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« Reply #2700 on: February 04, 2011, 05:22:52 AM » |
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Ooh, shiny engines!
2 & a half grand for a tuned Rover V8?!
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« Reply #2701 on: February 04, 2011, 08:29:38 AM » |
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I nearly choked when I saw the one over 10k...got to admit though if I had the spare cash and the room I would love to get another silly car..possibly a MK1 tina or a Pube (Corsair) running either the V6 or V8...had a few of both about 20 years ago and great practical fun..both were everyday drivers for me and even running the V blocks they were cheap enough to run.....Voodoo....
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« Reply #2702 on: February 04, 2011, 10:25:00 PM » |
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I'm told I should expect around 20 -25 to the gallon from mine & with the 2 litre Sherpa van axle & tall cross plies, a top end of about 120mph. That'll do me.
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« Reply #2703 on: February 07, 2011, 10:52:42 AM » |
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I ended up with 2 sets of those T handled rocker bolts, one from "Deadly Derek" of the Surrey Street Rodders & one from CunningPlan. So I picked the best 8 of them & had my mate Reg turn the ends down slightly. That allows them to drop through the rocker cover & screw into the cylinder head. Job done. Thanks chaps.
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« Reply #2704 on: February 07, 2011, 10:58:53 AM » |
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I've also had a delivery of HT leads, (spark plug leads), from Real Steel in Middlesex. They need to be marked as radio suppressed for the SVA test & although most are suppressed these days, not all are marked to say they are. These Accel leads look a bit showy & are bright blue, when I'd prefer black, but they have the all important words "Radio Suppressed" printed on them. Just need to route them tidily around the engine, avoiding the hot exhausts & spinning pulleys, then trim them to length & fit the plug caps.
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« Reply #2705 on: February 07, 2011, 11:33:47 AM » |
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blue leads, chrome bolts next thing its hydraulic jumping suspension and turbo wastegates that fart every 100 yards
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I hate when people compare Lemmy with God, i know he is great but he is not gonna be Lemmy, ever If your Dad hasnt got a beard, you've got two Mums there's no point it lookin' pretty if we can't drive it.
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« Reply #2706 on: February 07, 2011, 11:51:35 AM » |
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 Chicano dancin' suspension -yeah, it's been suggested! And firmly refused. There's nothing to stop us changing parts once the truck's registered, so we can swap the leads for more old fashioned black ones later if we want. Hoping to get the motor running tomorrow evening, when some of the guys from Surrey Street Rodders come to visit. It's been stood for 18 months to 2 years while we've been chucking welding sparks & grinding dust all over it, but hopefully we can coax it back into life.
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« Reply #2707 on: February 07, 2011, 12:38:44 PM » |
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could you sleeve the leads with black braiding?
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« Reply #2708 on: February 07, 2011, 05:55:45 PM » |
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could you sleeve the leads with black braiding?
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« Reply #2709 on: February 07, 2011, 07:42:11 PM » |
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i had a black set on my rover.(with the markings)
of ebay about 20 notes.
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« Reply #2710 on: February 07, 2011, 09:49:11 PM » |
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Oh now you tell me. The blue uns cost me 30 & were the only ones I found in an afternoon of net surfing & phone calls that were marked -that's why they're blue.
I loaded the reel of stainless steel wire in my welder & Mr Lunatic spent the afternoon today weddling the exhaust headers. Neither of us had tried stainless weldink before so he was nominated for the task as he's the more experienced weldist. Seemed to go O.K. A bit of dressing with a hand file & they'll look rather spiffing.
Meanwhile I busied myself with a few odds n ends. Wasn't happy with the handbrake cable mount under the pick-up bed, so I chopped it out & bent up a fresh length of 30mm wide steel strap. That looks tidier.
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« Reply #2711 on: February 07, 2011, 09:59:37 PM » |
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We also glued the arch panels in place above the axle. They're cut from VW camper van repair panels. Gonna look good I reckon. More interesting than a flat sided box.
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« Reply #2712 on: February 07, 2011, 10:02:46 PM » |
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Oh, & I finally finished cleaning the paint off the second hand dashboard & drilled it for a 5th switch for the heater fan.
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« Reply #2713 on: February 07, 2011, 10:04:27 PM » |
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« Reply #2714 on: February 07, 2011, 10:15:33 PM » |
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Yeah, would be great to be able to sit at the wheel with the motor rumbling away.
We think we've got about 20 guys turning up tomorrow evening. A few of the Surrey Street Rodders, some local lads & maybe a couple of you guys too. PM me if you fancy giving us a hand, (Basingstoke, Hampshire, early evening). Typically, the local electricity board have decided to shut the power off for maintenance work all day, but reckon it'll be back on by 4pm. Also typically, my Ford Fiesta exhaust started blowing on the way home this evening. It'd be just my luck to end up stranded at the roadside somewhere while everyone's working on my car!
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