Testament's '74 Fiat 124 Coupe

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out with the old and busted

 

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some bits were still ok

 

compared some sumps while I was there, left argenta, right 131

commodore LS1

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fully detailed CAD model of new sump baffling using davescience software as an upgrade to the low weight low drag baffling of the original fiat design

 

and boogered up

 

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because old man pants decided to take out the on/off 6 puck solid centre 200mm clutch and 6kg flywheel and swap to a OEM cast iron flywheel, but modified to take an early integrale 8v 230mm push type clutch and pressure plate I found on amazon for a bargain after extensive part number googling

but nothing too simple of course. OEM flywheel from fiat 131 is for a 215mm clutch so the friction face is too small, and all the dowels and bolt holes are in the wrong spots by just a little bit.

so had to machine it down to flat on big lathe at work, then machine a step with 230mm diameter, then setup in the mill and drill and tap for dowels and bolts offset to the original clutch ones, and make some new dowels to suit.

 

 

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so with some help from a cam and a dave it goes back in the hole, and all bolts up right?

well sort of

does bolt up. after shortening driveshaft by 95mm

but its doesn't fit until you hit the things with hammers and cut and weld this and that

more cad design implementations

 

then with the winds of good luck

it may be a roadworthy car again one day soon