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I'm a big fan of Super Blue and Type 200. They are identical fluids, just coloured different. Makes maintenance easy. Swap fluids when doing a complete flush and refill. Bleed until the colour changes. Done.

"CAUTION - RIGHT HAND DRIVE" That must let the mouth breathers know if it was the passenger or the driver that was giving them the finger.:jester::jester:

Well...I hope everything comes out OK. :leaving:

A Se7en course meal. Mmmmm! http://qualmach.com/weird/turkey.jpg Photographic Evidence of Man-Made Warming Directly Affecting the Bird Population

These are unambiguous race machines, but the aesthetics are stunning. The thought of the viewing the worlds greatest endurance tracks rushing at you in the windscreen of one of these pea shooters gives me the quivers. Alfa Tipo 33/2. http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/8942/22884.jpg Chevron B16 http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4073/4821783180_d712cdeb84_z.jpgo

Another Vauxhall lump.:hurray: Congratulations!

Ineptocracy is rather clever. Sadly, kleptocracy is probably a more accurate term for the current state of government affairs.

The 152 (I mistakenly referred to it as a 52) is a 45mm version of the same Spanish built DCOE as your 151. The 151 should have air bypass screws as well. They were originally intended to balance the individual chokes of a single carburetor, however I've rarely ever seen them used as most DCOEs are balanced adequately without cracking the screws open. Older DCOEs didn't have these air bypass screws. The idea is to get to 2500RPM for the test by only just cracking the throttle blades open. This keeps the mixture control still mostly in the idle circuit and off the intermediates. You'll have more capability of leaning the system out using the idle mixture screw. If all else fails, CH3OH is your friend.

The Waterloo system looks like a nice bit of kit.

If you've got type 52 pattern DCOEs, use the air bypass screws to increase the idle thereby keeping the throttle opening smaller. More advance as Two Bone suggests. Change everything back to normal before leaving the test facility and giving the engine any welly. (Methanol is not a Hydrocarbon.)

Air-O-Matic power steering, or something more elaborate?

Brilliant craftsmanship! Of course it's only 1/4 scale. You could fit tree or four of them under the bonnet of one of those 5/8 scale Sevens....

The 96 and later chassis has three bolts in the front, upper, inboard suspension mountings. Two through each wishbone end, and one through the damper. Older Caterham chassis had only two bolts. One through the front of the upper wishbone and one through both the damper and the rear of the wishbone. Post 96 chassis also have the emergency brake handle on top of the propshaft tunnel. The post 96 VX race chassis still have the emergency brake under the scuttle. You probably won't see one of these in the US. There are other differences that are harder to spot.

Gett'n closer! I see an adjustable cam pulley. Did you opt for a new profile? Are there a few more ponies in the works, perhaps?

No coolant circulation. a couple of things to look for. 1) air lock. Back side of stat is not seeing hot water and therefore does not ever open. This usually happens after a flush and fill. You might try drilling a 1-2mm hole in the thermostat's bulkhead to let coolant seep to back side. I haven't ever done this on a Kent block engine, but someone here might chime in on whether this would work or not. 2) duff stat. pull stat and check that it's actually opening in a pan of boiling water on kitchen stove. 3) water pump may have shot craps. The fan won't start unless there's hot coolant reaching the bottom of the radiator where the switch is located. Besides, the car wouldn't overheat in two blocks with no fan. >>must type faster, Looks like Dave beat me to it

I know that chassis number CS3 37xx (xx CS3 4100 should be 1980-1983, best guess.

The twink sits a bit lower than the x-flow in order for the cambox cover to clear the bonnet and nose cone. The last Lotus series three chassis (SS twincam) actually had a slightly taller nose cone to clear the cambox. This profile was carried on into all the Caterham series three chassis. I believe the twincam used the same sump as the x-flow. The only way to get more clearance would be to dry sump. Not that expensive to do with the Kent block. Look at the Pegasus racing catalog to see what's involved.

Here's a thread on the Vauxhall engines.

Here's an older Caterham with the 4 Dzus fasteners. top and Bottom. The anchors are brazed to the top and front chassis rails.

Thanks so very much for the offer. If I can swing doing the trip, I may just take you up on that. It would be really nice to have a base camp in the Great White wilderness.

Steve, That would work good too. I'd be coming up 4 from the Port of Sweetgrass.

Stewart, I take it you're driving back to Calgary after the event as well. Would you have room for another truck and trailer at your place? If Gert could be talked into towing to Calgary, that would put at least three cars together for the return trip across the Rocky's. If Steve and Linda are going, that would make four cars. I don't know if I want to drive the 600 mile stint in one day though. Just a thought...

Mmmmmmm, clams. Scallops are good as well, provided they are not too sandy. All seriousness aside, I'd be up for a set of wide track clam shell wings if we could put something together.

Mike, 1 very satisfied vote for R888s here. I use the 205/50/15 R888 on an 8" front rim, 225/50/15 on the 9" rear rims. The tyres seem to be a little grippier than the previous Yoko 032s that I had. Breakaway is more forgiving as well. The R888s have a softer carcass than the 032s. They don't wear out the centre of the treads quite as fast. Since these tyres are designed for heavier vehicles, you need to keep air pressures low. 14PSI is about max. I would think the 195/50/15 would work nicely on the 7" CSR front rims, provided you can stand the additional 20mm of diameter under the wings. Using 225s on the rear would be 34mm bigger than the CR500s. Quite a jump. The best deal I could find on Toyos was; TiresDirect.net 200 South Church Street Addison, IL 60101 Toll Free (888) 394-9292 Fast, impeccable service. edited to add: I'm not sure about the R888 in the rain. I haven't the chance to ring them out in the wet. I suspect they can't be much worse than my old A032s.

It seems the Fisker debacle is an even bigger load of enox poop than we first imagined. 10-reasons-why-fisker-may-be-worse-solyndra Your tax dollars at work...