Still at it Gents. However I lifted the head on my daily driver/grocery getter, thus priorities changes over the winter. I rebuilt the VQ35 in the infiniti, thus resources were temorarily reallocated away from the toy car.
So while the toy car was on pause, I pulled the engine out of the Infiniti G35:
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pulled engine.jpg
On the stand, (note project car sadly sidelined):
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Engine out of G35.jpg
Three months pass, during which forged pistons and rods were added, along with ARP L19s, Tomei cams, and JWT valve springs:
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checking piston to wall clearance.jpg
OEM vs Wiesco and Eagle:
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OEM vs. WeiscoandEagle.jpg
Heads back from Duffin Engine Machine Shop:
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VQ35 heads.jpg
Very smooth rotating assembly:
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11to1 overbored CR Weisco pistons.jpg
The engine is back in the car, and the increase in compression ratio, displacement, and intake cam lift and duration is rather intoxicating. The engine runs 1.3 equivalence ratio on the torque curve, and with the 68 deg C Mishimoto thermostat I'm pretty far away from knock, although combustion efficiency likely suffers. But good god I can spin 3rd gear easily with the heat-cycled-out RS3s. Thus, she was shod with new shoes:
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shod with 255-35-R18 RS3s.jpg
In regards to resuming work on the mid engine locost7, I'll need a few weeks to allow accounts to recover from the engine build--but I am still at it. I'm working on routing the 1.5" aluminum coolant tubes going from the rear of the car to the front radiator, all while trying to ensure the passengers legs won't get burned via conduction through the floor.
But my god, there is still so much left to do:
-coolant tubes
-brake master cylinders
-clutch master and slave cylinders
-brake and clutch lines
-throttle cable
-fuel pump
-fuel lines
-ECU harness
-Caterham body panel order/fitment
-chassis and body paint
-headlights and mounts
-turn signals, brake, backup lights and mounts
Still so much work to do, and considering my work at the office is spooling-up something fierce, this makes it rather difficult to find the time to make progress on the car if I have 10 hour days at the office.