made a bit of progress this week with the engine swap, due to the snow i worked from home for 4 days so didn't have the 1.5hour commute. made use of the extra time and got out in the workshop. got the old engine out and started mocking up the mounts for the new engine.
today i cleaned up the new gearbox, its an omega R28 box. being the inquisitive type i though i would get the scales out and weigh the new box against the old type9. was really shocked. the type 9 was 47.6kg and the omega box was 36kg dead. thats 11.6kg shaved off happy with that. add the 11.6kg to the 8kg i nabbed back by fitting willwood callipers in the summer and thats nearly a 20kg weight reduction to top it all off i will have nearly 3 times the power of the old engine.
will try and get some pictures up when i can find the camera wire.
good progress being made
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Come on Ash we need photos. How much does the engine weigh compared to the Pinto?
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its still on the engine stand at the moment but dont worry it will be weighed my goal is to do the swap without gaining any weight. so far i have lost 20kg but the new lump has a charge cooler and oil cooler so that will add a bit back. have also got an lsd to go in and may swap the rear drums for discs but i doubt either will offer any kind of weight saving.
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Cant believe it. the thing only bloody fits need to make up engine and gearbox mounts machine a 26mm spacer for the clutch slave cylinder, modify the water pump due to a small clearance issue, have a custom prop made up the plumb it up and wire up the megasquirt.
ALL BEFORE JANUARY
The suspense is killing me
Well it fits JUST!
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ALL BEFORE JANUARY
The suspense is killing me
Well it fits JUST!
Bit of my dodgy ali welding (at least its watertight)
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zorst on passenger side now then Ash?
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looking snug but good fella.
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Looking good ash, hope the ms works ok
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yep zorst will be on the opposite side now i kept the bit i chopped out of the bonnet when i built the car so i will have to fg it back and paint it up. the ms works fine james who writes all the software for the ms3 tested it for me the resolution of the new ms3 is in a different league to the old ms2, its now well into high end omex emerald territory. it runs a dual core processor has 100X the resolution of the old ms2, 16x16 fuel and ingntion tables, seperate tables for injector staging, fully sequential ignition and spark, boost control, nirtous control, canbus capability, individual injector and spark trim, wide band target fuel control, launch control......... the list keeps going lol
feeling the pressure at the moment as the mev exocet kit will be turning up early/mid January.
feeling the pressure at the moment as the mev exocet kit will be turning up early/mid January.
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progress looks good Ash, but then again seems you have a strong deadline to meet with the MEV arriving!
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tell me about it should get it done in time. no doubt i will end up just throwing money at it to get the thing done in time but that seems to be the norm lol
the hard decision will be do i take the exocet on the stonleigh run or the roadster.
the hard decision will be do i take the exocet on the stonleigh run or the roadster.
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