Fred W B
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| posted on 17/4/07 at 11:36 AM |
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I finally got lucky - New blueprinted RV8
After pretty much finally deciding that I will have to rebuild the old smoker P6 RV8 I have, a tiny local paper add turned this up.
Brand new block, built and blueprinted by a reputable local engine builder 10+ years ago for a stillborn racing car project. Never been started, still
with assembly lube inside. Oversize valves, gas flowed heads, roller rockers, dry sump, even came with the dry sump pump bits. Unfortunately somebody
has pinched the lifters and pushrods, but it did came at the right price.
An invoice with the engine shows the intake manifold cost 127 UKP from RPI in 1995!
Cheers
Fred W B
 
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mookaloid
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| posted on 17/4/07 at 11:39 AM |
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mmmmm nice
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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ned
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| posted on 17/4/07 at 11:46 AM |
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has the inlet been matched to the heads?
very nice find
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Fred W B
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| posted on 17/4/07 at 11:55 AM |
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Everything has beem ported, blended, matched......
 
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[Edited on 17/4/07 by Fred W B]
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minordelay
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| posted on 17/4/07 at 12:03 PM |
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Lovely, those Huffaker manifolds and rockers are worth a mint on there own.
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Fred W B
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| posted on 17/4/07 at 12:05 PM |
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[Edited on 17/4/07 by Fred W B]
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 17/4/07 at 03:44 PM |
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Engine looks fantastic and well prepared..
I would just be carefull of that paint on the timing cover.. I could be wrong but it looks like some paint has been allowed to go inside the dizzy
hole. If it flakes over time it could end up blocking oil feed holes...
Just a thought looking at the pics.
Paul.
[Edited on 17/4/07 by Paul (Notts)]
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Fred W B
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| posted on 17/4/07 at 04:24 PM |
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No disrespect (looking at your car) but the paint will be going!
Cheers
Fred W B
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ned
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| posted on 17/4/07 at 04:55 PM |
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nice one fred, when finished you'll have to do a top gear style epic road trip to the uk, how about stoneleigh next year? I'm sure enough
people on here could put you up en route
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Fred W B
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| posted on 17/4/07 at 05:15 PM |
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Nice idea Ned, but it would be a hell of a long way to go with 80 mm ground clearance
Plus it's a lot of work to go yet:
finish body pattern
make body molds
make body
mount body on proto chassis
make real suspension
make real chassis
build up car for real
get it on the road
so more like 2 to 3 years to go?
Cheers
Fred W B
[Edited on 17/4/07 by Fred W B]
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DIY Si
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| posted on 17/4/07 at 06:21 PM |
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Excellent find there sir! Good to see some luck going you're way. Only a few minor bits left to do.......
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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