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More things have been delivered, so its time for an update!  Toys! This is a jig for aligning the engine mounts without the engine itself being in place. Very useful bit of kit designed by Paul Woods (Woodsport) and available from the TwoBrutal website. Had to say i was surprised at the size of this TB jig compared to the previous incarnation... A lot smaller for sure! The previous one used the suspension turret for chassis mounting. This jig fitted fine on this side. Then there came the N/S...  Not so clever. Sheared bolt. Not a problem with the jig directly, but its almost a certainty that the bolt mounts for this design will shear when removed. The threads sit exposed in the suspension turret, and even with the best will in the world, plenty of lube and the gentlest attempt to remove the bolt, the little curse word still cracked in half. I will drill it out and just nut/bolt straight through the hole. Now,lets see how the pre cut mounts line up with the chassis against the new jig...  OSF mount. Bit of tapering on the top angle to bring it in, but this looks pretty close!  OSR mount. Slight angle change on the bottom weld face, but this one is almost bang on...  NSR mount. Not so clever, a lot of these angles will need a bit of grinding to rectify...  NSF mount. Looks OK in the picture, but i recall this being quite radically out too. I think it may be due to the anti-corrosion on the frame still being present. Wire wheeling needs done! In other news, there is nothing like a jig to remind you how fatter you have got in 6 years. Had to pull some serious belly gymnastics to squeeze around this one, and its a lit more compact than the previous jig!! Oh, and my 255 fuel pump arrived! This will go in this weekend, but I'll leave the tank out until my engine bay prep is finalised! |
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Not a bad weekend. Friday night i vanished into the garage and shut the doors. Cue much A-team music, grinding, drilling and tweaking....  First mount tacked in place!! After that a beer and bed was on the cards. The next day i had other toys to play with first...  22" brap brap sword!!  Test fired on some oversized tree stumps from the ground works. Made light work of those. As winter is coming i thought it prudent to start stocking on dried firewood...  Make hay while the sun shines and all that. This wood has been sun dried outside all summer, so i didn't want to leave it out into autumn in-case the damp ruins it. I have other wood dry stored to top this pile up... Anyway, after that chop session, it was time to crawl under the car again...  Not many pictures but here are the results:  Off side engine mounts: In. Still need to fill weld a few points on the wheel arch side, but this will demand some tinkering with feeds and power on the welder.  Near side, same story. Nice big slug welds onto the chassis legs, but will need to exercise some care when welding to the wheel arch inners, as a few attempts have just resulted in blowing holes.... |
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Sept 18, 2013 6:28:21 GMT
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Wee cheeky half hour last night in between DIY. Whipped the old pump out and connected up the new one  I love the compatibility fun and games with aftermarket parts. Joining these should be fine for people. Bare wire, wrap around ring terminal, tape up with electrical tape, job done right? I mean, its only going to sit in a tank full of petrol...  *Note, i will be using solder and heat-shrink, fear not* All soldered up last night...  |
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Sept 23, 2013 10:09:17 GMT
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Look what I've got...  and...  As a result... look what i now know i need...  All of which has given me a lot of motivation. So much so the tank is now back in with a proper pump fitted...  The ganky heat insulation that resembled a burst fanny has gone...  ...and a bucket, sponge and suds actually entered the garage!   Up next, degreaser and engine bay paint... |
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zircon
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Sept 23, 2013 11:46:21 GMT
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Love it, that is going to be an immensely fun car when it is complete!
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Long overdue update. Been focusing on some other projects but now we have some progress on the wee '2. First up, more goodies!!  Going to go for the chargecooler route. Less cutting and better result on power, so got a topmount setup. Will need to run lines, pump and a front mount radiator, but thats easy in comparison to chopping and compromising with a rear mount intercooler. Also on the new toys list include tubular manifold, and aftermarket downpipe. More importantly, got these bits:  Gearbox mount (still to source the bolts), and...  Engine mount. This weeks tasks will now involve some jiggling of engine parts, and ultimately hanging the curse word. The MR2 should be on its wheels by next weekend! |
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Looking good! A friend of mine did this over last winter and is currently running 15psi in his Mk1.5. It's a hell of a beast!
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They are mental fast when done. I did toy with the intercooler route but the Carlos Sainz Celica Chargecoolers seriously out-trump any intercooler there is. Looks much neater too, and you can actually geek out more by improving your water temps easier than just ramming as much air in as possible with the other route. I like geeking out...
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I did toy with the intercooler route but the Carlos Sainz Celica Chargecoolers seriously out-trump any intercooler there is Other than the massive Phoenix Power 5" cores which are on a par with the Celica CC's. I have one  |
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Last Edit: Nov 4, 2013 10:10:39 GMT by zircon
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Its fitting it without massive surgery though. Don't forget i need to chop things just to squeeze a 3S in there alone. Any location I use for the intercooler will be a compromise in the AW11 (usually the boot) and will be huge chopping for a close comparison to the usual SW20 sidemount. Charge cooler needs next to nothing, with just lines run to the front, a core in front of the stock rad, and a pump hidden out the way. |
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Oh I agree - there is no way you would sensibly fit a half decent intercooler in a Mk1 and the standard item is next to useless. Also, your CC option is a damned sight cheaper than the Phoenix Power intercooler and will give you more torque than any intercooler.
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That's true, the almost complete lack of boost lag makes for a compelling argument!
Off to the Skunkworks tonight for a wee tinker. Need to get the engine hung and torque mounts fabricated, then i know its good to go from a chassis point, and i can weld up that engine bay to rear trunk gap i have cut....
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Big step taken last night. What with me now having all the bits needed to make it a turn key, in car situation, i told myself i was simply stalling by doing things like "keeping warm" and "socialising" TO THE SKUNKWORKS!!! Take one 2 tonne crane, and lash it to the back of the car (its a tall engine, and lifting the car over it into position is the simplest way to do this...  Once lined up, drop the car down as far as possible, then lash the crane to the engine...  ...then haul it into position...  and hit the mounts. I like to get the difficult one out the way first, so that was the engine side:  Its pretty tight at the bottom of the mount bracket to the cast part of the engine. I might trim a wee bit off once the engine comes back out for painting...  I actually got this mount on and tightened up without the correct bolts (smaller nut and bolts through the captive nuts) so i can carry on until they are sorted.  ...and its in! Snug as well.  This part is the most impressive part for clearance...  As if it was made for that hole!! Plus, only one bit that actually fouled:  Small bracket on the rear of the inlet manifold. Fouling on the edge of the gap i cut in the trunk. Easy sorted! So next up, fabricating torque mounts to keep this thing from twisting out!! |
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zircon
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Good progress.
Is there any way the engine will rock back on the mounts and hit the boot bulkhead with such little clearance?
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Its rotational torque. I swung it by hand and the inlet actually rocks vertically at that point, so clears the deck perfectly! I have solid mounts to go in here too, so there will be NO rocking...  |
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Cool.
By the way - you have to keep those Image wheels somehow. How much would they build you a pair of replacements (it is a pair you need isn't it?)
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I have a plan for those long term, don't you worry. See the "7up" project below... its 4x100 too |
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Not much doing tonight, its colder than a witches tit. Had a much overdue clean up and bumped the AW back to its corner.  |
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I'm watching this with interest! I'll have you a drag race when it's done.
I just need to round up several stout fellows to push mine down the track... I think you could take the bus and still win easily.
James
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Yours is a lot more effort though Sweetpea, and will be a far tidier car once completed!
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