Small update tonight guys
Made the spigot bush ready for fitting the v8 next week. Decided I'm not going to run without one or to cut the input shaft which I've also heard some people do
Anyway on to the pics. I will try to explain this but I'm not good at explanations
so i apologise in advance if it makes no sense
First picture shows standard v8 spigot on the left and the new spigot I'll be using on the right.
Reason for using the new spigot as it already has the correct internal diameter to fit the series input shaft (22.19mm is the internal diameter) and will be far easier to turn down to outside to fit the crank rather than machining the inside of the standard one to fit the input shaft. Told you this might not make sense
Next picture is of my first attempt.
Didn't go quite according to plan. Reason being is the thickness of the bush left is only 0.8mm so is very flimsy.
Second attempt (thanks to Dr Evil for the idea
) basically involved clamping the bush in between a coach bolt and a washer and nut. And this is what i ended up with.
The original bush has an external diameter of 22.86mm so i reckon thats close enough
And here's a pic of the original and the one just machined side by side to give you an idea of how flimsy the new spigot really is!
That's all for now but i do have next week off so need to plow on with the conversion to get it on the road by the end of next week so i can get to work
yes that's right 9 days to get it running
Plenty of updates to follow