Yes, all 330 miles of it ! ( And 330 miles back again ! ).

Dunx is finally going to Plymouth to collect his 2.1 stroker...

Diesel is in the van, driver is coffee'd up to the eyeballs.

So I'm looking forward to a pastie for breakfast !

dunx

 

can you pick one up for me as well dunx

Grant

 

Safe trip mate

 

popping to enginetuner is worth the journey, there's lots to see there

 

Get yourself to Ivor Dewdney for a pasty while you visit plymuff.

 

+1

 

Hope all goes well Duncan.

 

Typically, I have a day off, which happens about as often as Rowan Atkinson crashes his McLaren. My family are wondering why the strange man is wandering about the house during daylight hours.
Martyn's on the case, no doubt feeding the man dodgy Cornish product, along with our usual Tetley tea. I'll spend the whole day fretting as usual.

 

Dunx, who'll be driving the van back?

 

Latest bulletin was that Dunx has left the building, carrying an engine under his arm..

 

He must have a grin from ear to ear.

What's the full spec, bhp and lb ft?

 

After a rare easy Thursday at work, I received a PM from AJ saying "See you Saturday ! it's ready !".

So I bleated, need it now, I'm on my way

I fuelled the van and was ready to hit the M1 at 1 AM., drove there at a sensible 65-70 mph in 5.5 hours with a 5 second nap ( ON THE M5 ! ) and one coffee break near Exeter arriving at 6:30 am.

I love night driving on the motorway network, when it's almost empty...

Contrast to an 8 hour crawl back averaging less than 50 mph and 42 mpg. To arrive home at 8:30 PM. after a coffee break near Bristol in one of the (many) accident tail-backs.

I was greeted by Martin, who kindly fed me stories and coffee till my cam covers dried fully then after some pastie purchasing... the 2.1 stroker was then shrink-wrapped and pallet'd up, then lifted into the van...

Spec. is top secret, but includes cosworth, blah, Lateral blah, blah, and the usual headwork. To aim is to push towards 500 bhp once fitted, but that needs a better ecu, IMHO. Some full fat torque, for me, and some actual boost control for the engine will help keep it healthy for the next nine years ( ? ).

Pictures to follow once unwrapped.

Sleepy dunx

P.S. Not as disturbing as for your staff, wondering who the strange Northerner was wandering round with eyes like saucers....

P.P.S. The usual massive thanks to Martin, and Alan for his endless messages to confirm spec., guide the fool in spending his money wisely, and to all his staff for their care and effort. It looks too nice to get grubby in a car.

 

Cash and carry !

AJ arranged collection , and I collected once sorted !

dunx

P.S. Once Bigarf has wielded his heaviest lump hammer it will be wiring and plumbing time !

P.P.S. The grin will come once the fatigue wears off, I hope !

 

finally took the plunge then? will it do wheelies mr?

 

Not with a grown up behind the wheel, but I might try one myself

 

Well worth the trip Dunx good luck with it once fitted! I've got a lot of work to do to mine before my engine goes anywhere near there

 

Tease !

 

Great stuff

 

Nice one Dunx

 

come on dunx,rise and shine.get that bloody motor down to mine so i can get it put back were it belongs.it'l be nice to hear the old girl up and running again.bring some soap suds too cos shes gunna need a slight clean after being sat in the barn.

 

2.1, Cosworth, Lateral, 500bhp, PASTY!!!


Any pix?

 

Proper Job!



(Sorry, this is a cut and pastie job..)

 

 

lol it's okay - I didn't realise you were COLLECTING an engine!

I assumed your car was there being modded - hence my enquiry

 

With friends like Arthur ( Daley ) Carter on the job, it was in by tea time !

Exedy twin plate upgrade is in as well...

Enginetuner aren't blessed with limitless space for storing cars, and it would have been way more expensive in travel costs to deliver it.

I will have to consider a swirl pot/pump combo before she's fit and mapped to the 2 bar level my std. engine was subjected to...

I was dog tired yesterday, but it's just wires and pipes now, could be running on Monday, late Sunday evening ? ? ? I'm finally starting to get excited at having my car back soon, after six weeks cycling !

dunx

 

This was last weekend's progress report by Mr. J.

By Friday lunchtime it was done !

dunx

P.S. Sleepy still and forgot to pick up my camera so Bigarf has taken a couple of shots in the shed.

 

very nice dunx, cant wait for mine,how long did your build take, mine been at aj's just over 4weeks now

 

yup its now sat in the engine bay where it should be.could have probably had it ready to start up today if i had worked a little later.but then my tea would have been in the dog and are lass would have left me.so it will have to do another day in the barn for now.sorry dunx

 

AHH ! Yes saw yours sat in the main workshop - I hope the forklift placed that Evo on it's roof carefully...

It took a year...
I paid a deposit and Bigarf delivered the heads in June 2010... but I wasn't in a rush, and a pal wanted a forged 2.5 building so I said leave mine till after that build.

Then AJ had a couple of BIG money builds to sort... and then about three months ago mine started to sound rougher than normal..

So Alan arranged collection and the rebuild took around eight weeks.

dunx

P.S. Arf the dog probably would have loved your tea... but please stay out of the shed for your sake, or she'll kill you.

 

My life is good some days...

I'd be 20 stone if I lived down in Plymouth.

dunx