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Ths Offy rocker covers are cool.

When I was driving, I had the SPA sides and mirrors for Sevens at center and found the combination of all to be useless. I realized with no top, I had no need for them. Use the eye balls more. I have a custom bracket the SPAs bolted to, which used a pin through the door hinges on the forward edge, and the rear edge hooked around the stanchion. The benefit is they are easily removable.

There was Mirrors For Sevens, a 1" thick louvered type. No longer made. CNCd from plastic and clip to top of screen. A car on BAT recently had one. I think the Dreamer has one. I have one.

Great song. Yea, the fade could be at start up

Guys, Does motorcycle fluid still come with dye?

Which aluminum tank? You need the coolant overflow tank. It doesn't have to be where it is, but you need one. BUT! A translucent tank/bottle is better so you can see the level. A $5 radiator cap can be the death of your Xflow (a lost a Subaru to a blown cap). The standard Caterham bottle with the bracket (edit wirh source later) is a good one. Or JAZ has good bottles.

Great point and something novices typically don't know about. What would be a sufficient front Ujoint angle? Side note,my live axle angle, coilover and top mount, are set at about 95°. I assume this is to maintain angle throughout the range of motion?

Can you have the plate digits on a vinyl wrap across the nose?

Not stopping, low pressure.

I spoke with the Cobra seats dealer in California yesterday. I may have called him earlier. He says he never had any demand for them and doesn't believe the costs would allow this seat to be a viable option. I suggested a ten seat order, which he flat dismissed. I don't know the prices, but I'm guessing for him to be this opposed, prices might be over $800 per seat. That would price most out. Need to call the Florida dealer. Somebody here needs to make a run of seats. @wddfour what is your chassis year, spec, and floor chassis tube spacing?

Here is my black rack. I think it is longer than the blue rack. Just sayin'. I affixed tape on the shaft at 90° for both right and left lock. The other arrows are the stop angles for R&L plus 360°. Like 1.75 turns L2L. Due to my current circumstances, it will take time to get to my blue rack to do the test. I'm sure someone has a blue rack to help you. Model #, not serial. Serial is stamped elsewhere 90° from both R&L full lock. Not true middle. Left turn: Right turn: So, for R&L turns, add 360° and divide by half. Is this a quick rack? IDK.

Here's a Caterham Xflow mount on a XKE isolator. Yes, those are fan blades. Three holes in the frame. Simple. And you need simple. But the Birkin mount is superior in that it resists sway better. The XKE isolators go soft quickly in this car. But If you can't locate Birkins, I think the Caterham/Lotus type is easier to fab. I will have to see if XKE isolators are available in a more durable rubber. Lately they have been known to be produced taller in height than what 7s use. Either taller or the rubber doesn't compress for the engine to settle at normal height. So I have read. I have new isolators I will have to compare. But this isn't a problem for anyone building new brackets.

Ted, is there an OBD port?

@3Ducs My first idea is yank out the oil cooler. Shouldn't need it in NH. Un-clutter and un-complicate. Then I would relocate that coolant catch can and consider putting the XKE mounts there. When the engine comes in, and you get it staged up in the bay, centered with a bubble level across the thermostat housing and resting on the transmission mount and a floor jack under the pan (I would do a steel pan before a dry sump), exhaust connected, intake connected and bonnet and nose attached, set your height to allow for 1/2" setting and mock up engine mounts with PVC pipe and PVC 1/4" thick base board. These will glue together with pvc cement. Take this to a welder buddy to fab. I think building a mount for XKE type mounts will be simpler to construct. This has to be dead last because you must route around the oil pump and exhaust. With the Birkin, although close, don't expect Caterham mounts to be the right length. Although, I think they might come close enough to be able to shim the engine sides. Transmission mount location and engine setback will need attention. What transmission and bellhousing were used? Is a Birkin tunnel able to clear a T5 transmission? It's probably easier to find a T5 than a T9 or Escort 4spd. I will send you pics of my xflow mounts.

If I can get the Cobra seats in black piping, anyone interested?

One is black and one is blue Seriously, @Croc my 96 S3 is blue. I've been wondering the same thing myself. I have a black one I bought off someone. I can do some turns to see if there is a difference.

@3Ducs we need to see your mount location. See what you have there to work with. You might take Jag XKE mounts. You must show us what you have.

I agree with the idea of mocking up a mechanical pressure guage to watch fuel pressure. We need to know what the pressure is required at the moments of fuel demand he is cutting out. Part of my brother's theory is that if he is getting starvation, the engine will cut ignition rather than run lean. This could happen too subtly to observe on a guage while driving. The alternative to this is read the 02 sensor codes for lean signals. If Ted can, it could confirm which rabbit hole to go down. One thing is true, the fuel pump is going on 20 years, the cutting out was an issue before Ted rebuilt the engine, and the pump is the constant before and after the rebuild. We all know fuel pumps can fail sporadically. I replaced the ignition on my 02 Ford Ranger, not thinking it could be the pump. It was the pump. Sure, there are many things we can't explain, but a computer is running this car. Heck, is the Caterham fuel pump capable of feeding an SVT adequately?

The Sierra diff, if that's what he has, was introduced in the mid-80s

@hahuang65 Do you have a pic or part number of that gasket?

Is this something to consider? https://www.cobraseats.com/seats.html?pid=44&cid=2 Or https://www.cobraseats.com/seats.html?pid=20&cid=2

To hijack a little, but still relevant, does anyone know what the seats that came in the BDR are called and who made them? They're not S types. I have a set and can't find any identifiers on them. These:

@wddfour Any luck?

Yea, bad move. Better to anchor a tunnel cover with dots or Velcro to keep it removable for when I spill my coffee.

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