Type 1 into a Square

Creationblue · Post by **Creationblue** » 23rd November 2014 - 8:13pm

Hi all

With the Square coming along nicely I have decided to put my 1776 motor that was built to a high spec a couple of years ago for my bus into the old girl. The engine in there just now is out of a '71 and leaking oil. My ideal is to change the oil cooler and tin-wear over, leave the dipstick where it is incase it ever needs to go back in the bus and fit short inlets with 36ICTs with a CB linkage. I will probably have an exhaust made but I don't have any heat-exchangers, the car will only be used in the warmer months so not really a problem in that sense but is it best to run with HE?

Now I've put a Chevy flat 6 in a t2 but not had the engine out of the square so is there anything else I may need to do?

Thanks

Just

edit: 40IDFs will get re-installed so will pump out a healthy 92hp

miketyp3 · Post by **miketyp3** » 24th November 2014 - 8:41am

Is this engine built around a universal case?
If not you wouldn't be able to access the type 1/2 dipstick as it will be trapped by the type 3 fan shroud. Not that you'd be able to add oil anyway as it wouldn't have a filler tube.
Also the pressure switch I think even if left in as a bung is a clash with the fan shroud.

I bought a Notchback once where this had been done, I didn't even notice until I had it home

Mike

Creationblue · Post by **Creationblue** » 24th November 2014 - 6:30pm

Ok so I'm going to have a few issues to overcome. Thanks for the input

Creationblue · Post by **Creationblue** » 16th March 2015 - 9:09pm

So I had a day off work and took the dog to the yard and set about turning my 1776 T2 motor into a type3

Here's what I started with, it's a '71 motor judging by the engine code but I'm not sure of its displacement tho I have a receipt for 1700 B&Ps

And this is the engine out my bus

I stripped the tin off the T2 unit

Now I know the svda will foul the generator so ill index the dog gear on the dissy to turn the vac round for clearance. Other than that I don't really see a problem

One nearly naked t3 unit

And on with some t3 tin

Ok so I didn't get much further than that. Besides the short IDF manifolds didn't arrive

Will get on with it next week and get it fitted

miketyp3 · Post by **miketyp3** » 17th March 2015 - 8:15am

How are you going to put the oil in and check it?

Creationblue · Post by **Creationblue** » 17th March 2015 - 2:59pm

miketyp3 wrote:How are you going to put the oil in and check it?

Beetle filler and long dipstick

Creationblue · Post by **Creationblue** » 16th April 2015 - 10:10am

So I had the tin blasted and painted, and the magnesium fan shroud came through the process without to many problems, but is corroded a bit, so sprayed it with hi-temp laquer......

Just need to source a pulley bolt then the rest of the engine can be built up

A 009 dissy is it at the mo but I will turn the dog on the SVDA so the can misses the generator and run with that

Im going to use a beetle oil filler where the breather currently resides to solve that small issue

Wont be long now

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