today was a good day

[Tappy]

Aha after a summer full of trouble i finally got another engine ! I'm very exiting to get it in Its a lancia beta engine 2l it came complete with trans , distributor , manifolds , starter , alternator

Most of the things i wont be able to re-use and i wil put up for sale , i really wanted to use the cams becouse i've heared that they would be sharper (dunno what that means , if anyone wants to fill in ?...)

Anyway Saterday will be the big day becouse we will be changing all the gaskets, oil return rings dist , oil pan etc etc and hopefulli put it back in somewhere next weekend

Keep you all posted , and since my mechanic will do this i'll take you all lots of pictures.

[racydave]

Its about time!!!

[mdrburchette]

I'm excited for you, Tappy! You sure have had a run of bad luck. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

[Tappy]

ok theres always something goin wrong ... this time it was only the battry of the camera that was emty i only managed to take one picture :

finisching and mounting will be done next weekend becouse i need 2 more gaskets , timing belt and a


for those who are interested : i've used a lancia engine from a lancia Beta to be exact , the engine is the same as the spider but becouse he's mounted 20°tilted in a lancia you need to make some modifications i'll sum them up if anyone needs them or want to use a lancia engine in the future :

oil pan
oil pump
oil return line
waterpump
*waterpump pully, alternator bracket (*if you need alternator mounted pasengers side)
radiator heater line
cooling inlet
motor mounts
pignon axel rollager (babelfish translation...)