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by beef » Tue Mar 14, 2017 8:39 pm
got out the spear steel block out of its hiding place to test fit the new main bearing caps for it and get all the parts together for a forged turbo build

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by GTiJohn » Tue Mar 14, 2017 9:48 pm
This labour of love is looking good!

I like Twin Cams.... and Single Cams
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by beef » Wed Mar 15, 2017 6:12 pm
thank you john slowly get all the bits together for this 2nd one to got most of the parts for the bottom end now pistons rods crank bearing caps been priceing up the bits needed for the head

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by ROVER-25X » Wed Mar 15, 2017 11:20 pm
Smokey room or a greasy lens *laughs* ?

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by beef » Thu Mar 16, 2017 2:57 pm
ROVER-25X wrote:Smokey room or a greasy lens *laughs* ?

my phone camera is rubbish plus the light in my workshop is not very good too *laughs* *laughs*
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by beef » Thu Apr 13, 2017 5:11 pm
finely got the crank sorted out for this build now for the machining of the bearings for resizeing

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by beef » Mon May 01, 2017 8:59 pm
droped in the crank and test fitted the new steel cross bolt main bearing caps block needs a lil mod just need to check with the factory drawing first

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by RoverRevival » Fri Feb 21, 2020 4:21 pm
It’s in fresh paint now if memory serves.
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by beef » Sun Mar 29, 2020 8:41 pm
rovermadman4825 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 2:38 pm
Bumping up a old thread as I want to see more of it hahaha
some progress has been made with the red engine had 2 of the 5 new main bearing caps made up had been sort out the other 3 to be made and been pricing up the parts to build the head up and to sort the head for the blue engine that I still need to get other parts for
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by ROVER-25X » Mon Apr 06, 2020 1:57 am
Any photos of the fresh paint?
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