okay so been a while since i uopdated this
well i last updated after 4 days work where the engine had been mounted and was sitting in the bay ,
since then the 1st thing to do was a trail fit with rad fmic ect to get it all mocked up withing the mighty small space in the bay
took a day and had it to this stage
after this i put lights and bumper on to see how fmic sits in bumper
after this it was time to strip engine back out and sort the engine bay out for paint
decided on honda pirate black as colour for bay and few other bits
so bay went through stages
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so piant work done engine bay is now ready for the engine to go back in and get it running , but lets not forget the engine had been sat there about 5-6 month , so mini-re-build was in order , started with new chain and chain guide , full gasket set (good job as water ways on head gasket where shot !!) , polished up the pistons and a cheeky little mod adding an extra 500rpm
after all back together the engine went in to its home for the final time and got built back up to being fully plumbed in and looking like this
still not as it will be , rocker cover needs painted and inlet cover will be added shortly so will look tidier than this
now for the fun part - it was running
next stage which was sundays work was to get it running , (upto this point we got by with very few problems)
1st off was putting linkage on and rear mount , as im far to clumsy with i lost one of the bolts so we had to buy new one - slight problem was to big so (altered the bolt a bit - ended up snapping in gear box so full mount came off and new bolt was sourced theat fitted , however we then noticed oil cooler pipe had split on ARB so had to be replaced , while replacing it we realized ARM now needs to be lowered , so now im going to have to look into adjustable ARB kit , next was onto daft little bits , then onto brakes , set them up ect , time to bleed brakes and bleed nipple on one snapped , so time to source a new caliper aswell , also to add to the problems after this was exhaust welded up however typical british weather meant that it was rain/snowing so no welded and we decided to call it a day , however linkage was on ect so i managed to drive it up the garden so it does move itself = Result
now few more things bought and its a week till payday so to finish off the update a few kore pics of what else is going on with it
new wheels bough for a bargine !!
also as it was previously an xe it was on 60mm front springs however extra engine weight mad eit sit with less than 2" clearence from the sump but front end looked like this -
this lead to me getting standard springs as a temp lift while its being worked on
also just another little video made tonight
so hope yous all enjoy the update , very long but think iv covered most of it
ill update again when more work is done