Elford Turbo Conversion...

[captainbizzaro]

Where did you source these from Ian? From Mazda direct?

[Ian65]

Where did you source these from Ian? From Mazda direct?

Got them from RX Motors

[captainbizzaro]

Aaah right cheers

[CHC (RIP)]

Good infor there Ian - ta.
:cheers

[Ian65]

at last, some progress...
got the pilot bearing in tonight and the new clutch bolted up...



Hopefully should be able to bolt up the gearbox and put the turbo on tomorrow evening and then lift it all back into the car on Saturday.

[CHC (RIP)]

Is this the 30 something £ kit or the more expensive 225mm unit?

[Ian65]

this is the 215mm clutch that I bought for £35 off ebay

[CHC (RIP)]

What did you use for an alignement tool Ian?

[Ian65]

What did you use for an alignement tool Ian?

I borrowed this off Keith...



It made the job a piece of cake...

He mentioned it here...

http://mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67002

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[captainbizzaro]

Will that fit my S4 clutch?

[CHC (RIP)]

I remembered Keith saying that he cut the section off a scrapper and made the alignment tool, that was why I asked.

[Ian65]

Had a disappointing day on this project today...
We had heavy rain showers all day which stopped me working outside to get the engine back in and then I found a problem with my replacement gearbox that I had to fix.

Started off well...

bolted the inlet onto the engine...



painted my bargain £15  series 2 oil cooler and put the insulating foam around it...



put the clutch fork and new release bearing into the bellhousing...



but then.... put the gear lever in and found that the return spring was damaged which meant that the lever flapped about and didn\'t centre back to the neutral position. I knew this would drive me mad when driving the car so it had to be fixed.

I had to take the selector housing apart and remove the various components...

In the following pic, the selector block on the right has the good spring and the left hand one had the damaged one...



I then cleaned up the housing and all the bits...



and put it all back together with new silicon grease...



Gear lever feels great now, nice and tight.

So not a completely wasted day.

[CHC (RIP)]

As you say, at least you have made progress.
You did well with the S2 oil cooler mate, I remember with my SA back in the 80\'s they weren\'t readily available to buy and as they were made of aluminium they were a swine to repair when damaged - mine was repaired by a coded welder @ Shell Stanlow workshops.  Â£15 - wow a definite bargain there.

[Ian65]

got my turbo ready to go on too....






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[captainbizzaro]

What paint did you use to do that?