Thursday 4 November 2010

Engine laid in, sump despatched

Just a quick post, dropped the engine in last night to see how it all lined up and to try and work out how to make the mountings. I want the engine to sit flush with the underside of the chassis, so to make things easy we G clamped a sheet of wood to the under side of the chassis, allowing us to slide the engine around. There are 8 mounting points from the engine, so plenty of areas to build off from, its just unfortunate that they require lots of intricate shapes to get in and around to them if i was to make a cradle. After looking at it for some time we have come to the conclusion that rather than a single cradle that lifts in and out with the engine, the easiest option is to make 3 separate ones. I have removed the sump and pick up to send off to Andy Bates for modification, so until that returns we can't go much further.

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