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[jackmason]

Soo, when i originally built my engine i was in a hurry and decided to use the piston rings that came on the second hand pistons. This was a bad idea and its been burning oil since i built it.

With the IMM around the corner i decided to build up another gearbox with a 3.2FD rather than the 3.44 i currently have.

Today was the day i decided to remove the engine and i thought ide document it.

This is filmed in real time.....


Haha, im not that fast!

I set up my GoPro Hero3 Blk on timelapse mode which took a photo every 5 seconds. I then used "Time Lapse Assembler" on my mac to convert the pictures to a Video at 30fps.

With abit of fading in iMovie and some titles i made this video. (Music added after through Youtubes audio editing bit)

Enjoy

[KernowCooper]

Impressive waiting to see the rebuild now.

[Alex_B]

excellent, love a good bit of time lapse! I would do the same but I am so slow at doing things it just wouldnt work ;)

[Noah]

Impressive waiting to see the rebuild now.

That engine is a beast anyway.

Jack, are you gonna run the 3.1FD forever now?

[Sprite the little rascel]

Enjoyed that waiting for part 2 and 3 the rebuild and putting back in, would be good to see some other projects as well.

[dan187]

very cool, you did it so quickly too :)

[blacktulip]

did you notice the smoke coming from your behind? lol

[jackmason]

Thanks for the feedback guys, i wish ide taken a timelapse of me building the new gearbox up but i forgot.

I will get one of me putting the piston rings on, putting them in the engine and then putting the block on the gearbox. Basically the reverse of the video you have just seen.

Im a fast worker haha

All that in 1min 40 seconds ish.

[Noah]

Thanks for the feedback guys, i wish ide taken a timelapse of me building the new gearbox up but i forgot.

I will get one of me putting the piston rings on, putting them in the engine and then putting the block on the gearbox. Basically the reverse of the video you have just seen.

Im a fast worker haha

All that in 1min 40 seconds ish.

If it's only gonna take you that long you can do mine

[Guennie]

That's pretty cool. If I'd done a time lapse of mine, there would be a fair few seconds of me standing there with a cup of tea!!!

[jb93]

With my photographic memory, I'm off to do mine now...

[jackmason]

That's pretty cool. If I'd done a time lapse of mine, there would be a fair few seconds of me standing there with a cup of tea!!!

I was out there last night putting the pistons back in and was aware it was taking photos as i was downing my tea down in one.

With my photographic memory, I'm off to do mine now...

I was out there last night putting the engine back on the gearbox with new rings installed. Got lots planned this weekend, mainly primer and painting stuff. Will update this post when ive create the assembly video.

Glad i could help haha

[Turbo Phil]

Nice work I like the video. I thought about doing something similar showing a full cylinder head strip, port job & rebuild. Maybe when I get time .....

Phil.

[jackmason]

Nice work I like the video. I thought about doing something similar showing a full cylinder head strip, port job & rebuild. Maybe when I get time .....

Phil.

Thanks, you should. Its alot easier if you have a camera with the time lapse feature like a GoPro or Canon DSLR with Magic Lantern custom firmware.

[tb205gti]

Brilliant idea, love it.