Dolomite Sprint CA18DET Project.

[Deacon]

Lol no Ford 4 pot .... gonna get a rear disk conversion too

[Stidi]

no bother mate

As for the mount, the gearbox one is 6mm plate with a 4mm angle plate to keep strength Mounts onto the original dolomite holes too

The engine mounting plates are 6mm with 5mm right angles, probably ott but I like to over spec if I can

Also the engine mounting plates are getting supports added from underneath to help burden the load from the front of the subframe

Dan

makes total sense. it's not as though weight is an issue* as it's all inboard and fairly low down, and the cost of material is nothing compared to if you had to rip it all out and do it all again due to bending / broken brackets.
DanSpec(tm) FTW!

*oi! no!

[Deacon]

Quick update to show the engine in the bay

[Chriscooke]

Not sure on dans choice of music

Engine looks right at home in there, any plans to retro it up at all?

[Teggers]

Not sure on dans choice of music

Whats wrong with it?! Fast paced music will make him work faster works for drivers...

I'm surprised how small the engine looks in the bay.

[Deacon]

Small and far back

yes - rocker covers same as the car - black sparkplug cover and satin black the block

[Chriscooke]

[Deacon]

I want to paint the IC black - would that hurt it ?

[Chriscooke]

Not at all and has been done many times mate. Fasthands and sprout on here are two that spring to mind

[Deacon]

Satin black it is then.

Gonna make it all look old school

[Chriscooke]

Awesome

Here's Sprouts

[Deacon]

Thats just what im looking to do.

[Bud180]

Get a little wire tucking on the engine loom. There would be so little in that bay. It would look immense. Im quite enjoying this project! Real Cool Bud, keep it up.

[EMENEAR]

Loving this build

[M.D.]

when you paint it do it as thinly as possible so you dont clog up the fins.

just re fitted a CA back into my s13 and i thought id hate it but after giving it a bit of a drive around, other than the turbo smoke its actually really good to drive and the power delivery is fairly good too.
it should be nice and pokey in that thing

[Dan@DB-Power]

Slight update

Last night me and Paul_S13 made up a elbow (S14 stainless) with a bit of a downpipe.



Will finish that off tonight, just need a flexi joint of some sort

I then proceeded to make the engine mount mounting points a little stronger by welding in a A-Bar frame, this will ensure there is no movement in this mount and won't fatigue over time





Tonight we will be making the exhaust system, then it's a case of the following:-

Wiring, Fueling system, prop (got a piece on order), FMIC and Rad Also a little fab work with the back half of the gearbox tunnel and handbrake lever location

Dan

[Deacon]

Slight update

Last night me and Paul_S13 made up a elbow (S14 stainless) with a bit of a downpipe.



Will finish that off tonight, just need a flexi joint of some sort

I then proceeded to make the engine mount mounting points a little stronger by welding in a A-Bar frame, this will ensure there is no movement in this mount and won't fatigue over time





Tonight we will be making the exhaust system, then it's a case of the following:-

Wiring, Fueling system, prop (got a piece on order), FMIC and Rad Also a little fab work with the back half of the gearbox tunnel and handbrake lever location

Dan

AWESOME

Thanks for the update dude

[Dan@DB-Power]

Update time

Well today me and Paul figured out the fuel system.

We have a high pressure Jag pump delivering the fuel to the CA runs at 215lph which will be more than sufficient.

We then had to work out a return as carburetor cars don't need them due to low pressure pumps, and you can't run a low pressure pump on an injection car

Anyhow we drilled a hole in the sender top, and bolted a return nipple into it




Then with some tedious wiring the result was this:-



So need to do some tidying up, FMIC piping, Rad pipes, a little welding on the gearbox tunnel and then prop

[GRFsx]

quality Dan! sounds good.

[Vigilant teSte]

It's aaaaliiiive!