Building a slightly tweeked 2v drysump motor

Moving right along. Nice work Dave.

 

Great stuff Dave. Really really fantastic. Those cam gears are just excellent

 

That looks fantastic. Great stuff.

 

You ARE moving fast!

Looks great Dave.

 

+a lot!

 

I had a local hydraulic hose shop make new oil lines and fuel lines, using SS braid armored hose. Most areas have shops like this, and they can make anything you want, at reasonable prices.

 

Hey, when did this get all button up??


Dave, looks like you will be wining this round on who gets it in the car first.

 

Dave, you are going to have a bit of difficulty installing the engine with the a/c mounts in place. I tried doing so and was unfortunately unable to get it in. Also, have you done a leak test on the motor yet? I am incredibly glad I did one on mine prior to installing as I had a leaky exhaust valve in the mix. Looking like jewelry there! (nice jewelry, not the trashy stuff btw)

 

Thanks Dave.

The TEC3r wiring is keeping me up at nights. And i haven't even started splicing anything.

My thinking is, if i keep looking and analyzing pictures i might just figure it out.

 

See what happens when I am away for a bit, it's all buttoned up and ready to go all of a sudden.
Looks great Dave! Now go pay your subscription so we can see that puppy in the car. Make sure your fire-extinguisher is charged and turn the key. My fingers are firmly crossed, good luck!

 

Great looking work.

My cooler developed a pin hole leak in the edge of a tube. I replaced the stock unitwith a Mocal cooler and used aeroquip lines. wish minewas a drysump.

The thermostat seemed a good idea really shortens up the time to get to operating temp.

The cooling fan is almost useless while the car is moving.

HTH,
chris
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+1 on it being Neat Work. I might have to (unabashadely) copy using the black / silver fittings on ss lines for my next rebuild. Right now I have normal blue / red fittings on my ss fuel lines, but man, those are sharp - you could almost pass them off as a moden OEM setup.

 

It is all -12, cooler fittings, lines and hose. The thermostat opens at 180 degrees F and has -12 fittings. The elbow with a nut allows the oil line to come off of the filter housing without "clocking" problems.

The biggest challenge was to get the hose lengths right so that the thermostat and lines weren't rubbing or hitting anything.

It takes about 6 miles of steady 50mph driving to get the temp up to about 160, in 60 degree ambient air - a huge improvement. a bit longer to get to 180.

I have tracked the car and notice no real difference in oiltemp with the fan on or off. so it only really is of use if the car is hot and stationary.

It is difficult to make a comparison of the two coolers relative effectiveness because i also made a lot of other changes to the car abut that time. IIRC, the cooler wa about $150 -- way cheaper than the half size replacement ferrari cooler then available cooler from GT car parts.


I had to fabricate a few small metal brackets to bount the cooler and trim the fiberglass cooler shroud a bit to fit the slightly taller cooler. The mocal cooler was a bit narrower than the stock cooler, so i installed a bit of foam to keeep all of the air going through the cooler.
The system has been completely reliable and leak free.

chris

 

Very nice Dave! BTW, your jets are on their way.