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Finally got my engine stuff back from machining after a few delays.



1480 A+ block with 4 bolt centre main
Full race big valve slab head from Brian Slark
Paul Ivey 86mm crank
S rods
74mm Omega pistons

Build will start next week

That's a lot of kit there

That should have some grunt. My long stroke engine in my "Vita" car really was brutal compared to anything I've had since, went up steep hills like they weren't there.

Will hopefully have it together and in the car over the next fortnight. It's booked in to the rolling road for the first week of July so I better get the finger out! The rest of the spec is pretty meaty too so hopefully the figures will be good.

Should get at least 1 sprint and 1 race in before the end of the year along with a few practice days/track days!

That's really nice . What's the rest of the spec gonna be ?

Split 45s, 320 cam plus all the usual extras.

A few things such as reverse megaphone system will have to wait for another few months unfortunately.

Hello all I took some pictures the other day while working on this engine build for Neil, taught it might be of some interest you guys. As you can see all the woke is carried out here by had it is very time consuming but very rewarding.

Final Dry Deck Modifications












Doweling Manifolds To Cylinder head









Cheers
Paul

Nice photos & excellent work.

Thanks for those Paul!

Nice work as always Paul.

Thanks nev, it's a joy to work on engines for Neil, he is very easy to advise. Like my self he is a stickler for detail !! We are working most evenings in the garage call in if your passing I have another little project kicking off that might tidle your fance, it would deffo bring your dad back 20/30 years lol

Will def pop in when I see ye burning the midnight oil.

you will be getting a visit from me shortly paul, ian.

Your more than Welcome Ian kettle is always hot here,
chat soon,
Paul.

Good progress is being made now on the assembly of the engine at Hickey Race Engineering. Another couple of evenings will hopefully see it finished and ready for installation

Looking good!

No chain tensor?

looking good though

What head gasket is that (apologies if you said)?

Any particular reason your not using a duplex chain?

It's a Cometic head gasket, hence the little riveted tabs you can see at the front of the block.

The timing chain is the new Swiftune Simplex set up so no tensioner needed. It's 400g lighter on average than a duplex set up and the chain stupidly strong.