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I now have the bottom hose all cut to size and fitted and im just waiting for a hose joiner to come from Samco so i can fit the top hose. As i needed to extend the hose im using a hose joiner that takes a 1/8th NTP fitting as i have found a cool fan cotroller from Revotec (http://www.revotec.com/acatalog/EFC_Hose_Fitting.html#aEFCHOSE) it fits into the joiner (or you can get one already in the joiner) and it will control the fan temperature without having one of those ones that fits into the hose where it goes onto the radiator as they…

Yesterday the new hoses arrived from JS Performance. The top hose is the standard manta one, but the bottom hose has been enlarged on the bottom part to fit the Summit Racing radiator. I have also got a set of heater hoses from them as well. these are not specially made for the A series, but are Lotus Cortina ones as they are the right length and have the 90 degrees set in the right place as i will be routing them across and down the other side of the engine as with all the injection and throttle bodies on the…

Finaly after lots of messing about and getting lots of little bits made up for the engine the bottom end is now all in and complete. Front cover on (a little note here with the front cover, in the manual it says to put the timing chain on with the cam pulley all complete and then hold back the chain tensioner, which is kind of hard on your own, and then fit the cover, dont be tempted to think you know better and think the cam pulley will go on after the cover is on, it dosent :-), sump on…

I now have all the engine parts back from Rhino Alloys. They have been cleaned, blasted and powder coated and they are looking very shiny!              

All the nice new exhaust parts have now arrived, so its time to start fitting it 🙂 Im running a 2.5″ 316 stainless from the manifold back and will have flanges so i can take off any of the parts if needed. The plan is to fit the middle and back box and use the old system as a template to get it all fitting correct and then have the new pipe bent and the flanges welded on. I wont be doing the welding myself as its stainless, but hope i have found a good place to get it done….

The holes are all cut out and the bulk head filled ready to fit the master cylinders. I have a  bit of a clearance issue to work out on the clutch one so the throttle bodies dont hit it but think i have a plan as to how to sort it. (i will add some pictures in the next day or two when they are all in)

Just testing out the new Wilwood master cylinders to check there is enough room under the throttle bodies to fit it all in! I will have 3 as running one for the front, the back and a clutch one so might be a bit of a squeeze 🙂 Im using the Wilwood pedals and want to try to keep the pedal position as close as standard as its such i nice setup, but it will be hard to get them in the right place for the driving position and to keep the clearance for the throttle bodies and also not…

Finaly im at the stage where i can start to look at the exhaust and brake setup as i have the bottom end all in place and the head ready to fit on for a test. The Risse inlet manifolds need a little bit of a file out, as the holes that locate on the dowels on the head are a bit small, so once this is done i can bolt on the inlets and fit up the throttle bodies so i can see how much room (i dont have!) to fit in the Wilwood master cylinders. I have two…