|
Title: Some progress pics! New pics added Post by: Fastbrit on July 16, 2008, 23:37:49 pm Five speed is in. Engine is in. Just making new oil lines as necessary to accommodate new oil cooler.
Still waiting on adjuster screw for rockers – ordered but not delivered... Once they're here I can think about firing it up at last! (http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Photokernow/792680d4.jpg)(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Photokernow/e8867a36.jpg) (http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Photokernow/061ad2f4.jpg)(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Photokernow/74f1f6e3.jpg) Title: Re: Some progress pics! Post by: flatfire on July 17, 2008, 00:02:23 am It will be worth it in the end. I fitted a 5 speed last month drove to Chimay the wife raced the car and drove back to Scotland no worries.
The box is so close that all you want to do is get into 5th. Jim Kaforski built the box and told me to solid mount it to get positive gear changes. Title: Re: Some progress pics! Post by: Lee.C on July 17, 2008, 01:13:46 am :o so whens her debut ??? ;) :) I really really want a 5 speed ::) :)
Title: Re: Some progress pics! Post by: Sarge on July 17, 2008, 01:20:45 am Cheers ya Keith! Lookin' good!! 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: Some progress pics! Post by: . on July 17, 2008, 02:13:32 am Someone needs to wash their hands !
;D Title: Re: Some progress pics! Post by: Fastbrit on July 17, 2008, 05:26:15 am Someone needs to wash their hands ! Funny, I noticed that too! The camera never lies, right? ;D;D Title: Re: Some progress pics! Post by: Cornpanzer on July 17, 2008, 12:49:18 pm Looking good KS!
Title: Re: Some progress pics! Post by: nicolas on July 17, 2008, 12:51:46 pm now only a respray in guardsred and you can leave the house. ;D
Title: Re: Some progress pics! Post by: Sarge on July 17, 2008, 12:59:04 pm now only a respray in guardsred and you can leave the house. ;D Your a mind reader, Nicolas! ;) Title: Re: Some progress pics! Post by: nicolas on July 17, 2008, 13:04:35 pm yeah but it will be hard to beat that one Jim!!! ;)
Title: Re: Some progress pics! Post by: Zach Gomulka on July 17, 2008, 16:50:40 pm Very tidy clearancing for the 5 speed :)
Title: Re: Some progress pics! Post by: John Rayburn on July 17, 2008, 17:10:35 pm now only a respray in guardsred and you can leave the house. ;D Your a mind reader, Nicolas! ;) Title: Re: Some progress pics! Post by: speedwell on July 17, 2008, 17:38:13 pm now only a respray in guardsred and you can leave the house. ;D Your a mind reader, Nicolas! ;) Title: Re: Some progress pics! Post by: Prowagen on July 17, 2008, 17:40:50 pm Looking good Keith can't wait to see it in the metal.
Nice Snapon tool box too! Rob. Title: Re: Some progress pics! Post by: Martin Greaves on July 17, 2008, 18:18:49 pm Looking good KS you will be coming to DAKOTA DRAG STRIP 16th or 17th AUGUST 2008 then. ;D
Smeatharpe, Airfield Smeatharpe, Devon. www.streetnights.com Title: Re: Some progress pics! Post by: Fastbrit on July 17, 2008, 18:33:44 pm Looking good KS you will be coming to DAKOTA DRAG STRIP 16th or 17th AUGUST 2008 then. ;D If it's registered etc by then. Got a wedding (not mine!!!) on 16th but free on 17th...Smeatharpe, Airfield Smeatharpe, Devon. www.streetnights.com Title: Re: Some progress pics! Post by: Prowagen on July 17, 2008, 19:07:31 pm Yeah go on Keith get your arse up there not far from Bodmin!
Title: Re: Some progress pics! Post by: team97 on July 17, 2008, 21:13:58 pm Who is going to adjust the shifer for you?
Title: Re: Some progress pics! Post by: Fastbrit on July 17, 2008, 21:55:32 pm Who is going to adjust the shifer for you? Gonna hold a seance and ask Gene to do it for me... ;)Title: Re: Some progress pics! Post by: Martin Greaves on July 17, 2008, 22:01:22 pm Looking good KS you will be coming to DAKOTA DRAG STRIP 16th or 17th AUGUST 2008 then. ;D If it's registered etc by then. Got a wedding (not mine!!!) on 16th but free on 17th...Smeatharpe, Airfield Smeatharpe, Devon. www.streetnights.com Come on would be good to see you there and in the own car and not some 70s race car shit. :D Title: Re: Some progress pics! Post by: Shubee2 (DSK) on July 17, 2008, 23:13:59 pm Looking good KS you will be coming to DAKOTA DRAG STRIP 16th or 17th AUGUST 2008 then. ;D If it's registered etc by then. Got a wedding (not mine!!!) on 16th but free on 17th...Smeatharpe, Airfield Smeatharpe, Devon. www.streetnights.com Come on would be good to see you there and in the own car and not some 70s race car shit. :D Title: Re: Some progress pics! Post by: Fastbrit on July 17, 2008, 23:36:44 pm I think Keith should invite Rusell and let Rusell Drive Keith's New Car Down the Strip a few times ;D ;D ;D Hmmmm, let me think about that ??? :( :o ;D...Title: Re: Some progress pics! A few pics added. Post by: Fastbrit on July 18, 2008, 08:46:06 am Making progress. Fuchs centre caps fit the bore of the JG Torkers just fine, but at the front, the grease caps are 3mm too fat, even when beaten back with a hammer (subtle Cal Look mod). Choices are a thin adaptor/spacer between cap and wheel or (to laugh in the face of people with narrowed beams...) run some 3mm spacers. I like that idea for the sheer perversity of it. Mwahahahahaha!
Oh, and the rusty wheels studs are a consequence of living here in Cornwall. Everything rusts – even plastic. (http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Photokernow/e9ae7384.jpg)(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Photokernow/7f863583.jpg) Tiger sure did nice job of my muffler – polished muffler and brushed stainless pipework, just to be different... (http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Photokernow/93ffe711.jpg)(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Photokernow/848ebee1.jpg) Relocated MSD coil to make space for the CSP IDA linkage. Not sure how I'll get on with the linkage but I like its simplicity. (http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Photokernow/81e034c1.jpg)(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Photokernow/ab14d336.jpg) Completed oil lines – just need some heat wrap. Now to tackle rear tin with that big old header... ??? (http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Photokernow/8d357db6.jpg) Title: Re: Some progress pics! New pics added Post by: louisb on July 18, 2008, 12:32:59 pm Looking good! I like the muffler treatment.
--louis Title: Re: Some progress pics! New pics added Post by: Rennsurfer on July 18, 2008, 15:38:44 pm Car look great, Keith. Wire wheel the wheel studs, primer, then paint 'em silver. Would that help slow down the rust process?
But I'd be wary about running that plastic on the muffler... won't that melt? Title: Re: Some progress pics! A few pics added. Post by: Martin Greaves on July 18, 2008, 16:18:43 pm Tiger sure did nice job of my muffler – polished muffler and brushed stainless pipework, just to be different... (http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Photokernow/93ffe711.jpg)(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Photokernow/848ebee1.jpg) Is that the Outlaws new tea maker at the back in the 2nd photo. :D Title: Re: Some progress pics! A few pics added. Post by: kafercup on July 18, 2008, 16:27:10 pm Making progress. Fuchs centre caps fit the bore of the JG Torkers just fine, but at the front, the grease caps are 3mm too fat, even when beaten back with a hammer (subtle Cal Look mod). Choices are a thin adaptor/spacer between cap and wheel or (to laugh in the face of people with narrowed beams...) run some 3mm spacers. I like that idea for the sheer perversity of it. Mwahahahahaha! Oh, and the rusty wheels studs are a consequence of living here in Cornwall. Everything rusts – even plastic. (http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Photokernow/e9ae7384.jpg)(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Photokernow/7f863583.jpg) Tiger sure did nice job of my muffler – polished muffler and brushed stainless pipework, just to be different... (http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Photokernow/93ffe711.jpg)(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Photokernow/848ebee1.jpg) Relocated MSD coil to make space for the CSP IDA linkage. Not sure how I'll get on with the linkage but I like its simplicity. (http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Photokernow/81e034c1.jpg)(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Photokernow/ab14d336.jpg) Completed oil lines – just need some heat wrap. Now to tackle rear tin with that big old header... ??? (http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Photokernow/8d357db6.jpg) What made you decide to go with a regular Dist. vs. a magneto? Title: Re: Some progress pics! New pics added Post by: Fastbrit on July 18, 2008, 17:53:43 pm The car already had an MSD and two-step. That may change in the future!
Title: Re: Some progress pics! New pics added Post by: kafercup on July 18, 2008, 18:11:44 pm The car already had an MSD and two-step. That may change in the future! :) Title: Re: Some progress pics! New pics added Post by: John Rayburn on July 18, 2008, 18:17:26 pm I disagree with Mark about the plastic. I think it will be fine. Go ahead and run it.
Title: Re: Some progress pics! New pics added Post by: Prowagen on July 18, 2008, 18:20:56 pm Is that a chopped oval in the foreground?? Another project your not telling us about keith?
Title: Re: Some progress pics! New pics added Post by: Rennsurfer on July 18, 2008, 19:03:55 pm I disagree with Mark about the plastic. I think it will be fine. Go ahead and run it. Oh, okay. So, do you think the plastic on the muffler will survive... even though plastic rusts, over there? I'd be concerned. Title: Re: Some progress pics! New pics added Post by: John Rayburn on July 18, 2008, 19:05:57 pm If the plastics been properly treated, yes.
Title: Re: Some progress pics! New pics added Post by: Rennsurfer on July 18, 2008, 19:17:36 pm If the plastics been properly treated, yes. Duly noted as such. I stand corrected. Title: Re: Some progress pics! New pics added Post by: Lee.C on July 18, 2008, 22:28:02 pm So has that glass gone in yet dude ??? and I say run the spacers - get those front wheels out where they should be FILLING the fenders ;) :)
Title: Re: Some progress pics! New pics added Post by: Fastbrit on July 19, 2008, 13:01:57 pm So has that glass gone in yet dude ??? and I say run the spacers - get those front wheels out where they should be FILLING the fenders ;) :) Nah, probably not gonna use it after all - a little bit too dark. Bought new rear stock quarter glass from Heritage instead! The inset of the wheels is such that I could run 3mm spacers at the front and the rims would still be well within the fenders. I like that idea the more I think about it! Narrow is for numpties! :DTitle: Re: Some progress pics! New pics added Post by: Lee.C on July 19, 2008, 13:13:24 pm So has that glass gone in yet dude ??? and I say run the spacers - get those front wheels out where they should be FILLING the fenders ;) :) Nah, probably not gonna use it after all - a little bit too dark. Bought new rear stock quarter glass from Heritage instead! The inset of the wheels is such that I could run 3mm spacers at the front and the rims would still be well within the fenders. I like that idea the more I think about it! Narrow is for numpties! :DCool well I will take first refusal if you come to sell it - I have an idea ;) :) "narrowing is for numpties!" :D :D :D too right dude - I say fit 6mm spacers, it looks like there is stiil plenty of length on the studs ;) :) Title: Re: Some progress pics! New pics added Post by: Fastbrit on July 19, 2008, 13:29:19 pm Latest news! Got the motor fired up last night and it sounds great! Only one oil leak.... from an oil line I'd forgotten to tighten up ( ::)). Now the pre-MOT list consists of bleeding brakes, adjusting clutch/handbrake cables, adjust one front wheel bearing and add some exhaust wrap. I think (but I may be wrong!) that this is all I need to do to get it MOT'd and then registered. Plenty of other (minor) sorting to do, such as making cover for gearbox cut-out under rear seat... and then try to get the five-speed to be just that! Should all be done in time to put the car away for winter... ;D
Thanks to Matt at Air Kraft for the workshop space and cups of tea/coffee! ;) PS - gone back to running the CB Performance cross-bar linkage - the CSP one doesn't appear to work on an Autolinea case as the location of the mounting bolt moves the linkage too close to the fanshroud causing the central pivot to jam - but if I slot the mounting hole to move it away, the left-hand linkage rod fouls the MSD distributor. Bummer. ??? Title: Re: Some progress pics! New pics added Post by: Jason Foster on July 19, 2008, 14:18:12 pm looks real good Keith keep us posted.
Title: Re: Some progress pics! New pics added Post by: Diederick/DVK on July 19, 2008, 18:17:50 pm looks good KS!
but a CB hex-bar has got to be the most hideous linkage of all ::) Title: Re: Some progress pics! New pics added Post by: Rocket Ron on July 19, 2008, 18:59:17 pm Latest news! Got the motor fired up last night and it sounds great! Only one oil leak.... from an oil line I'd forgotten to tighten up ( ::)). Now the pre-MOT list consists of bleeding brakes, adjusting clutch/handbrake cables, adjust one front wheel bearing and add some exhaust wrap. I think (but I may be wrong!) that this is all I need to do to get it MOT'd and then registered. Plenty of other (minor) sorting to do, such as making cover for gearbox cut-out under rear seat... and then try to get the five-speed to be just that! Should all be done in time to put the car away for winter... ;D Thanks to Matt at Air Kraft for the workshop space and cups of tea/coffee! ;) PS - gone back to running the CB Performance cross-bar linkage - the CSP one doesn't appear to work on an Autolinea case as the location of the mounting bolt moves the linkage too close to the fanshroud causing the central pivot to jam - but if I slot the mounting hole to move it away, the left-hand linkage rod fouls the MSD distributor. Bummer. ??? looks like we'll be seeing you at 1/8TH mile Drag Racing in Devon in august then ? Title: Re: Some progress pics! New pics added Post by: Harry/FDK on July 19, 2008, 21:02:50 pm looks good KS! but a CB hex-bar has got to be the most hideous linkage of all ::) Now back to work and get the CSP working. Title: Re: Some progress pics! New pics added Post by: danny gabbard on July 20, 2008, 01:17:30 am do ya have or can you use somebodys lathe keith just put the dust cap in chuck and use parting tool and get rid of the 3 mil you dont need and weld back together, just a though and the car is lookin good !
Title: Re: Some progress pics! New pics added Post by: Russell on July 20, 2008, 01:19:55 am Looks Shit keith !
Yes i will come down and have a go.... Step 1, Burnout in Reverse Step 2, Ping the Clutch Step 3, Run and 1/8 in 1st step 4, Push it back Sorted ;D Install new gearbox and then take its first run easy..... lift the wheels and get into the 12's Yip i can do that in any car doesnt need to be a 70's bit of shit MARTIN ">:(" Title: Re: Some progress pics! New pics added Post by: Black Sheep on July 20, 2008, 14:57:59 pm Looks Shit keith ! Yes i will come down and have a go.... Step 1, Burnout in Reverse Step 2, Ping the Clutch Step 3, Run and 1/8 in 1st step 4, Push it back Sorted ;D Install new gearbox and then take its first run easy..... lift the wheels and get into the 12's Yip i can do that in any car doesnt need to be a 70's bit of shit MARTIN ">:(" Fair's fair Keith ;) You could always try and run the 1/8th in reverse Russell not forgetting the burn out in that same gear ;) :o |