#ZedShed Project - Vixxen (track car)
- Thread starter GazHyde
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While the guys were outside starting on Vixen I was pulling bits off the engine and generally giving it a clean. Found a very crispy rocker cover gasket that fell apart as I touched it along with so much mud and bits of tree.
Quite dirty needing a clean up.
Not amazing but better.
Good to see she's been serviced well over the years. Very clean top end.
Even gave the diff a clean up.
We only spent a few hours in the garage today as everyone had afternoon plans. I placed the order for the ECU and rocker cover bits along with some racing engine mounts.
Quite dirty needing a clean up.
Not amazing but better.
Good to see she's been serviced well over the years. Very clean top end.
Even gave the diff a clean up.
We only spent a few hours in the garage today as everyone had afternoon plans. I placed the order for the ECU and rocker cover bits along with some racing engine mounts.
The world is a safer place with them stuck in that garage Dave that's for sure!Nice to see the inside is clean.At least it's giving you something to do at the weekend
. Keeps you off the streets
I guess the same is said about our gatherings . . . . .
Tony.
Tony.
I suspect your right mateI guess the same is said about our gatherings . . . . .
Tony.
wow! what an undertaking. I hope there was some pints involved after all that work!
How keen would you guys be on doing an M engine swap on a regular Zed...just throwing a crazy idea there
If we had a donor car it would be a doddle mate.
What would be the ideal donor car? I guess if it was an S50B32 pre-facelift would be better as they are cable throttle - or if it was a facelift car an S54b32 would be better in terms of electronics and being able to reuse things like drive by wire throttles, ABS modules etc? ...
Engines are around 3 to 4k on eBay..
Engines are around 3 to 4k on eBay..
creating a little sleeper! looks like a1.9 or 2.8,,, but, surprise! M in cognito
I see so many threads with people doing engine swaps with the S50 and S54 so I’m guessing there’s the kit out there to cater for it.
That looks amazing!
That's what I was thinking there's a video of it and a compresión test, looks like a terrific option comes with ecus etc .. I have a donor car, I only need 3k and a slot in the shed
If i was at the beginning of deciding what to do I would consider this.
The plan is to see how well this goes, if she likes it I might then mix it up and go down the M62 4.4 V8 route a year or two later.
So far I've found this job very easy so fingers crossed it pans out because this might well be the start of something.