 Windshield installed |
 Booo hoo hoo... |
 Hood, rear mud guards and nosecone on - just for laughs. |
 Another view of the same. |
Not much done today.
Attempted to assemble the carbs / intake manifold but can't figure out which fixings to use. The assembly guide is useless for anything to do with the assembly of the engine ancillaries. There were some studs that looked like they were for the threaded holes in the intake manifold, so I "Locktited" them in place.
Found the web site of the company that makes the special intake manifolds for Caterham and they had a picture of a couple of Weber DCOE carb's fitted to the manifold, so I was able to finish putting together the carb / manifold assembly. It looks fantastic!
Started fitting the hood (aka roof) - what a pain! The damn thing is very tight and almost impossible to get on.
 Dual DCOE 40s mounted on the intake manifold. Note that the fuel inlet was eventually plumbed to the left - oposite to that shown. |
 As if viewed from the front of the car. |
 As if viewed from the side. |
 Roof on - one of the trickier jobs. |
Also went to the DMV web site ( >www.dmv.ca.gov ) to have a look at getting a "Special Interest" license plate ,AKA Environmental License Plate, or ELP.
Ones currently available....
Ones not available ....
The engine and gearbox arrive on the back of Guy Simpson's pickup truck - hooray! He had Jonathan at Rocky Mountain Sportscars deliver both his engine and my engine together to his work. It saved us some shipping costs. Started fitting the engine ancillaries to the engine. These include ...
How the engine looked as delivered from RMSC - with Engine supports added.
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Clockwise from engine : Oil sump, Bell housing, gearbox (in the box).
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Everything laid out.
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That's the clutch plate on the floor.
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Continued fitting engine ancillaries.
Assembled flywheel, clutch and clutch cover. Attached the gearbox to the bell housing. Attached the clutch and gearbox/bellhousing assembly to the engine. It's beginning to take shape......
 Gearbox and all the ancillaries installed. |
 Front view. |
 Side view. |
Finished off work on the gearbox: Fitted speedo' takeoff and reversing light switch. Fitted carburetor and intake manifold assembly to the engine and put the air filters on .... WOW!! It's looking really great now! Attached fan and radiator to the front of the car. Adjusted the static timing by positioning the distributor arm over one of the spark plug takeoffs on the distributor cap when the pointer on the crankshaft pully was 14 degrees Before Top Dead Centre. This is very rough and was only done to get the gear teeth on the distributor rotor shaft right with respect to the teeth on the cam shaft. The timing will have to be done properly when the engine is in the car and with the battery connected.
 Plug leads and air filters fitted. |
 Radiator installed. |
 Nice overall view of the engine. |
 Close up of the gearbox prop shaft exit showing the speedo' cable attached. |
 Top view of the carb's. |
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