Journal: Skye's Mgb Saga
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Update V
Created on 2002-07-28 00:00:00
Just got off the phone with my engine rebuilder. The engine is apart now and down at the machine shop, how exciting! No cylinder gouges. It has never been overbored, amazing. Big ridge at the top of the cyls, of course. Probably end up with a .020 overbore. I'm planning on going with a reground 262/262 cam and lightening the flywheel by 4 lbs (22 to 18 lbs), with some mild port & polish, for a little more kick. 3 angle valve grind. After its broken in I'll definately be heading for the nearest dyno and post the results.
I've decided to go with powdercoating for most of the black bits on the car, I'll post the list of all the parts I'm having done soon.
I've decided to go with powdercoating for most of the black bits on the car, I'll post the list of all the parts I'm having done soon.
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Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 10 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Update IV | 2002-07-13 | 10 | This is my third trip down to the shop of Joe Aros' "VIP Auto Restorations" to finish the teardown, and now the car really is a rolling shell. I got a new digital camera, so the ... | |
| Update III | 2002-06-01 | 1 | Got up early today and finished off the last few things, removed the remaining rear wiring harness, the driveshaft (always a greasy job), speedo cable, starter and O/D wiring. Fi... | |
| Update II | 2002-05-18 | 5 | The good weather held out for one day, significant progress was made. Not far to go now! | |
| Update I | 2002-05-11 | 8 | Spent a few hours tearing the car down this weekend, here's how things stand now. | |
| On Your Mark, Get Set... | 2002-04-29 | The wheels of restoration have once again been set in motion, tonight I start taking the B apart. I have a spot reserved at the end of May with my new bodywork specialist, and af... | ||
| Hibernation | 2002-01-16 | Well, I fixed most of the leaks by using some silicone RTV to help the lower windshield seals seal properly. I'm just using the B for short errand trips right now, the valvetrain... | ||
| Drip Drip Drip | 2001-12-01 | OK, for all of you that have been emailing me wondering when I'm going to update the web site, here it is. The reason that I haven't been doing much work on the car is because I ... | ||
| Found the Clonk | 2001-10-01 | 2 | For a while now I've been trying to find the source of a "clonk" sound that comes from the rear-right hand side of the car when I go over bumps. If you search through the rest of... | |
| Catastrophic Engine Failure | 2001-09-09 | Last night I was driving up Knight street here in Vancouver, accelerating up a mild hill, when I hear a soft "bang" sound in the engine bay and all of a sudden the car loses all p... | ||
| New Exhaust Note, Wheels Fixed | 2001-08-01 | This month I did a LOT of driving in the MGB. During a recent trip up to the cabin in the mountains, I had just rounded the last corner of the hour-long hillclimb through the mou... |
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