v8ian
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Mar 22, 2008 22:08:41 GMT
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Mark, that would be the reason you were not at wheels day, I saw Diffy in the distance, Are you running mechanical cam or Hyd,?? Just a thought, as if you were having pocket problems, surely you would have interferance probs with all 8 valves, not just 1, Just thinking along the lines of Pumpup, and a dirty or dodgy lifter. or possibly a pushrod popping out of either its lifter or cup in the rocker and then bending the valve, I bet you are using big fat molly pushrods too, think I would be checking them fot straightness too, Good luck mate. Ian it has hit all 8 but that was the worst one, luckily no other damage other than the valves but they are expensive enough  and yep it got molly pushrods takes a fair bit to bend them ;D its a hydraulic roller cam with roller rocker all pretty new gear so no dirt involved the roller cams are zero lash but use about a 20thow gap whilst being run in I had just set the engine up ready for the pro test day at the pod on the 15th so zeroed the lash on the rockers when it went . funnily I have run the heads on the old engine which had an E303 roller cam with no probs and it wasn't till after it happened I realized why it did it the E303 has .498 lift so the valves would have run very close but no contact the F303 has .512 lift so puts the valves directly in the path of the pistons  which wouldn't have been a problem if the valve pockets had been the size I had ordered ie for 2.02" inlet instead of 1.7"  . I would have been at wheels day in the viva had it not chucked a wobbler Mark, what you got the cam degreed in at?? can you wind it off a couple of degs so the valves are shutting a gnats earlier?? |
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Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style.
Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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Mar 22, 2008 22:30:12 GMT
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not sure now did that over a year ago now i'll check it while its in bits .
its running Pete jackson timing gears which i think go in .6 degree increments
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v8ian
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Mar 22, 2008 22:36:22 GMT
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not sure now did that over a year ago now i'll check it while its in bits . its running Pete jackson timing gears which I think go in .6 degree increments If you have dialed that in a 6 degs rather than 0, or got lost and put 12 degs in it would deffo give you clearence problems |
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Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style.
Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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watches with anticipation
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Mar 23, 2008 19:08:50 GMT
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not sure now did that over a year ago now i'll check it while its in bits . its running Pete jackson timing gears which I think go in .6 degree increments If you have dialed that in a 6 degs rather than 0, or got lost and put 12 degs in it would deffo give you clearence problems checked it out today its set at 2 degrees so shouldn't have any probs with clearance its just the piston cut outs that are wrong so gonna get them machined while i sort the paintwork  |
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Mar 23, 2008 19:15:29 GMT
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todays progress pretty much just checking stuff over and stripping the body down ready for sorting the paintwork :  :  :  :  :  :  theres not alot of repairs to do but due to the paint being custom mix and not having enough left i'm going to respray the whole car in a new set of colours . the basic colour scheme will stay the same but there will be a few differences and some additions |
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Mar 23, 2008 19:33:44 GMT
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that poor van,
the word, prefectionist, springs to mind.
looking forward to the finished product. sure it won't be too long, never i, tomorrow? ;D
is it gonna be a 24hr none stop shift again
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Mar 23, 2008 21:13:50 GMT
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probably a bit longer this time with what i have in mind but not just yet i'm still a bit knackered from getting spikes one done ;D
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Mar 23, 2008 21:17:46 GMT
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Bloody hell! You've got no intentions of hanging about 'ere have you!?! Would love to pop down and see the master at work one day whilst I'm back in town as well  |
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Mar 23, 2008 21:26:14 GMT
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pop down any time mate i'm in the workshop most weekends and erm when i'm not at work most other times to just lately ;D
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Mar 24, 2008 10:55:26 GMT
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take balls of steel to tear awesome cars apart, cant wait to see it in its new and improved scheme
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Mar 24, 2008 18:16:11 GMT
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messing about with the air brush with something i've always wanted to try ,real flames first attempt not exactly how i want it yet but not bad for first go what do ya think? the car still needs painting yet so it will all be sanded off again but while it was on the old paint i thought i'd have a practice   :  :  :  :  :  :  : the finished version will be a bit bigger and involve the dash board as well |
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Mar 24, 2008 18:27:26 GMT
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curse word. You had me scared there! Those flames are hot! Badum tish.  Definately need to be a feature of the new paint |
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Davenger
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It's only metal
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Mar 24, 2008 18:33:47 GMT
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Had me going too mate.
Flames look really good for a first attempt.
I couldn't get them that good after 200 attempts
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Mar 24, 2008 18:36:33 GMT
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Good grief! Turn your back for a few minutes and the thing's been stripped back again!
Those flames are truly excellent.
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Mar 24, 2008 21:06:58 GMT
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ok, flames are excellent! my problem is, how the bloody hell did you get the van THAT far back? you've reversed into the kitchen haven't you! |
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Mar 24, 2008 21:07:50 GMT
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Now, I'm slightly gutted that I never saw this in the steel in its current guise, especially that you couldn't make Wheels Day...
BUT...
Flames will make this car about infinity times cooler. And now I can't wait even more (can wait even less?...) to see it.
Legend ;D
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Mar 25, 2008 14:03:46 GMT
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the flames look great for your first go, how many shades did you have to use?? they could look brilliant with a bit of airbruch tidying with black paint if that makes sense?
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Mar 25, 2008 17:04:17 GMT
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cheer's yeah still need to do a bit more practicing with it only used 3 colours on that one and one of those was just a white base so theres lots more potential with the effect yet
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Mar 25, 2008 17:49:49 GMT
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definately, mike lavallee will be shaking in his boots
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and yep it got molly pushrods takes a fair bit to bend them ;D its a hydraulic roller cam with roller rocker all pretty new gear so no dirt involved the roller cams are zero lash but use about a 20thow gap whilst being run in I had just set the engine up ready for the pro test day at the pod on the 15th so zeroed the lash on the rockers when it went . funnily I have run the heads on the old engine which had an E303 roller cam with no probs and it wasn't till after it happened I realized why it did it the E303 has .498 lift so the valves would have run very close but no contact the F303 has .512 lift so puts the valves directly in the path of the pistons 
which wouldn't have been a problem if the valve pockets had been the size I had ordered ie for 2.02" inlet instead of 1.7" 
. I would have been at wheels day in the viva had it not chucked a wobbler 
Definately need to be a feature of the new paint 
