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Gave myself a day at home today to get on with my FF2000 engine . Past two hours I have been fumberling around in the dark . Whole of town no electric 😕
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Full engine rebuilt with a few more performance up-grades. More events planned for 2018 and a stronger motor will be needed.
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Dougie, think you’re going to attract some ‘workshop envy’ after other tenthers see those photos!
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Just paid £71.00 on E Bay for RS 2000. dash loom. There was someone else out there after it.The price went to £70.00 with a few minuets to go, I said to my guys in the workshop "bid £90.00" but they kept their cool. All very exciting and expensive for a few bulb holders and a bit of wire. The loom arrived today and i am very happy its all complete with bulb holders and all.
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I've now done a front suspension dry build on my Tornado, and added ARB mountings. Have also modified steering column from a spear aimed at the driver to a double UJ affair mounted on chassis and roll cage so it has a collapsible joint. nearly ready to send chassis for blasting and powder coating.
Uprated drive shafts and stub axles are all in hand, I picked up a set of tyres for £100 to get it moving . . . just need to decide on wheels . . . speaking to Les Weller tomorrow and may get him to make me a set of 5J steels using std herald centres, which is whats homologated. I don't make NY resolutions, but this car will (finally) get built soon! hopefully in the next few months |
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Set back . Grrrrrrr. I bought a wiper motor and linkage for the MK1. Turns out its a MK2. Any suggestions please.
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Well what a difference a year makes, this time last year was hunting through barns on Winkelmans ranch, freezing cold, soaking wet and hungry.
And now it's ready for its second acid dip and E coat paint, a lot of new panels and work. Tim , can you help again please. Last edited by Tim Falce; 14 Jan 2018 at 12:43. |
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MK 1 wiper motor.
Ian, think I'v got one, not sure of condition, will have a look in the morning.
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Ah Uncle Eric I could kiss you . 😀
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Help please.
While you are all working out in your workshops on your winter projects, can any of you lay your hands on a reasonable condition Hewland LG500 4-5 speed gearbox. I have a Porsche G50 and a ZF 5-25 + £s to swop if need be. |
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Wiper motor collected from Orpington last night . I had a wonderful evening with Uncle Eric and his lovely wife Penny . “You need to write a book Eric “. I gave him a kiss as well .😀
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About 4 hours of elbow grease later, I've removed most of the kack and glue from the GRP inside the car . . . . once I've filled a few holes I think its good enough to stay in its original gel coat inside, which means no painting, and less weight.
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Rolling road today. 125 BHP. I built the engine many years ago now. I built it exactly to group 1 spec so I recon that's not too bad. We normally get 132 to 135 out of a FF 2000 engine. This figure is the only bench mark I have. She had loads of torque. We hope to test at Mallory on 7th of Feb. The only problem there is I leave for South Africa on Tuesday. |
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