Viper
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| posted on 22/8/04 at 07:45 PM |
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Engine in position...
My Brother finished building my engine today, so i dropped it in to see how it sits....stating to look like a car now
 
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Guinness
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| posted on 22/8/04 at 08:41 PM |
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looking good viper, what is it? 2 litre, or did you get in bored out.
O/T but i like the look of your discs, what are they?
cheers
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Viper
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| posted on 22/8/04 at 08:52 PM |
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Discs are 2.8i capri from Rally Design,
Motor is bored and decked to take 2.8i pistons,bottom end is lightened and balanced, top end is ported, big valved lumpy cam on 45's
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 23/8/04 at 08:33 AM |
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Don't want to sound stoopid but.......
I thought the discs where supposed to go the other way around.....
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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Jeffers_S13
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| posted on 23/8/04 at 09:59 AM |
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Looks superb, very tidy.
How have you finished the edges of the aluminium shown in the pic, is it folded over ?
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MonkeyHunter
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| posted on 23/8/04 at 11:24 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by protofj
Don't want to sound stoopid but.......
I thought the discs where supposed to go the other way around.....
protofj - you are right the discs should be the other way round. I have grooved discs on my road car, and the grooves face the rear of the car, the
instructions were very insistant that they be fitted that way.
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Viper
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| posted on 23/8/04 at 04:45 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MonkeyHunter
quote:
Originally posted by protofj
Don't want to sound stoopid but.......
I thought the discs where supposed to go the other way around.....
protofj - you are right the discs should be the other way round. I have grooved discs on my road car, and the grooves face the rear of the car, the
instructions were very insistant that they be fitted that way.
Your are both right and you are both wrong, my discs are on the corect side of the car, not all grooved discs should point toward the rear, with
Tarox discs it depends on how many grooves you have on the discs, usualy solid discs have the grooves facing oppsite to mine.
The ali is sitting on the chassis tubes so is just a flat sheet.
Tim
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James
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| posted on 23/8/04 at 05:03 PM |
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Looking great Viper!
Thought you'd given up too so nice to see it all coming together.
What's the battery from?
Cheers,
James
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Viper
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| posted on 23/8/04 at 05:54 PM |
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Cheers James, i had given up for a while but kinda got my second wind
the battery is the same as we used in the tuscan race car..
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 24/8/04 at 02:19 PM |
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Good to hear that your project is under way again....
I didn't really doubt that you knew what you were doing with the brake discs - It was more for my own knowledge... Cheers
I've just negotiated with the wife and got a bit of money to keep my Avon project alive....
Not a bad deal £2500 to spend on the car and it's only costing me a weeks holiday in Malta  (You just have too know how to negotiate with
women) - Donnigton here I come !
[Edited on 24/8/04 by protofj]
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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Viper
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| posted on 24/8/04 at 05:02 PM |
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wow proto i wish you would teach me some of those negotiiating skills
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marktigere1
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| posted on 25/8/04 at 08:05 AM |
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Wish I had that negotiating power as well.
Mrs Tigere1 has allowed me to get my new Mig provided I buy her a diamond ring
At this rate the build is going to be double
Cheers
Mark
If a bolt is stuck force it.
If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway!!!
(My Dad 1991)
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 25/8/04 at 08:09 AM |
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Question:
When we quote how much the build cost shold we include the cost of all these little sweetners we give to the missus ?
I'm sure that would add a hefty lump too most budgets
Viper: You say your engine has now been rebuilt... What have you had done ? and did it cost a fortune in parts ? (Just about to start work on my
pinto ...)
Cheers
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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Viper
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| posted on 25/8/04 at 05:38 PM |
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I had the block bored to take 2.8i pistons, these are shorter than pinto pistons so the block had to be decked as well, had the crank ground and
balanced the flywheel, front pulleys and clutch cover balanced, the machining was £230.00
special head gasket, rings, mains, big ends, gaskets and a competition cambelt cam to another £200
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