Glamour Shots.. '62 Valiant Wagon
5/2/24:
The exhaust is built and completed. The front downpipes were fitted, fitted, and fitted again before final welding.
With the exhaust complete, I was able to fire the engine for the first time.
It ran and had good oil pressure. There are still small fiddly tasks to complete such as the valves need to be lashed, the timing set, as well as the idle speed, and the idle mixture set.
Some documentation:
The Right Pipe is connected with a 45° bend and a straight section to the merge collector.
The Left Pipe was getting mocked up with mostly the same configuration - a 45° angle, a long section of straight pipe, and also a pie cut to get the angle fitted with mostly no gaps. I also had to slice the long section of pipe with a 3° cut on it to get it merged onto the 45° angle with no gaps. That does not show up in the pictures.
Lots of hacked off bits of stainless left behind.
Fully Welded with tabs on as well.
Someone stopped by after lunch to help and lend a hand. She was helping to install spark plugs among other things.
After fitting the front of the exhaust the tailpipe is all goobered up and will need to be sorted out, and rerouted for actual driving. It's good for now, however.
5/2/24:
The exhaust is built and completed. The front downpipes were fitted, fitted, and fitted again before final welding.
With the exhaust complete, I was able to fire the engine for the first time.
It ran and had good oil pressure. There are still small fiddly tasks to complete such as the valves need to be lashed, the timing set, as well as the idle speed, and the idle mixture set.
Some documentation:
The Right Pipe is connected with a 45° bend and a straight section to the merge collector.
The Left Pipe was getting mocked up with mostly the same configuration - a 45° angle, a long section of straight pipe, and also a pie cut to get the angle fitted with mostly no gaps. I also had to slice the long section of pipe with a 3° cut on it to get it merged onto the 45° angle with no gaps. That does not show up in the pictures.
Lots of hacked off bits of stainless left behind.
Fully Welded with tabs on as well.
Someone stopped by after lunch to help and lend a hand. She was helping to install spark plugs among other things.
After fitting the front of the exhaust the tailpipe is all goobered up and will need to be sorted out, and rerouted for actual driving. It's good for now, however.
