Build Day 29.....Removing extraneous Engine Components

On Thursday I removed the other extraneous components from the engine that are not required. These included the Power Steering pump and Air Conditioning compressor.

The Rover T-Series engine comes from a long line of Rover 2lt units, each with incremental design changes and can all be traced back to the 'B-series'. As a result, although the T-Series was mounted transversely, the block still has mount points to allow it to be mounted longitudinally as is required in the Locost. Unfortunately, there is a little subframe that holds the water pump and alternator which uses one of these mount points. This subframe had to go as well, but I'll of course still need a water pump and alternator. The water pump will be replaced by a special electric one and the alternator will be moved round to the other side of the block (where there are some other mounting points for this purpose dating from the older engines).

Sorted....Hopefully.