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Good news...Future S2 budget has been secured! I have a job back at Mercedes High Performance engines in September!!!!
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I've been looking at that stuff for a while. Tempted to try it. But currently, i've just been using what i have in the garage already! ill see how happy i am at the end
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Originally posted by willg54 View PostNah i thought i'd leave it all greasy...
Marine Clean is your friend
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Originally posted by Error404 View Postnice. I hate baked on grease
are you going to clean out the sump?
Nah i thought i'd leave it all greasy...
That bit you can see in the pic has been cleaned with brake cleaner and scrubbed a few times. The other side is black!! didnt photo that lol
I'll clean it up properly once its off the engine and paint it up. Will be like new!
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I've been cleaning...my parents think im going
Spent a fair few hours on the head, its getting very shiny! I used some muc-off initially to get rid of grease and dirt and moved on to alloy wheel cleaning stuff to remove (most of) the real hard dirt. Its coming on well. few more applications and i'll be happy!
Degreasing the block and sump took some work. More muc-off and plenty of brake cleaner...was getting high
for a few hours work, it's looking much better! Im getting some small brass demel brushes to work the block down and remove all the rust and rough looking paint. And then paint the block in some black high temp enamel paint and the sump in some silver ht enamel paint. Will look like new
There's alot of cleaning and painting to go before im anywhere near satisfied!
as you all like them..here's pics of tonights work!
Before...
After...(first clean...)
BEFORE
AFTER
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Originally posted by AndyP View PostThis is what I did when I refurb'd my rear arms
http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showpos...4&postcount=32
Like you said, if you fully weld them you'll put too much heat into them and risk distortion.
I was going through your project a few days ago and saw them. they look good! Was what i was thinking of doing. have you noticed any benefit?
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Originally posted by willg54 View PostPictures are a must!
I don't think seam welding it all would lead to fractures. But its unnecessary as short interval welds will do just a good job
http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showpos...4&postcount=32
Like you said, if you fully weld them you'll put too much heat into them and risk distortion.
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More pics!
Been working on the engine a bit now i have my lovely stand!
i know some pics are a repeated in another pic, but i like it all in one place!
Plans are just to just clean up, paint the block etc, 7A exhaust cam, new followers, clean sump, renew some wiring but thats about it. I've decided against going on an all out attack on the engine for now, i should probably put my money into getting it rolling first!
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Pictures are a must!
I don't think seam welding it all would lead to fractures. But its unnecessary as short interval welds will do just a good job
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Originally posted by willg54 View PostI was going for sections with inch gaps. If you do a continuous weld, you will more then likely get too much heat into the wishbone and distort it.
s2_wot Will I'd appreciate a few pics of the welded wishbones and subframes please when you get to them? Glad to see you're not seam welding the whole lot, that'd surely end up in a fracture of some sort.
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Will I'd appreciate a few pics of the welded wishbones and subframes please when you get to them? Glad to see you're not seam welding the whole lot, that'd surely end up in a fracture of some sort.
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I was going for sections with inch gaps. If you do a continuous weld, you will more then likely get too much heat into the wishbone and distort it.
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When welding the subframe and wishbones, do you go all the way round with a continuous weld or do sections of a couple inches long with gaps in between?
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