Spitfire1974 » Restoration » Engine » Engine Installation

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Installing the engine and the intitial run in.

Loosely placing engine mounts (1)	Loosely placing engine mounts (2)	Engine on Cart ready to go in (1)	Engine on Cart ready to go in (2)	Engine Bay ready
Rear engine mount (gearbox mount)	Engine goes in from side and rotates down and in (1)	Engine goes in from side and rotates down and in (2)	The front tire had to come off to allow the forks to clear and get in far enough to position engine.	Engine goes in from side and rotates down and in (7)
Clearing gearbox and aligning mounts (1)	Clearing gearbox and aligning mounts (2)	Clearing gearbox and aligning mounts (3)	Clearing gearbox and aligning mounts (4)	Clearing gearbox and aligning mounts (5)
Engine in	Engine in place for move (1)	Engine in place for move (2)	Engine in place for move (3)	Rear engine (gearbox) mounts
Ready for more work	Oil showing at the rockers while getting oil pressure for the first time. The pooling of oil at the rear is due to filling the engine with oil. Without a pressure gauge this is the best way to confirm pressure prior to start.	After getting oil pressure, I'm checking my valve setting of .010	2000 RPM for 20 minutes to bed the cam. The mechanical tach was pretty much inline with the dwell tach (although the mecvhanical tach is not yet installed, I tested it in my hand).	This is just before the plastic pipe from my shop vac melted... while doing the cam bedding and setting up the fuel and idle, and timing. I finally ended up at 16 BTDC at 800 RPM, and 33 BTDC at all in. Balanced the carbs, and set the mixture.

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