David, After doing it a number of times myself, I do not suggest pulling out the engine with transmission attached.  Of course getting to all the ...   02-24-2007 04:25 pm

Jim, Patience young Jedi...If air was continuing to come through for 10min, it had to be coming from somewhere.  Either the M/C, lines, or the caliper ...   02-23-2007 02:07 pm

Sam and Cindy Marble here in Atlanta recently bought a factory hard-top that had a sunroof installed.  During the cold months it's not all that ...   02-19-2007 09:31 pm

Malcolm, At 8-1/2" the JH clutch-plate is marginal for any high performance 9xx engine.  However, it's more than adequate for a street car.  If you are ...   02-19-2007 12:17 pm

Again Ron, I'd like to convey my most sincere condolences.  I've been there with my JH in Solo I, and the fact is we're forced ...   02-18-2007 02:42 pm

Jay, There was a lot about the early 907 variant's oiling system that wasn't desirable, and revisions were made all the way to 1995.  If your ...   02-07-2007 02:14 am

Dan, If you don't have one already, get a set of feeler gauges at one of the better auto supply places.  My set is basically a ...   02-05-2007 06:42 pm

I wouldn't even consider the Helicoil at this point.  What you have is a minor leak, and in the grand scheme of things, it's not ...   02-01-2007 12:19 pm

Kevin, My first suggestion is that you construct your roll bar to a specific standard unless you simply want one for its looks.  The SCCA is ...   01-28-2007 06:36 pm

Jon, Restricting flow to the head is basically a racer's modification and MUST be done in conjunction with different main-bearings.  The stock JH bearings 'leak' too ...   01-27-2007 01:40 am

Ron, The epoxy 'fix' is fairly rare.  It can only be found on those left-over castings when they switched over from rope-seal (#2760) to lip-seal blocks.  My ...   01-21-2007 03:01 pm

Leave the epoxy in place.  That was a 'fix' done to the early castings, later castings (mkIII aka JH5) are all solid.  The design was ...   01-17-2007 01:09 pm

Dan, The stock water and fuel gauges run off something like 8-9VDC which is why we all expereience false readings when the stabilizer goes.  (Anyone ever ...   01-15-2007 12:19 pm

Chris, I'd be lying if I told you my first thought wasn't to transplant the KA24 from my 240SX into my dead JH back in 1993.  ...   01-11-2007 08:21 pm

Chris, Thanks for clarifying your intent.  The passanger side frame rail on my Solo I car actually bent upward about 3" after a few hot-laps Roebling Road ...   01-11-2007 01:17 pm

Chris, I did graft the front end of a Jensen GT to the rear of a 74 roadster as the basis for my E-prod car, ...   01-10-2007 02:56 pm

Pat, The sad fact is that no two seats mount the same.  This really isn't a bolt-in solution, more like a total renovation project for  your interior. I had ...   01-10-2007 02:41 pm

Pat, There is a thead on the old board about this....somwhere... Some common options that fit include the Nissan 240SX, Toyota Supra, Mazda Miata and Pontiac Fiero.  ...   01-09-2007 04:37 pm

James, I think your number 1 problem is all that rust.  The photo I'm looking at shows a crossmember that needs (at a minimum) to be sand-blasted down to ...   01-09-2007 04:16 pm

The 'D' cam has about .010" more lift than the US 'C' cam and 270^ duration vs. 272^ duration.  It is denoted by a single ...   12-30-2006 05:36 pm

The Lucas 45DM with Vacuum advance fits nicely under my Dellorto manifold, and wires directly to my MSD unit.  I got mine off Ebay for ...   12-29-2006 02:10 pm

James, What you have appears to be very similar to what is in all 907 engines supplied in MkII & JH5 cars.  The stock baffling is ...   12-29-2006 01:12 am

Mark, The cams are 'gun-drilled' all the way through to carry oil from the front journal the journals 2-5.  The bolt that retains the cam sprocket ...   12-12-2006 01:59 pm

Correction: www.porterfield-brakes.com/ ...   12-12-2006 11:54 am

A little blue hylomar on the threads is usually enough to keep oil from seeping through bolts such as those on the flywheel.  If you ...   12-08-2006 01:54 pm

No such luck Art.  What you are looking at is all custom and by no means a bolt-on solution.  I'll reveal all my 'secrets' in ...   12-03-2006 05:52 pm

Tom, The initial assumption is that the spark will fire every time, which simply is not the case.  MSD type systems that reach +40K volts and ...   12-03-2006 03:17 pm

  James, There really isn't enough room for a typical coil-over set-up to fit inside the JH crossmember and lower arm without significant modification.  You can see ...   12-02-2006 06:37 pm

Tom, The benefits of a 'high performance' ignition system include: Quicker cold starting, increased fuel economy, better reliability, more power, and lower emissions.  Without a 'high-performance' system, you simply ...   12-02-2006 06:32 pm

Jeremy, Jim gives some good advice only to which I can add one bit of philosophy which is the much debated:  "While you're at it" rule. Even here ...   11-28-2006 07:08 pm

Pat, You are exactly correct!  I investigated this option for my E-prod car extensively, but it would be illegal for me to use it.  Technically the ...   11-27-2006 04:54 pm

Jim, Cutting (and taping off) the wires will probably have zero effect if someone has previously bypassed the seat-belt interlock system.  If your system is still functioning (i.e. car ...   11-27-2006 04:43 pm

Kelvin, Thanks for the connection to the Sunbeam, I always wondered what transmission was supplied in those cars.  It looks like the Eclat S2 and Sunbeam ...   11-20-2006 01:51 pm

Norm, You may want to check elsewhere on the board, I'm pretty sure we've discussed this topic in depth.  For the BMW connection try:  http://www.bimmers.com/02/faq/transmission.html The vast ...   11-18-2006 09:48 pm

wow....40 miles on fresh batteries....that's out of sight! OK, sorry for the sarcasm.  I do have to admire the man for chasing his dream and having ...   11-16-2006 08:31 pm

Generally speaking, you can adapt any Lucas 23/25/45 series distributor to the 907.  Early on, I ran a Mallory distributor designed for an MGB, that ran just fine.  I ...   11-15-2006 04:17 pm

Sylva, Just to help everyone else, I'm listing a number of different piston Compression Heights I've assembled over the years: 2.0 Configuration:  Stock=1.615", JE Flat-top=1.640" 2.2 Configuration:  Turbo=1.470", ...   11-13-2006 08:07 pm

The 17 digit VIN format is a relatively new thing.  It may simply be VA does not grant new Titles to cars exceding a certain ...   11-10-2006 08:08 pm

Ron, It's worse than that Ron!  The mountings are completely different for the 5mph crash bumpers than it is for the chrome pre-1975 bumpers.  Not an ...   11-08-2006 01:58 am

Ron, It's worse than that Ron!  The mountings are completely different for the 5mph crash bumpers than it is for the chrome pre-1975 bumpers.  Not an ...   11-08-2006 01:58 am