Striptease

Today I began stripping the new engine down, a 2.5L lump out of a late saloon. Should be quite quick in the GT6! :-)

Everything went fairly well considering the engine doesn't look like it has run in years. I did find that one of the pushrods was bent, bit of a worry :-s

So far the bores look ok and there are no massive scored marks on any of the bearings. Next step, flywheel, crank and front pulley are off to get balanced.

Nuts

Whilst putting the wheels back on after the speedo fitting I managed to shear the wheel stud! I guess these have been in service for the last 30 years but I didn't think I could shear them with a standard length socket set.

Anyway I decided to replace the offending items with new 12mm versions and this is the finished product.

Wired for speed

Got round to mounting the sensor for the speedo today. Nothing fancy, just a bit of galv bolted to the body behind the drivers seat and epoxied the magnets to the prop shaft. Tried to use as little epoxy as possible so as not to put the prop shaft too much out of balance. Haven't tidied it all up yet but it seems to work so far.

What a Proud Man!

Look at my car :-)

Grandparents meet the GT6

Grandparents brave the cold to inspect........

More Red Paint

Sprayed the bonnet red this week. Quick trip down to Kent (proposed to girlfriend en route), unbolted bonnet, sprayed in dads garage and bolted back on again. Not a bad effort for three days work. It feels like the car is really coming together now. The only bad news is that I think a big end is on its way out :-(


Sanded the old bonnet with 400 grit then filled. Sprayed with high build followed by more filling and sanding. I find I cant see all the imperfections unless there is a uniform colour over the whole surface. Final wet sand with 1200 grit, another wash and then on with the red. One mistake was to sand a little too much near the front and go through the high build. Really strange how no matter how much you sand and area if it starts a different colour the red does not hide it even after 4 coats!

Speedo Install

Got the new speedo installed in the car. Haven't got around to installing the sensor and magents yet but the other wiring is all done.