1995 Ginetta G27 4.5 V8

[Darkspeed]

I need one of these starter motors...

[georgeb]

Yes, yes you do!

Love the Can-Ams, just so wonderfully brutal.

[peteh1969]

A proper Sounding car mmmm

[Darkspeed]

As the G27 is EFI I think I will need a separate switch to cut the ECU feed to the coil packs for that initial turning over for a few seconds just make sure that the exhaust system is full of woosh bang mixture - then stop, switch on the ignition feed and let it go with all the sparks alive. With a long duration cam and wasted spark no doubt valves will be open allowing burning mixture through to ignite all the unburnt in the exhausts.

G27 would do it on over run when running with the Holley and you could time it pretty accurately from the time you backed off to the point where it would ignite all the unburnt in the ehxaust - back off - bumbly bumble muffle pop pop - - - - - - BANG - - - pop pop mumble bumble. Flames always huge orange 12-18" long - The Westfield running the Webers flames on over-run were always more blue with yellow feathers. Nice thing about side exits is you can move a mirror to look at the outlet - not so easy on a rear exit.

[Darkspeed]

G27 has moved counties from Shropshire to Staffordshire and the weather gods were kind as they provided a dry path for a bare metal chassis to travel through.

It has been quite a while since I last had the opportunity to drop the body work and a few extra parts on the chassis - My mate who has offered a nice dry well lit facility to build the car up in had forgotten just how small the car is - His classic mini dwarfing the thing.

Spent 10 minutes dropping panels on it the then 20 just grinning - My word it's a special thing.

ETA



Sharing space now with one of my builds from many moons past - This one having a 3.9 with some heads that I modified.

[g33]

It's back...



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[Darkspeed]

Oh dear, Someone is eventually going to catch a rather nasty cold over the sale of that thing- somewhere in the future the legal ramifications will catch up with the person who put those plates on it. Why do people think that fraud with kit car identities is somehow acceptable.

ETA

In the space of an hour the price just lept up £2K !

[sean1965]

A fine collection of motors in my opinion.

Recognise the avatar? Lol

[Darkspeed]

Nov 25, 2018 19:44:18 GMT sean1965 said:

A fine collection of motors in my opinion.

Recognise the avatar? Lol

No bias then

Did a bit of work on the cars at the weekend - Fitting the remote on the B-Type took a bit of retracing the process used to get it all connected - I still make the same mistakes building cars today that I made on this one over 10 years ago, the mistake of everything fits where it should, but only just, leaving no more room than is required and a particular sequence to fitting. Following that sequence and it all goes together reasonably quickly - trouble being that it may take three attempts before I recall the sequence....

Its a bit snug in the trans tunnel.




I had also forgotten just how snug everything is on that car.




Snug LOL



Everything fits - Just - no comments on the phasing on the steering it was just thrown in there to be sorted.









Did a bit of messing about on the G27 as well dropping bits an pieces on reminding myself of the work and the direction being taken.


Funny that the camera flash makes the fine surface rust really stand out and make it look really bad - it's not.













On the B we fitted the LT77 remote - mounted the exhaust(s) and dropped the manifolds in place and ran through some of the parts needed for the reassembly.


To move on with the G27 the engine really needs to be assembled and I need to get hold of a dizzy to cut to bits to make a drive for the oil pump.

Progress.

[sean1965]

How small does that wheel look? Madness.
Still, it is all starting to come together now with hopefully not many more sessions before it will be ready for a start up.

Then to fettle the B and think mini and G27 thoughts.

[Darkspeed]

I have been on the hunt for a pair of Offenhauser rocker covers for my V8 for a fair old time now and just before Xmas a pair of brand new ones came up for sale. However, whilst watching the auction run down I got engrossed in something on the TV and when I remembered that there was an auction to win it was too late. Well, as luck would have it a day or so later another pair were listed and this time I was not going to lose out. S/H but a £100 saving on the others.

I will be removing the Blue paint and replacing it with Black crackle but no more than just the space between the ribs the rest will remain polished.

[johnthesparky]

Have to say I much prefer old stuff to new anyway... so this would be double win for me


And sometimes eBay is great for that, flushing people out with stuff you want to buy and they have sat around doing nothing

[Darkspeed]

Dec 31, 2018 11:28:23 GMT johnthesparky said:

Have to say I much prefer old stuff to new anyway... so this would be double win for me

And sometimes eBay is great for that, flushing people out with stuff you want to buy and they have sat around doing nothing

In total agreement - The added benefit is that the S/H ones also came with the breathers, not shown in the pic's, which the new ones did not so that was some extra icing on the cake.

I now need to have a good clear out of the surplus parts that I have to help with balancing the recent spends. That, and to assist with topping up the coffers as the clutch and flywheel combination I have my eye on will relieve me of quite a lot of hard earned.

[dadstaxi]

How do you fill the oil with those covers?

[Darkspeed]

Dec 31, 2018 13:00:44 GMT dadstaxi said:

How do you fill the oil with those covers?

I will probably just pour it into the large holes in the top of them !

[jamesd1972]

Yes but which one ?

[Darkspeed]

Dec 31, 2018 13:36:12 GMT jamesd1972 said:

Yes but which one ?

First choice naturally would be the round one, the second choice probably the upper one and then the final choice would be the lower one. If however access to any of those those is proven difficult then I will just use the central one. I may have to get one of the breathers marked "OIL" - I just hope that someone does not put it back in the wrong place and balls it all up.

[sonus]

Which clutch are you considering? I am looking for a clutch for my fast road Daimler engine, but I am having a hard time chosing.

[Darkspeed]

Jan 1, 2019 1:36:28 GMT sonus said:

Which clutch are you considering? I am looking for a clutch for my fast road Daimler engine, but I am having a hard time chosing.

I have a 7.25" AP sintered clutch pack but I am considering one of the offerings from TTV ttvracing.com/clutches/ the range of Road and Road Competition clutches look interesting so I have asked them for a quote on clutch and Supalite flywheel to suit.

Previously when running the warm 4.0L engine I ran a Lightweight steel flywheel and an AP heavy duty single plate organic clutch which was very good.

[sonus]

Small world. I just received my bespoke flywheel from TTV, but since I was undecided on clutch I asked for it undrilled for clutch. I am considering a Sachs Performance clutch intended for a Sierra cosworth.