after a few late nights fitting up the porsche fan gear and some other twiddling the race engine is finally ready to get back where it belongs, in a bus. my bus 🙂

so, this afternoon it got carried out into the front yard and plonked infront of the yawning empty engine bay

and after much slow preparation, untangling the fuel injection wiring loom from where it’d been zip tied out of the way since december, sorting oiut the high pressure fuel lines, reinstalling the breather box, new fram filter and hoses and a million other little bits it’s back it…

slotted in, bolted up and pretty much all plumbed in. some more bits tomorrow and maybe crank it over before the end of the day…

the porsche fan shroud has made one VERY important difference. The 4th bolt, the one that comes through the top right of the bell housing from the started motor, the one you can never get your arm to.. especially with twin carbs… well, with the porsche fan you can get to it EASY! i found that i could lie under the bus with one hand up over the starter motor holing the head of the half moon boltin place and actually get my other arm into the engine bay, over the shroud and get the nut on!

how cool is that !?^&*!!!!

(if you’re not sure just how cool that is, trust me, it’s cooler than a very cold thing!*)

* it’s also been proved to reduce atmospheric pollution due to excessive swearing by up to 19%!