30th October 1999:
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30th October 1999:
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Finally the bonnet is taking shape - the bulge starts out as a continuation of the grille line, going backwards to take in the struts (as they sit too high) and then heading back towards the back of the bonnet. The front centre grille is just about fitted - not as easy as it should have been as the grille actually screws to a lip around the hole. Paul has had to make up a lip from strips of steel, and weld these to the underside of the bonnet to hold the grille in place. The holes for the outer grilles have been cut into place ready, the rear centre grille is still waiting for its hole to be cut. |
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This side profile shot shows how much the bonnet has been bulged by - entirely necessary to clear the engine - the cam box covers were sitting a little too high too close the bonnet, similarly the suspension struts also sat too high. Recently I acquired another 8v Integrale engine, only this one came with Group A cams and ported head, the downside being that the rings were gone and the bores are oval! But as the whole thing came in at less than half the price of a pair of cams, it was still a good deal. Barry Waterhouse is now rebuilding the engine with bigger bores, nice shiny new pistons etc. He reckons once I get the ECU reprogrammed to suit the cams, I should be looking at around 270bhp, and she should rev to around 6,800rpm, a little more and a little higher than standard! Can't wait! |
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