Speed Six project

Speed Six project

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jams33

Original Poster:

109 posts

180 months

Tuesday 16th June 2009
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Got myself an engine smile , its covered in melted T350, pipes and airbox at the moment. Gonna clean it up, strip it, put it back together and see if it works! Pics are on going on Flickr will be updating periodically throughout the project.

Should be fun! wobblerotate

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39505524@N02/?saved=1



Edited by jams33 on Wednesday 24th June 22:25

BGB autosport

1,020 posts

186 months

Wednesday 17th June 2009
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Nice, fancy selling the cats?

Fume troll

4,389 posts

211 months

Wednesday 17th June 2009
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Cool, what's it going into?

Cheers,

FT.

Daston

6,074 posts

202 months

Wednesday 17th June 2009
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would love to see your progress with this.

once you pop the cam cover could you do some shots of the cams and fingers and valves. Trying to get an idea if the valve seals are DIYable

jams33

Original Poster:

109 posts

180 months

Wednesday 17th June 2009
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BGB - yep might sell the cats, need to make sure they're good first.

Fume - Its not planned to go in anything, if i get it working ill drop it in my tuscan and rebuild the 4 ltr thats in there at the mo.

Daston - Yep no probs, should have it clean enough to take the top off by the weekend, ill get some video as well if that helps.

BGB autosport

1,020 posts

186 months

Wednesday 17th June 2009
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Thanks,

Is there any major damage to it or does it just need the burnt crap removing? Looks to be a nice little project.



Edited by BGB autosport on Wednesday 17th June 09:44

330p4

668 posts

229 months

Wednesday 17th June 2009
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James you must be single or will be shortly with that sitting in the house the mrs would be chuffed. Will she let you use the dish washer to clean up the burnt bits?
Ian

jams33

Original Poster:

109 posts

180 months

Wednesday 17th June 2009
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Yeah its cosmetic damage really. One of the throttle bodies needs replacing, injectors, air con compressor and alternator have checked out. No damage to the block or head, dampner looks good to.

My other half lives a couple of hundred miles away. I'd never get away with it if we lived together! Still dont think shes gonna be to immpressed when she comes to stay, its in the kitchen and its a tight squeeze getting into the fridge!

jams33

Original Poster:

109 posts

180 months

Thursday 18th June 2009
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throttle pots and cam cover off, some of the lobes have rust on em! Need to get it on a stand ASAP to get the sump and front off. Anybody got any pics of a speed six mounted on a stand, not sure how to get it centred?

cheers

james






Edited by jams33 on Wednesday 24th June 22:12

jams33

Original Poster:

109 posts

180 months

Tuesday 23rd June 2009
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got the engine on the stand. Mounted to the gearbox threads. Stand supports it quite well, if i could spend the money again id get a better stand,its a bit wobbely!



Edited by jams33 on Wednesday 24th June 22:01

XTR2Turbo

1,533 posts

230 months

Wednesday 24th June 2009
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Jamie

How far are you going to strip it?

I have pictures of a completely stripped Speed 6 if interested

Daston

6,074 posts

202 months

Wednesday 24th June 2009
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thanks for the shots! They dont let you have too much room in the head do they! Looks like my engine is coming out and I am either going to fix all the valve guides or replace the head with a stage 2 one.

jams33

Original Poster:

109 posts

180 months

Wednesday 24th June 2009
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XTR2 - yep ill have any info/pics you've got please mate. Im going all the way, complete strip, clean and build.

Datson - I'll be taking the head to bits in the next few days, will video it and post.

Anybody got an idea where to get the engine plans from? Thinking i might blueprint it.

James

Edited by jams33 on Wednesday 24th June 12:33

jams33

Original Poster:

109 posts

180 months

Wednesday 24th June 2009
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Flipping heck.....the dampner is off....what a nightmare....Broke two of the machine mart pullers, went to halfords for a socket and found the puller attached in the photo, made by lazer. Braced it with some square washers from B+Q, alot of wrenching with a 21" breaker bar, some dodgy noises and scuffed knuckles later the thing started to move and eventually came off....





Not looking forward to getting it back on!!!

D14 AYS

3,696 posts

209 months

Thursday 25th June 2009
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Love it rofl a true petrol head stripping an engine in the Kitchen thumbup Top marks.

jams33

Original Poster:

109 posts

180 months

Thursday 25th June 2009
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Camshaft removal went smoothly. Head bolts are a bi*ch though. May have to take it off the stand to get em undone.




Daston

6,074 posts

202 months

Friday 26th June 2009
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silly question but with a chain how do you know where it was when you put it back on? Its not like you can mark as you would a belt.

jams33

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109 posts

180 months

Friday 26th June 2009
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tippex!! to back up the scribe marks.

Edited by jams33 on Friday 26th June 01:16

Don1

15,936 posts

207 months

Friday 26th June 2009
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Are you just rebuilding it, or 'adding' to it as well?

Mark A S

1,824 posts

187 months

Friday 26th June 2009
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D14 AYS said:
Love it rofl a true petrol head stripping an engine in the Kitchen thumbup Top marks.
I agree, proper bloke thing to do, respect that mansmile