johns tvr rebuild

[Engineer1949]

got lots done today started with the refurbished rack, we have bored out the old parent ally bushes and replaced them with admiralty bronze bushes should outlast the tvr offering, fitted the rack to the car and the links fitted, then the new handbrake cable and lever i have covered the inner cables where they come out of the outer with 9mm electrical conduit to keep the road dirt out of the cable, the main positive and negative have been run they will connect to a red switch on the rear bulkhead as the battery is going in the boot, pedal box is all built up with master cylinders and is fitted new grommets in the wing for the throttle cable and vacuum pipe, stripped out the door opening devise replaced the cables polished the ball handle ready for replacement and fitted the new heatshielding to the inner wings just the bulkhead to do tomorrow, i have finally fitted the intercooler as it is so much easier with no chassis in the way,plus checked over the chassis ready for fitting back under the car tomorrow fitted the heater pipes ready to push through the bulkhead so big day coming up.


john

[slideways]

Very nice work there!

[carsy]

looks very nice John. Looking forward to you getting that engine up and running. There has been a lot of talk about turbos recently on here but for me there is just something very right with a supercharger on our engines. Good luck with the start up.

[SILICONEKID340HP]

Hello what kit or what are the parts to make a oil cooler .

[Chilliman]

John,

Looking awesome! When do you expect to have the body back on? I'm due home middle of next week and would love to come and have a look before it's on (and after )

Cheers,

Chilli

[Engineer1949]

Body hopefully going on today friday your allways welcome.


John

[Engineer1949]

well the big day has arrived body on day, started by checking the chassis over just in case something had been overlooked all seemed well so first job lift the chassis off its building stands, lowered it to the floor looked really different on the ground,then using the same hoists lift the body to allow the chassis underneath then push the chassis under using a trolley jack to swing the rear end over into position plus a bit of shunting just to line up properly then lower away, anxious moments but all well down on the mounts and spot on didnt have to pry, push, cajole in any way to say i was relieved is an under statement ,anyway bolts next all stainless saba sealant on all, then hanbrake reconnected ,pull the cables and fuel lines into to boot,then jacked the car back up onto drum for the main fitout ,got the brake pipes connected from pedal box to inner wing and inner wing to pipes plus got the offside manifold bolted loosly in place, so not a bad day looking forward to next week, got some winterizing to do early in the week then back to the car.


john

Edited by Engineer1949 on Friday 19th October 19:32

[GTRene]

well done John for Holland (orange )

[OlberJ]

How did i miss this? Fantastic build.

[Engineer1949]

Been busy again today got both the manifolds on plus the y piece cat also the scpower shield for the blower then fitted the power steering column and column to rack link dosent sound much but not the easiest tasks espesially when trying not to mark your nice shiny paint,pictures tomorrow.



John

[CHIMV8]

John
Have you upgraded the front calipers and discs,if so which?

[Engineer1949]

the front discs are slotted and drilled using yellow pads same on the rear, if an upgrade is deemed appropriate i will fit a complete system simply bunging on large discs and four or more pot callipers is to say the least pointless, firstly it unbalances the front to rear braking efficiency secondly using a larger capacity calliper on the original master cylinder means a lot more pedal movement is required to shift the pistons the same amount, what is required is a more powerful servo pushing a larger bore master cylinder then you can uprate the disc and calliper size on both front and rear thus maintaining the status quo.

but to my progress, i have now got the exhaust on complete plus the new bosses for the lambda sensor are welded in place, i have started the oil feeds for the blower the flow to and from the cooler is installed the bracket for the resevoir is made it also carries the coil packs, started work on the bonnet and boot, trimming is coming along so not to bad, full week next week so more progress hopefully pics to follow, reedham ferry has just broken down on the other side of the river so been called out to sort it hope the rain holds of.


john

Edited by Engineer1949 on Thursday 1st November 22:03

[portzi]

Your title as Engineer John is much too modest, all looks absolutely amazing what you are achieving with your car is a master piece, bravo.

regards
Mark

[Engineer1949]

started the week well got all the front end components cleaned etch primed where needed and first top coat, parts include rad, fan housings, wiper components, coil pack brackets, swirl pot, finish tomorrow ready for fitting later in the week.

p.s. pics came out rubbish try again tomorrow.


john

[SILICONEKID340HP]

Engineer1949 said:

started the week well got all the front end components cleaned etch primed where needed and first top coat, parts include rad, fan housings, wiper components, coil pack brackets, swirl pot, finish tomorrow ready for fitting later in the week.

p.s. pics came out rubbish try again tomorrow.


john

Do you have any pictures of the oil cooler setup ,did you have the hoses made up ?

[Engineer1949]

There are a couple of pictures of the cooler and its pipe work a few posts back i make the hose ends up myself when its all finished today i will get some more picture uploaded.


John

[edo]

I'm getting withdrawal symptoms of new pics, sort it out!!

[Engineer1949]

Sorry no pics yet will get some on thursday,had a god day yesterday finished painting all the rad fans brackets etc. wil fit them all thursday went to the trimmers all going well also confirmed on the new dial faces they look very good especially with there little tvr logos on all faces also got my plug maker in to look into the hardtop plug seems the only way to get one is to make my own i have already sourced the glass as thermoplastic windows are fine for a race car but not long term road car also visiting dave at emerald just to chat through the install with him steel all ordered for the roll bars going two individual bars also looked at some harnesses stil to confirm on that so quite a bit achieved if not in the physical sense.



John

[Engineer1949]

been doing a bit today got the clutch and brakes bled out nice and solid feel to both, started building up the engine ancilliaries bracket for the blower oil resevoir which also carries the coil packs is all on, the hoses for the blower lubrication are all on ,started fitting the hoses to carry the air from blower to intercooler then intercooler to plenum plus the dump valve and the hose that leads back to the blower inlet, built up the rad with fans etc. ready to fit plus had a good meeting with the plug makers for the hardtop so all moving slowly forward.


john

[SILICONEKID340HP]

Where do you buy your air and water hoses ,like the reinforced one..