03-03-2014, 11:26 AM
I'd only decided that the 2.1 was a good idea a couple of weeks ago (possibly while drunk) but I messaged Zakk and he said he'd sell the engine and eventually we agreed on a price that included fitting as he "still had everything off the car"
The thought process in my head was, veg oil, huge grunt, nothing to go wrong and Piggys is quite quick.
Anyway we agreed on this weekend to fit it expecting it to only take a day. I warned him that I was coming straight from a night shift so would likely be worth my weight in dog shit and just want to sleep all day but he said no probs so we were on.
Anyway me and Zakk have similar levels of organisation and TBH if the engine hadn't been in his unit already we'd probably of forgotten that lol.
Everything was a pain in the arse, we worked till almost 5am the first day then another few hours on the second to finish it off.
Zakk has been an absolute trooper and everyone else who has dropped in has spun a few spanners and really boosted my morale at least, a proper team effort and what makes this place special. Was amazing when it started first time.
So the engine coming out of his small unit and en route to the big one.
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Decided to check and replace my top engine mount and she was spot on.
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Old one was a bit squished though
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Was a bit of rust on the bulk head
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So I cleaned it up and lashed some paint on that and the engine mount, sadly it was 10 year old hammerite and like painting with mastick so its not a great job
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Then had to make myself some transmission tunnel clearance with a hammer, to give you an idea how much metal was moved that tunnel should be nearly symmetrical to he notch at the top. I also bent the cross member up and back rather than cutting it out to keep some strength as I don't think I'm gonna be able to run my strut brace any more.
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And the engine in
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So the snagging list.
- Desperately need to replace the fuel lines as its only got a 6mm feed which is being sucked flat giving me a 65mph top speed on the flat, Up hill I was struggling to stay above 30 at points.
- Need to work out why its dumped all its coolant since I've got home as theres a very orange puddle under the car.
- Get an exhaust made (please someone with a welder) pop round
- Plumb in a FMIC. Neither me nor Zakk had any suitable cutting tools for boost pipes so it got left off and like a muppet I left it in his unit doh.
The thought process in my head was, veg oil, huge grunt, nothing to go wrong and Piggys is quite quick.
Anyway we agreed on this weekend to fit it expecting it to only take a day. I warned him that I was coming straight from a night shift so would likely be worth my weight in dog shit and just want to sleep all day but he said no probs so we were on.
Anyway me and Zakk have similar levels of organisation and TBH if the engine hadn't been in his unit already we'd probably of forgotten that lol.
Everything was a pain in the arse, we worked till almost 5am the first day then another few hours on the second to finish it off.
Zakk has been an absolute trooper and everyone else who has dropped in has spun a few spanners and really boosted my morale at least, a proper team effort and what makes this place special. Was amazing when it started first time.
So the engine coming out of his small unit and en route to the big one.
[attachment=13979]
Decided to check and replace my top engine mount and she was spot on.
[attachment=13980]
Old one was a bit squished though
[attachment=13981]
Was a bit of rust on the bulk head
[attachment=13982]
So I cleaned it up and lashed some paint on that and the engine mount, sadly it was 10 year old hammerite and like painting with mastick so its not a great job
[attachment=13983]
[attachment=13984]
Then had to make myself some transmission tunnel clearance with a hammer, to give you an idea how much metal was moved that tunnel should be nearly symmetrical to he notch at the top. I also bent the cross member up and back rather than cutting it out to keep some strength as I don't think I'm gonna be able to run my strut brace any more.
[attachment=13985]
[attachment=13986]
[attachment=13987]
And the engine in
[attachment=13988]
So the snagging list.
- Desperately need to replace the fuel lines as its only got a 6mm feed which is being sucked flat giving me a 65mph top speed on the flat, Up hill I was struggling to stay above 30 at points.
- Need to work out why its dumped all its coolant since I've got home as theres a very orange puddle under the car.
- Get an exhaust made (please someone with a welder) pop round
- Plumb in a FMIC. Neither me nor Zakk had any suitable cutting tools for boost pipes so it got left off and like a muppet I left it in his unit doh.
