With all the metal parts in hand I got some small chance to fit it all. Really pleased with all the clearance, only issue I have is there is a bolt under the blower just a little too close to the water pump but a file will sort that out and give me clearance I will be happy with. The cooper water pipe behind the blower is really going to aid the cooling especially with the custom head gasket with different size water ports.
Its nice to see the majority of the engine bolted together and all the parts feel strong. The lower bracket at the bottom is only tacked together at the moment as I ran out of Argon :( but I should get some more this week then I can finish the welding and shape the corners etc to make it look lovely.
Going to loose the red manifold as I really am not sure I like it.
I hope that in the next 2 weeks I will have all the mock parts made up and then I will assemble the whole thing for the final time and I can finish the gearbox off.
Its nice to see the majority of the engine bolted together and all the parts feel strong. The lower bracket at the bottom is only tacked together at the moment as I ran out of Argon :( but I should get some more this week then I can finish the welding and shape the corners etc to make it look lovely.
Going to loose the red manifold as I really am not sure I like it.
I hope that in the next 2 weeks I will have all the mock parts made up and then I will assemble the whole thing for the final time and I can finish the gearbox off.
