Century Motorsport Drag Car Build

pistol pete · Post by **pistol pete** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 8:47 am

That is so very very cool

Good work

Century Motorsport · Post by **Century Motorsport** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:48 pm

Managed to spend a little more time on the car this week.

Got the bonnet back from the fibreglass shop. Just need to spend some time now prepping it for paint. The angle of the vent is perfect. Im very happy.

Then I got the dash back from being flocked, so fitted it into the car

And the seat and dashboard

With the plans for the car always evolving, it became apparent that we were going to run out of inputs on the Link Fury, so Link very kindly swapped the Fury out for their flagship model, the Thunder.
I'm really excited to explore the capabilities of this unit.

and finally, i brought this as i thought i was quite fitting!

Century Motorsport · Post by **Century Motorsport** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 9:50 am

Quite a good update to bring today.

In preparation for motor bits being ready I had a trip to earls to start gathering unions needed for oil and fuel system

Then I started on the switch panel blanking off bits and making a lip so I can bolt the panel to-

And now this panel has been flocked the same as the dash.

Next up, we made a start on the wiring loom for the car. It's a very big job, and one that I don't have the skills for, so my good friend Benzo is sorting it for me-

Still a long way to go, but making good progress!

Century Motorsport · Post by **Century Motorsport** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 10:07 am

The engine bits have now all been machined and the bottom end has been built up..

Fitting in the oil squirters was a very tight job. Not much space at all in there

Main caps have been modified for dowels so that the straps are located right. The block has also been doweled

And the straps

All fitted

I had to modify the sump to clear the rod bolts

Sump on

Front plate going on

Dp pistons

Gas rings

With gasket

ashley · Post by **ashley** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 10:12 am

Just absolutely glorious....I wish I had the funds for an engine build like this...

Century Motorsport · Post by **Century Motorsport** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 10:15 am

The head is still having work done so I just used a stock head that I have here for mock up purposes

Packaging getting quite tight

First trial of the pulley and belt. Needed to space the plate slightly, as you can see from the belt sag

Some head and cams pics

And finally a little something we are doing for the skunk 2 inlet to fit to the 3s

J-1 · Post by **J-1** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 10:25 am

Amazing!!!!

craig · Post by **craig** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 12:10 pm

This is one serious, beautiful build!

ashley · Post by **ashley** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 1:08 pm

Century Motorsport wrote:

Trying to work out what you're doing here...

Looks like you made a mold for the internal dimensions of the manifold runners, are you then going to use this as a buck to form the actual runners around in CF or something?

Century Motorsport · Post by **Century Motorsport** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 1:31 pm

The first pic is the shape of the intake runner. Ignore the injector bung, that's just popped there for placement. Then the last pic is the inside runner with the wall thickness built onto it. The mould is the outside diameter of the runner and will be used to cast in alloy in a lost wax process.

I did think CF but bonding it to the flanges would be tricky and may not work well with exotic fuels.

The runners are being made right now and I expect to have them in my hand by next week.

Very exciting! It'll be the best inlet manifold on the market for an mr2 no doubt.

ashley · Post by **ashley** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 1:49 pm

Very nice! You'll have to pm me who is doing the casting for you...

Magic Beans · Post by **Magic Beans** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 1:51 pm

Oh my!

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 2:40 pm

I'm definitely missing something here, so apologies, but shouldn't the HG go all the way down between the cylinders?

I'm loving this build though. Thanks for posting

Century Motorsport · Post by **Century Motorsport** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 3:18 pm

The gasket is only sealing the water and the oil ways. It's the rings that are sealing the cylinders, so it's not needed to go between the 2 cylinders like a normal gasket

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 4:35 pm

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks

C35Rob · Post by **C35Rob** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 8:36 pm

outstanding work, love it!

I've been watching quite a few casting videos on youtube recently (just out of interest) so interested to see how the manifold comes out

Century Motorsport · Post by **Century Motorsport** » Sun Aug 21, 2016 10:27 am

Here's the latest progress on them. I need to finish off the ports and drill the injector bungs, but I think it's a pretty close match!

seb2790 · Post by **seb2790** » Sun Aug 21, 2016 9:20 pm

no water pump?

Century Motorsport · Post by **Century Motorsport** » Mon Aug 22, 2016 7:58 pm

seb2790 wrote:no water pump?

I'm running an electric water pump

Century Motorsport · Post by **Century Motorsport** » Sat Sep 03, 2016 10:58 am

So we got round to getting the rest of the bodywork sprayed this week now that all the modifications have been made to the bonnet and bumpers.

Massive thank you to Allan Stansfield for his efforts in getting this all finished before he moved to Australia!

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