DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Mike wrote:and I thought my wife had come up with every phrase under the sun as far as this project was concerned......tortured genius, that's a new one.
Thanks for the kind words Paul.

You'll suffer for your art. You've become a slave to replicating the RSR prototype and your genius is consumed with an insatiable desire for perfection, a quality which is unattainable. Therefore the genius suffers - trying to achieve the unachievable - destined to live in torture, knowing that you never can fully manifest yourself.
Shame really...

Ferry Man wrote:destined to live in torture, knowing that you never can fully manifest yourself.

Tell you what though, that engine is incredible.
If you don't want it I'll pop it in my car.

brembo wrote: why is the plug cap retainer on the bottom plug of,I think cylinder no 5 different to the rest.

Dougie, that plug cap is the only one that goes right up against the fibreglass at the end, so it gives it the extra support needed.

hot66 wrote:Mike, that motor just 'looks' fast as it is . Can't wait to hear it run

James we'll issue you with a visa for the day to come south for the firing up party!

atelier14 wrote:Mike, Have you (or Neil) ever considered the use of valves with 8mm stems eliminating the need of the elaborate lash caps & solid rockers? We have had quite good experiences with a 3.0L MFI turning 8,300 RPM with adjustable rockers, 50mm intake/ 40mm exhaust valves with 8mm stems and slightly harder Schrick valve springs with Ti retainers. We had no signs of valve train float at all with this combination.

Christian, Neil has raced engines with adjustable rockers that have been balanced and shot peened and can rev to 9000 rpm, but for this engine we wanted it to be as original as possible.

Ferry Man wrote:You'll suffer for your art. You've become a slave to replicating the RSR prototype and your genius is consumed with an insatiable desire for perfection, a quality which is unattainable. Therefore the genius suffers - trying to achieve the unachievable - destined to live in torture, knowing that you never can fully manifest yourself.

you sure you haven't been talking to my wife, sounds just like her.....have to add some the swear words of course

Ferry Man wrote:that engine is incredible. If you don't want it I'll pop it in my car.

the problem would be Nick wouldn't know how to service it!

here's another picture of Neil's new dyno that I've mentioned in General Chat:
http://www.ddk-online.com/phpBB2/viewto ... highlight=

The engine is a freshly built 74 2.7 which will be the first test engine on the dyno. it will have standard heat exchangers and exhaust
box fitted when it's fired up.

Mike wrote:been doing some detailing of parts while the car is being painted, couldn't resist posting a pic of the 'twins'....

Mike

Do you know the Bosch numbers on your coils?

Mike wrote:well at least one bits finished, one RSR gearbox all done and ready to go in.
I say ready to go in, but it will be coated with tectyl just before it's fitted and the mounts will be refinished silver instead of bling gold!

Mike
Do you have a source for the fittings that screw into the oil pump cover? One end is 16mm straight thread, and the end that the oil lines screw onto is 18mm female with the 45%, or so angle.

Mike Curnow

Mike, you have a pm.

The dyno has taken up all the time recently, but managed to get back on track with the engine, now for some final bits and pieces.
Cam timing last night where we are using the JB racing vernier adjustable cam sprocket, a beautifully made piece of kit to give you
infinite adjustment for spot on cam timing. Problem is they don't give you the tool to hold it while you tighten the cam nut, so yet
another special tool we had to make!

Worked well though so the next job is the chain box covers, have to press in the oil feed seals and guess what,
have to make a tool for that!

Sorry about the crap pics only had the little camera with me

Just to update the thread with the latest on the engine, here's the picture that appeared in the exhaust test post, this was fitting up
the megaphones with an original hanger bracket. As you can see the oil lines to the right hand chain box cover for the oil fed cams
are still not on, just waiting for them to come back from having them shortened. Length of the lines crucial as they kink if too long.

As for the body, it's been away for a few months waiting to have the wheel arches re-shaped. The rears were 930 turbo
and the front fibreglass ST/RSR, so with the help of profiles taken from a real RSR they will be done again, the rears by
reworking the existing metal, and the fronts will be new factory wings with metal flares re-shaped to the right profile.

The bodyshop's been a bit busy so here's the car waiting at the back of the queue.

The car is at Sportwagen in Essex where Bruce Cooper's metal craftsmen have started work.
Here Jamie has taken off the paint to reveal the metal of the rear quarter, you can really see now how pronounced the turn of the
lip is on the turbo arch, that's one of the areas that will be re-worked to give us a smoother more flowing line to the edge.

Any progress Mike?

sladey wrote:Any progress Mike?

Settle down at the back - that was a serious question!