Tag: engine building
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Borescope arrives to check inside the T3 WBX racemotor
So, since the WBX race motor was built it never came up to expectations and I had a sudden question come to mind – it’s a 2.1l WBX motor and was originally a DJ code motor that has high compression (10.5:1) pistons in making 82kW – 112bhp DIN @ 4800RPM- this was a European only…
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More EFI wiring on the WBX engine
Mike and Lucian came over and we started doing more work on the 2.1l EFI MV wbx motor on the engine stand. More work on the loom and plumbing on the cooling system, oil system and getting ready for coil pack mounts… – to think I used to work on engines sat on the floor.…
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don’t hold your breath !
don’t hold your breath but iu think i’ve started the build up on the new wedge engine ! eek! i trawled up to raceshack in tewkesbury to see conor and matty and kevo and get the job kicked off.. i’ve been slowly assembling parts and bits for well over a year, maybe getting on for…
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collected the rods from the machine shop
Just collected the Scat h beams from the machine shop… Type 1 style h beams from Serrano vws in CA, 24 mm bushings from CSP in Germany and then off to piston broke machine shop in bristol… nearly there ! 😉 All I need now is the sleeves for the lifter bores, hopefully from Knofe…
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dontcha just love it…
dontcha just love it when… well, trying to flog off the 84mm procomp crank from the old race engine in the samba. spun a bearing last november in the bus on the M4 being (barely) pursued by botch and joss in an SRi.. (see november 9th 2003 weblog entry) send the engine off to a…
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Porsche Cooling Fan Conversion – pt.2
Read part one here Here I build up the engine with the Custom Speed Parts Fan conversion kit. Additionally, I fit the CSP bell crank throttle linkage kit. The fan conversion kit has all the parts necessary; GRP Fan Shroud Reconditioned Porsche fan and alternator Replacement alternator/oil filler pedestal Alternator/fan securing straps Nuts, Bolts, washers and other misc hardware…
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back where it belongs…
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…
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take it all apart again!
dragged the engine into the house and onto the kitchen table and started stripping all the cooling and tinware off it. martin at TMS had phoned me during the day on friday to let me know that the porsche fan kit had turned up from CustomSpeedParts in Germany. Only two months after i ordered it….…
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DTA electronic fuel injection
The bus currently runs with electronic fuel injection. The system is comprised of DTA E48 EXP Engine management system Jenvey 45mm Throttle bodies with Bosch injectors Samco Coil back with wasted spark Oil temp sensor in left hand rocker cover Ambient air temp sensor inside engine bay Throttle position sensor on spindle of left hand…
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Samba Engine Specification – 2332cc type 1 EFI engine
2332cc type 1 engine with DTA electronic fuel injection 2332cc Engine (84mmx94mm) * New AS41 racecase,bored for larger cylinders,drilled and tapped for full flow, clearance for 84mm long stroke. * Case fitting kit. * Scat Procomp 84mm forged chromoly crankshaft, 8 dowel, counterweighted. * Bearings for above. * Scat “H” beam chromoly conrods with “ARP”…