So that's what a better than new one is supposed to look like??!! Amazing work Paul! Keep the pictures coming, they are inspirational!! John .
It's looking GOOD there Paul! Do you put extra oil in the oil filter itself before you fire up the motor? CH
Havent given that thought really but ill crank it over until I see pressure then connect the ignition that way no damage. Ill be continuing on the engine tomorrow and have it wrapped up this week and back home in the garage ever closer to being mounted in the car again.
I haven't visited this thread in a few months, and glad to see the continued progress. Paul, I'm glad to see you stay at this, and photograph and post regularly. Please make sure to video a few milestones, like the first start of the engine, and your first drive! I know these will be happening soon!
I ALWAYS add oil to the filter during an oil change. It reduces the "no oil pressure" time while the filter fills with oil during start-up.
I think the filter has a 1 way valve , oil goes in but won't come out unless under pressure. I've never had a problem doing it this way. (I do it in all my cars)
Thanks Dave and everyone else. As for the filter, rather than make a mess I would just crank it over with the coils disconnected to fill the filter prior to firing up for the first time. The engine and gearbox is done, the headers are coated and ready. The new alternator, starter and so on is on the engine. Ill take some pics tomorrow before I bring it home. I have to finally crawl back into the engine bay and install the fuel cross over and coolant connections otherwise I can drop the thing in. I should get an evening this week to get it in and bolted down. I still have to send out the carb parts for plating then rebuild them here, put them on and fire it up less muffler since I havent sorted that out yet other than it will be louder than stock and custom made with ansa tips. Pics to follow soon. P.
Final engine shots before she goes in. Ill rest the front header on the frame and lower the engine onto it to save chewing up my rear window ledge or rear firewall. Ill also install the A/C compressor after the fact. The headers turned out well, it took much longer that I thought to detail the powertrain but it will be worth the trouble. Ill post more pics once its in and bolted down. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
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I just went back and looked at pg. 1 with the 1st engine shots. What a transformation!!! Nice work! You are going to LOVE the moment that she starts up. How long before she's done? JIM
Not sure, so far its taken 2X as long as I planned just to get the engine ready to go in. I was hoping for the end of the summer to have the car done, time will tell but im thinking it wont happen, lol.
Paul, I'm glad to see you refrained from painting the cam covers or belt covers red or black. It looks terrific stock!! What an accomplishment so far.
It was tough to not paint at least the valve covers since Im partial to the crinkle finish, the GT4's had them (some anyway) and the 328's did too so why not all the 308's? The headers would have been natural magnetic stainless steel (with heat shields) so the black is wrong but I saw a 308 display engine by ferrari and they were black in euro form most likely just for display purposes. I like how they turned out, makes it cleaner looking.
Paul, Is that the natural aluminum on the block and heads? It is SO clean it looks like paint. How the heck did you get it do clean?? What about the alternator? Birdman
Yes its the bare aluminum everywhere. I used a product from the dealer I work at for cleaning aluminum rims, it takes the brake dust and rust off without scrubbing so I gave it a shot on the block, gearbox, adapter and bellhousing but I had to scrub, rinse with water and scrub again etc... The only thing that was glass bead blasted were the valve covers, timing covers and intake runners. The bellhousing came up blindingly clean since its a different alloy or process when they cast it hence the different shades of silver if you really look close. The alternator was simply rebuilt by a local shop that takes pride in thier work I guess, cost $390 cdn but everything is new except the case, pulley and fan plus it's now 65amps instead of 55 like stock. The other items are either plated or powder coated and the shield under the crank pulley is new from ferrariUK.
Newman, I realized that I have been passively watching your work for some time and I haven't said anything. The engine pictures are excellent as are all the others. We really love pictures because it tells so much to those of us under the hood (in the 'hood?). Anyway, nice work! N-i-i-i-ce work. -Rjay
Paul, sounds like alot of man hour labour into thsi car. I hope it turns out every bit you imagine it to be. Thank you for sharing.
Well, Im hoping it will be a real pleasure to drive and that I have very little de-bugging to do. Im staying on track by not cutting corners which has been difficult at times but it'll be worth the trouble in the end. I think the rest of the work will be more straight forward in that its pretty hard to bugger up new interior, new tires and new brakes. That said I hope its smoother sailing once the engine is in. Thanks Rjay, I like the feedback im getting here, had no negative comments so far at least on line. I figure I have to document the work so why not show others that might benefit simply buy seeing what a 308 looks like inside and out and get a better understanding of what someone either owns or wishes to buy. If it helps one person then its worht it.
