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RE: Phil's Cortina 2011/01/18 18:51:06 (permalink)
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I could get Graeme to get some dimensions off his for you.


That might come in handy Lincoln
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RE: Phil's Cortina 2011/01/18 19:07:28 (permalink)
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Things have been progressing well the last few days...the block is ready to have the torque plate mounted up and the bores will be honed to size tomorrow The only painful part of the torque plating process is the sacrificial Mountune WRC 4 Layer headgasket that will be used in the process[8~2] I have tapped all the threads for breather and oil take offs and the original oil gallery plugs have been removed with tapered plugs installed for easy cleaning of the oil galleries. The crank will go on the balancing machine tomorrow and the rods and pistons were balanced this afternoon. The pistons were spot on, each one was identicle in weight at 593g including rings, pins and retaining clips...what else would you expect from cosworth[:p] The rods were within one gram of each other with 2 @ 620g and 2 @ 621g. Once the 2 @ 621g were reduced to 620g the end to end balance was identicle between all 4 rods It will be interesting to see how well Arrow Engineering balance their cranks when the crank goes on the balancer tomorrow[:u]
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RE: Phil's Cortina 2011/01/18 21:00:12 (permalink)
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Great to hear of progress...
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RE: Phil's Cortina 2011/01/18 21:02:15 (permalink)
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Phil, why don't you use a cometic metal gasket??? i had one on my 500 and never had a problem? think they only cost around $168

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RE: Phil's Cortina 2011/01/20 21:16:10 (permalink)
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Hi Ty,

I have stayed clear of the Cometic gaskets after hearing of a few failures on Cossie engines, although the failures may have been more so from incorrect ARP stud installs as they all used ARP studs. In saying that, we have just used a Cometic gasket on a friends 200 blocked and 10 long studded engine to delete the wire rings that were previously installed overseas. The WRC gasket sealing ridges overlaped with the wire ring groove but the cometic gasket sealing ridges didn't have any contact with the wire ring groove due to their slightly different diameter.


Its a good feeling to be moving forward again[:p][:o)]

Today the block came out of the acid which was more so to strip the old paint off the block than actually clean it. Tomorrow it gets the studs fitted up and the sacrificial WRC headgasket meets its destiny as it is clamped under the torque plate for the final bore hone That is the last machine operation on the block before assembly

I also adjusted the balancer rollers and mounted the crank on the balancer. All the goodies to be balanced with the crank are all with it on the balancer bed, 3 crank pulleys for various configurations, 2 flywheels and the pressure plate...the balancing should be done some time next week...then it is time to assemble the bottom end





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RE: Phil's Cortina 2011/01/20 22:05:33 (permalink)
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its all looking good Phil! cant wait to see it all finished!
as for the head gasket.... thats an expensive dummy fit [:u] but i am sure its more than worth it!!!
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RE: Phil's Cortina 2011/01/21 00:56:56 (permalink)
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Looking sweeeeet there phil...... but all i see is $100 bills plastered all over the place LOL Esp inside the donk there bud....NICE STUFF!

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RE: Phil's Cortina 2011/01/21 08:28:51 (permalink)
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There are some really awesome builds on this forum nowadays!
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RE: Phil's Cortina 2011/01/24 00:21:09 (permalink)
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Finally had some time to look through some more builds
Phil your car looking real good there love the new look of the corty.
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RE: Phil's Cortina 2011/01/30 16:23:28 (permalink)
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Cheers Guys, its a long process but is almost there[:p][:o)]

Latest progress...the new headunit is in and wired...now has bluetooth handsfree and ipod driver which displays album covers, tracks, etc on the screen...and sounds awsome[:p]

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RE: Phil's Cortina 2011/01/30 18:32:26 (permalink)
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NICE,
Not sure about your pop station though mate.
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RE: Phil's Cortina 2011/01/30 18:50:48 (permalink)
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NICE,
Not sure about your pop station though mate.



Its not all lost Matt...a bit of Floyd was flowing on the MMM's not long after that shot[;^)]
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RE: Phil's Cortina 2011/02/15 17:44:11 (permalink)
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stop stuffing around and get that thing running as its time for us to race each other after 15 years
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RE: Phil's Cortina 2011/02/15 17:54:50 (permalink)
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Now there's a blast from the past!!! How's things Steve?!
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RE: Phil's Cortina 2011/02/15 20:02:50 (permalink)
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good bought billys old car now black, steel arched. selling some of bit i dont need.you werent at show in melb.am going to help lincon get his car back together
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