Q835XSC - Dutton Legerra Series 2

[Adrian Southgate]

So, collected last weekend and the first chance I get to go over it we have snow / hail / rain and gales... lovely if your a penguin I guess...

Q835XSC purchased from the factory in 1988, completed in 1990, stored for the winter in 1991 and there it sat for 22 years, possibly one of the saddest Legerras I have ever seen apart from my black one.

It was rough, body panels off, windscreen missing and a sorry case of 4 wheel drum brakes... 

Today it got a wash, nothing special just caravan cleaner and a sponge but an improvement on fungus and moss...

Hell of a job on here lads, starting with a body off chassis check, bushes and bolts and some refurb bits fresh from the sand blasting cabinet.

I will be posting more detail on Mr G's but major updates will be copied onto here too.

[Big Vern]

711M6015BA is 1600 xflo 711M6015AA is 11/1300

[Patrick Buchfink]

Does the engine turn? Then measuring the stoke should clarify the issue. The strokes are:

1300: 62.99 mm

1600: 77.62 mm

Bore stays the same for both engines.

[Adrian Southgate]

I was still looking at 1300's on ebay until Dave pointed out the differences... just in case.

Proof will be when it fires first time....

[James Doulton]

A decent 1600, despite the appearances, that's a stroke of good luck.

[Adrian Southgate]

I think I need to treat this with a bit more respect then Dave...

I'll finish stripping it and cleaning the worst of the gak off tomorrow, Head can go for a valve job and then I can clean and paint the block.

[Adrian Southgate]

[Adrian Southgate]

So this is a 1600 then...?

[Dave Taylor]

From Burton website

There are two main capacities of 711M, determined by block height - the 1600 is 7/16" taller and you can see the difference between it and the 1300 by the space between the water pump and head. Also, the 1300 has 711M 6015 AA cast in the side whereas the 1600 ends in BA.

[Adrian Southgate]

So, heads off, nicely surprised to find this inside...

Obviously Ford rustproofed the inside of this crossflow...

but forgot the outside...

I think it was red - looks pink now... my question is 1300 or 1600 as I can't remember what the height difference is and where to measure it...

[Adrian Southgate]

This is what I have done under the bonnet of the white one. Not the best photo in the world but you can see I have opened up the rough hole made by Dutton and tidied it up a bit. There's just a 25mm lip all the way round now. I'll make a foam insert to fit between the inner panel and the radiator and then make a fibreglass mould of it fit to the car to duct the air through. The original hole was small with very sharp edges. This is now smoooooth and once the edges are coated in resin should look a lot better. If I make the recess in the front bumper to match the existing one in the bonnet I can double the amount of air going in through this part of the front of the car.

I have yet to work out the ducting for the bumper however I think with the increased area given by the lowered front edge I won't need to duct the side intakes into the radiator void. I can use that air to duct around the brakes.

The upper vents inboard of the indicators will be used to force air into the cabin. The nearside one will be ducted into the heater box, not quite sure how i'd get the offside one to send air over to the nearside yet but ducting behind the front bumper seems possible below the metal rail.