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me not understand that one, auction has ended, but as it's an SU it may be worth contacting Burlen Fuel Systems in Salisbury as they are the owner of SU's now, they may do a kit or know who does
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getting a bit expensive but may be of interest:
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poor15 it should be called
I use Halfords matt black enamel far superior than the above or hammerite IMHO
wouldn't touch Hammerite with a ****y stick, the stuff chips-off for fun, did a rear frame member for a motorcycle once, dropped a 1/2 BSF nut on it from 6 inches and the stuff chipped
now only do powder coat.POR15 is the dogs when properly used, done the fuel tanks in the 109 with it, two Vincent HRD Comet fuel tanks, two Ariel Arrow fuel tanks and my friend at West Country Sidecars uses nothing else in classic motorcycle fuel tank restorations. All in the preperation
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Good grief, my first bike was a Golden Arrow, I didn't realise that till I had burnt it out by driving around without the seat on and a fag in my mouth, burnie balls
, sad waste now I look back, the folly of yoof!I would be guessing at a Squarriel (had one of those too but lost it) but just guessing.
Opps! problem of sitting above the fuel tank filler
Not quite but same gearbox (Burman BAP), Vincent Comet 500cc single, must get it back together before next summer as riding modern bikes is boring
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Minivin, is that the front end of an Ariel Arrow in the the foreground by any chance?
Yup, Dad's Golden Arrow that somewhen I got to finish wiring, as well as fit a Avon Airflow fairing on, luckily Lucas Mitchenall are one mile from me so I can still get the screens from the original manufacturer, unfortunately they flattened the old Avon fairing factory at Durrington quite a few years ago so the fairing is a lucky find
can you figure the crankcases behind the V8????
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Yup, that's why all the wierdos end up in Vegas....did you notice in the news that 'hard man' Ross Kemp got beaten up by his wife, the Sun editor - they got married in Vegas a couple of years ago, so maybe the dust was still around.
Neil
just read about the husband-beatings on ntl, not quite Eastenders
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but criticized the lack of firm legal deadlines and of local forest supervisors' ability to include what the environmentalists call "renegade trails," paths carved willy-nilly by all-terrain vehicle users.
coming from the country that detonated an atomic bomb in their own back garden
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Hell they built jet-engines on scrapheap challenge that worked although I'm not sure the neighbours would thank you for fitting the ramjet to your truck
Years ago GM built a load of jet engined family cars that were pretty good, but due to the cost of production and lack of reliability they were scrapped - that was probably about the same time Buick came up with this new fangled all-aluminium V8... Makes you wonder why they don't have another go though, surely these days they could make a small turbine for not much money - just look how far turbos have come.
Think they need to take a page out of the aero modellers book, they seem to be making little jet engines for not much money, and thats one-offs
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Within easy reach as well, Don Vesco made the Turbinator with little trouble:
Not sure about drive, torque converter I suppose but the jet engine is a bit inflexible for the range of work a off-road vehicle needs in speed and engine RPM. Put it this way, a jet aircraft coming into land on a aircraft carrier requires all it's air brakes, everything out and pretty much full power on the throttles, as if it was to come in to land "clean" with only flaps and moderate engine power, if it needed to clear the deck and abort the landing the engines would not spin up fast enough for it to clear the deck or the big pool of water at the other end of the deck ie big splat or splosh
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ahhh, like fitting a car engine into a motorbike hasn't been done in the past (Munch Mammot anyone?), how about something different, maybe, a JET ENGINE:
Even Jay Leno approves and brought one
Also prevents people driving too close behind, as their bonnet paint starts to peal-off by the heat from the jet exhaust
and here's a test on Jay's bike:
Like the comment on the Tomahawk:
The motorcycles cannot be legally driven on public roads. A Chrysler spokesman told Reuters they were meant as rolling sculpturesso it's a ponce-mobil then
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nothing of real interest really:
just a boring 2.5NAD, however in the next few months this is going in:
No, not the two motorbikes and motorbike crankcases, the V8!!!!!
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i really can see it makin any diffence TBH. would it actually less unsprung weight?
on a coilie it would be comparable to comparing convention motorbike forks to Up Side Down (USD) forks, just that the springs are on the outside rather than on the inside
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Sorry Fi but your post count has been 'corrected' again
Others of you may also notice a change, most like Rob, for the better as previuosly posts in Classified where not being added to your count. This has now been brought in line with the other forums.
Did it? wasn't counting
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Looks to me like you've picked up a 6cyl to V8 conversion plate. You need a 4cyl to V8 conversion plate. Andy Kiff had the same trouble!
The 4cyl kit will fit straight to the LT77 bellhousing.
Jon
Funny you should mention Andy, I been talking on the phone to him and he emailed me the piccies of his "correct" ring, shall have to give a shout to the person I brought it from
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You can mate a 300Tdi to a series box with not too much work apparently. Just need to move a couple of the studs etc.
hopefully should know by this evening whether the bell housing I have is series-comparable or whether I may need to go down that route
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well well well:
Ebay 6 cylinder adapter plate:
lets now compare my one......
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rob,
stringy has standard def 200 bell housing u can measure
shall give Mike a shout in a bit and see if he can see if the HRC number is on his bell housing as well
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Cheers Jim, not sure without trying to fit a 300TDi bell housing to a series engine, but IIRC the hole mounting pattern is different
Now all I need is definate confirmation, whether my bell housing is correct and that the adapter is definately wrong, and what it is for
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Thought it would be better here as it seems a mix of defender or series or something unknown, got a Bellhousing HRC1738, believed to be early 90/110 as it's from a suffix E gearbox:
Now!, the adapter ring I got last night doesn't mate-up, got the following hole pattern and is slightly smaller in location hole diamater (313mm appr.):
So, which one is correct, is the ring a true Series III 2.25 4 cyl. Gearbox adapter ring, or is the LT77 bellhousing a true early 90/110 item that would affix to a Series III 2.25 4 cyl. engine?
<sigh>
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And for an encore you could try:
Or is that young Robert
If this had of come up twelve months ago while I was pulling the 109 to pieces, I could easily have done that piccy
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ummm...... if I'm on me own I turn the lights out or go work in the workshop
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I see you even suffer the 'purge' of the Pajero down there Steve
Hendon have a whole Pucara. But due to history I can see why a dismembered one is far more preferable
Good pics by the way.
Cheers,
Paul
not quite this one but a sister of it:
When tested at Boscombe Down the cannon was found to be a very nasty piece of work
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What's the difference between 3.5 EFi and 3.9 EFi then? Only thing I can see worth worying about is the later one uses "normal" injectors not nasty barbed ones. Surely you can just lob the twin flem chamber onto the 3.5 setup.
OT FF, but I recognised your Avatar
now only do powder coat.
, sad waste now I look back, the folly of yoof!
Bellhousing crossmember
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Would the DVLA have any issues about modifying a structural area on the chassis? just thinking if that would come under SVA