Recently the engine has been dropping onto 4 cylinders.  It took me ages to find it checking all the wiring.  Eventually I discovered a poorly crimped connector on the B side of the low voltage loop.  Discovered the problem almost by accident when I was about to buy a new coil.  The give away of […]

Lads at Modus are back on the case having found some time and obtaining the new thicker head gaskets.

The next stage of the engine rebuild can start as we have the new head gaskets.  These are a stainless steel construction and are slightly thicker than standard in order to take up the space made by the head skimming.  I will be going with a slightly higher compression ratio so a bit more power.

Still no engine but moved by hand out of the garage into the new workshop

The top mounts for the Urraco and the Jalpa are no longer available.  It would also be the case that no one knows were the originals came from.  There were two types.  When the top mount bearing starts to fail on the front suspension the car wobbles at high speed.  A number of owners have […]

The newly matched pistons and liners are inserted into the block and are connected to the polished crank shaft.  

The small end bearings are no longer available so Modus being automotive genius’ made some.

Modus have put together the pistons and liners ready to insert into the newly cleaned and painted block.