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I'm in. THANK YOU Croc & YellowsS7

Sleep In truck? or bring a friend and drive straight through in shifts?

Find a local shop. There is an AutoElectric guy near me who rebuilds alternators & starters. He’s repaired my tractor alternator (new-replacement units were unobtanium) as well as the 7’s alternator when one of the diode’s failed. All very affordably too.

I have 2.0 Duratec, different throttle bodies and a sport1000 so some things may be different. I think you may have an internal MAP sensor? Hopefully this gives you a starting point so you aren't stumbling around in the dark [Suggestions from any Boffins for me is also much appreciated] cut & paste isn't working satisfactorily for me tonight..... I'll 'add lightness' Fuel - air temp corr Fuel - Cool temp corr Load - Fuel kPa Load - Fuel kPa ats °F -100 -25 -0.2 CTS °F -100.5 -75 -50.3 -40 -25 0 240 -2.6 -2.6 -2.6 243 5 5 5 5 5 5 199 -2.0 -2.0 -2.0 214 0 0 0 0 0 0 180 -1.7 -1.7 -1.7 184 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 -1.3 -1.3 -1.3 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 154 2 2 2 2 2 0 96 0 0 0 140 4 5 5 4 4 4 51 2.0 2.0 2.0 120 6 7 7 6 6 6 45 3.5 3.5 4.2 100 7 8 8 7 7 7 30 7.1 7.1 7.1 90 8 9 9 8 8 8 0 7.5 7.5 7.5 80 9 12 12 9 9 9 -29 7.5 7.5 7.5 70 15 16 16 16 15 15 60 20 21 21 21 20 20 50 22 22 22 22 22 22 30 30 27 25 24 23 22 18 31 28 26 25 24 23 -29 31 28 26 25 24 23 best of luck!

Remind me again of your engine, throttle/carb, etc arrangement.

Sadly that's a school day for me. Be careful: I took a blatt after good rain the beginning of December and found traces of salt afterwards.

I Think i missed someting: are you using the Haltech Sport 1000 ?. Have you adjusted the 'cool temp corr' table and still having rough running until up to temp or something else? - Another long-shot is to double check your wiring. For a while i had poor/rough running until everyithg was nice and warm (ran rough under load). Then wire to cylinder #4 failed copmletely, and rough running resolved with loom repair. All along problem was the failing wire working better once warm & expanded. . p.

Tempesto try searching and/or posting on LocostUSA forum. There used to be a lot of Emerald users there. They're just as good as the folks here on USA7s, but a lot more mechanically skilled. good luck

The mocal catalog is worth perusal. as I recall: Half textbook half catalog.

or... save the windshield frame and find an independent glass shopt to cut & reassemble with laminated glass. you loose defrost but so far works good as new.

Caterham & Birkin are likely different here. For the latter I have motorcycle mirrors.

Sadly… having seen that I did not register. Are you still going?

Croc. He claims to have been up all night with [important business]; which is worth something. Yours truly bundled up with 2 sets of thermals & jackets & ridiculous hat. Headed west to Litchfield & Berkshire counties. Ducking over the border into NY past Bash Bish falls rd. Cloudy but a good drive. As for Vlad. I’ll be in the area in Tuesday after next if you want to try again?

I think I’ll see how the forecast looks before registering mid-week.

Weather is still nice up here & Vlad moved mountains to get his car running.. is anyone up for a drive in berkshires/northern Hudson valley/Albany/Vermont area tomorrow?

I’ve already taken the weekend off work. So why not, I’m still in & need my yearly dose of Lightning. 🏎

What size/year chassis do you have? I squeezed a tillett B6 into my S3 narrow body Birkin and love it. Well work the expense for comfortable driving and preventing lateral body motion during autoX and trackday. It ‘fits’…. with a little fettling.

Fantastic news!!! Now if the weather will cooperate (or I’ll bring my PFD) next weekend.

Impressive memory Croc! Yes I have a 2.0 Duratec with Haltech ecu & loom. My vote would be to chuck it and put in a Duratec, ITB(or whatever fits) and new ECU (whatever works: Tom has been using Typhoon’s for a few years with few complaints). During my last gremlin infection I seriously contemplated upgrading ECU & Loom. For better or worse I was able to fix/re-wire the fault. Somewhere there is a breakpoint beyond which we need to start fresh. (Which is why I keep a spare longblock in my shed). p.

A little late to the party here: my car has a kubota tractor/forklift alternator... If yours has a similar provenance that would explain difficulty searchign for one. Another consieration is to find an alternator repair shop. They may be able to rebuild your existing one.

I’m happy with my odyssey battery (replaced once, but abused by a faulty starter & alternator). One friend is a big fan of braille batteries which are even smaller & lighter. it is helpful to have a local supplier with your chosen model in stock. This saved me on my last replacement the day before an AutoX.

Iirc. I’ve seen pics of a plate cut down (top/bottom) trimmed to fit on bottom edge of Nosecone. Another bent the plate around bottom of nosecone. Croc’s version is easier.

B6 (40cm) - be forewarned it Barely fits my narrow body. But it fits. Since I never have passengers I kept my fiberglass Birkin sport seat for passenger

Tom in Colorado is very helpful. I ordered a Tillett seat from him and LOVE it. despite the thin padding it is comfortabel even for 5hr drives.

What frame/vintage are you looking for? Fwiw- my windscreen took a rock & needed replacement. I managed to find an independent glass shop who replaced the laminated glass reusing the frame. granted if you’re going from brooklands back to a windshield this won’t help much p.