We removed all of the upper engine ancillaries after draining the fluids, then pulled the cylinder head. We then put the car on the hoist and dropped the engine and gearbox from the car. We had concerns due to a large amount of leak-down in the #1 cylinder along with low compression, so before we…
We need to make more room for the driver’s seat in this race car. It needs to be lower to the floor for headroom and safety. The original seat mount position was strange and as you can see in the lower right of the first picture, the floor was cracking due to stresses from the…
This set of MGB stub axles was sent to us for installation of a new set of kingpins. Some of the hard work had been done already, including removing the upper trunnions. We received a new set of upper trunnions so there’s a good chance there was some serious damage done to them in the…
We’ve removed the front and rear glass for better access to the roll cage for the upcoming addition of a dash bar and rear cross-brace for the seat. The wiring has been completely removed as well and we’ll be fabricating a new, much more simplified wiring harness and dashboard once the roll cage has been…
This Jaguar MK IX comes equipped with a pair of SU HD6 carburetors with an integrated SU starting carb (a form of automatic choke that adds fuel when the car is cold). The car is running very rich and the bottoms of the carbs are fuel-stained, so we need to figure out why. Testing our…
After spending some time cleaning up the engine bay we reinstalled the engine, hooked up all of the ancillaries, and installed the gearbox (with a new clutch) from below. All that’s left is to reassemble the interior around the transmission tunnel and this Alfa will be back on the road again!
The engine is clean and has had new gaskets and seals installed. It’s back together and ready to go back in the car. The next step will be to get it off of the engine stand to change out the rear main seal.
Because of the large amount of leaks, the entire front of the engine looked almost black. As you can see, some elbow grease along with some safety kleen (plus a drip tray) can do wonders for these Alfa Romeo blocks. Our parts have arrived. A new water pump, oil pump, complete gasket set and head…
Once we removed the engine, we mounted it to an engine stand and removed the cylinder head, front cover, and other items. While on the stand we’ll clean the engine with safety kleen and a brush. The cylinder head has already been cleaned up in this photograph, and the cams, gears, and bearings inspected. Alfa…
This 1988 Alfa Romeo Spider is in great condition, but its engine is pretending to be British – i.e. it’s leaking fluids everywhere. It’s time to re-seal everything with fresh gaskets, seals, and hoses, and to clean up the mess while we’re at it. The easiest way to do all of the work is actually…