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[Seabird]

Well sent the car and the parts car off to the body shop last night. They are thinking its going to take three weeks or so. Fun fun.

[Seabird]

Well the engine builder reported that I needed new liners and pistons. The original ones were worn out. Charlie at Spruell's was kind enough to send some down and they arrived today!!

Its really nice to have resources available to facilitate these projects. My last resto was a boat that was never produced in great numbers and finding information on it was a real bear. With this build all I have to do is pick up the phone, write an email, or look here on the BB and I have a plethora of answers.



I can't wait!!

Miguel

[69alfa]

What compression are the pistons ?

[Seabird]

10.5:1; Spruell has these and the 11.5:1 on the shelf. Seems like from what I have read the 10.5:1 should run on 93 octane especially with the twin spark. Charlie did not recommend going with the higher ones.

Though I have not verified it with any testing all the gas stations in South Florida offer 93 octane.

69 you are using a higher compression or are you sticking with 10.5:1?

The next question becomes cams. I am hoping the stock ones are not worn out and can be reused.

Any recommendations in the event they too need to be replaced?

Regards,

Miguel

[69alfa]

The pistons I have are 11:1 from Alfaholics matched with a set of their cams. I would talk to Sprurell to see what cam they recommend .

At first I was going to mix and match cams and pistons then I decided it would be best to get them as a "kit" so there will be no need to modify the pistons to the valve lift.

The cams that came from Alfaholics are a thing of beauty . They are made from hollow blanks and have a hex cut into them so they will not require anything but a wrench to time them.

Don't tell anybody but the cams come from http://Catcams.co.uk

I would find it very strange for a set of cams to wear out . If you do need a good set of stock cams let me know I will never need mine again.

Also if you are going to after market cams you will need to replace the VVT with a cam gear holder like the one on the exhaust side. Note that twin spark ones are a lot shorter than the Nord ones. You can see what I did here http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/976516-post84.html

Or you can talk to Ingram Enterprises, Inc. to get a stock set of cams welded up then cut to any profile you like .

[PSk]

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Originally Posted by Seabird Well sent the car and the parts car off to the body shop last night. They are thinking its going to take three weeks or so. Fun fun.

[Seabird]

Unfortunately this car came from Wisconsin. And from the looks of the underside it was its owners winter car. Driven on salted roads and not hosed down. Its unfortunate as it seems like the car was well taken care of otherwise.

The accident is another matter too. It does not look to bad but its bad enough to have misaligned the steering column on the other side of the car.

Between the rust and the accident a fair bit of the steel would have to be replaced.

My car came without an interior, a shot motor, and most of the body work already done. I am happy enough to put one back on the road for now. We'll see what life brings for the other one; track day toy maybe

[Seabird]

Hello everyone. My engine builder has two sets of torque figures for the main caps and the head and has asked me to verify what the correct ones are.

The first torque numbers comes from a computer database for the 2L Twin spark engines. He did not seem to think these were right as they were much higher then they should be. The second set of figures are from the spider engines he has built before. Was there a difference between the TS torque spec and the nord engine torque spec?

Can someone point in the right direction for my research?

Thanks

Miguel

[Seabird]

Never mind I took a look at the shop manual that Craig's Place has and there it was clear as day.

Miguel

[Seabird]

Stopped by the engine builder today snapped a few photos.

The heads done. They are going to be shot peening the crank, drill it for the pilot bushing, polish, and balance. And then on to assembling.

New liners:


Minor porting/polishing, re-cut the valve seats, new valves, new valve guides, springs, seals, etc...




Oil races cleaned and tapped for screw:

[Biba69]

Thing$ of beauty,

Biba

[Seabird]

...drag........Time just drags on....

I had the body shop spray an RC car body with the color I picked. They are about a week out from spraying they say (again).

Here is the RC body:



Kind of my modern interpretation of giallo ocre. I have always been a fan of that color on this car. This particular rendition has a bit more brilliance to it.

In the sun it really pops.

[Seabird]

The body shop shot the body this weekend. The color looks stunning. They still need to wet sand and buff but here are some progress photos.







Should get the motor back this week. Last report was they were buttoning it up.

Will post pics of the TS as soon as I get it back seeing as this is the engine conversion forum (wink)

Miguel

[BradGTV]

looking good

[Seabird]

As promised! The motor has landed!!