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My 1981 242 DL

adomz said:
Thanks, yeah, no other way! We shall see!

There's a few interesting people i met recently at my mrs work, the pub that she's a shef at, that i am waiting to speak soon. That might make a bit of a change, but ya never know :)

ADam
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Carvery?

Mmmmmmm. British Pub food.

Don't knock it if you haven't had it.
 
So as i can't work on the car, as it's locked away ina container in a secure place, where they don't allow any activities, i started searching for the parts of the puzzle called mayhem lol...

Got this subframe off a nissan 350z...

I have been quoted anything from 300 to 450 british pieces of currency for one, so i just laughed most of the time, but then this ebay ad turned up, offered them £85 and hey presto!

That will be interesting to make it all work on the good ole 242,but its' all great experience and challenge!

And now i can't post pics as i am on my phone lol.

Anyway, soon!

Adam
 
Hey all!

Another bit of an update to the thread that doesn't have anything happen on it lol..

I had a couple chats to the machine shop i used when i had to rebuild the d5 engine on my old xc70 a few years ago. I want to take my 16v head and get them to clean it up, see if it's all good with the valves, then do the 3 way valve seat job and cut the seats for a mil or so, so there's a bit more flow. I am not sure yet what's the good turbo cam availability for these so i can use a bit more rev range and so on and what to do with the hydraulic lifters. I am willing to keep the lifters as the yare, just not sure of how reliable it will all be if i rev it a bit higher, probably to around 7500 or such. I will have a read here as i remember someone used other crank dampeners to be safer while doing more than usual revs and so on.

Also, i am waiting while a friend of mane is finished mocking up his engine with the b234 pistons, so i will see what it's all about of probably use them to build a simple little b230 fk block with 16v pistons and better rods just to have something to do while i am garage/workshopless...

There's so much stuff happening in my head about how i'd like the whole car to turn up in the end, but without a place to work on it i will not have a chance to see if all that work...

Anyway, laters!
 
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