D651WEY

After a few weeks of inactivity, got back to it last night,

more stripping,





now cant crack that crankshaft nut need to go to the gym

need to remove it to change the chain cover seal...

does anybody know what is the purpose of this part?



the tdc sensor bracket is mounted on it but it cant be its sole purpose? it awfully big and heavy for a spacer...





tomorrow the cleaning will start, lets get dirty

any advice on how to clean the plug holes?

Hi Cedric,

Now, glass bead &/or sand cleaning and engine builds isn't a great idea, best off with walnut shell (breaks down and is harmless to engine internals)... glass and sand gets lodged in all sorts of awkward to clean places, surface cracks and even in the grain structure / surface of the metal depending your gun pressure, and then comes out later in the oil with the thermal cycling - hot / cold. So I strongly suggest you get scrubbing, hot soapy washing, and then pressure wash. Please don't use glass or sand, word to the wise...


I see you have the early heavy rocker arms, you will need to change these to the later alloy type, so best get chatting to the usual sources, I’m sure some one will be able to help you out on those.

Cheers,
Martin

took your advice and got some paint stripper, not going so well so far.... surely this works wonders on flat surfaces but all those ribs and funny features make it a pain of a job... guess i will be getting a tub of gunwash and soak it for couple of days that will remove the paint allright...



still no luck with rocker arms...

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Bracket- probably an aircon compressor mount bracket? CLee would be able to confirm. What ever you substitute make it substantial, you need to mount the sensor robustly, as flex with vibration or resonance in the mount, will result in your ignition timing accuracy being all over the place - not good for a competition motor.. The best sense position is off the flywheel teeth with the OE sensor, and further is the most accurate for various reasons that I'll happily tell you separately. Timing disk off the nose of the crank is never the best option, period... Anyway, if you look at how Stunned Monkey modifies the OE flywheel by milling the double solid tooth into two (search on here or ask him), you can then use the OE sensor directly with your existing Adaptronic unit. Hence, ditching the whole timing disk setup; it was only that the early Adaptronic unit didn't recognise the Renix pattern that most people using it (ecu) went to the disk and problematic sensor (getting the right air gap and repeatable trigger). But as your flywheel is coming off, mill the slot as Stunned has done quite successfully several times now, and you can set yourself up with a much better, more stable and accurate system... That would be my approach anyway.

Martin

Yeh it's my air con bracket.
I have the pump to fit if your interested. Gearbox too

Regarding flywheel, according to. Recent post by lee you can now use the original flywheel without modifications, I.e no need to cut new teeth.

Dave

Whatever you do please don't throw away that a/c pump bracket!!

They are almost impossible to find now. The European cars had a completely different set up for a/c so these parts are only for the UK cars. When I was recommissioning my set up it almost stopped me in my tracks.

Perhaps if you don't want it it could be passed to the club somehow to be held and copied as necessary?

BTW looking like a great project

Regarding flywheel, according to. Recent post by lee you can now use the original flywheel without modifications, I.e no need to cut new teeth.

Dave

Yes that's correct if you buy the new Adap ecu, but he has your old one, so no point is there... just slot the flywheel and he's good to go with what he has already bought...

If you search on "Scoff", this will be the fastest way of finding the flywheel mod and Adaptronic discussion, you will see Stunned's picture and explanation; it's Stunned's post though you are looking for. If you can't find it, shout, as I will quickly enough, but it's a pretty simple mod that you can get your local machine shop to do.

Martin

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Bracket- probably an aircon compressor mount bracket? CLee would be able to confirm. What ever you substitute make it substantial, you need to mount the sensor robustly, as flex with vibration or resonance in the mount, will result in your ignition timing accuracy being all over the place - not good for a competition motor.. The best sense position is off the flywheel teeth with the OE sensor, and further is the most accurate for various reasons that I'll happily tell you separately. Timing disk off the nose of the crank is never the best option, period... Anyway, if you look at how Stunned Monkey modifies the OE flywheel by milling the double solid tooth into two (search on here or ask him), you can then use the OE sensor directly with your existing Adaptronic unit. Hence, ditching the whole timing disk setup; it was only that the early Adaptronic unit didn't recognise the Renix pattern that most people using it (ecu) went to the disk and problematic sensor (getting the right air gap and repeatable trigger). But as your flywheel is coming off, mill the slot as Stunned has done quite successfully several times now, and you can set yourself up with a much better, more stable and accurate system... That would be my approach anyway.

Martin

will do just that that will also save me the headache of marking up and setting the right orientation of the front pulley

Whatever you do please don't throw away that a/c pump bracket!!

They are almost impossible to find now. The European cars had a completely different set up for a/c so these parts are only for the UK cars. When I was recommissioning my set up it almost stopped me in my tracks.

Perhaps if you don't want it it could be passed to the club somehow to be held and copied as necessary?

BTW looking like a great project

Thanks

so a/c bracket coming off, that's couple of kg saved if anybody is interested please get in touch

that's on clean Vee



and a clean block (well one side )

[The Saint]

Mr Mogster242, PLEASE... I am starting the hunt for parts to do the A/C on my GTA, so let me know what you want for the bracket...
Mr Miles if you have the compressor, IM with a price... this will save me allot of head ache.
I know this is going to be like searching for the holy grail, on these parts, but I have to start some where....
Anyone reading this in the club that has ANY A/C parts for a GTA, Please IM me..
Thanks..
Vince..

Talk to JonV ...He has been through it all

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Cedric,

You mentioned plug holes, are you talking general debris or something else? If the plugs are still in, blow them out with compressed air.. or vac with a tube.. what ever you have.. Do it before you pull the plugs, or the crud will just fall in to the cylinder... talking of which, you need to plug up your intakes (and plug holes if you take the plugs out) with rag or towel etc or you will be dropping something in there, and worst into one of the cylinders... been there many moons ago and you don't forget the pain...



Another thing whilst you are on your wash and go cycle, have you pulled the two water drain plugs (either side of the block) and made sure there wasn't a load of crud in there, and then also back-flush out the block? If you haven't, then best wait now until you have it canned and sealed back up; just a thought.

Regards,
Martin

Talk to JonV ...He has been through it all

Drop me a line Vince if you need anything!!

Plug all your holes Ced