LS powered M

[Slow M]

Steve,

Any news?

Bernard.

[stainless_steve]

Hi Bernard,
Engine and gearbox mounts made and fitted,no chassis mods needed.Body unbolted and ready for lifting off,i was going to lift it this week but i've got a chest infection so not been up to it,antibiotics kicking in now so feeling a little better.


Steve

[Trickie Dickie]

stainless_steve said:

Hi Bernard,
Engine and gearbox mounts made and fitted,no chassis mods needed.Body unbolted and ready for lifting off,i was going to lift it this week but i've got a chest infection so not been up to it,antibiotics kicking in now so feeling a little better.


Steve

Give us a shout if you need a hand with this lift Steve

Can soon drum up a few local Tivvers to help as well

Hope your feeling better

Cheers
Rich

[stainless_steve]

Trickie Dickie said:

stainless_steve said:

Hi Bernard,
Engine and gearbox mounts made and fitted,no chassis mods needed.Body unbolted and ready for lifting off,i was going to lift it this week but i've got a chest infection so not been up to it,antibiotics kicking in now so feeling a little better.


Steve

Give us a shout if you need a hand with this lift Steve

Can soon drum up a few local Tivvers to help as well

Hope your feeling better

Cheers
Rich

thanks for the offer Rich

[Slow M]

Glad you're feeling better!
Green sludge was coming out of me last week.
Down to a mere trickle.
Then all of my frustration got the better (no, I think WORST) of me and I punched our walk-in refrigerator.
Two stainless pins in my fifth metacarpal and no playing with the stuff in the Garage for another five to six weeks.
Guess where at least a part of that $4,000 could have gone.

Aaaaah, spring.

[stainless_steve]

Slow M said:

Glad you're feeling better!
Green sludge was coming out of me last week.
Down to a mere trickle.
Then all of my frustration got the better (no, I think WORST) of me and I punched our walk-in refrigerator.
Two stainless pins in my fifth metacarpal and no playing with the stuff in the Garage for another five to six weeks.
Guess where at least a part of that $4,000 could have gone.

Aaaaah, spring.

fking hell Bernard,i thought i was having a bad time of it .
I could have made you the stainless pins FOC,i'm sure i'd have a drill bit the correct size for your bones,all we would need then is someone to stitch you back up

Piston Heads saving car funds matters


hope you get better soon


Steve

[Slow M]

stainless_steve said:

fking hell Bernard,i thought i was having a bad time of it .
I could have made you the stainless pins FOC,i'm sure i'd have a drill bit the correct size for your bones,all we would need then is someone to stitch you back up

Piston Heads saving car funds matters


hope you get better soon


Steve

Thanks and I appreciate the offer.
If the need arises again, i'll contact you right away!
Meanwhile, I'll get my thrills from the pictures the rest of you post here.
B

[PILER]

Steve,
Where are you at with the LS powered M.?

Regards

[stainless_steve]

PILER said:

Steve,
Where are you at with the LS powered M.?

Regards

Just in from the garage Patrick,i've been cutting the body up with an angle grinder













Don't panic,it's so i can fit the rollcage

[stainless_steve]

I've been working 7 days aweek at work for the past few months,so not had time to work on the car.I have a few days off next week so will finish off making the rollcage and mounting it to the chassis.I should also get round to taking the body off so i can work on the diff swap.

[stainless_steve]

Talking about diff swaps anyone used an ally 4hu

pics here..
http://www.ndmetal.co.uk/gallery.asp?id=7&cat=...

[TVR_owner]

stainless_steve said:

Talking about diff swaps anyone used an ally 4hu

pics here..
http://www.ndmetal.co.uk/gallery.asp?id=7&cat=...

Big money Steve. A mag one is same kind of dosh.

Are you ready to receive you bonnet yet?

[Slow M]

Does anyone know the weight difference between the Aluminium/Magnesium/Iron versions?

[stainless_steve]

TVR_owner said:

stainless_steve said:

Talking about diff swaps anyone used an ally 4hu

pics here..
http://www.ndmetal.co.uk/gallery.asp?id=7&cat=...

Big money Steve. A mag one is same kind of dosh.

Are you ready to receive you bonnet yet?

£950 for the ally case.

John,anytime for the bonnet,i take it your back in the uk?

[stainless_steve]

Slow M said:

Does anyone know the weight difference between the Aluminium/Magnesium/Iron versions?

Mag case weighs 6.5kg which is a third of the weight of the cast iron case.
Ally case is 11kg

hope this helps you Bernard

[Slow M]

stainless_steve said:

Mag case weighs 6.5kg which is a third of the weight of the cast iron case.
Ally case is 11kg

hope this helps you Bernard

Thanks Steve,

From those weights, it seems that they may use the same/similar casting patterns for the Al and the Mg version. As it takes a little more Mg in mass to get to the same overall strength of the Al unit, we can make a leap and guess that the Al version is somewhat stronger. Considering the availability of great Al casting alloys today, it should also be significantly more durable. If you're not building a full-out race car in which all of the parts are on a life-cycle, there's only one choice.

BTW, what's the monetary cost of that 8.5Kg weight loss? Is there a way of/place for comparing a new cast iron complete unit and a new Al complete unit?

B

[stainless_steve]

Slow M said:

stainless_steve said:

Mag case weighs 6.5kg which is a third of the weight of the cast iron case.
Ally case is 11kg

hope this helps you Bernard

Thanks Steve,

From those weights, it seems that they may use the same/similar casting patterns for the Al and the Mg version. As it takes a little more Mg in mass to get to the same overall strength of the Al unit, we can make a leap and guess that the Al version is somewhat stronger. Considering the availability of great Al casting alloys today, it should also be significantly more durable. If you're not building a full-out race car in which all of the parts are on a life-cycle, there's only one choice.

BTW, what's the monetary cost of that 8.5Kg weight loss? Is there a way of/place for comparing a new cast iron complete unit and a new Al complete unit?

B

http://www.crosthwaiteandgardiner.com/Jaguar_pages_lwe.pdf



page 17,shows an ally and mag casing they look the same.

A bloke on ebay gets new old stock jag diffs but there never powerlok,not sure if you can buy them new off the shelf.



http://www.ndmetal.co.uk/gallery.asp?id=7&cat=...


The Cobra builders are using ally casings,theres talk of them putting up to 750 hp through it with no probs

[TVR_owner]

I don't belive it, ally casing is not up to the job.

[Slow M]

stainless_steve said:

http://www.crosthwaiteandgardiner.com/Jaguar_pages...


page 17,shows an ally and mag casing they look the same.

A bloke on ebay gets new old stock jag diffs but there never powerlok,not sure if you can buy them new off the shelf.


http://www.ndmetal.co.uk/gallery.asp?id=7&cat=...


The Cobra builders are using ally casings,theres talk of them putting up to 750 hp through it with no probs

Steve,

Too much nice stuff on both of those sites; I have to clean up a lot of drool now and get back to looking for a JOB!

John,

Maybe they can survive in a Cobra replica because most of those are around 2,500Lb. I don't know but it would be interesting to find out if any of them are running that kind of power through grippy tyres under racing conditions.

[stainless_steve]

Rollcage fitted and mounted to chassis,even managed to put a pipe inbetween the dash.Need to sort some seats out now so i can mount them to the chassis not the body.Then i can take the body off

Bloody work wants me to go in,have to cut my week off short working Fri,Sat and Sunday