Reyland Zs Rebuild / Update

[Quadcam24]

Originally Posted by sneekyparrot

Cheers bud,

Wait till the motors in and it's all hooked up, should look the part but still have those who think its a rover lol.

that was always such a grin...i remember chasing down an old ferrari 328 at combe , my mate had a 348 at the time and he was always biggin it up, he didnt say much in response to my video evidence. lol

[sneekyparrot]

A Small update :-)

I have the head back from ALD Developments and its looking brand new. Uprated valves, ported and flowed :-))

No pics yet as i dropped the head straight over to Andy Cowen (C&C Engineering) he is making me up a Phenolic Intake Gasket.


I could not buy the bushes i wanted for the engine mounts so thought i would have a crack at making my own, i mean how hard can it be

The LR discovery rear arm bushes fit the Metro LHS mount, well with a bit of work! I wanted the hardness rating to be 70
Not to hard but stiffer than rubber, but the ones i managed to get hold of very very soft.

Used a plastic tub , some resin plaster and giving the existing bushes a good coat of release agent.





the finished moulds needed a bit of work to iron out the imperfections.

When i mixed up the poly i found i had been sent the wrong pigment
I asked for a solid yellow colour but the stuff they sent just turned the poly transparent yellow!



I coated the mould with release agent but the fecking thing was solid when i tried to remove them! the spray release stuff they sent was kak tbh, i recon the resin plaster just soaked it up so i would of been better of covering them in Vaseline but hey you live and learn.

Wish they were both the same colour as G/Box mount but i'm not making another mould so will have to do. G/box all went well till the rear mould started to leak about half way thru pouring the poly, made a right mess but managed to clear up most of it while it was curing.



AN fittings have arrived to make up the power steering pipes / clutch pipe. Found some local guys who are doing the lot for me at a very good price, they even delivered them to my door as he lives round the corner and was passing on his way home



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[talkingcars]

Defiantly getting personal.

[peterzs]

Good to see the yellow!!!

Love the attention to detail.

[Mark S]

what is the shore rating of those?

not thought about delrin or equivalent?

[sneekyparrot]

Originally Posted by Mark S

what is the shore rating of those?

not thought about delrin or equivalent?

they are 70 Mark

the gearbox bush can only be bought from rimmers etc and with just a rubber bush, no one produces an after market replacement. Same story for the metro mount.

Now i know what the pitfalls are i can make up some more softer ones if needed but saying that with the seats now mounted to the cage and 550lb springs etc i doubt these will add much more vibrations lol.

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[sneekyparrot]

How about an update whilst i am waiting for the paint fumes to leave the garage :-)

Got the Turbo Hotside and Manifold back from Andy @ C&C. They needed a skim to get them flat so i can run a gasket less seal. But the difference between the Mani and Hot-side i substantial!



So out with the Die grinder for a night of porting.

Much Better:


Whilst i was in there it seemed a waste not to do the complete Hot-side, removing some of the horrible abrupt castings which effect exhaust flow and increase the EGT's on the hybrids.

Not just random thou it was all fully researched




Inlet Manifold port matched and flowed a little to remove some poor casting:



Head work is sweet with loads of shiny new Valves:



Almost Done:





Just waiting for some new Turbo fittings which should arrive before the weekend, so if all goes well it will be back under the bonnet this weekend.

superb :-)

[talkingcars]

Yet more stunning work.

[stamford]

Nice! Good old engineers blue, every garage should have a tin!

[peterzs]

Mega impressed, love all the engineering thats going into the engine, and the rest of the car.