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I have been invited to represent the 4 Cylinder cars at the next technical committee meeting, so if you have any views or feelings as to the format or specification please let me know. It would also be useful to know the general view as to keeping the 4 cylinder cars within the current class D or ha...

Jonathon You say you are getting emulsion inside the rocker cover, yes I have known and experienced before 1 Are you using it on the road? It could be that it is not getting hot enough that is oil & water 2 Is the catch tank plumbed in permanently? Catch tanks, especially the nice shinny ones pr...

Throw the old one away and replace it with a quick shift one, from Burton, Rally Design, Demon Tweeks etc and you might even go faster

Hi Jim

I have used Tony at Red Line and I understand he is now back, in business, after his previous premises was closed down by the council.
His number is 01753-737-729 and he is in the Slough area

Barry

Can someone point me in the direction of a good supplier for the Dunlops, Class A have to run this year
Barry

A 4/4 or early +4 will fit (just) a 12’ trailer, but it does not allow you much usable room to position the car on the trailer to get the nose weight right – get that wrong and it will tow like a pig and probably damage the tow car as well, and if you have an accident all sorts of mud will start fly...

I had a similar failure on NYF when Keith Morris and I did the Monte Carlo back in 1991, 250 miles on the handbrake before we could carry out a repair. Jack is right they do have “life” for SS covered PTFE hose was developed for the aircraft industry, I think, and they life everything! However looki...

Anyone point me in the direction of what oil to use (track use) for the T 5 box
Regards
Barry

Quote “only fitted during my rebuild last year” That may be your problem Paul, for the new springs are built up and then dipped into a paint vat, so the paint fills all the gaps between the leaves. To the extent that they generally barely move and you have then subjected them to the bumpy roads of t...

Jim is quite right the VW Beetle (4stud) PCD’s are the same as the Morgan Beetles originally fitted with 4 ½ “ width rims and the offset is wrong, but it was a cheep way of getting the right centres (which are exceedingly strong, have not broken one in 25 odd years which is more that I can say for t...

Hi
It is suggested that you point the nozzel at the most likely point of a fire - which in most cases is the carbs - and mounting it on the bulkhead keeps the pipe lengths short
Hope this helps