Nova Goings On...
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2023 9:16 pm
Gosh, it's a bit quiet in here this week isn't it?
So I thought I would liven things up a bit with an engine picture...
My old engine has been consuming coolant for some considerable time, in fact since the trip to Bicester last year NAD '22 was held on one of the hottest days of the year and unbeknown to me at the time, my fuel filter was clogged with rust deposits and so the engine was running lean for the best part of 2 hours at motorway speeds I tried some head gasket sealer but it had no effect, I am thinking a cracked cylinder block may be to blame. I will do a full post-mortem on that engine later, but to get me back on the road a bit faster I have fitted the engine shown above - this is an ex Bianco Racing unit, prepared for Class F competition (which I believe is bone stock but does allow blueprinting). Its a 1.5 Green Cloverleaf unit with single lobe camshafts. Finally in place as you can see
I have purchased a set of main jets, emulsion tubes and air corrector jets to bring the carbs up to Green Cloverleaf standard, and I have equipped the engine with a lightened clutch and flywheel from my Warrior engine kit. I am hoping for good things from this engine but I haven't got it running yet because I am redesigning my nearside exhaust manifold, this time with equal length secondaries as well as equal length primary pipes. Hopefully that should improve the efficiency, and maybe sound a little less like a Scooby turbo - apparently Subaru deliberately manufactured the exhaust with unequal length primaries to get a distinctive sound, which must be a first!
Anyway, I will bring you more news as it happens.
Lauren
So I thought I would liven things up a bit with an engine picture...
My old engine has been consuming coolant for some considerable time, in fact since the trip to Bicester last year NAD '22 was held on one of the hottest days of the year and unbeknown to me at the time, my fuel filter was clogged with rust deposits and so the engine was running lean for the best part of 2 hours at motorway speeds I tried some head gasket sealer but it had no effect, I am thinking a cracked cylinder block may be to blame. I will do a full post-mortem on that engine later, but to get me back on the road a bit faster I have fitted the engine shown above - this is an ex Bianco Racing unit, prepared for Class F competition (which I believe is bone stock but does allow blueprinting). Its a 1.5 Green Cloverleaf unit with single lobe camshafts. Finally in place as you can see
I have purchased a set of main jets, emulsion tubes and air corrector jets to bring the carbs up to Green Cloverleaf standard, and I have equipped the engine with a lightened clutch and flywheel from my Warrior engine kit. I am hoping for good things from this engine but I haven't got it running yet because I am redesigning my nearside exhaust manifold, this time with equal length secondaries as well as equal length primary pipes. Hopefully that should improve the efficiency, and maybe sound a little less like a Scooby turbo - apparently Subaru deliberately manufactured the exhaust with unequal length primaries to get a distinctive sound, which must be a first!
Anyway, I will bring you more news as it happens.
Lauren