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I would hesitate to describe what I bodge together in my workshop as engineering! I really need to get another version made that is a bit more elegant and a lot lighter
One of the main points about...

Cheers; I used to be able to do all this stuff but old age has intervened lol!

You are right to do the brake cooling. In fact in my experience its a must with bigger brake conversions for trackdays. If you don't sort it, the brakes and hubs get so hot that it cooks the grease...

I tried that but it still pasted as script. Any tips? What am I doing wrong I'm using photobucket?

Suspension and general under carriage: I did a lot of the std mods such as seam welding etc early on and had tried various of the usual suspension mods including lowered TCA rose jointed mounts and...

snap! exactly the same as mine - good choice!

Phew! The oil leak wasn't the engine after all. One of the oil pipes that goes from a Leda shocker to its canister managed to wriggle down when I bumped off out the dyno rollers and allowed itself to...

Gear change:

Being a miserly sort I thought I try and make up my own direct to box gear change linkage.
The first thing you discover about this genius idea is that really the steering rack is in...

Gearbox cont/d:
I had to make this bracket up to hold the clutch cable:
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Gear box. With a considerable step up in power I was concerned that the old 5SCCR box wasn't going to hold. I was already having problems with the phosphor bronze rings in the 1st - 2nd synchro...

An object of beauty really:

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb125/cpnova/1600engine003.jpg

Working out where to put the oil tank:
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Engine: SBD 16XE 16V
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SBD spec 2.5" 4:2:1 S/S manifold and exhaust system
Steel cam belt idler pulleys
SBD prototype 1.32mm...

Intro:
The car was first bought by my son as a nice red 1.4SR on an H plate.
Following an off road excursion into a wall the front wings were replaced and the engine re built with a Blydenstein...

I will restart my project thread again. The old one appears to have drifted off into the ether.

Would you be a position to do before and after pics; I'd be interested to see the results?

That engine is a work of art

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb125/cpnova/Novadynorun.jpg


Had to go back for some re-mapping so here are the final figures.
I was pleased with the performance but not so pleased with the...

If you opted for a pedal box conversion all you would need to do is get a uk steering rack & steering column. Chop the column brackets off and swap them over, punch a hole in the bulkhead and that...

Hello chaps,
Some of you may remember this car as a blast from the past in its various reincarnations. Long story short, its been residing in the back of my shed waiting for me to finish it. I...

Indeed. I've thought that it would worth changing them as well. I still remember that when we first first tried to start the car all the plugs needed changing etc etc. For what it costs it would be...

Incidently the dispak doesn't appear to get particularly hot. Where it is positioned it's well ventilated and on a thin steel mounting bracket and not directly touching the head or anything

Thanks for all the input. I have to say that the fact that you can get full power ok whilst is reasonably cold suggest a fault like is suggested. Key thing was the car was allowed to get hot before...

Nipped into Jamsport first thing this morning who kindly took time out to put the car their rolling road to try and work out what the problem is.

Mixed fortunes as per normal :roll: Although it...

lol Stu's just trying to get himself the "grumpy old men" gig

Ok so its not everyones cup of tea but the beeb maybe considering shutting it down or making it into a more "acceptably PC" shaddow of its former self. Whilst you might not agree with Clarkson et al,...