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May 20, 2007 17:45:00 GMT
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last month she ran a 19.2 at santa pod my main aim then was to get into the 18's and yesterday at shakespear raceway..........18.7 @ 70 ;D   just working out how hard and cheap a set of bike carbs are going to be  |
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Last Edit: May 22, 2007 11:06:40 GMT by samyboy
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May 20, 2007 18:36:51 GMT
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Hey........Mr. Reaction Time!!! Do my eyes decieve me or did you cut a 0.43, that ain't bad at all!!! A pair of shagged 165/60x12's off a Mini would drop your gearing a bit more and shave a bit of time off. Well done though, it's going in the right direction  |
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May 20, 2007 19:19:08 GMT
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1700 crossflow, full race head, Kent 254 cam and some serious rubber up frotn should see those times come down. I ran a 17 dead in my Anglia with a set of already shagged (and curse word) tyres, the stock 35 year old 1200 gearbox and a throttle that wasn't opening fully so you can get them times down a bit!!! Engine was a 1700 crossflow, stage 3 head, Kent 244 cam and a single 40 Weber DCOE. Once I'd sorted out the throttle stop, noticed I had the wrong chokes in the carb, swapped to a 2000E gearbox and got some decent rubberage under it I reckon it's down in the 15s now.
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May 20, 2007 20:10:31 GMT
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very respectable time - well done
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Mike
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May 20, 2007 20:16:38 GMT
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Save the money for the bike carbs and invest in more cc's!
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May 20, 2007 20:39:22 GMT
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still need to do my 1st 1/4 mile...
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May 21, 2007 13:54:25 GMT
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yeah i got a few 0.4 reactions even managed to cut a light....go on the green and johnny as reguards to 1700 x'flows james harris in his mk2 escort with HPE 1700 on twin 48's ran a 13.7 on its first ever run, got it down to a 13.4 lifting the wheels a good 6" off the deck a mate steve in his mk1 XR with a 1700 ran a 14.2 with no shadow of a dout the car has deffinetly got it to brake the 13's he just gave up while he was ahead as his tow car had broken down and have no fear i spent 2 hours porting a head last night and I'm bidding on some bike carbs, ooh and thaks fr the tyres advice ill note that down somewhere, 12's seem fine........i just need wide 12's |
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once again rocking with 1117cc and 4 gears! |
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May 21, 2007 14:02:31 GMT
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Were you not putting a XR2 crossflow in? Not bad though, sure I read that the PPC Roller was slower than that.  |
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 it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts |
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May 21, 2007 14:11:05 GMT
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and johnny as reguards to 1700 x'flows james harris in his mk2 escort with HPE 1700 on twin 48's ran a 13.7 on its first ever run, got it down to a 13.4 lifting the wheels a good 6" off the deck Ah their numbers are a bit misleading because they run 14:1 compression which would need a fair few bottles of octane booster even in super unleaded. I always wondered how they got them that powerful but this is how... |
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May 21, 2007 15:16:09 GMT
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and johnny as reguards to 1700 x'flows james harris in his mk2 escort with HPE 1700 on twin 48's ran a 13.7 on its first ever run, got it down to a 13.4 lifting the wheels a good 6" off the deck Ah their numbers are a bit misleading because they run 14:1 compression which would need a fair few bottles of octane booster even in super unleaded. I always wondered how they got them that powerful but this is how... I would imagine that a compression ratio of 14:1, the engine would not be an every day car!!!!!!!!! 6" off the deck? was it RWD?  (or am I being stupid?) |
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Last Edit: May 21, 2007 15:20:55 GMT by Robinxr4i
Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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sparko
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May 21, 2007 15:35:02 GMT
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thier saying the mk2 escort lifted its wheels not the fezzer, would be an interesting sight though lol
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May 21, 2007 15:38:05 GMT
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thier saying the mk2 escort lifted its wheels not the fezzer, would be an interesting sight though lol Sorry my bad  |
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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May 22, 2007 10:30:04 GMT
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once again rocking with 1117cc and 4 gears! |
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May 22, 2007 10:38:17 GMT
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That's pretty cool Keep at it! So many ways to improve your times on the strip, right down to little seemingly insignificant things. We should have a "drag tips 101" thread ;D 19.99 for those carbs? Frigging bargain! Right, I'm off to draw up a quad-downdraught manifold for my RV8 using those ;D |
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May 22, 2007 10:59:53 GMT
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Those carbs look ace, alway wanted to convert my old xr3i to run bike carbs (oh well another pipe dream never realised  ) |
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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May 22, 2007 11:03:51 GMT
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apparently the 1000 are OTT for a 1.1 and i would be better off with 600 or even 400 carb but they might go on the 1600 afterwards i know of a few 1600 x'flows on bike carbs never seen it done on 1.1's all people rabbit on about is 'there aint no replacement for dissplacemen' which i totally agree with (id fit a 5.7 chevy if i could ) but at the moment i want to build (on a budget) a quick 1.1 okay its not going to be quick quick but hopefully make people smile and ill enjoy it |
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once again rocking with 1117cc and 4 gears! |
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May 22, 2007 11:13:29 GMT
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Good for you, the path less trodden and all that. I'd like to see a well tuned 1100 more than a well tuned 1600 crossflow Good luck with it |
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May 22, 2007 11:22:03 GMT
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lewis...how about an octet of downdraughts...?
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Top grammar tips!
Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated
Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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May 22, 2007 11:50:42 GMT
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What cam are you using? I am pretty sure that Kent Cams do an uprated cam designed for the 1.1 xflow, anyone else.
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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May 22, 2007 12:07:40 GMT
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I think you can make that 1.1 into a real little roadburner with some effort. Better fuelling, a lairy cam, build the bottom end up real strong (ARP bolts/studs and decent bearings), have a go at statically balancing the bits and go from there....Port and polish the head a bit and make sure the ignition system is really up to it and raise the CR a bit....Would be great fun ;D Penski, thinking of this:  Except with bike carblets  .......and a nice hood scoop ;D |
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Last Edit: May 22, 2007 12:08:07 GMT by Lewis
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.......and a nice hood scoop ;D