I should really get into the habit of posting more frequently than every two years. My goal for the Spitfire for 2025 was to get the engine running on fuel injection. I have been busy throughout the year behind the scenes, working on my new Power Distribution Module (PDM) and changing the way the fuel system is set up. This time the PDM has […]
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 was an engineer of many sorts but had […]
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 was on the way out again though because […]
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 better that others, quite a few of them […]
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 could do with another coat or two of […]