Winter Capri Upgrades

[yeahloh95]

Team z stuff are nice parts that should take 30 lbs off or so

[pwtmxracing]

Looking good that's bad ass Lil car you got there !!!

[Martin0660]

V8 bell adapter bolted up ...



SFI V8 bellhousing bolted up ... Now I need to find my dial indicator



Can't see the engine for the bellhousing ... 2.3 liter block hiding behind a 5 liter bell :D

[Dan B.]

Bob.....I think you are the only one doing ANY work on your car this winter. Keep it up!

[Martin0660]

I'm not sure if any of you have ever indexed a bell housing ... This is the first one I've done outside the car so you can see the set-up.

Dial indicator on a mag base. Mag base is on the flywheel, and the bellhousing is bolted up. Set up the dial indicator on ZERO at the bottom ...



Rotated the crank shaft 180 degrees and get a reading ...



In this case it is .030 difference top to bottom and dead on side to side. For what it's worth, I also reset the dial indicator to ZERO on the top and spin it over to the bottom to endure it's the same reading and not something in my set-up.

You take 1/2 the total reading (.015) and order the closest offset dowels made (available .007, .014, .021). So in my case I need ot order the .014 offset pins, and that should put me within the .005 allowable error (should be .001 or better).

I always do mine, but this was the first time I had it out where I could get pictures.

[Martin0660]

I think you are the only one doing ANY work on your car this winter.

Or at least the only one talking about it ;)

[yeahloh95]

where is the nozzle fitting on the bell?

[gmkillr]

You can probably squeeze a few more .001's by playing around with the bolts and a hammer.

[Martin0660]

where is the nozzle fitting on the bell?

To be determined once I bolt the actual clutch and pressure plate up. Likely wont be needed with this new set-up, but i'll put the port in just in case ;)

You can probably squeeze a few more .001's by playing around with the bolts and a hammer.

It's a good news / bad news deal ... With the dowels and countersunk bolts on the 2.3 side there is no play in the system ... On the V8 side the dowels are pretty much a light press fit, so no play. The offset dowels will get me where I need to be.

[gmkillr]

Ok, good luck bud!

[coralcoupe1993]

Yum~!

[somethingclever]

Nice work Bob

[Martin0660]

G Force is out of the car and torn down for freshening. All the gears and bearings looked perfect.

[Martin0660]

The root of ripping into the transmission was an intermittent issue with it power shifting into third. I think Rob found my issue.



That's my shift selector finger ( top) versus a replacement (bottom)

[yeahloh95]

can it be straightened?

[Sonic03snake]

Dam, that thing is tweaked!! Another one for the carnage collection.

The root of ripping into the transmission was an intermittent issue with it power shifting into third. I think Rob found my issue.



That's my shift selector finger ( top) versus a replacement (bottom)

[Martin0660]

can it be straightened?

LOL, yeah, it was straigtened into the garbage can ;)

Another one for the carnage collection.

LOL, I quit saving broken parts a while ago ... not enough room :D

[yeahloh95]

could you do a hardness check on it and maybe heat treat the new one so this doesnt happen again ?

[Martin0660]

New spring package for the waste gate ... Finally got to use the big blue spring

[Martin0660]

could you do a hardness check on it and maybe heat treat the new one so this doesnt happen again ?

I thought I answered this ... For a while they was making these out of a hardened high alloy steel. Apparently they broke more frequently than the Tremec parts bend.