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[P-reg-Turbo]

Good work.So what was the reason for stiff rotation of the camshaft in the head...?

I dont know, i have given it to a friend of mine who builds engines, still waiting to get it back

[P-reg-Turbo]

Right i havent updated for quite awhile as been really busy, but things are going into place now, heres is a photo of the engine with the camshaft being dialled in


then finally i got the engine and box bolted into the car on monday, just a case of connecting everything up and getting the last few bits i need to get it running

[P-reg-Turbo]

Just a quick update, had the car running for a while now, still waiting for an actuator from Julian Godfrey's, but 2 lots of bad news, i have to take the gearbox out as the diff bearings are fcuked and also when the car has warmed up slightly it starts steaming out of the exhaust, i just hope its either the turbo or water in the exhaust, 99% sure it isnt the engine

[russ-RST]

glad to see your still cracking on with this looks good progress what turbo are u running it on? if u still need a actuator I have a -31 one for t2 I can sell ya? works fine im just converting over to t3 at he moment , if u suspect that your turbo is leakin water into the exhaust there's an easy way to tell... take the water feed ad return of the turbo and stick a bolt in the hoses ad see if it still does it.. it's a hell of alot more fun to drive than the 1.3 ain't it
russ

[P-reg-Turbo]

glad to see your still cracking on with this looks good progress what turbo are u running it on? if u still need a actuator I have a -31 one for t2 I can sell ya? works fine im just converting over to t3 at he moment , if u suspect that your turbo is leakin water into the exhaust there's an easy way to tell... take the water feed ad return of the turbo and stick a bolt in the hoses ad see if it still does it.. it's a hell of alot more fun to drive than the 1.3 ain't it
russ

Thanx for the offer, I am running a T3, got the actuator on order, not driven it on the road yet, got to get the box done first, but at the moment funds are all gone,

Here are a few photos, i need to paint the intercooler black, looks very stealth

[Michael!]

brilliant sleep this! looks like s**t goes like s**t

(not saying it looks like s**t, you get what i mean)

[P-reg-Turbo]

update time as i havent done much since january, well after having it driving round the forecourt at work i noticed a gearbox oil leak, gearbox i brought as 'working' has knackered diff bearings, after removing the gearbox and stripping it down i find this



absoluety f**cked, so i brought a box of scrap, anyway went to see my local gearbox guy, he goes through a few boxes and finds a pinion shaft and crown wheel he had made up, it has an uprated bearing pinion bearing (mt75 one) and a slightly different ratio, old one was a 3.8, new one is a 3.5 so a better top end, anyway at the moment i am trying t find time to finish rebuilding th ebox and get it back in the car, once its back in a few small jobs on it and hopefully its ready for getting it set up correctly

[Rs Adz]

coming on well

[Rs Adz]

coming on well

[P-reg-Turbo]

well ive rebuilt the gearbox with new bearings, gaskets and seals, all back in the car, had it running, now i seem to have a water problem, bloody water is rising out of the header tank, and boiled up, this is after i totally rebuilt the engine, so they is proburaly a crack in the head or block, anyway i am currently off work due to an op on my ankle and laid up for a month or 2