Hi All,
Last visit at Brian for a while,, the engine is now back in my garage for finalizing the built...
Brian started on the manifold hard bits, joining the 2"1/2 pipe to the nipples, t'will just need a bit of grinding/finishing to get a smooth transition:
I've sourced today a guy not far from me that deals in sanitary stainless pipe and fittings, he can get me a 2"1/2 elbow to run the pipe back to the supercharger outlet, should get that within a week...
Brian also machined the Ansin pulley, I wanted 2 pulleys, 2.25 to 1 and a smaller 3 to 1 ratio, but the second one would just be too small, no way to fit a nut on it!!!
I could have Brian made me a smaller one for the crank shaft, we'll see first how that one copes... That'll be spinning the Ansin at slightly over 12,000 rpm for 5,500 on the engine...
I've got an all S/S iddler he made me some years back for a final chain drive that we will mod into a belt iddler, that will be fixed to an alloy plate in between the 2 pulleys...
Last week, we did measure the pop up, that was 60 thou of squish on the front head and 64 thou on the rear. Brian just skimmed the cylinder bases by 20 thou to get 40 and 44 thou of squish.
That's all for now, enjoy your week end, I know I will, putting back the empty engine in the frame to check tolerances between Ansin and frame...
Patrick