got my bits n pieces today and assembled the major part of the engine to do some finishing touches like set up return lines and water lines before final assembly and paint. i have some work away coming up soon which puts me well behind on getting it running for the end of year JAFs cruise, see how i go.

Mate,

Seriously liking this thread, just started mine and already feel
Swamped but enthusiastic. Your PV is looking sweet, giving me plenty of ideas, except I'm pretty sure mine is going back to full bare metal (at this stage) but not a full nut and bolt job.

Keep up the good work wish I lived in SA seems like a lot of awesome vans!

cheers man, im also feeling a bit swamped. i want to have it running by the end of the year and i dont kno which bit to start, continue or finish atm.. yea there are a few of us here..

coming along nicely.. i hope it is ready for jaffs cruise..
 
i had a mate that years ago had a blow through setup on a 1600 in a mk2 cortina, it made around 100rwkw with 13psi, and was a very fun car.
 
on a side note is that an escort fan and thermo in the background?

Yep, there is a few little extras/mods that he hasnt showed yous yet .
It will be an awesome, tidy, well built, fun machine when he's done.
I reckon focus on motor, finish guard and paint in primer and leave the rest of the body work till after jafs ;)

id be pretty stoked if i made that much power. yes glenn, off the top of my head, its a 14" thermo that i cut all the mount off of and it fit snugly in the shroud. looks neat.

there is gonna be a halt in progress for a week or so, im off to Darwin for work.
 

you dont have any spare shrouds do you?
 
 

got a bit bored on my last day at home, decided to paint some spare wheels i had lying around. also got the white paint pen out for a laugh.

i have been out in the shed as much as possible over the last week. engine is back together and painted without any dramas. finished the alternator mount and put the engine in. i went to rotate the engine to TDC to install the dizzi when it locked up on some thing solid. id had the engine rotating freely on the engine stand before installation. the last thing i put on the engine was the sump. the bung id welded in goes into the sump about 5mm and is welded on both sides. a rod cap bolt was fouling on a part of the weld. if it had been 3mm to the front it would have cleared. after a clearance path was ground through the weld, no more issues. gonna push hard to get it running by the end of next weekend.