Fab find mate, can't keep away from the flat 4's eh!

different sized bushes where they bolt to the rack, make sure to get the correct size
otherwise they'll fit i think.
sure john will have some

It has the Ox blood deep red leather which as I say wasn't my first choice but the rest of the car was right, including the last 4 years being maintained by Mike at the Maserati shed. People who saw the Wheeler dealers show a few years ago when Mike Brewer took his throttle body to be redone with a ...

alfadave wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2024 7:28 am Hope your research uncovered that the V8 had problems with thrust washers/end float?

It did, and that's a long since solved problem according to the guys who work on these cars rather than repeat internet doom.

Well, over the last few months I've had another change of cars. The Clio was a great little car, fantastic around track and great on the road too, quick and relatively frugal all things considered. But as ever temptation got the better of me and I succumbed to a temptation that I've had for years, s...

Seeing a lot of Aygos' with rotten sills Tim, give the underside of the outer sill a squueze around the grommets...made from tissue paper it seems!
I like the little Hyundai i10, had a few in for MoT's etc and seem a well put together car and fairly well apointed too

Kegsti66 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 18, 2024 7:33 pm Sorry to hear you have decided to move the Sud 16v on Shrew.
It would have been great to see the outcome of your vision.
Didn't realise Kev duffed it up so bad

more than once

You did more than a favour storing it Kev, and I’ll always be grateful for the work you did on the sprint and sud, I think I got the best side of the Clio deal tbh. The sprint still looks good (and might be for sale :shock: ). Can’t have everything Kev, and I’m more than happy with what I have had....

That 2nd pic makes me sad that both those cars I failed to repair as promised Tim, yours and that Lancia 2000 that I'd had for a few years and never really got started with. I wish things could have been different and I could have sorted the 75 for you, such a long ownership it's a real shame that i...

Weather permitting (although Tom usually guarantees it) would be great to meet up with the Green Machine again and maybe Iain with his 33. Sadly I didn't see either of you on the day - although sadly the weather didn't cooperate this year so we were dodging showers most of the day. I did manage to ...

Hi. First of all to get a compression reading you can't do it with cams out, air needs to get in via the valves as the piston goes down, all you're doing is creating a vacuum as the piston goes down then as you go back up the pressure will stabilise, a bit of fluctuation as air will get past the pis...

BeardedCaravanGames wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 6:40 pm phew - for a moment I thought this was a thread about viagra.

Lovely Flavia Vignale, should be getting my own coupe back soon from extensive welding...

Vents on that Longchamps look like MR2 rear quarter vents...

Well, I'm back! Amongst all the drama I managed to lock myself out with too many failed attempts, and being lacking in enough internal memory to recall the correct password....must be my age! Thanks to the incredible efforts to restore the forum for which I take no credit, there are 2 guys who have ...

Just a quick update on this thread. I bought a Fiat tappet tool from Eurospares (they supply parts for X1/9s), and predictably the tool could not be used in its original form, the handle is too long and at the wrong angle to clear the carbs and the sides of the engine bay.. Fortunately the Eurospar...

Isn't it the same tool as for the Lampredi TC?

Mercedes reliability :roll: https://youtu.be/bcF1CFKKuyI?si=2Z9COpsYqd2Z7OIg I watch this guys videos a lot, he's really an exceptional engine buider and mechanic, has a straightforward attitude with customers and staff. He also seems to have a dislike for the modern idiotic way of doing things, lik...

My own thoughts are in a similar vien to Tims' in that I have a Giulietta daily and have hadno dealings with the Giuila cars, either personlly or through work. So no real help there then! Must admit I like the Giulietta enough to consider a last of line one may be a replacement when the time comes t...

That does look nice, and I agree fully wth John it's too good for a freebie...looks like it still has a safety devices cage in too? I'm sure John would ad it to his collection of track cars

Rob also took his 182 which is a bit more track focused, he seemed to be having a good day too!
Spent most of the day cocking the rear wheel especially when he got his first taste of slicks with the extra grip they give.

Clio performed admirably, handling is spot on, brakes were great, decent amount of power so we didn't get in too many peoples way, even put a lap on a few cars 8-) In the afternoon we put the Nankang semi slicks on in an efort to finally take Coppice flat out which I've never had the car, or courage...

Up the famous Cadwell mountain

We did a trackday at Cadwell Park this last Monday, blessed with mostly dry weather which for late February was a real blessing!

Fantastic bit of nostalgia there Tim, hadn't heard of the Press on Regardless rally for years, USA is pretty much off the radar nowadays for the WRC, unless you count Mexico of course!
I'll have a good read through them all later, thanks for the posts

That's a real shame, often once an event suffers a cancellation they sometimes fail to reappear again, hoping the weather is the issue and it's just a one off and will return. We have been on 2 or 3 occasions and it was a good event, nice variety and the rally stage demonstrations a good addition. I...

I'm always keen Lou, been good days out before

Been out for a little ride around the local area this afternoon, it's like a grown up 145! Drives great, decent amount of go but the gearbox and brakes for me are the highlight, aside from the pin sharp handling. Local big draw a handful of miles from my door is the East Kirkby Aviation Centre, home...

Another new arrival...a track day or two planned then we'll see. Like the look of the 197 with the flared rear arches and front wing vents, has the look of a race car for the road! Actually drives very nice, not harsh at all despite the lowered suspension, has a 6 speed gearbox and brembo 4 pot brak...

I usually post some moaning doom and gloom, this or that that's bugging me or whatever. This week though I am happy to report that I became a grandparent for the first time, our Rob who a few of you have met before has made me very proud again, him and Shannon had a baby girl on the 28th. Went to se...