420 SEAC restoration begins

[Transmitter Man]

Two separate adjustments, bump and rebound.

Phil
420 SEAC

[Transmitter Man]

Overdue images of my refurbed 4.2 RV8.

Halfway through the rebuild we found that the heads had been skimmed and that the replacement gaskets did not line up with the ports, this included the lifter valley pan gasket. We have therefore used a composite gasket opened out the ports to match the port holes.

I also decided to go to a Megsquirt so had to fit the trigger wheel.

All plus a little bling here and there.

Enjoy.

Phil
420 SEAC

[dinkel]

Liking this Phil.

[grahamw48]

Very impressive Phil !

Looking really beautifully presented, and don't these engines look so much better without some rusty old tubes sticking out the side.

[Transmitter Man]

Thanks guys.

Yes Graham, and that goes for all the fasteners.

I have used polished headed stainless throughout. Just hope I can keep it all clean.

May just give all the ali a light WD40 spray each year and polish off before the BBWF

Just awaiting the custom ali fuel tanks and then we can lift the body off again.

Phil
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[dixiebabes]

Are you copying off my red heads?



As graham said that looks gorgeous

[TVRleigh_BBWR]

You should have read about my thread, about nothing lining up on the 420 I did recently.

[Transmitter Man]

Point me to your thread Leigh.

Dix, LOL, funny thing about red, it grows on you

See you both at the weekend I hope.

Phil
420 SEAC

[mrzigazaga]

Phil that engine is looking lush..Zig

[TVRleigh_BBWR]

Transmitter Man said:

Point me to your thread Leigh.

Phil
420 SEAC

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Edited by TVRleigh_BBWR on Wednesday 13th July 22:46

[dixiebabes]

Transmitter Man said:

That truly is a work of art and you should be really proud of yourself Phil WONDERFULL!!!!!!!


Dix

[Transmitter Man]

I wish Dix, I'm proud of Jennings Engineering however I do all the research and running around, ceramic coating, metal polishing, parts chasing etc.

Phil
420 SEAC

[Oz2]

bet its not just the metal your polishing!
That looks trick

[wooly350i]

Yes,having just looked at the engine photos that is a piece of art Phil,smooth and very slick,just need to work on the owner now for a matching pair eh Phil! He he.

[Transmitter Man]

Hi John,

Yes, I do need to work on the owner :-)

Are you around next weekend and I'll fly out with the drive shafts to compare with what you have?

Good to see you yesterday and thanks for the roses re my engine.

Phil
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[Transmitter Man]

Question for the bbrain trust.

Looking at the images of my engine above is this a serpentine or pre-serp?

For some reason I thought it was a pre-serp but have just read here in this auction:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Megasquirt-Megajolt-DTA-...

...that Serp engines have the single long belt running everything.

I'm confused now.

Phil
420 SEAC

[pwd95]

I think the SEAC engines had a variation of the pre-serp. Not the same as the serp front ends you see on the later Chimp/Griffs though. Can't elaborate any more than that I'm afraid but I'm sure they weren't found on other Wedges.

[grahamw48]

This is a serp engine:

[Transmitter Man]

Thanks Guys,

Wasn't there also a noticeable difference in how the oil pump is located and or driven?

Phil
420 SEAC

[TVRleigh_BBWR]

Transmitter Man said:

Thanks Guys,

Wasn't there also a noticeable difference in how the oil pump is located and or driven?

Phil
420 SEAC

On the serp engines the oil pump is driven by the crank not the disy. all wedge engines and early Griff / Chim engines was non serp i.e. dissy driven oil pump but some had seac's had the Group A pulleys that used a serp belt, but they are not classed as a serp engine, if that makes sense.