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Would love to buddy but i'll be busy frantically trying ot get the V8 ready for the show otherwise you know i'd be first to volunteer :D

Haha, i'm sure my other half wouldn't mind too much :D

No problem buddy :D I'm thinking of stepping up as midland rep to kickstart the area again, i used to do it with Slick Pete before i became zedless but without having a zed it's a bit crap organising events you have ot turn up to in a rover coupe :rofl:

lol, cheeky sod - we had to leave the Labrador in the car that day :rofl: Will do buddy, as i say soon as the car is mobile i'll get everyone round for a BBQ and you can have a nosey :) Play your cards right and i might even let you start it :tt2: A better shot of me and bex :)

Right update for the night and i'm very excited right now :hyper: Firstly, pressurised the system using the hand drill and the £13 tool i bought right at the start of the project to hook into the oil pump and it worked a treat. A solid 38-40 PSI at low revs, I did take the speed up a bit but the poor old 20 year old drill was starting to smoke but was pulling about 45-50 PSI which is about right. Pressure gauge works brilliantly, was a moment of "have i hooked up the oil temp sender by accident?" but all sorted :) Pic + Vid below: Click vid below to start: Secondly I managed to hook a starter button up using my amp cable to reach the boot and take a 12V+ to the engine bay and then hooked in the cable from the solenoid to the button and hey presto the gear engaged into the flywheel perfectly but unfortunately the battery has been standing since February so charging it overnight and i'll give it a go :D All in all i'm ecstatic right now, starting to feel like i'm nearly at the end now. Won't be working on the car tomorrow but i'll be back on Saturday morning first thing to measure the valve clearance (the last thing that could **** everything up!) and the pushrod length so i can order them next week.

...be careful not to shift select everything in the folder you numpty :headvswal :rofl: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/05/ebay_flash/

Sweet baby jesus, what made him think piling a load of carbon fibre on the bonnet would make that look even remotely good :rofl:

A bit unshaven but a pic of me and other half at a wedding recently :D

Ahh I see what you mean Keith, i'm still learning quite a bit about these blocks and how they work as I go along! Hopefully the jegs radiator and twin fan setup should work fine lads, i'll see how it goes as it is. I have oil temp, oil pressure, water temp gauges so i should be able to work out where the weak spot is if there is one :) I wish i'd used a Koyo instead of this JEGS one so i didn't have to reweld the spout on the opposite side! Ah well you live and learn :headvswal lol

Happy birthday Nicci, hope you have a great birthday hun :D x

Phil enjoy the sleep and best wishes for today :D

Cheers guys :D It's starting to look like a car rather than an engine in a car which is quite exciting :hyper: Hi Keith, I did think about that. Do you think it's worth putting a one way valve in place to stop it from draining back at all? The line goes OUT from the engine to the cooler but then has to go down and back up through the filter so i was hoping that would offset it with the weight of the oil in the dips holding it in place? plus the pipe from the cooler goes down then back up under the lights and along the side wall above the exhaust line. Problem i've got is the car is incredibly low, i mean REALLY low at the front end so anything that goes under the car will scrape and possibly be damaged. Plus the idea of mounting it up there is that i'll cut two wholes into the nose panel, mesh it and spray one colour to avoid looking too chavvy which should give me even more air cooling to the oil and water. Still got to fab it up yet but shouldn't look too bad :) (funkysi will have a fit he already hates the kenneth williams look :rofl:)

Finally an update with some photos! :D Oil system is now finished :hyper: The spin on filter bypass goes to the oil cooler then to the filter before returning to the block, all 1/2 inch pipe so plenty of flow front to back. I've tried not to use sharp corners bar the one under the oil cooler to the left to tidy the pipe's route up. Next job is to get the radiator rewelded to bring the pipe out to the left of the radiator gap then get a smaller secondary fan for the left hand side and wire them up with a thermostat (merlin motorsport £40 and the fan is £42 for a 6.5" to go alongside the 13 inch one next to it. More to come tomorrow when i pressurise the oil system and turn the engine on the key! :hyper:

Cheers lads, i'll have a look through them tonight :D

As above really folks, does anyone know of any good, cheap silicone pipe suppliers? I need a couple of elbows/joining pipes, etc. Cheers :D

I'll be there probably saturday at a guess guys but won't be stopping over - too much work on the V8 to do!

Okay, quick update from work last night: Spent the evening sorting out all the niggly details to set my mind at rest, the radiator has been bugging me ever since i put the new pulley system in as it was designed for a KOYO rad whereas mine is about half an inch thicker and 2 inches wider (manufactured by JEGS). The bottom hose inlet was being blocked by the power steering pulley and I had a sneaking suspicion that even if i did get it past a. it was going to be a pain to get it back out if ever i needed to change a belt etc and b. that when everything was bolted back in the pipe wouldn't clear underneath the pulley. And i was right! :headvswal SO i've lopped the pipe off the front of the radiator, it's going to be plated off, the pipe then moves to the front out towards the bumper where it fits through the gap and i'll have to run a pipe through under the light and in over the power steering pump. This does mean that the two 13 inch electric fans won't fit any more, the right hand one will do but the left won't have enough space so going to have to fit a 6 inch fan as a secondary to fill the gap at £54 + delivery. Annoying but at least i know for sure it'll fit and when it comes to maintainence i'll be able to take the rad out without disturbing the pulleys and can pull the bottom hose off for coolant changes from under the bumper easily. Oilways i've worked out where i'm going to route everything tonight, pipe goes from engine along the right hand side of the engine bay under the light and down into the remote oil filter, from there to the oil cooler in the nose panel, from there back under the right hand beam and back under the light and down the side. Oil pressure gauge is all hooked up ready and the starter motor is bolted into place. Just need to run a cable from the ignition barrel to the engine bay and we're ready to go. More updates after tonight boys and gals!

Unfortunately i don't think the zed will be ready to go but i'll definately show many face! :D

haha cheers buddy, was going to drop you a message to see if you still wanted those wheels - every penny helps :rofl: Well those unions should make everything slot together extra quick tomorrow night but it's another night i'm missing out on working on the car. The other half is coming back on Friday so only going to have an hour tonight, Wednesday and Thursday evening to get bits and bobs done but can't order the pushrods until I get the oil filled up and primed to protect the bearings. I'll keep you in mind for starting up the old boy when it's time - even more so if you get those wheels out of the shed ;) lol

FPMSL :rofl:

Well the other half decided to say over a couple more days so didn't get a huge amount done sunday night or last night. Got a couple of hours in and came across a couple of problems which i'm hoping to sort out today. The pipe is so thick to curve it take up so much space i think i'm going to have to buy some corner pieces to get the pipe to lay right, i didn't want to force it and fold the walls in so hopefully get that finished tonight. Secondly the radiator has been the bane of my life since i used keith's pulley system. His was made to fit around a Koyo zed radiator whereas mine is a jegs thick core one thats about an inch wider either side. Great for cooling but not so great for fitment. It fitted fine before but with the layout of the pulleys the bottom left pipe won't get past the power steering pulley by about 10mm. I was originally going to have to unbolt the PS pump each and every time the radiator came out but i've decided i'm just going to cut the pipe shorter and flute the end so i'll need to buy a fluting tool and still not sure if it's going to clear when it's underneath but we'll deal with that when i get there. Might end up that i have to cut and reweld the pipe the other way round to get it to fit. Anyway so i'll go and get some corner pieces today at lunch from the hydraulics supplier then i'll be back on it tonight. Fingers crossed that should go smoothly and more news to come as it comes! :)

Have a great one buddy, Happy Birthday! :D :duffer:

It's getting exciting! :dance: Tomorrow night I'll be hooking up the oil pipes and wire up the sender, pressurising the oil system and turning the engine over with the starter motor if I get enough time. More news to come tomorrow :)

Well got the engine nearly in, hooked up the clutch cylinder and guess what - no grinding squirting hydraulic fluid all over the floor so out it came again! Found the rubber seal wasn't quite seated right, placed the cylinder on the front bulkhead, stood on top, got dad to operate the clutch and hey presto no leaks and went in and out perfectly. Double checked with the engine hung over the bay and perfect nice firm clutch! Yippee!!! Engine's back in now and just the selector to refit, and then mount the gearbox and job done! More to do later but glad I've sorted it out finally! :) Cheers Keith! :)

That's a real shame buddy, it's a beautiful zed and i really hope you and the car will still on the forum. All the best! :D