![]() ![]() Or Mecaparts, for which you will pay Mega dollars - photo below. These manifolds were produced locally for some years, but are no longer available. Twin 45DCOE Webers on R12 Gordini replica inlet manifolds. There is zero room for much else in a straight thru system. I bought a muffler (silencer) with 2 inlets and a single outlet, so my 4 tubular "headers" merged into 2, then went straight into the muffler. The ports are oval AND angled, so hand cutting really was the only alternative I had back around 1990. ![]() I hand cut a 6mm steel plate to bolt to the head. ![]() ![]() I bought 90 degree mandrel bends and gas welded them. primary pipes were 38mm diameter (OK actually 1.5"), with 1.6mm (1/16th") wall thickness. I built a crude set of tubular headers, with unmatched lengths. The first engine I built with a decent amount of poke used the standard R16TS that was fitted to my car. My first iteration of this engine took the normal path - Carbs for breathing, exhaust for breathing, camshaft for breathing Piston top raised flat - notch for inlet valve After all it is a French engine, and in Australia we converted to the metric system in 1974īore sleeve step size (early) 82mm 82.5mmīore sleeve step size (late) 82.5mm 82.5mm While I talk in horsepower I measure in millimeters. So my starting point was a standard R16TS engine. And don't get me started on removing the engine. Removing the water pump is a classic example. I've built a few Alfa 105 engines over the years and while their heads are fab (if you can get them off!), the bottom ends and front timing chain area is overly complex and an absolute prick to work on when it is installed in the car. The bottom end was unburstable, and the lightweight alloy block is a lesson in simplicity. However the 16TS engine is the basis of the A110 1600S engine (138hp) that was a huge success in rallying, and also power the R17TS and R12 Gordini engines that were rated at 125hp.Īll this horsepower came from a fabulous cross flow head reputedly designed by Monsieur Amedee Gordini. The Europa engine is 82hp, the R16TS is 83hp. On paper there seems little point in swapping the engines. The chassis top flange was bent out of the way to clear the exhaust manifold, and a very crude air cleaner sat atop the Weber The installation in my car used a stock R16TS cast iron exhaust manifold and twin throat down draught Weber. These engines were plentiful in the 1970's, 80's & 90's because Renault had an assembly plant in my home town of Melbourne. When I got the car it was fitted with a standard 1565cc 807-01 R16TS engine. 7004100119Q - an Australian delivered car that was originally fitted with a 1470cc 697-04 engine. I purchased my ratty 1970 S2 Europa in Sept 1987. ![]()
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