S1 Rebuild(s)

[Dave Adams]

some pics of the rebuild process,

the top trailing arm bracket is broke......

the diff is sloping back a little (looking up) so that will need sorting.......

As you can see there isn't a lot of bracing in an S1 chassis, that will be sorted.

[Big Vern]

thought the one you got from gumtree had no docs?

[Adrian Southgate]

:-)

[Dave Adams]

There was a problem....it may now be sorted. Nothing untoward either, it seems the vendor was mistaken and there may well be papers afterall.

[Dave Adams]

for those of you who know i thought you would like to see the tamer of the two sets of camshafts i have for the lancia engine...

and....

the engine has a 38 DGAS and i am thinking 4 bike carbs?

Nah! lets see if its going to run first.....

[Dave Adams]

well today i got to strip down my car and the damage is much more visible. the modifications i made seem to have held up at least none of my welds broke....in fact none of my strengthening sections bent, all the damage seems to be confined to the original dutton chassis.

a picture of the upright......

you can see how far the chassis rail has bent upwards on the O/S (the left on this picture as you are looking to the rear of the chassis from the front.

you can see how the front rail that runs across the front of the car has distorted...

[Dave Adams]

Steve this look as bad as James's car?.......as you can see i bent it good back in 2012.

[Dave Adams]

Click on the bit that says I replied....the word is a link to the page........or page 21 if your still having problems.

[Pete Clayton]

Those cam profiles are mild?!

Damage looks pretty bad, how far back are you going to have to cut?

[Dave Adams]

once i get the tape measure to the chassis and compare it to the other car i will know, but it looks confined to the front suspension area.....hopefully.

yeah those cams look a bit radical don't they.......

interesting thing, i have two heads from my old X1/9 i used to own along with some shims to adjust the tappets, and it looks like they are the same as those for the Lancia engine, same thickness range and diameter.....

[Pete Clayton]

I may be wrong but I have a recollection of Lancia and Fiat sharing some engines

[1midz0wwbl268]

i have a hunch that they are both part of the same group , or at one time were.

  so assuming that you find nothing else , it could have been worse, how do you  jig up the front end when you come to replace it  are their any original chassis jigs  still around, assuming dutton used jigs and not just marks on the wall and mark one eyeball   

[Big Vern]

That'll be the Argenta engine then!