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  1. Thanks for all your advice. Shaft received the next day, quickly fitted and successfully completed the ALRC Team Recovery and Comp Safari.
  2. Hi all, thanks for your input / advice. We were aware of the full history of the shafts down to which events they'd done, gearbox, engine, etc. We've now bought a replacement from Ashcroft. Fingers crossed.
  3. I spoke to Dave yesterday and he said t looks like a failure normally caused by large tyres but we only run 205's and use an auto so that helps reduce shock too. Only option now is to buy more shafts. Are there any alternatives to Ashcroft for hardened shafts?
  4. Thanks all. Never had a problem with the Sailsbury and shafts are checked regularly (obviously don't have the diff out!). We like the idea of the standard axle as it's easier to try different types of diffs. I phoned Ashcroft and spoke to someone who didn't seem very technical. Never had any dealing with them before so not sure who's worth speaking to. Any thoughts?
  5. Hi all, Having recently changed from running a Comp motor with a Salisbury rear axle, to a standard RR rear axle with Ashcroft shafts, I’m after some advice on which half shafts are most appropriate for competition use. We’ve just broken the long rear Ashcroft shaft so after a replacement but taking into account the little use / mileage (ok, all be it Comp Safari) for what’s supposed to be a ‘Heavy Duty’ shaft, I’m a little nervous with replacing it with the same shaft again. The shaft is 7 years old but the motor was stood stationary for a few of these years and only competed a handful of times in the other years. ***Photo of broken shaft attached*** I'd be interested to know your thought on what other shafts people are running and people experiences with Ashcroft shafts. Need to get a replacement sorted for 22nd May to have a go at retaining the ALRC National Comp trophy. Cheers!
  6. The facts are true. Sugar was also put in the fuel tank and the sump plug was loosened to the last thread. We were all shocked to find this out at the Nationals. Any true competitor would rather compete against the best and loose rather than putting them out of the competition. At least a fellow trialer lent Neal his motor so he could still play (now that's the ALRC spirit!).
  7. Hi all, We're putting MS fuel only on the motor this weekend and tried to load FF's Project on earlier but he was running the old firmware. Has anyone got a good Project for Ms1-Extra running fuel only for a 4.6 V8 with a high torque cam? The MS is running 029y4. Cheers!
  8. Update - Been to see Rog and very impressed with the MS/EDIS8 setup. Looks like it will be great for us, but still feel we need to learn lots about the system first. If we have any problems we need to be able to fix them / have a redundant system available. We thought about going for MS/EDIS8 straight away and having the Dizzy still available should we need it, but now have learnt that as soon as we get the mod on the MS unit to work with EDIS8 we can no longer go back to the Dizzy. Therefore we think we need to start off with fuel only still. The bit on our motor that we really need at the moment is the Fuel as there is no Standard part for a 4.6 CUX. We have a standard part for the Spark - the Dizzy. It might not be the best solution but we know how to fix / replace it should it fail. We can then start looking at the Spark setup after we are up and running and if we have time before Round 1. If not, then we need to fit it in in-between Rounds. I've downloaded a fuel map that FridgeFreezer posted for a 4.6 V8 with nice cam, which should be close to ours. If we can get it running on Fuel only at 80/90% performance but not under fuelling then it must be close to how it performed on a 3.9 14CUX! And much better than 2 SU's! Like I said at the top, a 14 CUX for a 4.6 doesn't exist as standard. We've gone the MS route because of this and rather than the Mark Adams / MBE route due to the cost and the extra facilities the MS can give us but we need to learn. Will update as we progress! Cheers!
  9. Paddy, How did you get on with this? We too are looking at putting a TrueTrac into a Salisbury. Cheers
  10. Hi guys, This is our current MS kit. Here is our 14CUX pass through Our MS And closer The temp sensor The LC1 Wideband The Wideband sensor Cheers
  11. We're off to see Rog next Thu evening so I will have a look at everything then. The Inlet temp sensor - is this the one that goes into the Plenum? If so, we already have on of these.
  12. We've got a wideband to put on for setup only. Would we need to run with the narrowband in full time?
  13. FF - We're in the Midlands so it's a long way to see you. We did however have a look around your motor at Sodbury when we met up with you and Bill. So, IF we were to go down the EDIS8 Spark route, and I'm now trying to convince the driver it may be a good idea, I need to start getting hold of some kit. Please can you therefore confirm my list below contains everything:- 1 X EDIS8 (£40 from FF) 1 X 36-1 Toothed Trigger Wheel (trigger-wheels.com) 2 X 4-pot Ford Coil Pack 1 X VR sensor (from 4-pot Ford?) 8 X HT leads from Ford Anything else? Oh, I'll also have to find out about the MS-ECU mods that will be needed from Phil. On the coil packs, is there much difference between the 1st and 2nd generation ones? Which should we use? Noticed some kits available at trigger-wheels.com They look quite good. Could then get some spares from the scrap yard. Used £44.99 (£57.49 with new sensor and connector) Coilpack kit for 8 cylinder engines. Includes pair of coilpacks, coilpack connectors, and a VR crank sensor with connector. Cheers!
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