Recent content by Reed51

Rick, Here is my 2c. I have not owned a Mondial, but I have had a GT4. The model you are looking at is very nice. It has the 3.2 4V motor which is far superior to the earlier 2V cars. More power too. The trans on those had some upgrades over the previous cars too. One of the pluses is...

First time fitting mock-up engine to shell

Latest project 914 with steel flares 911 suspension 17" Fuchs style wheels 915 trans with WEVO adapter Mazda Cosmo 20b 3 rotor engine full Bridgeport normally aspirated dry sump

First time I have fit the engine to the Fulvia engine bay Looks promising

I installed the new guides today. I don’t like hammering guides in place, so I made a custom tool. I use a little smear of lanolin on the outside of the guide and they just pull right into place. No pounding, and nice and straight.

Not yet

Set the heads up on a Sunnen VGS-20 machine to remove the old guides. Center on each and use a reamer to shell out the guide. Then they knock out super easy. No possible damage to the bores and no need for oversize guides.

The stems are 7mm. I got lucky and SI Valves had the 28.5 exhaust valves as old stock and I got them for $16 each. The 31.5 intakes I could not find and had Ferrea custom make those. So I'm into the valves for under $1K. Not too bad.

I got the guides from Superformance and then had them modified to use Ducati guide seals. Much cheaper than Ferrari guide seals and I already had a bag of them.

New parts collected

So I have finally started on the cylinder heads. My plan 348 castings Porting Bronze valve guides Shim under bucket Titanium retainers Oversize 31.5mm intake valves Oversize 28.5 exhaust valves Aftermarket springs Modified cams I started with checking my chamber size. Average...

Here was my logic for trans selection. By 1993, the standard Ferrari 348 was making 310 HP@7200 and 237 ft/lbs@ 4200. That was with cats and all emission crap and they weighed 3000 lbs. I’m doing some internal motor mods (head work, cams, hi-comp) and no cats, but my intake will limit me...

None right now. I have been hunting down valves so I can start the head work.

Got the finished adapter this week. A huge THANKS to Fran and the guys at RCR for making my design into a real part. Now on to the next challenges. Flywheel and starter relocation.

Yes. FAST does work with COP. I still have some research to do. Most ECU's that handle COP still require a second ignition module. But I have seen some reference to Toyota Prius coils that are "smart" coils and do not require the extra module. And supposedly the fit the QV/348 motors quite well.