he wont snap a cable daveOriginally Posted by dangerousdave
The twin cable thing is a load of shite anyway, instead of your 1 cable snapping they both will snap leaving you in the same situationthe only way you could use a twin to your benefit is to not connect one and that becomes the spare should the cable ever decide to snap maybe possibly in the limited milage you will be doing
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he dont push it hard enough to the floor
he is a bit of a grandad
Ok, problem... the water hose out of the lynx2000 manifold will foul my crank breather hose, any ideas for a quick fix?
Fit a crossflow breather block so the hose comes up further over.
Can't you twist the breather block round on a pinto? They should give clearance. Won't you need a catch tank/old beer can now as well?
She's built like a Steakhouse, but handles like a Bistro
Quick temporary repair......take out the breather hose thats in the way
No they are straight, that's why I said use a crossflow one.
Ah so they are! Don't know if Matt still has any dead xflows lying about to pinch parts from though
She's built like a Steakhouse, but handles like a Bistro
Nope no dead crossflows left...the garden is engine free for the first time in about 3 years
Just ordered an angled crank breather thingy from Burtons - will hopefully do the trick for now.
ive got one in a box you could have had matt, if only id read this sooner
question is will it be running properly by sunday
Well Dan, I'm not 100% sure this will solve my issue...so don't throw it away just yet Dan
I hope it will be running by Sunday...since the RR Day is on Saturday
of course it is,... i was just testing
Here is the new accelerator cable connected to the pedal:
Now, am I missing something, but I'm convinced that is nowhere near as good a fit as the original one was? Any thoughts?
Got the cable wired up tonight, need to undo it tomorrow to cut some slack out (it's a 1.5m cable designed to be cut to length). I have also ordered this http://www.burtonpower.com/pic_viewe...er%20Elbow.jpg from Burton Power today to try and get around the breather problem. Once that's all sorted, it SHOULD just be a matter of fixing some wires togetherbut then...this is my car and nothing is ever that simple (apart from me maybe
Matt stop being a fanny, thats how they are matetheres a ball and the clip stops the cable falling off so it will have some movement to it! the original cable was probably a plastic end which was tighter or something
Just what I wanted to hear
Getting there
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No real update tonight...it was dark and raining by the time I got to the point where I was able to do anything
Getting there now, all sorted, just need to block off one more breather and then it's on with the carbs for the last time
Here is my shiny new Crank Breather
Roll on tomorrow evening
Started it up tonight!
Once the fuel got through it fired straight up and idled with no chock - not bad on a cold night with it not being started for 2 weeks!
Tomorrow evening I need to make my brake lights work and sort out the timing etc as Graham suggested
Nice one, keep at it
A man who asks is a fool for five minutes. A man who never asks is a fool for life.
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all set for tommorow morning then matt? you should be able to get there if it runs tho
I'm hoping they will be able to have a quick fiddle with it on the rollers and correct anything that's wrong with it. Should be an interesting trip round the M25 at 8:30am
Well done and good luck
nice one matt
Hope all goes well tomorrow
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Well here it is:
Isn't exactly the neatest of installs...but it's purposeful. I've driven it about a mile so far (to a petrol station I should add :eyesroll: ) and I'm very impressed by it. We have adjusted the idle and the timing to the best of our ability on a dark driveway
Overall I am very pleased with it and I must thank everyone that gave useful advice etc. (especially Graham Bahr
I wouldn't be TOO sure that it's running rich mate, you've just more than doubled the size of the induction on your car!!
Looks nice though mate, just make sure you get a filter on those asap.
Yeah I'm thinking of getting the little gauze ones that just fit over the end. No room for anything else and I don't want foam filters after speaking to Rich
Foam filters as in those sock things? No mate, they're not great at all. A panel filter would be best, but yeah you'll need to move your battery to the boot to do that really.
Nice one matt
And fook the filter just rag it
good luck tomorrow on the rollers matt
It all seems to work well and the car made 112bhp and 113lbft at the wheels which equates to about 130bhp at the flywheel...10bhp-ish more than before the 45s
nice one
Sweet bet it sounds the bollox too
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It sure does
Some more bits here to stop me dropping off the end of the first page again
Here's the Rolling Road print out...only a photograph on my phone I'm afraid, but you get the gist
Made 112.3 bhp and 113.1 lbft at the wheels if you can't quite make it out
I also noticed one of my headlights had stopped working the other day, so whipped the grill off for a look today...turns out the filament in them (both headlight and side light) hadn't just blown, the whole bulb had exploded...on both of them! Any idea what may cause this? I replaced them with new ones once I popped down to to local motor factors and used the car tonight with no more blowing issues...seems a bit odd
Just happens mate, sometimes if you touch the glass, the grease from your skin boils on it and the glass shatters.
Not generally on the sidelights though?
Matty i thought you were buying xenons??
Oh and stop putting off fitting those bloody gaz legs will you! If need be pay me and il do it for you!
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