Simon's Murcie - engine out pics

[Jonny5]

simonspider said:

Had the clutch done at the weekend. Took 3 hrs for the engine and transmission to come out, 1 hour to adjust the valve clearances (a pig of a job with the engine in), 20 mins to replace the clutch plate, then 4 hours putting it all back together. Got some good pics of the Murcie with no engine and it coming out if anyone can post em for me?? Anyway the clutch is so bloody light now I keep stalling it..

[_Batty_]

Jesus...ever thought about leaving the engine out and making it into a van???

[petros]

Light the blue touch paper and stand clear???

[rico]

Cool pics. Makes you realise just how BIG a V12 is when you see it like that.

[tony d]

Hi Simon,

Thanks again for the info today much appreciated..Out of intrest where did you get your work done on the Lambo and how much was the Labour cost for this? Ta

[roop]

Holy cow. Engine out for a clutch. What a nightmare. Monster unit though with the gearbox and diff on there too. Is that a transaxle then...?

[cummingsa]

Si,

That engine is a monster!! What was the state of wear on the clutch plate when they got it out, ie how much left on it? I'd be interested to see what its like after 25K or so. Sounds like yecombe did it virtually in a day then, not bad going. who said exotics are difficult to work on!!!

Andy.

[simonspider]

cummingsa said:

Si, That engine is a monster!! What was the state of wear on the clutch plate when they got it out, ie how much left on it? I'd be interested to see what its like after 25K or so. Sounds like yecombe did it virtually in a day then, not bad going. who said exotics are difficult to work on!!! Andy.

Hi Andy, None of the Lambo dealers did it, but for no other reason than cost..Clutch had quite a bit left on it though

[tony h]

Hi Simon,
damn, that's a huge mo fo....Are they lifting points pre welded on engine ? How often would you expect to have to remove it?

[Podie]

Sod the cluthc, I bet the credit card doesn't have much wear on it now...

[bertie]

Hi Simon,
Saw your car in at Lambo Manchester when I want to pick my car up a couple of weeks ago.
Were they taking a look at it?

They also had a couple of month old Murcie roadster in that had the engine out to sort a weeping oil seal under warranty

That carbonfibre cross brace on top of the roadsters engine is a piece or art.

[cqueen]

How much did all that set you back then?

[maserati3200gt]

Good Pics

[t1grm]

Since the gearbox is in front of the engine and the diff is behind, is that shaft running parallel to the right the right of the sump the drive shaft between the gearbox and diff? Looks a bit of a fragile set up to me!

Great pics BTW

[Thom]

For what it's worth I know of a manual Murciélago with 38k miles which had its clutch replaced at 25k miles too.

PS : seems liks the cats are integrated into the exhaust manifolds, like on the Gallardo.
How many lambda probes ? One per cylinder bank ?

>> Edited by Thom on Thursday 6th April 19:18

[simonspider]

bertie said:

Hi Simon, Saw your car in at Lambo Manchester when I want to pick my car up a couple of weeks ago. Were they taking a look at it? They also had a couple of month old Murcie roadster in that had the engine out to sort a weeping oil seal under warranty That carbonfibre cross brace on top of the roadsters engine is a piece or art.

Yea it was in for a ticking noise from a hub bearing, and a new throttle body (£1000 under warranty).
That Murcie Roadster is still there, engine not back in it yet. They also have a Diablo Roadster with a lot of engine work in there. Got rather bling chrome wheels tho..!

[v15ben]

Interesting pics those! Nice Ferrari Passat Estate next to the Lambo as well

[chris_crossley]

Glad to see your using the motor.
25k on one clutch with a well utilised history.
Is good going to be honest when you think of the power it's having to deal with.

Good pics, didn't realise the engine was so damn big!
Keep up the good work.

p.s.
Cars in the park 7th May , well gotta ask.

[cummingsa]

Tha cats are not integrated into the manifold on the gallardo, they are two separate units which clamp on after the manifold. I've replaced my cats on the Gallardo with the larini test pipes, sounds awesome now.

Si, you've got to ditch those cats as soon as its out of warranty or knowing you even before!!

Andy.

[knight]

Took this at Modena cars last year, it's waiting fitment to Murcielago