remove all the paint from what remains of the tunnel ram :whistle:. it's done as far as modifications go so that's another job ticked off.
neil.
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Jobs on to a winner :thumbs_up_smiley:
sure is. we didn't need to do it yet but i couldn't resist :whistle:. we'll have to knock up the engine run stand now to check out this 360. the results will determine if the nash can be on the road this year.... or not. fingers crossed ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by jsf55
neil.
we started to remove the paint from the tunnel ram today.... i know i said we'd start the engine run stand but i got distracted. so sue me, lol. well it appears it's not painted, it's powder coated. my heat gun wouldn't touch it so out came the plumbers torch, that works a 'bit' better then. we got just over 3/4 of the way round the base section in about 1 1/2 hours! bl00dy hell that stuff's hard! then it was dinner time which seemed strange so early.... 'til i noticed i'd not changed the clock in my garage, doh! pics tomorrow after hopefully finishing the base and top sections. they will need blasting as the primer powder coat doesn't fully come off. the sand/garnet/blasty rough stuff arrived today as well as the handheld spot blast gun so we'll give that a go tomorrow too.
neil.
we made a start on the run stand today.... finally. we grabbed my engine build stand from over the road as well as 1/2 of the 2" angle iron work bench ashley saved from a skip at a place he worked. first job was remove the seized carb from the 360, redrill my lift plate to suit and bolt that in place. then we could lift it up and remove the iron bellhousing and clutch and bolt on an ally fmx bellhousing. then the build stand's mounting 'spidery' thing was bolted to the bellhousing and slid into the stand. we cut a 2x4 to sit under the sump down tom the stand which held the engine slightly uphill, ideal to run it. lastly before dinner stopped play we cut and bent some more 2" angle and bolted them to the engine mounts while pointing down to the middle 'leg' of the stand. the plan is the engine will be held at those 3 places and the whole shebang will be stabilised by a cross beam on an extension of the middle leg to which a radiator and dash mount will bolt. either side of the cross beam will be new swivel castors keeping it all mobile.
hopefully we'll get it done ready to test the 360 by some time next week (read... next weekend, lol). we'll get more use from it once we've built ashley's 352 and later my 390 so it's all worth it. plus by just changing the engine mount section it can take other engines too.
neil.
forgot to say i made an offer for a pair of chedelbrock 500cfm carbs today on ebay. it wasn't a daft offer so we'll see how it goes, fingers crossed.
neil.
we got all of the run stand frame made today and the radiator mounted with top and bottom hoses. we added the front crossmember with castors as above but i wasn't happy with the engine's stability so we also put a stabiliser off of each side's engine mounting leg. that fixed it, it's solid now.next it's add a 'dashboard' so we can moniter the vitals and have an ignition switch. oh, and we'll have to fit a battery/fuel tank tray too. we're getting there though and by removing 1/2 a dozen nuts and bolts the engine build stand is back to stock and the rest breaks down to 3 seperate bits so not too bulky.
neil.
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so as you know i'm frugal (read tight, lol) so on that basis i've been looking at different hydraulic roller lifters for my fe big block engine. i can buy small block ford ones for under 100 quid whereas the fe ones are 600 quid up. it seems the lifter bodies are the same but as the lifters are spaced further apart on the big block the link bars are longer too. some on fe forums have used small block ones with no issues, others say they won't work (have they tried though?) so i thought..... it's only metal so i'd cut the link bars and add the 1/4" needed to match my engine. it means i can do the roller cam conversion for about 400 quid which is not even twice the price of a stock replacement flat tappet cam and lifters.
neil.
ok so the sbf hyd' roller lifters were offered with a discount code making them 68 quid so i bought them. but then it'd be rude not to get the cam too so...... that was 299 quid with shipping (duties/taxes this end too but...) from summit so overall not bad. obviously i'll have to get pushrods to suit but hey ho the big bits are ordered. this is the cam i chose... https://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-8918
neil.
had a bit more time on the run stand today. we got the gauges, ignition switch, solenoid, battery tray and clamp and fuel 'tank' tray and 'clamp' all fitted. next it's wire it all up and fit the new distributor, coil, new starter and s/h carb to the engine. we're getting there. oh and yes the jerry can's held down with a bungy strap but as it'll need to come off to fill it each time it's fine. it's nice and sturdy so....
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Fire extinguisher mount ? Looks a grand job ready for years of use !!
Looks like hours of fun to be had! Kinda odd, to me anyway, that engine test stands aren't much of a 'thing' here certainly when compared to the US. I wonder why that might be? Anyway, that must be the finest radiator on a test stand, but I'm not seeing the repurposed Rally Chopper gear lever yet! Gotta have a tee handle / lever of some sort!
Chris
the lever is a boat one complete with cable i got off of ebay, raleigh chopper bits are too dear these days, lol.
the boat lever should allow positioning the throttle in one place while bedding in cams etc rather than holding it all the time. i'd have to check but i'm sure the cable inner is solid so we shouldn't need a return spring on the carb. like old fashioned choke cables used to be.
neil.
ps i still have to mount the clickety clack leccy fuel pump too.
i just followed up on a previous post re the clutch. i ended up ordering a full clutch kit so i could upgrade to a diaphram style pressure plate. these tend to give a lighter feel at the pedal than the stock 3 finger type. the kit from rock auto with shipping, uk duties and taxes was only ?165 so a bargain i thought. i'm finding the puzzle pieces slowly, i just need the lid off the box with the picture on so i know where they all go :whistle:
neil.
it's the full size v8 bronco rad' i bought for my nash for iirc ?65 ish! i couldn't find any used ones here so it had to be pressed into service. it's size will be ideal when we get to bedding in ashley's 352......... again...... take 3 :whistle:Quote:
Originally Posted by Happydaze
neil.
a little bit more done today. we made up battery leads, fitted the new starter, charge warning light and made an adapter for the oil pressure sender. when you short across the solenoid the engine spins nice and fast so that's good. more soon.
neil.
Hope youve got a nice big fan on it.
Its coming on mate.
G
the mechanical fan from the truck the engine was out of is still bolted in place. i have a 16" pusher fan that we'll wire up for when we run ashley's engine to bed the cam in.Quote:
Originally Posted by BadAC
neil.
less than 3 days from ordering it my clutch kit arrived from rock auto! boy they're fast :thumbs_up_smiley:
we ran out of time this week to fire up my engine so it'll be rolled into the corner for now..... to be continued, lol.
we now have a beam axle from a 'vintage' wolseley here for a disc brake conversion. provisionally the plan is discs (294mm vented), pads and 4 pot calipers intended for a subaru impreza wrx. once the drum brakes are stripped off we can take some measurements to confirm disc compatibility.
saturday ashley's picking up a mk3 zephyr for guess what..... welding, lol. then paint the engine bay before fitting the 3.0 capri engine and auto box. it already has the capri front suspension and steering so it'll drive like a big fat capri :lol:
pics soon, promise :rolleyes:
neil.