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Love the 2nd to 3rd gear change wheel lift mid track.
I too thought about using the centre for thrust, but easier to machine on the ends. Pete
Very nice John. I made a bolt on seal housing for the rear. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I also made all 5 bearings oiling from outside. [ATTACH]
here you go John. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Don’t have any hp numbers yet. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks I’ll get it on a mates...
I finally manage to build this one up. 1934 AA block with Burtz 5 bearing crank fitted via a girdle. Burtz rods, RaceTec pistons, Jim Brierley...
soon, the engines next adventure is coming soon.
This is mine. Sport coupe with a heavy chop [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The Wade blower isn’t the best blower, but it does look cool as it’s an older design. Its max revs are 5k. Any more than that the rotor tips...
on the digital gauge that is not longer fitted it was just shy of 10psi. The vintage aircraft gauge that’s now fitted reads 8psi.
I was 2 mph down on last year. The sand on Saturday wasn’t good, but the Sunday was very good. For some reason I just couldn’t beat last years...
The sand was from the return run back to the pits. That year the sand was very wet and an incoming wind. The rooster tails were blown over the...
Been a bit of time since the last update, so here goes. The time between last years Pendine and this year was spent making some changes to the...
This car is now in the UK. A guy called Derick Drinkwater drives and races the car at places like Goodwood. I’m guessing it’s the real car and...
Lovely looking motor John. Mine made it to Pendine Sands in May and ran pretty good. We get a half mile run up from standstill, then our speed...
The green car is nice (insert winking smiley face)
Thank you. The oil pump has an adjustable relief valve so I can set the pressure at what the engine wants. In this case I have around 40psi at...
On my engine, I used a Titan oil pump that’s belt driven off the crank. It has two scavenge and one feed. The idea is that the two scavenge pumps...
A tonneau is in the plan, just didn’t get the time before Pendine. Next year hopefully
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VHRA Pendine was as great as usual, so big thanks to Neil and the team for all their hard work. Now I’m back and caught up on a bit of sleep I...
Brilliant, thank you for the videos. Shame about the other video, but that’s life. It was good to meet up with you too. Always nice to put faces...
Well done Jamie, such a quality build. see you on the sand. Pete.
Before and after. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] That’s it up to date. Pendine is in 4 weeks so we’ll see how it runs. Thanks for taking the time to...
Getting the car back together. I bought a cheap alloy radiator from ebay, cut off the tanks and fabricated new ones. The rad now sits on its...
No, just just rattle can. The chassis is going to evolve over time and powder coat will make it harder to clean off for welding.
With most of the bodywork roughed out it was time to sort some of the details and get it off to paint. I could paint it myself but time was...
With the seat mocked up in the central position and liking the idea, I made a sub structure to mount the original model A steering box. I didn’t...
Thank you for the interest in my car, very much appreciated. the last post I said that I was working on the rest of the car as it had been...
Similar to Pilot, although Pilot was cable operated at the rear I think. What I’ve done is use the original A crossover shaft to operate the...
Hey Stogy, thank you for your kind words. The motor hasn’t changed, it ran fine so it’s been left as is. What I have been doing is rebuilding the...
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