Bonzo's progress

[Bonzo]

Firstly, I can't believe that it has been over 8 months since I last made any real progress with my build !!??

Last weekend saw the arrival of our 4th Grandchild .... A healthy little girl named Chloe

Being as the wife is now clucky clucky I have taken full advantage of the situation & in true Bonzo style, I have ditched work on the kitchen n hidden myself away in the workshop .... Well, we can't have that little one breathing in all of that nasty dust & things can we ?

Now to the point of this post.

All change on the engine front, out with the Zetec & in with the Vauxhall C20XE Redtop engine.

Here's a couple of progress pictures.







The engine is now more or less where I want it to be but I have a few niggles to overcome !!??

Front of the engine is a tad too high for the GRP bonnet

Not much room for the air intake using the stock inlet manifold.

Fuel pressure regulator is going to get in the way, no big deal as I can bypass that & fit my aftermarket fuel regulator unit.

I had given some thought into lowering the engine a little more but the Omegas bell housing is already 30mm below the chassis rails & after reading Rob's recent thread, lowering the engine further might not be a good idea !!

I have a fair bit of room to move the engine further over towards the passenger side, the crankshaft more or less follows the centre line of the chassis at the moment.
If I move the engine off centre, how will this affect the dynamics of the car ??
It would certainly give me more room to fit the air intake.

Don't know if anyone has any thoughts on the subject of engine alignment.

Hope to get a little more done over the weekend.