Lancia Beta Montecarlo
Posted: June 6th, 2009, 4:46 pm
First of all, I would like to say how much I appreciate the forum. It is very professional.
I have a Lancia Montecarlo from 1977. I am in the proces of restoring the car which I have owned for more than 10 years. One of the tasks was upgrading the engine and another was making a good gearbox. The engine is based on a Beta Volumex block and head and my gearbox is made out of the best parts from 3 used gearboxes.
The engine and gearbox are now running outside the car. I made an engine stand that made it possible. The idea was that design, manufacturing and assembly faults were much easier to fix when the complete drive train was not in the car.
The engine has the following specifications:
- Head opened up
- Std. ex. cam
- Inlet cam from a Ritmo 130 tc
- Piper adj. vernier pullies
- Special fabricated inlet manifold
- Fuel and ignition controlled by ECU from Emerald. Port injected.
- Wide band lambda sensor connected to a LM1 controler.
- Al internals balanced
- Modified Fiat Croma pistons, 7.85 CR
- Lightend steel flywheel
Gearbox:
Mostly Volumex - converted to hydraulic operated clutch
1st. Startup. At first the engine did not start. After checking I had both fuel from all injectors and spark, I disconnected the injectors and sprayed diesel start directly into the inlet manifold and it started immediately. I then knew that the timing was right and that I only needed to adjust the amount of fuel.
From the start I was concerned that the original Volumex did not flow the same on the ports. Number 4 being the worst. I have therefore made a new one. I do not have any numbers on the new one. As I only inject fuel after the supercharger I am concerned about the air temperature in the manifold and the effect on the supercharger's condition.
The supercharger is moved down and forward. The throttlebody is now very close to the airduct running underneath the car. Because of tight space, a Denso generator is used. It only weighs 3 kg.
The trigger wheel was first fitted on the end of the crankshaft pulley, but moved behind the v-belt puley. It is a tight fit.
I have not any pictures of the manifold sitting between the supercharger and 70 mm throttlebody. I made a wooden template and formed a sheet of aluminium around it.
The gearbox is maded to the engine and awaits installation. Even though I have taken a lot of measurements regarding room for the installation, I am quite concerned about it. The only way in is from beneath. By the way, the new engine seems to pick up speed considerably faster than a standard Volumex.
When the engine is in and the rest of the car is ready, my wife's Corvette awaits an engine rebuild. I have an inlet manifold with 8 55 mm individual throttlebodies designed for alcohol that I plan to convert to normal 13 mm Bosch petrol injectors. It is quite different working on her 7 liter engine compared to my 2 liter. The best thing is how spacious the engine compartment is!
My English is not very good therefore I have not written as long and detailed as I would have liked to, but hope that my description still gives a good picture of the proces of getting my car ready for the road.
Regards Dennis Glitten
I have a Lancia Montecarlo from 1977. I am in the proces of restoring the car which I have owned for more than 10 years. One of the tasks was upgrading the engine and another was making a good gearbox. The engine is based on a Beta Volumex block and head and my gearbox is made out of the best parts from 3 used gearboxes.
The engine and gearbox are now running outside the car. I made an engine stand that made it possible. The idea was that design, manufacturing and assembly faults were much easier to fix when the complete drive train was not in the car.
The engine has the following specifications:
- Head opened up
- Std. ex. cam
- Inlet cam from a Ritmo 130 tc
- Piper adj. vernier pullies
- Special fabricated inlet manifold
- Fuel and ignition controlled by ECU from Emerald. Port injected.
- Wide band lambda sensor connected to a LM1 controler.
- Al internals balanced
- Modified Fiat Croma pistons, 7.85 CR
- Lightend steel flywheel
Gearbox:
Mostly Volumex - converted to hydraulic operated clutch
1st. Startup. At first the engine did not start. After checking I had both fuel from all injectors and spark, I disconnected the injectors and sprayed diesel start directly into the inlet manifold and it started immediately. I then knew that the timing was right and that I only needed to adjust the amount of fuel.
From the start I was concerned that the original Volumex did not flow the same on the ports. Number 4 being the worst. I have therefore made a new one. I do not have any numbers on the new one. As I only inject fuel after the supercharger I am concerned about the air temperature in the manifold and the effect on the supercharger's condition.
The supercharger is moved down and forward. The throttlebody is now very close to the airduct running underneath the car. Because of tight space, a Denso generator is used. It only weighs 3 kg.
The trigger wheel was first fitted on the end of the crankshaft pulley, but moved behind the v-belt puley. It is a tight fit.
I have not any pictures of the manifold sitting between the supercharger and 70 mm throttlebody. I made a wooden template and formed a sheet of aluminium around it.
The gearbox is maded to the engine and awaits installation. Even though I have taken a lot of measurements regarding room for the installation, I am quite concerned about it. The only way in is from beneath. By the way, the new engine seems to pick up speed considerably faster than a standard Volumex.
When the engine is in and the rest of the car is ready, my wife's Corvette awaits an engine rebuild. I have an inlet manifold with 8 55 mm individual throttlebodies designed for alcohol that I plan to convert to normal 13 mm Bosch petrol injectors. It is quite different working on her 7 liter engine compared to my 2 liter. The best thing is how spacious the engine compartment is!
My English is not very good therefore I have not written as long and detailed as I would have liked to, but hope that my description still gives a good picture of the proces of getting my car ready for the road.
Regards Dennis Glitten