fett

Well-Known Member

• Apr 22, 2013

• #381

lol,you will be testing that theory anyway

 

fett

Well-Known Member

• Apr 22, 2013

• #382

why have you got two water temp guages bud? with the std one that makes 3

 

jamesmartin

Well-Known Member

• Apr 22, 2013

• #383

fett said:

i think I only put the Vaseline around the gears, was a while back mind you

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you are supposed to its only acting as a primer to suck oil not grease

 

fett

Well-Known Member

• Apr 22, 2013

• #384

sure, agree completly. btw still waiting for your vote re gaskets james and the rest of you

 

discomark10

Well-Known Member

• Apr 22, 2013

• #385

fett said:

why have you got two water temp guages bud? with the std one that makes 3

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was the old mans idea, got 1 for the engine 1 for the rad as its now at the back.. he brought them for me as a bribe to get the v8 out of his garage! :tea:
Ill be swimming in gages soon!

 

fett

Well-Known Member

• Apr 22, 2013

• #386

you building a trialing beast then?

 

discomark10

Well-Known Member

• Apr 22, 2013

• #387

fett said:

you building a trialing beast then?

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I will do a few comps, but mainly a bit of fun, and seeing what I can make rather than buy.

 

fett

Well-Known Member

• Apr 22, 2013

• #388

cool

 

Mr Noisy

Coming in your ears.

• Apr 22, 2013

• #389

Yeah just make sure that pump works before spinning the motor, might not work cos the filter head is packed too.

I found a 12mm socket fits nicely over the pump drive iirc

 

discomark10

Well-Known Member

• Apr 22, 2013

• #390

Mr Noisy said:

Yeah just make sure that pump works before spinning the motor, might not work cos the filter head is packed too.

I found a 12mm socket fits nicely over the pump drive iirc

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Shame I disnt try that 1st... ive made a tool from a bit of brass bar and put a slot in the end to fit.

 

Mr Noisy

Coming in your ears.

• Apr 22, 2013

• #391

That is the approved method but I'm a resourceful (read: lazy) chap

 

discomark10

Well-Known Member

• Apr 24, 2013

• #392

So got the engine in today after 2 hours of faffing about trying to get the input shaft in the engine... gave up and waited until my old man came back as he has done it a couple times. We checked the clutch, all was good.
I think the issue was getting the engine lined up good, ended up pulling together with some threaded bar (a long bolt basically) was the last 10mm that was the bastard! Still took an hour n half more.
Got a few bolts done up and engine sitting on the mounts.

 

fett

Well-Known Member

• Apr 24, 2013

• #393

well done mate

 

fett

Well-Known Member

• Apr 24, 2013

• #394

what head gaskets did you use btw?

 

discomark10

Well-Known Member

• Apr 24, 2013

• #395

Tin mate

 

fett

Well-Known Member

• Apr 24, 2013

• #396

ive a nice set of tin ones but I need to go composite or I will be running 10.6:1

 

Dr_evil

Banned

• Apr 24, 2013

• #397

were there no answers on the V8 forum ? or you still not been approved yet ?

 

fett

Well-Known Member

• Apr 24, 2013

• #398

that was for cam, I decided no one really knew apart from the people who were making the cam (in some cases) and they were trying to sell there own products, so I did a **** load of research and decided my self. its on its way from aus now

 

Dr_evil

Banned

• Apr 24, 2013

• #399

ahh right, how about locust builds ?

I got some info from there, they seem to build a lot of V8's from scratch to put into kit cars

 

fett

Well-Known Member

• Apr 25, 2013

• #400

cams ordered bud, in fact everything is ordered apart from water pump and arp stud kit as they are tryna work out what ones I need, that was about half a day of vernier measuring I can tell you lol