DGF

reckon about 1 1/2 hrs...it's not the 4.11 bit i'm overly worried about it's the slipper in it...Katie will be alright with it but it could bite Ed in the behind
but we will  have a conflab in the morning ...plan an 8 am start on it
thinking on it ....it would make tomorrows last prep easier...and it's known good diff ..the other is one i've never used .before..so maybe ..better the devil you know
and yep they know it's a 1800 hr start ..trying to get them away from eridge by 2 pm ...only a 2 hr drive ...if they go slow [at normal road speed]

car 27 nearly ready..engine running much better now...road test tomorow a m ...no bonnet no headlights and wrong diff in ..oh and no drivers wiper ..but it'll be fine by the tme they leave for the start

mine arrived ..ta .although my own list will change slightly due to last mnute engine change

7hrs on the saloon today...and engine running ...not smoothly yet ...still a small list of jobs to do but getting smaller

saloonathon tomorrow

another 4 hrs on it today...not there yet

Ta for that Colin...will take it up the workshop later and compare..sometimes these things are very easy the next day when yoyu go back and look...also got home and realised i hadn't set the rocker clearances ...DOH

New engine in..not fired up yet   small list of things still to do
refit rad .
sort out leak on carbs
change diff
make and fit throttle pedal plate ,cable
sort exhaust
and a few other minor little things
oh and work out the jigsaw od linkages for the su carbs...anyone got as pic handy?

well the new engine looks good...sat on the workshop floor

Ta for that Boo...old engine out....took the sump off the Pi engine and it's had a regrind .10 thou.......county bearings but hey ho.[will look in my parts bin for vp]..so that looking good ..will do more tomorrow...

i've seen a pic on C W site of the bracket...a pic of it in place would help me

just waiting for Ed to arrive then car getting towed to his workshop and transformation will begin

Yep ..Boo..gonna run it on SUs ..there's a guy on the saloon reg forum who may have all the bits i need but i'll keep it in mind..Ta

it's pretty normal for Dave to drag something out of the depths of the dark and do it up ..we'd be  a bit worried if it were any another way

Ta for that Colin ...just sizing up the options

follwing engine failure ..plan is now to fit A PI engine we've aquired.....few bits i need...one being exhaust manifold and down pipe...had an offer of one from Colin Radford..he's in doncaster and i'm down south ...anyone from the CT pony express anywhere near there?

cooked another head gasket on the way ... >:(...engine swap ...potential 2.5 MK2 pi ..on carbs

gonna set about fitting the jag seats tomorrow..car just been out for it's second run post bottom end rebuild..no oil leak this time ...still no overdrive though..but getting there

list of what's left to do
  change diff to a taller one
change wiper box
find leccy fault on overdrive
fit jag seats
and give engine a nice test un to gaygon sunday..then fix any faults

lost a week there but just emailed mine

Ditto ..what Jason said...and you will find you're running well up on time and have time to enjoy the banter at each stop...on the last run,my daughter and i, did just that...at some controls we were early..so we handed our road book in, did our socialising ..bit of tinkering on the car. tea ,cakes and then head off ...as others were still just arriving..but we'd had  break
And another plus to the 'don't fanny around'   approach is that if/when your car develops a fault ..there are lots of cars/helpers that will pass and lend a spanner

need to change the diff from 4.11 to a 3.73..sort out oil leak from sump gasket and trace fault..prob leccy with overdrive