My 3B Coupe project - Total rebuild

[AndyP]

Ohhhhh no!!!!
Are you going to attempt to repair it with out removing the block or box?

Hoping to, I REALLY don't want to pull the engine or gearbox again.

[Rocco]

Oh no Andy

[Error404]

You have **** luck Andy

[s2_bo]

Ohhhhh no!!!!
Are you going to attempt to repair it with out removing the block or box?

[AndyP]

F**k me, this car really is jinxed! Broke down yesterday and had to be towed home, looks like the timing pin has broken off the flywheel

[AndyP]

Yes it does look good, what paint is it Andy?

Halfords car paint

I've painted the cam cover with it before and it seems quite durable.

[A80Avant]

You now need to do something about the inlet manifold which is ugly looking!

[AndyP]

andy cam cover looking great , can you tell me or point me in the direction to find out how to modify one to fit an aby?

A few people have asked me this, so I did a thread the other day

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64357

Not sure if my coils are the same as ABY so you'd have to check.

[newsh]

Yes it does look good, what paint is it Andy?

[audinut]

andy cam cover looking great , can you tell me or point me in the direction to find out how to modify one to fit an aby?

[AndyP]

Re-torqued the ARP head studs today and swapped back to my modified 7A cam cover. Gave it a new coat of paint first as it got burnt when TIG welding



Then sanded and polished the raised ridges


And re-fitted


I was hoping to test drive it this weekend but as we got abot a foot of snow last night there's not much chance of that

[SteveH]

I fitted a catch tank where the carbon canister used to be.

I am hoping to move the battery to gain some room as well.

I have a set of Avant battery cables so must try to get around to relocating the battery to the boot and then cut out the old battery tray. I relocated my main radiator which has taken up most of the space where the carbon canister used to be with it's shroud.

[andy10v]

I really need to update the breather system but there's so little room in the 3B engine bay

I fitted a catch tank where the carbon canister used to be.

I am hoping to move the battery to gain some room as well.

[AndyP]

Will be interesting to see how the larger cam cover breather works. I added the 3B pipe fitting to my 7A head and it's still connected to the standard 3B breather setup. I'm not seeing any oil burning but there is a fair bit getting through to the Maf to turbo hose. I really need to update the breather system but there's so little room in the 3B engine bay

That's why I had to fit the catch tank, when I had my car mapped it was pulling tons of oil into the MAF-turbo hose, soo much that it was covering the MAF wire. Fitted one of Rusty's seperators and a catch tank and the inlet has been dry ever since. You're right about the 3B engine bay being tight though, if you look back through this thread there are pictures of where I put everything.

I've had the 16mm outlet on the back of the head since I fitted the catch tank, I just thought I'd fit the baffle to limit the amount of liquid going through the system.

[SteveH]

Will be interesting to see how the larger cam cover breather works. I added the 3B pipe fitting to my 7A head and it's still connected to the standard 3B breather setup. I'm not seeing any oil burning but there is a fair bit getting through to the Maf to turbo hose. I really need to update the breather system but there's so little room in the 3B engine bay