Fair pointCerberus wrote:Sorry Rob, i was merely pointing out that there are more than two billet engines. the Bugatti isn't 2 litre either is itstylussprinter wrote: The only billet alloy engine I've ever seen other than this one is a BUGATTI
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Trumpets had to come off though . Feel happier now it's sitting in there rather than on the floor 
Last night I looked at the plumbing and thought --- this is the time to change the rubber to silicon 
--- trouble is I've been doing that all through the job and it's gets ' out of budget ' 
So it's going to get plumbed back as was this time 
although I did spoil myself to a nice alloy water tank and dumped the poly jobby it's full of wheel 
Still got the backplate to source . Then it's pipe to the grill . After that or before there's the engine loom to do Can't see me ready for testing on 2nd AUG at Goodwood 
Having been told today at MAPLINS that this stripper at £6 would do any fine wire no problem -----------I bought it and Paul Dunnell's right it was crap 
You can adjust it all day but if it's tight enough to just cut the outer , it then shreds the wire some . Even then the outer's not cut properly SO -- I've had to order an RS one anyway ------------- should've listened to experience 
) so some of the cool air will be warmed a little. Alternative is to site it sideways like Andy Bailey's car but that will lose some ram effect . We'll see I'm struggling with the instructions though , not being into electrics . It's also dead easy to forget what should go onto the wire before you crimp it Cable cover/heat shrink/rubber boot/gromet then into the connector ---------- at which point I realised the heat shrink was missing on one injector boot/cover -------- too late For those of you who use multimeters , you'll wonder what the problem is but for me , when 4 black wires from the ECU have to go in two directions ----------- it's a pain in the arse All same size cable too. I've never possessed or know how to use a multimeter so things have come to a halt By comparison my loom for the carbs was a doddle .
Thans , I'll give that a whirldrhunter wrote:You can get a cheap digital multimeter from maplins or similar stores for roughly £10. If you just need to trace which wire is which all you do is set it to measure resistance.
If you're tracing unconnected wire from one end to the other it's the ones that change the display from 0 to something else.
If you're tracing wires already connected to the ECU etc then start at the loose end and test where they connect to the ECU. Lowest number that isn't 0 should be a pair.
I'm just going from general electronics experience here and not wiring a car (haven't been so daring yet) but it should be very similar.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?Mod ... 9&doy=18m7
Had conversations with 2 or 3 people and the theory seemed to be that the analogue cheapy I bought wasn't sensitive enough or it was bust Today Andy Bailey came to see me and brought various handy bits of ' kit ' plus a digital multimeter ---------- BINGO works a treat so finished the wiring after we watched F1 --------- Cheers Andy . Just the 9 pin plug to get soldered onto 3 wires from the ECU then fix it somewhere so the laptop can get plugged in to check it all out before attempting to start it.
I'll have to measure it -- can't think why fuel rails /pumps/filtersaren't fitted with 10mm fittings 
) Phone Dunnell pannicking to buy his for speed , only to be told the manifold/Throttle Bodies need machining to accept his linkage So I took the whole lot off the engine and posted them up to him on Friday. I was not ammused and did wonder why he didn't say something re -- linkage when collecting my engine . Would have made ' sales ' sense So that's it till fueling's sorted before full check can be done and engine started. Even with my new 14 to 1 starter the red top 8 doesn't spin the engine very fast so I may have to go for the red top 20 --------- one more mistake Plenty of racers I know run on red top 8's and use TB's also 2lt engines and standard starters --------- very strange 
