Tilton Slave, Zircotech Headers and Injector cleaning

[Jhonno]

FarmyardPants said:

Jhonno said:

I think unless the injector is buggered, with new filters and cleaning they can be returned to 100%.

You misunderstood me. I agree they should be returned to 100%. What I am surprised by is that "100%" for every injector report I've seen exactly matches the manufacturers spec, never a single cc/min under or over. One would imagine that manufacturing tolerances and wear might occasionally give a single cc/min difference but I've never seen it, aside from the occasional one being 'beyond repair' as Aide says.

You are right.. I didn't read what you said properly.

[julian64]

aide said:

I want to cut two ball nosed slots on the bellhousing face that mates with the gearbox, so that I can run the bleed and master cylinder lines in-between the gearbox and bellhousing.

Ordered a 12mm Ball Nosed Slot Drill from http://www.drill-service.co.uk to cut out the slots.

I should be able to use the depth gauge on my drill keep the slot roughly the same depth and then finish them off smoothly with a file, sandpaper and some scotchbrite.

Aide

Again if you are any distance from me. near brands hatch, don't use a hand drill, come and use a big mill. You will get a much nicer result with a straight line, and don't spend your money on ball nose endmills I have gazillons of them.

[aide]

julian64 said:

aide said:

I want to cut two ball nosed slots on the bellhousing face that mates with the gearbox, so that I can run the bleed and master cylinder lines in-between the gearbox and bellhousing.

Ordered a 12mm Ball Nosed Slot Drill from http://www.drill-service.co.uk to cut out the slots.

I should be able to use the depth gauge on my drill keep the slot roughly the same depth and then finish them off smoothly with a file, sandpaper and some scotchbrite.

Aide

Again if you are any distance from me. near brands hatch, don't use a hand drill, come and use a big mill. You will get a much nicer result with a straight line, and don't spend your money on ball nose endmills I have gazillons of them.

Morning Julian,

That's a very kind offer.

I'm around an hour's drive from brands hatch.

I'll PM you.

Many thanks!
Aide

[harry henderson]

aide said:

Headers arrived today:

Hi again, it looks as though you don't do things by halves, great thread. Would you mind if I asked how much it cost for the ceramic coating? Cheers.

[aide]

harry henderson said:

Hi again, it looks as though you don't do things by halves, great thread. Would you mind if I asked how much it cost for the ceramic coating? Cheers.

Hi Harry, thanks, for collection, coating - including decats - and delivery it was £1170 in total.
Best wishes
Aide

[aide]

Collected the recored radiator this morning.

[aide]

Engine prepped and strapped to a pallet :


Wrapped and collected this afternoon:

Edited by aide on Wednesday 3rd February 11:24

[Jhonno]

aide said:

harry henderson said:

Hi again, it looks as though you don't do things by halves, great thread. Would you mind if I asked how much it cost for the ceramic coating? Cheers.

Hi Harry, thanks, for collection, coating - including decats - and delivery it was £1170 in total.
Best wishes
Aide

How much?! Wow.. I am sure it was Zircotech did my ACT manifolds and that cost me ~£300!

[aide]

Jhonno said:

How much?! Wow.. I am sure it was Zircotech did my ACT manifolds and that cost me ~£300!

I think they have a few different options.

[aide]

Forgot to ship the water rails with the engine last week, so I zipped up the M40 and dropped them off this morning

[RFC1]

Did Jason give you a fiver off for the free advertisement!;)

Sandy

[Jhonno]

aide said:

Jhonno said:

How much?! Wow.. I am sure it was Zircotech did my ACT manifolds and that cost me ~£300!

I think they have a few different options.

Ah.. Fair enough!

[gruffalo]

aide said:

Forgot to ship the water rails with the engine last week, so I zipped up the M40 and dropped them off this morning

So it was your engine I saw up there on Saturday, mine is on the engine stand round the corner from that having a few bits done while they sort my chassis.

Going 4.7? Jason does those rather well!!

[aide]

Yes - I called up on Saturday morning to drop off the water rails – I forgot to ship them with the engine.

When we were chatting about what we’re going to do to my engine we went around and looked at the 4.7 in-build and the (rather rare) cams on your engine.

It looks like I have a head stud leaking and an oil seal so I just need head gaskets and the heads rebuilt (new valve and guide work)

[gruffalo]

Didn't know my cams are rare, tell me more.

He built the engine a couple of years ago, I am just getting the big ends and main bearing replaced as a preventative measure as it is out of the car, oh yes and torquing the heads down again as well just to check all is well.

[aide]

I'm told that original high lift cams aren't available anymore?

I hope to get my engine back in a few weeks.

In the meantime I'll tidy up the engine bay and get everything ready for reassembly.

[gruffalo]

aide said:

I'm told that original high lift cams aren't available anymore

Ah yes I see, I wonder how many high lift cams came out of the factory as standard?

[julian64]

Anyone ever seen any measurements on the cams to tell what you have. I have two cams and they aren't the same. Just wondered if theres a way of identifying them

[Gazzab]

Don't Kent Cams have the drawings still?

[julian64]

Gazzab said:

Don't Kent Cams have the drawings still?

'hello kent cams, you don't know me but could I have a copy of all your drawings on TVR cams?'
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Its a shame we don't have that info on here as part of the stickies