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Sounds like your getting there Paul.
Not a small task to undertake. Well done

It's slow going because I've lots of other stuff on but yes, getting there
The trans is in, prop is in, shifter rods are fitted & correctly adjusted this time!
Should get more done this weekend...

db wrote:It's slow going because I've lots of other stuff on but yes, getting there
The trans is in, prop is in, shifter rods are fitted & correctly adjusted this time!
Should get more done this weekend...

Well looks like the weather is going to be a bit kinder down here this weekend. Hope it's good for you. Rocker gaskets and cleaning for me.
A bit trivial really as to the projects a lot of you guys are playing with.

It's all a learning curve Mossy, it's not that long ago I was in awe watching people doing the stuff I can now do myself!
You can learn a lot here

Weather bloody awful here but I've got a bit more done-

Trans full of 80/90
Exhausts on
Shift lever on with the adaptor plate I made to lengthen it and kick it back a bit so I don't punch the dash going hard for 3rd

All gearbox bits done now

I've replaced the 4 lower control arm rod ends as they were worn out.
I got them from - www.mcgillmotorsports.co.uk - very good supplier.

I was unhappy with the difference between the carb and the shape of the inlet mouth, so I made my own gas-flowed phenolic carb spacer. I also like the idea of a bit of heat insulation!
I paid £8 for a 1/2" thick chunk off ebag, roughed it out with a fretsaw then got the Dremmel on it for an hour or so til it packed in then stuck the little sanding drum in my pillar drill. Sorted

Very nice Paul.......What was the issue with the metal spacer, did it have a lip or just not give a 100% free run of air to the inlet?

Could you not of worked on the metal?
Just interested in why you went this route?

So when you gona do a production run..............

Well I was making the spacer anyway then I realised the mouth of the inlet was way bigger than the carb. I can't shrink the inlet or make the carb bigger so I used the spacer to blend between the two shapes as best I could.
I will take the manifold off at some point and clean up the inside a bit.

That inlet was a nightmare to seal - one time it was sucking air/oil out of th valley.

It was a bugger to track down, but the "Red Arrows" impression at speed was the initial clue.... Make sure you get a good gasket seal if you lift the manifold...........

Thanks for the warning Pete, I think I'll leave that alone then..

Like that DB,,,, good stuff

db wrote:Well I was making the spacer anyway then I realised the mouth of the inlet was way bigger than the carb. I can't shrink the inlet or make the carb bigger so I used the spacer to blend between the two shapes as best I could.
I will take the manifold off at some point and clean up the inside a bit.

Car is off the axle stands at last!
Carb on and plumbed in, just waiting on a pressure gauge adaptor and a ballast resistor and its fire-up time

Right, just for Dunc...

My fuel pressure gauge finally arrived on a slow boat from China... that's fitted.
I also picked up a universal ballast resistor (another of China's finest) which looks far better made than the Yank crap I had before which bust in half!
Too late to fire up tonight but tomorrow will be 1st start-up this year

You want a double pumper on that to make it fly............







Coat retrieved...............

db wrote:Right, just for Dunc...

My fuel pressure gauge finally arrived on a slow boat from China... that's fitted.
I also picked up a universal ballast resistor (another of China's finest) which looks far better made than the Yank crap I had before which bust in half!
Too late to fire up tonight but tomorrow will be 1st start-up this year

How`d it go Paul

Good I hope