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Spitfire Engine

Posted 30th June 20181st July 2018 JoeLeave a commentPosted in Engine, Spitfire 1500 Restoration

I originally stripped the whole engine nearly 4 years ago. The main caps and big ends/conrods were already numbered so I think it may have had new big end and main bearings or something at some stage. The pistons look like the original ones as they are stamped with “Stanpart”. I knew the big end […]

Head Work

Posted 7th April 20158th June 2017 Joe1 CommentPosted in Engine, Spitfire 1500 Restoration

The diff is on hold until I can get hold of a pinion depth shim that’s on backorder so I decided to do some work on the cylinder head. Having read a fair bit about porting and polishing I thought I’d give it a go. There’s loads of videos on the subject on YouTube. Some […]

Engine Strip Down

Posted 2nd February 20142nd February 2014 JoeLeave a commentPosted in Spitfire 1500 Restoration

While I’m waiting for sand blasting media to arrive so I can finish stripping the chassis (yes, I’m still stripping the chassis!), I could start work on the engine. So far I’ve removed the gearbox and bell housing, cylinder head, front and rear engine plates, cam shaft, oil pump and crank shaft. It turns out […]

Small Car, Mammoth Task

Posted 21st March 201315th January 2014 JoeLeave a commentPosted in Spitfire 1500 Restoration

I’ve owned my ’79 Spitfire 1500 for about 8 years now. It’s been used as my daily driver every year, through every season with the exception of about 1 year when I was in Australia for 6 months and unemployed for the next 6 months. I paid about £3800 for it back then and it […]

Spitfire 1500 Blown Head Gasket

Posted 12th December 201014th January 2014 Joe5 CommentsPosted in Motors

Now I’m sure there are people out there that say one way of doing things is better than another. I don’t claim to be a mechanic here, this is just my experience with it all. If you have any advice for people, comments are welcome, scroll to the bottom of this page. Inside the rocker […]

Spitfire 1500 Clutch Replacement

Posted 12th September 201014th January 2014 Joe3 CommentsPosted in Motors

The clutch went a couple of weeks ago on the Spitfire 1500 so I have replaced that and the slave cylinder. I’m not a mechanic by any stretch of imagination but here’s how I did it….  First thing I had to do was get the front of the car up on axle stands. This is […]

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