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Re: Pacing around awaiting rolling road results
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:29 am
by Mick Cliff
hot66 wrote:ross, just have a quick check of all the fuel pipes ( including the ones under the car at th efuel pump / tank etc) ) to make sure they aren't leaking ... if the car has been sat for a while sometimes they can go hard
Wise advice
I had leaks from mine after the fuel pump and associated flexible pipes were renewed. Turned out to be a slightly oversized Jubilee type clip on one connection that was not gripping a flexible pipe properly. The old flexibles were quite hard and brittle.
The leak was not immediately visible, all I could smell was petrol
Eventually (couple of days use) the leak became visible and a repair was effected, assisted by photos from hot66! Been fine ever since.
Re: Pacing around awaiting rolling road results
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 2:25 pm
by ross.mcw
Will definitely take a good look tonight / this weekend. I've already had the experience of it dumping 25 litres of fuel into the garage while I was at work when the original tank finally perished. That was fun....especially as at the time, I had a joiner working in the loft upstairs.
Anyhow, my new gear stick is also ready for collection from Porsche Wilmslow so life couldn't get any better at this point
Are they hard to change?
Re: Pacing around awaiting rolling road results
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 3:31 pm
by johnM
hot66 wrote:You've now got a high compression 'E' motor ( think T & E heads are the same size ports ? . Great numbers, especailly the torque
Somewhere I have an old Bob dyno plot from my 2.4S in its previous 'worn' state .
T cylinder heads have a 30mm inlet port E's a 32mm and S's a 36mm port. Also E and S had biral cylinders.
Ross great result, now its time to enjoy.
Kind Regards
Re: Pacing around awaiting rolling road results
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 3:32 pm
by chris68
Nice to hear the car's back together and on the road. Mine's just passed it's MoT so I'm street leagl for another year.
Here's to sunny days and the howl of a flat six.
Cheers,
Chris
Re: Pacing around awaiting rolling road results
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 3:42 pm
by hot66
johnM wrote:hot66 wrote:You've now got a high compression 'E' motor ( think T & E heads are the same size ports ? . Great numbers, especailly the torque
Somewhere I have an old Bob dyno plot from my 2.4S in its previous 'worn' state .
T cylinder heads have a 30mm inlet port E's a 32mm and S's a 36mm port. Also E and S had biral cylinders.
Ross great result, now its time to enjoy.
Kind Regards
knew about the cylinders .. but for some reason thought the 2.4 T & E had the same port size ? If T does have smaller ports, then that's really strong figures from a high comp T with E cams
Re: Pacing around awaiting rolling road results
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 10:02 pm
by johnfm
£76/hp - with reborn cylinders?
Is that JUST engine rebuild cost??
I bet the engine is sweet though - spent yesterday driving a 1968 SWB 2.0 with a Bob Watson engine. It was bloody fantastic.
Re: Pacing around awaiting rolling road results
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:35 am
by ross.mcw
johnfm wrote:£76/hp - with reborn cylinders?
Is that JUST engine rebuild cost??
No there was a few other things that needed doing at the same time and that was based on the final bill. Also, there was quite a lot of initial work done to the engine that needed undoing once we discovered that it was in a bit of a poor state.
In hindsight, I could have saved a bit of money by coming at it all from a different angle, but you live and learn I guess!