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Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:57 pm

Well, I got my case back today, after I dropped it off Saturday, so now I begin the building of my Type 3 1776.

1776

69 C/W 20/20
German Replacement case Std/std
NOS Kolbensmidt std/20/std bearings
Stock pushrods
Cima P&C
Stock Heads Single Hi-Revs, 38cc Chambers
Stock 32 PDSIT carbs jetted properely of course
110 Cam
12.5 Lightweight Flywheel
26mm Oil Pump Blueprinted
Full flowed
1.5qt Sump
1.5 Over the top w/ a phat boy

I'll have pics of the entire build, and I hope to have it done in 2 weeks.

This was going to be my 1st engine build, but has now turned into my seventh engine build.

Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:13 am

Sounds like a bolt together situation. :D

I'll be following right behind you with my own FI'd 1776 as soon as I get done with 2 other builds.

Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:02 am

Well I painted the other side of the shroud to get ti to match, and found this:

can I still use this? Will it affect cooling at all?

other than that, I put all my parts together, and checked it all out.

Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:05 pm

i would just weld the crack if it is big.

Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:37 pm

amarinoo@netzero.net wrote: i would just weld the crack if it is big.

ever weld magnesium?

Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:48 pm

I had a similar crack, I drilled the end of the crack with a small drill bit, this keeps it from coming back and filled it with some duramix 4040 but ay repair adhesive should work, good luck

Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:45 pm

Is the shroud aluminum or magensium or an alloy?

Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:24 pm

it is magnesium. but it can be welded. you will have to use a Gas tungsten arc welder

Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:27 am

If you are not set-up to weld magneseum, take it to someone who can :shock: If this catches fire, bad things man...... :cry:

Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:12 pm

Did some work on it again today

Now I am trying to figure out my full flow setup w/ the least amount of grinding to the fan shroud.

I saw one were it uses 4 90s and 1 45

Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:16 pm

Lookin' good B.. Keep up the good work!

Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:42 am

hi found these pics of my engine hope they help good luck with the build looks very good
regards
chris

Sat Aug 02, 2008 4:05 pm

The Berg type3 pump cover works really well... wish I had pics of when I did mine back in '01... I'll say it was fun at the least :P

Sun Aug 10, 2008 6:24 pm

well i fired it up last night, I have good and bad news.

It fired right up, after I fixed the accelerator pump on one side, and the float on the other. Got Oil pressure immedialty and held a good 30 PSI @2200, I gave it a good rev to about 2500, and it shot a damn oil line off, sprayed me in the face, and on me, damage was, it broke the clamp split the hose.

It ran a good 3 mins, not locked up, but the Exxon Valdez slicked the driveway.

othere than that, No leaks at all, runs damn good.

Sun Aug 10, 2008 8:11 pm

Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:16 pm

Euro 67 wrote: well i fired it up last night, I have good and bad news.

It fired right up, after I fixed the accelerator pump on one side, and the float on the other. Got Oil pressure immedialty and held a good 30 PSI @2200, I gave it a good rev to about 2500, and it shot a damn oil line off, sprayed me in the face, and on me, damage was, it broke the clamp split the hose.

It ran a good 3 mins, not locked up, but the Exxon Valdez slicked the driveway.

othere than that, No leaks at all, runs damn good.

Thats why I have had hydraulic lines made for both my full flow set-ups. Never leaks a drop! I have seen a few engines ruined from oil lines coming off.

Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:09 pm

Russ Wolfe wrote:

That's the exact setup I did, It blew on both sides, I bought new lines, waiting for it to quit raining so I can fix it, and I need to realign the fan housing, it started to rub a little.

Mon Aug 11, 2008 4:14 pm

That is Jim Adney's set up on one of his engines.
Dave Hall took the pictures back in 02.

Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:01 pm

I used the G. Berg T3 set-up with stainless Teflon coated lines. Basically, the same as Jim Adney's but with male/female ends for the lines. She'll run at anywhere from 10psi when hot @ idle to 60psi on the freeway with no problems. Worth every penny for piece of mind.

Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:08 pm

Russ Wolfe wrote: That is Jim Adney's set up on one of his engines.
Dave Hall took the pictures back in 02.

the only thing that would make me nervous is the silicon on the case halves and the oil lines.

yeah, I bought the sstainless teflon hoses, so hopefully no more problems.