Belt covers are not wrinkled, they're cast and painted silver just like the block and gearbox. Water pipes are anodized.
Engine is ready to go in. Ill do that tomorrow after having a quick look at the fuel system. When I took the WUR's off there was white debris in the screens and all but one injector was junk. I don't want to run any foreign garbage through the new fuel system. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Prevents radio interference like the old corvettes had but in chrome. Injected boxers came with a radio from the factory.
You can put it in with the bell housing on and the rear heat shield in but why? You risk damaging things if you do. Its a one man job this way and the bell housing is a cinch to put on after. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Restoring the exhaust next, tips off which Ill polish. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Muffler are ready for the tips which I still need to polish. Exhaust manifolds are being ceramic coated this week. I took a bunch of dents and scrapes out of the collectors today. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Once I road test the car they will take on a nice golden colour from the heat cycles. So when they were new they were silver. Testarossa, 328, all the same in that they turn gold in a very short period of time.
looks great I hope to follow suit very soon. Waiting on a new ignition module prior to being able to put the engine back in. looking at the Pertronix digital HP with Bluetooth control. This allows for easy setup and rev limit also you can disable the ignition via the app.
Paul, how do you know everything is good inside the mufflers? I've seen cans that look great from the outside, but are totally corroded from within?
These mufflers are stainless steel and if there's nothing rattling around and nothing comes out its good. But the Ansa mild steel mufflers if you listen very closely on a quiet night you can hear them rust.
Bell housing clutch shaft is typical, felt lumpy and sticky when rotated by hand so I pulled it out. The bearings and surfaces just needed some cleaning and greasing. Spins nice now. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Drop gears case and bearings. Stock 512 Boxer bearings on left, top is input support bearing. Right row is Testarossa, note top and bottom bearings. Testarossa rollers on the top are longer to spread the load and they're larger in diameter. The 365 boxer had no upper bearing here. The input shaft relied on the pilot bearing in the crank and the bearing in the bell housing only. Even the first 512 boxers had no support bearing in the drop gear case so the input shaft, upper gear and drop gear case was different. No doubt the gears were trying to push away from each other under load. Not sure when the 512 got the upper support but a check of the parts book could probably tell me the chassis number split. So as the cars progressed the upper bearing was added then the bearings were beefed up and then the TR got an additional oil supply line from the box to the drop gear case. The Testarossa gears are also cut on a steeper angle. The bottom bearing is a much better part and a number of additional balls. A nice upgrade if you're changing them anyway. New rear heat shield has been test fitted and drop gear case is ready. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
So true....I just cut up the Ansa sport exhaust's on my BBi and both units were completely rotten away and disintegrated under the fairly nice looking skin. Corrosion protection has never been a part of the thought process in that company.
Bell housing is done. New bearings, ring nuts, seal and input shaft. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
A pair of Nouvalari sport exhausts are ready on my shelf. Newman, did you paint that nice clutch housing? Best regards Peter