After 18 months, i collected the 1830cc 16v unit from the engine builders.
As some of you no the engine was originally build by Paul Sandiford,
I purchased the engine from Colin with a snapped cambelt, on
inspection it appeared the cambelt could have been damaged in storage,
only one valve was bent and one valve spring had failed, the information
received from Colin suggested that Paul Sandiford removed the engine
due to a missfire which he suspected was down to the emerald ecu,
it appears that it could have been the valve spring.
The spec as follows,
Block 1830cc modified oilways,
Heads Peter Burgess Ported and Polished,
Crank, Nick Humpries, Forged, Cross drilled, Balanced and Tuftrided.
Conrods, Cunnigham, Forged with Cosworth bolts,
Sump, BLS, large capacity baffled and gated,
Cams, Lahoma one of race spec.
Flywheel, lightened and balanced.
The engine originally ran 48mm Dollertos with 40mm chokes,
the inlet manifold were a one of fabricated by Paul Sandiford,
100mm in depth, the engine was lowered within the engine bay
to accomadate the extra height of the manifolds, (i will post a
picture later.)
Currently considering ditching the carburettor set up in favour of throttle bodies, any advice
would be appreciated, can the original throttle bodies be modified? power figure of 225bhp
were quoted when the engine ran carburettors.
Picture of engine, cam covers courtesy of Shrew, thanks again.
