TNT Racing XR4x4 - Time Attack 2009

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:05 pm

wahoo gaskets turned up this morning so went over to my mom's and collected them.
so let work commence :-D :-D :-D

bottom end gasket set, new engine mounts, head gasket, waste gate pipe and
rocker cover gaskets.

and this is how the wastegate is going to be once all bolted up :-D

went to ford on wednesday to get th O rings for the front diff and they didnt do them anymore for the XR
so asked if they done them for the cosworth and not surprisingly they did, there they same part as the XR
but because its cosworth i had to pay the cozzy tax on it, twice the price :x

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:59 pm

No shock there then. I should break my car and sell the bits as Cossie compatable! I'd never have to work again

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:40 pm

Al's brother Wayne turned up at 12.00 to help out with the rebuild. However yet again the weather was not on our side and it was far to cold to be working in the shed all day. I had already considered this and almost gave Alan a heart attack when I surgested that we build it in my kitchen

. Needs must.

We did as much as we could today bearing in mind the weight of the engine, wanted to make sure that we could still lift it to get it out of the kitchen :lol:
We did have one slight mishap when fitting the sump. Miss read the torque settings and instead of torquing the first bolt upto 8 Nm we did it at 24 Nm

:oops: . Needless to say the bolt snapped :x . Luckily there was still some thread showing so it was a case of get all the bolts out and the sump off and then remove the snapped bolt. We then had to clean off all the sump sealant and start over again.

Mr Fletcher · Post by **Mr Fletcher** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:12 pm

top effort there guys engine building in the kitchen :thumb:

cheers

jason

Post by **Stuart** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:22 pm

Those pictures had me in hysterics :lol: Brilliant. You guys need to get a webcam or something.

Mr Fletcher · Post by **Mr Fletcher** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:45 pm

is that a blue parts washer in the background :-D

cheers

jason

rolty · Post by **rolty** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:49 pm

:lol: Great stuff guys!

IWANT1 · Post by **IWANT1** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:09 pm

Last time the misses went away had a yzf426 in piece parts on the living room floor ready fo rebuild and iam talking wheels, engine, chain the lot.

Had some carbon arch protectors in the kitchen sink earlier while she was in the bath quickest compounding you have ever seen.

Top effort guys:lol:

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:19 pm

I did toy with the idea of videoing the engine installation but when Al and his brother work together on the car the air can get abit blue. But it's funny as hell.
Tomorrow should be interesting fitting the engine, loads of pics of that

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:02 am

took the heads home last night and gave them a repaint in red and look much better than they did in silver.

also painted these a while back, thermostate housing, power steering pump bracket,
alternator tension arm and alternator/power steering bracket.

can you tell what colour the engine will be yet :-D