Special getting closer...

[911hillclimber]

Just had an email from Mike Bainbridge.

Head all sorted, a kiss to the inlet cleaned that up, the exhaust seat was pittes so cleaned up (the machine shop previously used said they had fitted a new exhaust seat....) all ground in, new seals fitted over the valve guides again new by the previous m/c shop which Mike says have been fitted too deep into the ports...

A cage of monkeys in that m/c shop then!
Wish I could say I had paid them peanuts.....

Springs reshimmed to nominal length, in the post tomorrow!

ACE!

[johnM]

Hi Graham

Thats good news, lets hope its sorted this time round.

Kind Regards

[haasad]

Excellent news , glad to hear you've finally got it sorted. A few hours spannertime and it'll all seem like a distant memory. Bet you'll still be running before me....

andy

[Bruce M]

Excellent.
One less rebuild I think

[myatt1972]

Good news Graham!
Three cheers for the sage !!!

[911hillclimber]

What an adventure this bloody car is!
This was a fun/challenging day out...

[MdR]

Keep up the good work

[Mick Cliff]

What an adventure this bloody car is!

Good to see that it's changing from a nightmare into an adventure - again
Stick with it, you know you're doing it for the fun and all the trials and tribulations will be a distant memory the instant you have the first clean run....

[911hillclimber]

Head back in the garage today, just a few days after Mike got it. Service and a very very fair price!

Did the usual checks, high intensity torch into the ports in pitch black garage, not one wavelength of light anywhere on either valve.
Flooded the ports with thinners, not a damp spot anywhere.

Onto the engine tomorrow (got a day off!) and time it up saturday, carbs on etc and back into the car.

Pity to miss firing it up on Bonfires Night!

This is how it was in 1988

[911hillclimber]

Popped #4 head onto the engine, torqued to spec and added 40 psi of air at TDC.
Silence.
Bliss.

With that, slacked the head sealled the cam carrier for the 3rd time in 6 weeks and torqued the lot up. Air test again, all silent.

This must be the tightest 911 engine built.
Timed the rhand cam (I'm getting good at timing now the mystique is out of the way in my mind) and added carbs and headers, back into the Lola now with gearbox and services all hooked up.
Just need some fuel and another 5 litres of oil and we can start it up.

That is a mid week job.

Failure to run on 6 will mean the/a carb or dist is in error and both were working well before the Big Bang, so it must work: right??

If this fails it must be a new drivetrain in total....

[Uk911]

Good luck graham, I'm sure it will be ok this time, you've got it beat...........................mark..

[911hillclimber]

Just WHAT did I do in a previous life to offend the Gods!?

Got it going tonight.
On 4 cylinders.
No heat in #4 and 5 cylinders, all others hot.
Got compression, got sparks, must be fuel.

Carb in a 1,000,000 pieces, looks as clean as a whistle inside.

Back to normal, a fight with it every night.

Simply amazing, but must never give up

[911hillclimber]

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[haasad]

Blimey...you've had yours running at least 5 times to my never in nearly ten years!!!....nothing to worry about...stay patient...all will be well.

Andy

[911hillclimber]

Just could I have the 4/5 leads on the wrong way?
If #6 is running, and that side is spitting 'turbo' flames also there is un burnt fuel in the headers, thus 4/5 must be sparking at the wrong time (they are sparking).

bit more tinkering tonight.

2 strokes are easier. No wonder I have a head of very grey hair, I have 2 porche engines, one works.