Targa Backdate and Restoration - Completed !

Mick Cliff · Post by **Mick Cliff** » Thu May 13, 2010 8:19 am

impmad2000 wrote:It runs !

We all knew it would

Well done

bjmullan · Post by **bjmullan** » Thu May 13, 2010 8:44 am

Well done Tim

TheEasyLife · Post by **TheEasyLife** » Thu May 13, 2010 9:03 am

Well done. PMSL at the BEEP!

James

Bertroex · Post by **Bertroex** » Thu May 13, 2010 9:09 am

FANTASTIC!!!!!!! It runs

Bert

johnM · Post by **johnM** » Thu May 13, 2010 10:49 am

Even sounds good

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Thu May 13, 2010 12:25 pm

Well done Tim, great news! Well deserved as well

.

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Thu May 13, 2010 12:36 pm

The engine was a gamble, it had come from a camper that had never run right, a fuelling issue I was told. When I came to check the cam timing it was out!! Now sorted, and with the Megasquirt and distributorless ignition system running the show, it seems the gamble has paid off. Only time will really tell.
I am certainly happy

!

911hillclimber · Post by **911hillclimber** » Thu May 13, 2010 12:42 pm

Good going. Tough doing such custom work!

Graham.

willbrown · Post by **willbrown** » Thu May 13, 2010 1:18 pm

Congrats Tim, let the good fortune continue

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Thu May 13, 2010 7:58 pm

D'oh ! 1 small snag.... My oil cooler has a leak !!
Anyone got a spare later oil cooler with the later push on type fitting rather than screw fitting ?
Or a good solution to mate a screw fitting cooler with a push fitting tank !!
Tim

smallspeed · Post by **smallspeed** » Thu May 13, 2010 10:04 pm

What size is the thread in the oil cooler and what I/d is the hose? I might have a hose barb fitting that would work so you could use a push-on at both ends..

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Fri May 14, 2010 3:17 pm

The threaded union is 30 x 1.5, needs adapting to a ~29mm id push fitting.
A local imp fanatic is seeing what he can machine up to make an adaptor.
Watch this space !!
PITA to drain the oil, and remove the heat exchanger and some tinware, but the oil cooler is now off and the replacement is prep'd and read to fit. Just need to know I can join all the parts together before I re-fit the other cooler.
Oh well ! It can't all go my way, or at least not on what I'm spending anyway !!!
Tim

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Sat May 15, 2010 1:00 pm

Nut salvaged from an old fitting, machined up two part fitting.

Now all reassembled and another cooler fitted

Now to look at the mapping !
Tim

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Sat May 15, 2010 1:16 pm

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Sat May 15, 2010 6:20 pm

DROVE it out of the garage today to take the picture for PCF parking

I think I need to tweak the ride heights a tad !!

I have improved the seating a touch though

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