308 Engine Rebuild & CIS to TWM Throttle Bodies Conversion Thread!

Thanks Hans.

Here is the thread for the CIs to CARB conversion.

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=175114



Chris (broke by the end of year.)

 

No he won't.... I will!!!!!!! ha, ha, ha, ha, ha......

 

As a full fledged CARBED 308 owner, I APPLAUD YOU!!!!!!!!!
This is so very cool!!!!
I love threads like this.

JIM

 

Good to see that you have the mighty red handled Ford tool at the ready.

To paraphrase an old piece of advice, "measure twice, hit once". ;^D LOL

 

Because right hand drive is the way of the righteous

 

Here's what i got done yesterday.

Got the valve covers off, but i did have a problem with one of those 3 hex bolts (striped one) on the distributor base.

Took off the Water pump assembly.

Ooooh, first time I've seen the cams up and personal.
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Don't forget to take out the "blue things" before you're done. LOL

 

1/2 your valve train is just missing!

 

+1
I went for a drive in the GT4 on the weekend through the streets of Sydney CBD and at a set of lights a guy in a newish Merc got my attention and told me he could hear the sound of my Webers from a block away

 

chris.... where did you buy ur carby's... ebay or elsewhere i also long for that carby sound... long shot but do you no of anymore up for grabs also will you be sticking with the cams you have and are you uprgading ign or stick with digiplex cheers rizzo

 

Rizzo,

I got them off a Fchatter. Check out PIERCE MANIFOLDS dot com. Cool site.


BTW I think i'm going to make myself a Vegemite sandwich. It's been sitting in my cabinet for over 20 years (last time i was in Australia)

You think it's still good??

 

would'nt touch it with a ten foot barge pole unless you wanna clean your system out... she be rat sh#t by now mate ..... i remember 1st time i tried vegi on toast i slapped it on 1/8 thick like it was jam .... lets say it left a lasting taste......... pm me ur add i will gladly send you a tube.......... thanks for the link rizzo

 

hahaha...talk about straying from the topic!

i just finished a Vegemite sandwich. very nice

 

To continue wildly off topic I always wondered while clearly the Aussie taste for Vegemite must be genetically inherited from some Pom Marmite gene, the American colonies as a culture were somehow spared the desire for this 'delicacy'.
Our loss?

"The prime motivation for centuries of global English Imperial expansion was driven in large part for the desire to find some decent food." - rt

 

aircon you made me hungry!!! all this talk of vegi..... think i'll go fire up the toaster........... a/c bit of a long shot here lookin for good s/hand 355 ch/grill if you here of any cheers

 

Here is a pic of my "Down Under" look.


Go Magpies!
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that hat needs the corks hanging of it ... 2 keep them pesky fly's away and smeer some of that vegi on ur face.... then ur a dinky di aussie......... cheers skip

 

great thread. makes me want to take apart a perfectly good engine.

 

Hi Chris,

I read the whole thread but I could not find the end of the story on the transmission (I'm new to FerrariChat and still learning who to search). What was the problem with the transmission? Were the synchs worn out? Bearings ok?

Thanks,


Richard

 

At a minimum, the 1st gear synchro is gone, & both 2nd gear synchros are gone. This is based on pre-removal driving.

The trans is sitting in my garage on the stand, still dripping lube & waiting for me to tear it down & do a full assessment.

I'm splitting my time between several projects & a long list of HoneyDos so it's going to be well towards the start of driving season before the trans project is finished.

 

This is uncharted territory.
What's the procedure for taking the cams out?

Do i take the pulley for the air pump and cam gears out while they're still on the cam/heads?
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Dont take the plastic gears off, take the smog pump pulley off once the cams are out. To change the cam seals you slide them along the cam from the other end rather than chance breaking the pulleys. With the timing belts off loosen the cam caps gradually working your way back and forth from one end to another so you slowly release the spring pressure from the valve springs then put the cam caps back on exactly the way you found them and dont mix them up or turn them around. Also while you're there take close look at the cam gears in around the bolt hole to make sure there are no cracks radiating out.

 

Paul,
At this point cam seals are irrelevent, the heads are coming off to be rebuilt.

 

He asked about removing the cam gears, I explained why he shouldnt and took it a step further to explain how to change the cam seals with the gears left on.

 

Thanks for the info Paul.

I wrote down the #'s and the way the cam caps go just in case i fall asleep and end up tossing them in a bag.

Chris