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Adam's LS1 VL

Started by Adam007 · 2 Sept 2011 · 20 replies

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Well it's been pouring down here at home, flash flooding etc and roads being closed, as such haven't been able to travel out to work so had some time up my sleeve the past few days, so I got busy. Fitted up the twin AU thermo fans to the VL radiator, still need to attach it to the radiator somehow: Pulled the VL Turbo brakes off the parts car to be cleaned up and overhauled, took them over to another friends workshop and sandblasted, then painted them: Bought new pistons and seal rebuild kit for all four corners, promptly ruined two rear dust seal's trying to get them on (tore them) so will need to get new ones of these before I go much further: Also got a chance to go back to my friend's workshop and spend some more time assembling the engine - all pistons and rods in, camshaft in, lifters in, lifter cups in. Then cleaned up the pair of heads that I am going to be using, these had alot of caked on carbon - similar treatment to the engine block, outside with the degreaser, gernie and a razor blade. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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