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me! - 31/12/12 at 01:09 PM

Well, it is to me!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3htLroQ6xE

Yay :-)

Simon - 31/12/12 at 01:18 PM

Excellent

ATB

Simon

bob - 31/12/12 at 01:53 PM

Always a defining moment in any ones build.

My most favorite after assembling two boxes of engine parts for the first time ever.

Valtra - 31/12/12 at 02:40 PM

Nice one !!

post another when it's running sweet(er)

neilp1 - 31/12/12 at 05:13 PM

Nice one! great feeling when it starts!!

matt_gsxr - 31/12/12 at 05:20 PM

well done, sounds like those ITB's need a bit of balancing.

black fingernail - 31/12/12 at 05:22 PM

Its aliiiiive !
Is'nt it a nice feeling.

me! - 31/12/12 at 05:34 PM

I think you're right Matt! Cheers for your help. I have since changed to the MS2 extra code and its a great improvement.

It idles now so I can balance them when I've bodged a manometer to do it with. Still grinning!

MsD - 31/12/12 at 06:18 PM

Congratulations... Next step is that first drive with this engine!

Mark.

splitrivet - 31/12/12 at 06:54 PM

Very good, was hoping to be doing the same thing today with the new blacktop but lost the drain plug out of me Rad, doh .
Think I'd prefer to watch Doris swinging her p@ps in real life though.
Cheers,
Bob

me! - 7/2/13 at 06:09 PM

Evening all.

It was very obvious that I needed to balance the bodies! I was going to bodge a manometer myself out of washer tubing and water, but I realised I would need about a 4 meter column of water, so I quickly scrapped off that idea. I am a bit tone deaf, so I thought I'd get a Morgan Carbtune rather than do the piece of tube in the ear trick. Results below!

Before:

Which ran like this (I managed to cover the mic with my thumb for the second half- sorry):
http://youtu.be/eD34BREOe84

And after:

http://youtu.be/za9bCvcLhF0

This changed the fuelling massively! I adjusted it back around idle, but it's pretty terrible everywhere else which is why it doesn't rev freely. Yet! An afternoon playing with the fuelling to come. I could also get the balance a bit better but it was getting dark, so I had to put my toys away.

It's running much, much better now. It's also the first time I've had it up to temperature properly, and the fan kicked in a couple of times so my wiring is completely terrible!

me! - 15/3/13 at 05:07 PM

And now I have a shiny new MOT certificate.... see you at Stoneleigh!!

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[Edited on 15/3/13 by me!]