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« Reply #2895 on: March 21, 2011, 10:42:57 PM » |
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« Reply #2896 on: March 21, 2011, 10:50:08 PM » |
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« Reply #2897 on: March 21, 2011, 10:58:04 PM » |
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Yeah, I think the paint tub seat's an optional extra.
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« Reply #2898 on: March 21, 2011, 11:19:39 PM » |
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« Reply #2899 on: March 21, 2011, 11:28:03 PM » |
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« Reply #2900 on: March 21, 2011, 11:37:21 PM » |
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Tony oily bike
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« Reply #2901 on: March 22, 2011, 01:27:14 PM » |
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Are you gonna add the custom features that Wallace & Gromit's van had such as: A radio that makes toast - for those mornings when its all a bit of a rush Moveable steering wheel from RHS to LHS - for all that Continental driving Rear door hinging that starts on one side (1 min 53 secs into video) and moves to the other side (7 min 35 secs) - great for loading awkward things http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_eRAsjzW6s&playnext=1&list=PL0DDD76BAF270042A..and the reg, maybe DVLA have DOH NUTS for sale? (Monkey Nuts maybe  ) Guess who's watched the film more times than is healthy?  |
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #2902 on: March 22, 2011, 06:39:38 PM » |
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i like that lots.
nearly bought one a couple year back.
was a local one with v8 in, think it won the burn out comp at nats one year.
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« Reply #2903 on: March 22, 2011, 10:57:02 PM » |
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Same engine as the Morris Minor as far as I know. I fitted a 1600 twin cam Fiat engine in my Moggy. That'd be fun in the van.
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« Reply #2905 on: March 23, 2011, 10:21:36 PM » |
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Classic racing at Goodwood -ain't it wonderful to see cherished classics being thrashed & power sliding around the circuit. |
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« Reply #2906 on: March 23, 2011, 10:52:33 PM » |
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All the new plugs & HT leads fitted & the first bank of 4 headers cleaned up.
Got to sort out some clips to hold the leads up clear of the exhausts.
Next job is to fit the 'zorst 4 into 1 collector. Might take a bit of experimenting to find a position where it will clear the bodywork. A lot of work to smooth out the welds on the pipes, especially around the mounting flanges, but hopefully I only have to do it once, so worth doing a job I'll be happy with.
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« Reply #2907 on: March 24, 2011, 11:18:12 PM » |
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With the 4 seperate pipes now cleaned up, it was time to join them together. We've made this system up from an exhaust "kit" sold by Custom Chrome, (different company from the bike accessory people). The kit consisted of a series of pre-formed bends, a set of flanges & a pair of 4 into 1 collector funnels, all in stainless steel.
Where the 4 pipes merge into the collector, there's a star shaped hole left between the pipe ends which needs to be filled to keep the system leak free, before the collector goes on. Normal practice is to cut a piece of flat sheet & weld it in, or even use a stainless steel nut, welded in to bridge the hole.
Brock recently sent me a link to an exhaust company who'd come up with an alternative though. The "integrated merge spike". This is supposed to improve gas flow & therefore aid performance. Seems logical, so I thought I'd give it a go.
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« Reply #2908 on: March 24, 2011, 11:25:36 PM » |
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I cut an off-cut of the exhaust tubing into quarters down it's length, then into triangles. Next I turned the pieces back to back & Loony welded them together with the hot metal sticking together machine. A quick clean up with a soft pad on the angle grinder & we had a pair of searing hot spikes of death. Perfect.
I may go into the armoury business now as an arrowhead manufacturer.
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« Reply #2909 on: March 24, 2011, 11:30:45 PM » |
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The S.H.S of D welded into the pipe end.
Suprisingly, with the heat of the welder applied at the bottom end of the pipes, all 4 flanges still bolted up to the cylinder head without any distortion.
Next we need to tap the collector funnel over the pipe ends & weld around it.
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