Category: Engine
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New ECU & the Great Fire of ’22
Well, it’s over 2 years since I made a post. Quite a few events have happened in that time, some of which have changed my life forever. Sadly my father passed away in February this year. I owe him so much for being the inspiration behind a lot of what I post about here. He…
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Spitfire Engine
I originally stripped the whole engine nearly 4 years ago. The main caps and big ends/conrods were already numbered so I think it may have had new big end and main bearings or something at some stage. The pistons look like the original ones as they are stamped with “Stanpart”. I knew the big end…
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Head Work
The diff is on hold until I can get hold of a pinion depth shim that’s on backorder so I decided to do some work on the cylinder head. Having read a fair bit about porting and polishing I thought I’d give it a go. There’s loads of videos on the subject on YouTube. Some…
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Spitfire Engine & Chassis
The past few weeks have all been about getting the engine stripped down and painted. I’ve also stripped the chassis down, applied a couple of coats of Por15 and a couple of coats of self-etch primer specifically designed to etch the Por15 and provide a suitable surface for the top coat. I think the chassis…