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redeye - 22/8/04 at 10:24 PM

hi everybody

fired the engine up for the first time tonight

wats a feelin and what a sound too,

feels really satifying after all the work and effort

the exhaust got bright red after a while but im putting this down to the timing

will start on that tomorrow,

had a bit of trouble getting the water round the engine to untill i realised the water temp plug was missing and water

was pissing out of the hole. oops!

but apart from that the engine sounds good


cheers to every one for the help so far

patrick

[Edited on 22/8/04 by redeye]

Mark Allanson - 22/8/04 at 10:38 PM

Well done!

I'm about 1/2 hour away from the same thing I hope

James - 22/8/04 at 11:04 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
Well done!

I'm about 1/2 hour away from the same thing I hope


10 past midnight's a bit late to be firing an engine up isn't it?



Redeye,

You didn't say what engine it was.

Congratulations anyway!

James

redeye - 23/8/04 at 08:21 AM

hi james

its a 1.8 pinto

in a book chassis by mk

cheers

ps.its never to late to fire up an engine eh mark?

redeye - 23/8/04 at 09:16 PM

did the timing on the engine tonight and the exhaust still seem to start glowin red after runnin for about 5 minutes

im running a 1.8 pinto with the 4 branch stainless steel exhaust from mk

anyone else had this?

is it normal?

bob, is this why you wrapped it up?

[Edited on 23/8/04 by redeye]