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Re: Preparing my Spider 2000 for the Track
Posted: March 14th, 2017, 9:50 pm
by Will01
Nice work.
Also I am very jealous of the machinery in your workshop. I need a lathe. Keep up the good work
Re: Preparing my Spider 2000 for the Track
Posted: March 19th, 2017, 12:27 am
by Simon
Re: Preparing my Spider 2000 for the Track
Posted: March 19th, 2017, 6:22 pm
by Guy Croft
MODEL POST!!
The new 'GC' at work here!
Very sincerely,
G
Re: Preparing my Spider 2000 for the Track
Posted: March 22nd, 2017, 9:34 pm
by PumaPhil
Great to see your thread is active again Simon, you're work is truly first class!
Phil
Re: Preparing my Spider 2000 for the Track
Posted: March 23rd, 2017, 7:43 pm
by Guy Croft
be nice to see Simon at GCRE one day would it not Phil??
(Phil is a frequent visitor and often lends a skilled hand at my Lincoln works..)
G
Re: Preparing my Spider 2000 for the Track
Posted: March 23rd, 2017, 8:49 pm
by PumaPhil
Hi Simon, it'd be good to meet you, especially as you're relatively near. Guy's coffee is actually pretty palatable!
thank you, Phil
Re: Preparing my Spider 2000 for the Track
Posted: March 24th, 2017, 2:41 pm
by Simon
Thanks for the kind words Guy and Phil. It's been quite I while since I last visited GCRE. I think it was to have Guy run some flow tests on a Merc 320 cylinder head for my Crossfire, but I do remember the fresh coffee! I definitely need to make the effort to pay another visit, especially as I'm not that far away and have an ever increasing list of parts I need for the build.
Speaking of which, I've got a bit sidetracked with fixing up the old Wolf valve grinder I've had sat on the bench for years. I'll post up some progress pics later this evening.
Simon.
Re: Preparing my Spider 2000 for the Track
Posted: March 25th, 2017, 10:55 pm
by Guy Croft
ah, the Crossfire, yes I remember vaguely Simon!
Too many years ago!
Be nice to see you again,
G
Re: Preparing my Spider 2000 for the Track
Posted: May 6th, 2017, 10:19 pm
by Simon
Re: Preparing my Spider 2000 for the Track
Posted: May 7th, 2017, 8:40 pm
by Simon
I made a bit more progress today by adding tacking the oil pickup in place and starting on the internal baffling.
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- Tacking the vertical baffle extension in place
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- Checking baffle and pickup height. I left an 8mm gap as Guy suggests.
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- Small section added to extend the top baffle, picking up on the trapdoor hinge mount. This will need a bit of fettling when I reshape the oil return tube.
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Still need to drill some vent holes for the side boxes and make up the tops of the boxes, by have now run out of steel!
Re: Preparing my Spider 2000 for the Track
Posted: May 7th, 2017, 9:38 pm
by Guy Croft
Simon - excellent work, well done indeed.
I love it when folk have a go themselves, learning new skills and techniques..
btw have fun getting the oil pump bolts out!!
well done indeed...
G
Re: Preparing my Spider 2000 for the Track
Posted: May 18th, 2017, 6:26 am
by Will01
Wow. Very nice work. That looks really great and very impressive. Always great to give such a new thing a go.
Re: Preparing my Spider 2000 for the Track
Posted: May 20th, 2017, 8:48 pm
by Piotrek125p
This is a real pleasure to watching your job dear Simon. Please share with us a results of yout job, it is looking very good.
Re: Preparing my Spider 2000 for the Track
Posted: May 21st, 2017, 10:07 pm
by Simon
Re: Preparing my Spider 2000 for the Track
Posted: May 31st, 2017, 6:18 am
by Will01
I repeat myself, really great work. You have done a really nice job on this sump. It will look great and work great on your track car for sure. Nice one