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Engine & Transmission > cams, valve timing and ignition timing (106 replies - 145920 views) Please get yourself a basic understanding of what you are doing before going any further. Moving the cams three teeth does not constitute a 5 ... 05-01-2016 06:12 pm Engine & Transmission > cams, valve timing and ignition timing (106 replies - 145920 views) Please note that one mark is "in", the other is "ex". You HAVE to flip they, otherwise they are three teeth off! ... 05-01-2016 03:02 pm Engine & Transmission > cams, valve timing and ignition timing (106 replies - 145920 views) There are one or more notches on the rim, and there should be a marking stamped in. Changing from one timing to the other includes ... 05-01-2016 02:34 pm Engine & Transmission > cams, valve timing and ignition timing (106 replies - 145920 views) Please post a picture of the sprockets from the front with crank at TDC. ... 05-01-2016 02:19 pm Engine & Transmission > cams, valve timing and ignition timing (106 replies - 145920 views) And you have the IN mark facing you on the intake and EX on the exhaust? The sprockets flip over depending on which side of ... 05-01-2016 02:16 pm Engine & Transmission > cams, valve timing and ignition timing (106 replies - 145920 views) Your cams must be WAY off!!! 5 degrees difference in cam timing does not change from no compression to normal compression readings. ... 05-01-2016 01:40 pm Engine & Transmission > cams, valve timing and ignition timing (106 replies - 145920 views) I'm trying to figure out what you meant by the "no compression at 115" bit. There are a few possible culprits here:
Errors in cam timing ... 05-01-2016 08:15 am Engine & Transmission > cams, valve timing and ignition timing (106 replies - 145920 views) The Strombergs are IMNSHO a piece of s}#% and could well be the reason for the 2k idle. Check the butterfly axles for radial play, ... 04-30-2016 10:56 pm Engine & Transmission > cams, valve timing and ignition timing (106 replies - 145920 views) You say the tensioner "quit" on you, did the belt jump or break on you? There is not much to go on before pistons and ... 04-30-2016 08:28 pm Projects > 18711 "Miss Jensen" (129 replies - 247674 views) Getting back on track...
The handbrake has been out of commission since converted the rear brakes, and I wasn't able to route the cables like HiSpec ... 04-24-2016 05:27 pm Miscellaneous > Pete Bahr (10 replies - 10958 views) Very sad to hear this. I have a few of his parts on my car, have been very pleased with them.
Hopefully someone will be ... 04-11-2016 06:56 pm Electrical & Instruments > fuses (3 replies - 7368 views) I believe the majority of gremlins in the JH stem from one single point: the fuse box design. The two blades either end of the ... 03-07-2016 09:59 am Wheels > Stock wheel offset (19 replies - 36481 views) I would probably order ET10 if I were to do it again, at least for the fronts. There is occational rub on the forward inner ... 02-18-2016 05:31 am Projects > JH 17967 (31 replies - 43359 views) I am massively impressed with your work, it is all looking very nice! It all looks very familiar, including the kinks in the channels under ... 02-05-2016 11:16 am Engine & Transmission > Lubrication Protection (1 reply - 4919 views) I know a lot of people swear by the Accusump system as a sort of "poor man's dry sump", but personally I am a bit ... 01-05-2016 06:04 am Engine & Transmission > resealing cam towers (3 replies - 7004 views) Overtorque once and the covers are warped => never sealing properly again. I don't think anyone ever managed to get a proper seal with the ... 01-04-2016 05:19 am Intro Tech Board stuff > 502 Bad Gateway error (4 replies - 11812 views) Same problem with Safari on iPhone lately.
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Joachim ... 01-02-2016 11:45 am Electrical & Instruments > '74 JH (3 replies - 7718 views) And make sure you get the stalks for a LHD car, I forgot to specify that when buying from Moss Europe and got switchgear for ... 12-21-2015 06:53 am Carburetors > best place to have strombergs rebuilt (12 replies - 19565 views) Or the par-for-the-course engine fire. If you still have a plastic T-piece in the fuel line (between the carbs) do not start it up before ... 12-10-2015 08:39 pm Carburetors > best place to have strombergs rebuilt (12 replies - 19565 views) If the car has a lot of miles on it, a simple rebuild may not do it. The throttle axle wears out the bore in ... 12-08-2015 05:49 am Engine & Transmission > Limited Slip Differential anyone? (5 replies - 9929 views) I might be interested, but it naturally depends a bit on cost. Please inform if you get a ballpark figure and price profile vs units ... 11-27-2015 05:42 am Projects > 19064 - autocross project car for SCCA's FSP class (45 replies - 70624 views) stevegarnjobst wrote:
Unfortunately, high compression pistons and/or cam upgrades aren't allowed. So power upgrades will be limited. Going with EFI should at least help ... 11-09-2015 12:29 pm Projects > 19064 - autocross project car for SCCA's FSP class (45 replies - 70624 views) Would you be allowed to replace the bumpers with the early type? Should save a quite few tens of pounds right there, the rubber bumpers ... 11-09-2015 10:22 am Ignition > Pertronix failure (1 reply - 6249 views) I think the old Ignitors had a habit of going up in smoke if the ignition was left on for any amount of time without ... 11-03-2015 12:05 pm Engine & Transmission > Oil Cooler hoses (11 replies - 15883 views) NPT is not inherently leak free, it ordinarily requires some form of tape or goop to form a good seal and there is plenty of ... 10-28-2015 07:44 am Engine & Transmission > Oil Cooler hoses (11 replies - 15883 views) Bfitz241 wrote:
It's my understanding that the fittings are 5/8 BSP, and I was having difficulty translating that to NPT or AN sizes.
This just caught my ... 10-27-2015 06:17 am Engine & Transmission > Oil Cooler hoses (11 replies - 15883 views) First google hit on "Mocal sandwich plate": http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/category/Mocal_Sandwich_Plate
Same place has both Mocal and Setrab oil coolers:
http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/category/Mocal_Oil_Coolers2
Can't remember the ID of the hoses off the top ... 10-26-2015 09:40 pm Engine & Transmission > Oil Cooler hoses (11 replies - 15883 views) What I did (and what I think you should do) was to throw out the old cooler, hoses and sandwich plate and replace the lot. ... 10-26-2015 06:29 am Electrical & Instruments > Spoeedometer calibration (4 replies - 9036 views) You could buy a new Smiths digital speedo and just install it?
Like this (first one I found): http://www.howardinstruments.com.au/product_details.php?productid=851&mdid=b53afe09f184cb7ffed3a90320f843d1
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Joachim ... 10-22-2015 05:42 am Electrical & Instruments > Spoeedometer calibration (4 replies - 9036 views) There is a number on the front face of the speedo, it will say how many turns in a given distance. I think it is ... 10-21-2015 11:06 am Engine & Transmission > How much of a rebuild would you do? (5 replies - 10165 views) Agreed! A new set of pistons and liners are in order, at 55£ each you might as well get new ones instead of honing and ... 09-28-2015 05:31 am Engine & Transmission > Urgent advice request (12 replies - 18724 views) Thanks for reuploading the pictures, that made everything clearer.
30 - 35bhp difference going from one airbox to another, that is massive! Do you have the ... 08-10-2015 07:13 am Intro Tech Board stuff > Viewable Images (6 replies - 12996 views) When viewing single images in Photobucket, there is a list called "Share links" to the right. Click on the IMG link (it should be automagically ... 08-05-2015 07:13 pm Intro Tech Board stuff > Viewable Images (6 replies - 12996 views) Better yet, don't use image attachments at all. I use Photobucket to host all my images, then add them by means of tags. No ... 08-04-2015 06:00 am Projects > 18711 "Miss Jensen" (129 replies - 247674 views) My prayers may have been answered!
https://www.facebook.com/classicfordmag/posts/927284433971729
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WD8_4xhgOg&list=UUJfLna8jgGWD2466yARk8DA
Northampton Motorsport has created the DCOi carb throttle body, making it appear that a set of DCOEs are installed, completely ... 07-31-2015 04:22 pm Engine & Transmission > Urgent advice request (12 replies - 18724 views) Just to make sure I understand you correctly, you went from 155 with the stock airbox to 175 with trumpets in open air to 190 ... 07-30-2015 07:31 pm Engine & Transmission > Loose 4 speed shifter (4 replies - 7879 views) At least four of the bolts are inside the bell housing, so you need to have the whole thing out. Don't worry, I know it ... 07-27-2015 08:16 pm Carburetors > DHLA 45s possibly boiling? (21 replies - 36627 views) Job done, it seems. Lowered the idle 200 RPMs, and still solid. But a lot of crud showing up in the filter, so I think ... 07-10-2015 10:09 pm Carburetors > DHLA 45s possibly boiling? (21 replies - 36627 views) Fresh suction line and filter today, and bumped up the idle fueling a bit. Let's see if that doesn't do the trick.
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Joachim ... 07-09-2015 09:05 pm Carburetors > DHLA 45s possibly boiling? (21 replies - 36627 views) Update: I think this is boiling down to a fuel pump issue (pun intended).
I have been thinking that the fuel pump may have been sounding ... 07-09-2015 05:36 am | |
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