Special getting closer...

911hillclimber · Post by **911hillclimber** » Mon May 17, 2010 10:39 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMiVK1hK-MM

904GTS · Post by **904GTS** » Mon May 17, 2010 10:57 pm

Sorry Graham I just deleted that one, try this with a matching soundtrack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbUqjE1cv_k

Barrie

911hillclimber · Post by **911hillclimber** » Tue May 18, 2010 6:52 am

Excellent and compliments the clip nicked off You Tube a treat.

Wish you could hear that engine behind your head, but you know what I mean already!

440 bhp/ton is no joke at the moment but I don't HAVE to press the throttle all the way down, but hard to resist.....

911hillclimber · Post by **911hillclimber** » Sun Jun 06, 2010 10:27 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSS5MpqW6tw

gridgway · Post by **gridgway** » Sun Jun 06, 2010 10:47 pm

awesome!
Graham

911hillclimber · Post by **911hillclimber** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 10:23 pm

http://files.me.com/simon.tarling/998jjp

Takes a few mins to load but hope you like it:

http://files.me.com/simon.tarling/v46nm8

myatt1972 · Post by **myatt1972** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 10:44 pm

Just fantastic,
I really need to hear that in the flesh, if you know what I mean.
Keith...

911hillclimber · Post by **911hillclimber** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:03 pm

The video takes an age to load, but the sound track might be worth it. Just a slow practice run.
http://gallery.me.com/simon.tarling#100100

911hillclimber · Post by **911hillclimber** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 6:20 pm

Well, so very much has gone on between the last post and this one.

Over the winter i had the box rebuilt by Mike Bainbridge and back in the car.
I thought that was it for the season ahead starting in a month's time at Loton Park.

The big PMO's needed a tune, so the Lola went down to bob Watson's for Bob to tinker with.
That was 2 weeks ago and the call from Bob this afternoon was not good.

When i took the car down we ran it there and then to find one cylinder was running at 55 deg C after 5 mins, the other two on that side running at 190 and on the other side of this 3.2 they were at 255 deg C....

Today Bob declared cylinders 5 and 6 (cold side of the engine are 25% down on leak test. # 6 cylinder hisses through the carb on TDC so that valve is in trouble.

So option now but to remove the heads on the one side and see what is happening.
First hillclimb is in 4 weeks so the race is on...in the garage starting tomorrow evening.

I hope a few valves, a gasket set etc and back to Bob's for cam timing and then back again for rolling road tune on the PMO's

Hope i can get the cam sprocket off...

Never mind..

Still a lovely heap!

MikeB · Post by **MikeB** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:53 pm

Graham

Glad the souce of the problem has finally been identified, nothing worse than something that refuses to be cured for mucking up a motorsport season.

I look forward to hearing of you scaring yourself silly at Loton, once you have 6 healthy cylinders

911hillclimber · Post by **911hillclimber** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:06 am

Thanks Mike.
Could have done without this distraction, but should get it done as i have 4 weeks.
I hope the issues are with valves and not rings..

I get scared driving this thing through the paddock let alone 'out there'

911hillclimber · Post by **911hillclimber** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:55 pm

Lola back from Bob's this morning, seems every cylinder is down by 14% or more so full top end rebuild coming over the next 4 weeks.

Gearbox off (the box works now after it's re-build) alrady and most of the engine connections done and off. Pity to loose £100 of Shell oil after about 10 miles...

Bob agrees to do the 6 pots, re-ring and do the valves. I am worried about #6, the worst one which I think will be another barrel at the least due to a ring failure.

I recon about 500 in parts, but i dont think I can get valve guides done in this time (?) which would be the best thing to do.

Going to be busy.

Have to say Bob has been ace and such a help over this problem, but we have come to expect this of him!

johnM · Post by **johnM** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 7:07 pm

Valve guides shouldn't take too long I changed mine in a morning.

Good luck.

911hillclimber · Post by **911hillclimber** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 8:16 pm

What!?
You simply heated the head, dropped the guide out and pushed the new one in?
I thought they needed reaming to size after fitting?

Please let me know.

johnM · Post by **johnM** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:25 pm

I did them up at Mikes (with his help) we just cut the tops off with a special drill and drifted them out and pressed the new ones in and them reemed them out, no bother. Mike has a jig the heads sit on so you can drill and press. I am sure Bob will have such things.

Kind regards