johns tvr rebuild
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the kit is an sc power kit, basically they produce it for the serpentine engine so i am using what i can i.e. mounting bracket plenum mods and intercooler but i have got to sort a driver pulley for the crank an adjuster for the blower drive belt plus the belt itself as unlike the serpentine engine it will only drive the blower and a power steering pump if one was fitted .
but i have been at it again today not on the engine as am awaiting supplies for the billet to turn up the crank pulley and some laser cutting for the bracket for the tensioner i have designed, but i have rebuilt the remaining rear hub now the seals have arrived,cleaned up the drive shafts and the cvj units, just need to paint those then they can go on,also made a start to the bad area of glassfibre around the offside manifold ,also got a pic of the finnished steering column with its power unit and sliding joint all connected, and i gunked and pressure washed the gearbox ready to paint the box itself.
john
but i have been at it again today not on the engine as am awaiting supplies for the billet to turn up the crank pulley and some laser cutting for the bracket for the tensioner i have designed, but i have rebuilt the remaining rear hub now the seals have arrived,cleaned up the drive shafts and the cvj units, just need to paint those then they can go on,also made a start to the bad area of glassfibre around the offside manifold ,also got a pic of the finnished steering column with its power unit and sliding joint all connected, and i gunked and pressure washed the gearbox ready to paint the box itself.
john
Edited by Engineer1949 on Thursday 23 August 19:43
Edited by Engineer1949 on Thursday 23 August 19:44
Edited by Engineer1949 on Thursday 23 August 19:51
Edited by Engineer1949 on Thursday 23 August 19:54
Engineer1949 said:
the kit is an sc power kit, basically they produce it for the serpentine engine so i am using what i can i.e. mounting bracket plenum mods and intercooler but i have got to sort a driver pulley for the crank an adjuster for the blower drive belt plus the belt itself as unlike the serpentine engine it will only drive the blower and a power steering pump if one was fitted .
but i have been at it again today not on the engine as am awaiting supplies for the billet to turn up the crank pulley and some laser cutting for the bracket for the tensioner i have designed, but i have rebuilt the remaining rear hub now the seals have arrived,cleaned up the drive shafts and the cvj units, just need to paint those then they can go on,also made a start to the bad area of glassfibre around the offside manifold ,also got a pic of the finnished steering column with its power unit and sliding joint all connected, and i gunked and pressure washed the gearbox ready to paint the box itself.
john
Power steering come onbut i have been at it again today not on the engine as am awaiting supplies for the billet to turn up the crank pulley and some laser cutting for the bracket for the tensioner i have designed, but i have rebuilt the remaining rear hub now the seals have arrived,cleaned up the drive shafts and the cvj units, just need to paint those then they can go on,also made a start to the bad area of glassfibre around the offside manifold ,also got a pic of the finnished steering column with its power unit and sliding joint all connected, and i gunked and pressure washed the gearbox ready to paint the box itself.
john
Edited by Engineer1949 on Thursday 23 August 19:43
Edited by Engineer1949 on Thursday 23 August 19:44
Edited by Engineer1949 on Thursday 23 August 19:51
Edited by Engineer1949 on Thursday 23 August 19:54
Come on John get the her back together and test the PAS pleeeeaaassssssse
Edited by CHIMV8 on Thursday 23 August 20:28
been at it today got the nearside inner wing repair finished as far as the new glassfibre goes finished it with a cloth for strength and smoothness,also made a sandwich piece for the making good where i cut the old battery box out in the nearside wheel arch,got that jammed in place with some bits of timber then 8oz outside plus a cloth finish,glass the inside on thursday,fitted the refurbed driveshafts with new bolts and washers and got all the bits together for a machining day tomorrow,i have cut down the distributer to just a shaft to drive the oil pump and will make a stainless hat for it while on the lathe,so tomorrow big day turn up the crank pulley for the blower,billet of ally arrived today got the laser work back for d.c. development for the adjuster bracket for the blower belt,once these are done can marry up the engine and box and get it in the chassis.
john
john
very full on day in the machine shop yesterday,got the crank pulley turned up,fabricated the adjuster bracket,got them all drilled and fixed plus made and fitted the top hat to the now converted dizzy for the oil pump drive,i have included a few pictures of our machine / fabrication shop nothing grand but fairly well tooled,i wont bore you with the details but the pictures give a flavour of whats involved plus the finished items.
john
john
Edited by Engineer1949 on Thursday 30th August 17:20
The trigger wheel is going at the back of the main pulley inbetween the timing case and the pulley the power steering pulley is there if one is fitted but with this set up should a pump be required you can use a serpentine pump mounted on the scpower bracket and a slightly longer belt. I am making the bracket for the trigger sensor tomorrow so will post pics etc. then
John
John
No the tensioner is fixed and manually adjusted it dosent need to be shock absorbing as it only drives the blower which is a constant load with virtually no overrun as the components of the blower are very light unlike the serpentine arrangement or bmw stile setup where the alternator and other ancilliaries are being driven which have a considerable konetic energy stored when in overrun.
John
John
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