Stage 1 V8

good trick with exhaust.
welding alloy is tricky. Tried couple of times - metal needs to be super-clean. Otherwise oxidised alloy remannings are messing all up.
Need to get some pictures of my restoration 109HT into my thread finally

Take care of heat insulation, see exhaust in many places going close to chassis, shaft, etc.

Quite impressive I must say. I do standard Stage 1 HT now but it goes somehow slow.

I do need 530990 now found out that with the kit I can use it in place of FRC1940
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to replace arm FRC1940 with relevant S3 4 cyl arm.
seems quite similar but is not.
What I found is that someone already managed to accomplish this with set of shims:
https://www.designdevelopmenteng.co.uk/ ... p216718930

Looking for one.
Is conversion from standard late 4cyl 109 possible ?

soda blasting to get off all the old paint https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/r7oxhT-Y21-iRmIQV3Ruufa3RJ5Tu01p1Q_JmC1UqDdHvbsfipJpJYx4aT9HoUbzV9_f8dJqFsL_kTJBXMAl4eb4Pk4T78--zDE6HJnrubeUj_ESCG3Sqo7CMu4BOhhAHbAprUtlITw7suM4t1oYqzRvlVXpJ76dP99dq_t3OeNm5mj7m44X4D5AOrQ_wsE6_vVap3asFXt2JQaCyidSpCAnDdugNvq...

Hi there, some progress - galvanized bulkhead: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/TUSQukYyGp1SUnCeSb_lkh-v9zwGsEyvp9wkxAW0IFlC82VOVubcNjp8Nt1dhVAVtxDempwxsXCsXjUObwI1x2aW1nPgBJMKgLEF4EjRLcb2S5l65oU0i4hdKSoXR2oTLRxxryAAxF3Dv-AfxaSRSBMUzvsw7CLE2wOx69BSMU86OOhg_Afm1dUkaWRkdEWKXdaeUURgL4fKj07NmaKH3mj2I0a...

thanks,
Although it took some time.
now the bulkhead is repaired and is going to the be galvanized this week.
Also engine is undergoing full rebuild. Will post more pics soon.

Hi there, Some progress... chassis galvanised. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2GrbLsr9p2VCMNAxjMNF5lfeakNhxu_bVY53eebqAaXbkY0ZQ_FhrSG0exulIjwhvGng4dVWzVRTKvYphwvak90xOokLD8H7BZ0qhb4nZsYyZPNLruGZnQfXyRPaZybC40OWm1Knh1n5rZjMV5qhNg02uzuOBbW_18ElbiugRiUzumpLnOLBywZoGiwVKhMzXdyYxu5Bvz-RA5chvzZglRJd0ND...

Im in process of chasis repair and got into dimensions checking. Looking and Stage 1 manual supplement the page with chassis (76-1) is not of good quality scan. Is hard to get into where reference lines with dimensions are sticking to. Can anyone share good quality scan of Stage 1 chassis dimensions...

Hi All,
Time for progress update:
Chassis sandblasted, waiting for minor welding and galvanization.
Engine out - full overhaul ongoing (pistons, crankshaft, etc)

Will post some pics some time soon.

Good morning, Just want to introduce myself; i'm going to continue Stage 1 restoration project. Got some pieces of rolling stock of Green oval signature, now time for something more special. Was thinking of FC101 project but got into Stage 1 project of Rob and thought it would be good idea to get it...

Thanks Rob.
Looking forward. I'm going to continue with full restoration and already got some missing pieces matching the puzzle !
Will keep you posted as it goes.