here we go again

[Engineer1949]

as if theres not enough going on now embarked on another upgrade and alteration of the chim out with the lt77 in with a tremec tko600 steel flywheel 10.5in mcloed clutch centre push release bearing then take the suspension spring rates back to standard still on the ohlins fit road tyres so making a fast gt cruiser be great to get her out on the road again in company with the wedge,as usual lots of pics of the doings.


john

[phazed]

Very interested in your opinion of the Ohlins?

Would like to blag a drive one day,................

[QBee]

Watching Mat Smith drive his 2.9S around Donington has made me realise that the best way to make my car go faster is to improve the driver.......

.......so some training will be on the agenda come the Spring

[Engineer1949]

peter the ohlins have served us well very sensitive to the adjustment and seemingly well made penskes are also a good bet but they all come at a cost,once its back on the road please do have a go wont be quite so track focused but might still surprise.


john

[ChilliWhizz]

QBee said:

Watching Mat Smith drive his 2.9S around Donington has made me realise that the best way to make my car go faster is to improve the driver.......

.......so some training will be on the agenda come the Spring

Off out jogging then A?

[QBee]

ChilliWhizz said:

QBee said:

Watching Mat Smith drive his 2.9S around Donington has made me realise that the best way to make my car go faster is to improve the driver.......

.......so some training will be on the agenda come the Spring

Off out jogging then A?

If you will join me. It's about a mile to my local.
Fine selection of real ales on drought, and good food.
Should help sustain us after all that unaccustomed exercise......

[phazed]

That would be a sight to behold

[QBee]

phazed said:

That would be a sight to behold

........only if you put on your plimsoles and join us on the run.

[QBee]

We can jog to the Inn on the Green to celebrate the life of James Fixx.
After all, we are all over 60.....







.......and he died of a heart attack whilst out jogging, aged 52.

Who was he?




The man who started the jogging craze.....

[macdeb]

Good move on TKO600, did it a couple of years ago and no 'worries' now.

[SILICONEKID345HP]

What would the total cost be for the 6 speed TKO supplied and fitted

Im aware its not a straight swop

[Engineer1949]

daz cant realy give you a price as not done it yet problem with using this box on the rover is no bellhousings available so i am having to heavily modify the existing lt77 one will be starting that next week so watch this space but as to the job box is out flywheel and clutch off and have had the tko600 mocked up in place looks tight but doable i have ordered the centre shift kit and the new clutch and have machined the flywheel just the fixings to do today on the rotary table.


john

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[Wedgefan]

I've been running a TKO 600 in my Lotus Excel (LS1 engine) for quite a while now. If you haven't bought it yet - they come with 2 different input shaft lengths (or at least they did 10 yrs ago when I bought mine) one a GM fitting and one a Ford fitting. The Ford has a longer input shaft that may enable you to fit an adapter plate between the Rover bell housing and the gearbox rather than modify the bell housing itself. Which concentric release bearing have you chosen? I'm still using an external slave and would like to change it (I'm in the process of building a concentric release for my LT77 in the Wedge - more room for the exhaust!).

Pete

[Engineer1949]

fair bit got done today finished the machining on the flywheel all looks good picking up some cap heads to fix it on with tomorrow also got the pilot bush out and machined it out for the tko input shaft and started measuring up ready to start the bellhousing mods.

john

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[Engineer1949]

lots of maching not quite there yet but well on the way made a register plate to centralise the new gearbox when mating the two parts of the new bellhousing prior to welding then cut the required amount off the bellhousing to bring the spigot forward to fit into the crank spigot bush then started maching the register hole for the tko600, next draw the outline and cut the plate on a band saw prior to welding together.

john

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[nick_mcuk]

QBee said:

Watching Mat Smith drive his 2.9S around Donington has made me realise that the best way to make my car go faster is to improve the driver.......

.......so some training will be on the agenda come the Spring

This is so true...I spent the day at Brands with a friend who is a race driver and also a ARDS instructor couple of years back. By the end of the day the 205 (GTI 1.9) was screaming round and the pace was frighteningly quick when you get it right...well worth the investment of time (and money if you are not lucky enough to know an ARDS instructor)

Will do a Track day in the Chimaera next year and will get my mate to come along then too!

[hillclimbmanic]

Great thread.!!

[QBee]

nick_mcuk said:

QBee said:

Watching Mat Smith drive his 2.9S around Donington has made me realise that the best way to make my car go faster is to improve the driver.......

.......so some training will be on the agenda come the Spring

This is so true...I spent the day at Brands with a friend who is a race driver and also a ARDS instructor couple of years back. By the end of the day the 205 (GTI 1.9) was screaming round and the pace was frighteningly quick when you get it right...well worth the investment of time (and money if you are not lucky enough to know an ARDS instructor)

Will do a Track day in the Chimaera next year and will get my mate to come along then too!

Let me know when and where you are going for your track day and i will see if i can get a few other Chims/Griefs along. I was a lot quicker around Castle Combe after a 20 minute instruction session, so know what you mean.

[Matthew Poxon]

Another great read. I love reading your threads and looking at the pictures of things being built.

[Engineer1949]

thanks mathew glad you like them,had another day of machining finished the register hole in the 20mm ally plate much twiddling of the rotary table handle then marked out the basic shape to cut it into to allow both bellhousing and gearbox to fit snugly, couldnt find anyone to lend me there band saw so cut it with a jigsaw took over 3 hours was i glad when that was finished then marked out the fixing holes and drilled and tapped them on the mill so all nice and square.

john

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