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May 20, 2018 18:06:13 GMT
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I'm not mechanical but the garage replaced 2 valves, 8 valve springs, 8 retainers, 16 collets, 8 stem seals and a set of followers. Ah. Thats a lot of damage  The guy must have been revving the nuts off her. She was in a sorry state when I bought her back but now she's running really sweet. |
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May 20, 2018 20:36:26 GMT
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Great looking car.
Given the engine rebuild,have you thought of fitting some sort of air filters for the carbs?
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Great looking car. Given the engine rebuild,have you thought of fitting some sort of air filters for the carbs? No :-) Because: Very little space so trumpets would have to be shortened by a fair bit, reducing torque. Would ruin intake noise, a major part of the appeal of sidedraft carbs. Almost no chance of anything getting sucked in. I have never run filters on my Webers or Del'Ortos and had no issues. However, I would consider running slightly shorter trumpets (10mm shorter)) on a tuned engine like this. They are very close to the inner wing, restricting air flow. |
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The good old "never had a problem mate" official seal of approval
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keyring
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May 21, 2018 19:16:41 GMT
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This looks tremendous! Always a fan of yellow cars!  Bet it sounds amazing too! |
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May 26, 2018 20:24:35 GMT
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Great looking car. Given the engine rebuild,have you thought of fitting some sort of air filters for the carbs? I put foam socks on my RS2000, I may do the same for this one. I know a lot of people who run without. I have different views from different mechanics... |
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May 26, 2018 20:26:10 GMT
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This looks tremendous! Always a fan of yellow cars! Bet it sounds amazing too! Thanks! It sounds like an angry bear after swallowing a wasps nest. |
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Carlosfandango.
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Now with added Suffix B Range Rover classic - another bucket list car acquired.
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May 27, 2018 22:32:09 GMT
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Lovely car with excellent upgrades. Good to see it done properly.
Slightly off topic but I owned the Wheeler Dealers 928 (erm..twice!) and loved it.
I've pictures somewhere.
Carry on.
CFD
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1966 Fiat 1500 fast road/race conversion
1967 Porsche 912
1968 Fiat 124 Spider
1973 Range Rover Suffix B
1993 Series one Discovery 200TDI
1997 Jaguar XJ6 3.2 sport
2001 P38 Range Rover 2.5 TD
Brace of Triumph bikes
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mgmrw
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That's cool you were able to buy the car back. There's many cars I've sold and wish I could have them back! +1 My immaculate ZR lasted under a year from leaving me to being scrapped. God knows why, as it was a £3k car at the time, heavily OEM+ modified and spotless. 91 Rover GTI I'd walk the 250 miles to get it back off the current owner. |
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That's cool you were able to buy the car back. There's many cars I've sold and wish I could have them back! +1 My immaculate ZR lasted under a year from leaving me to being scrapped. God knows why, as it was a £3k car at the time, heavily OEM+ modified and spotless. 91 Rover GTI I'd walk the 250 miles to get it back off the current owner. It's great to have her back but I'd forgotten about some of the niggles! There's a little list of things that need doing... But then she is 46 years old! If the current owner of your old GTI is looking after her, that's the main thing. I hate it when the new owners don't care. My Dad's mk1 1300 GT was scrapped shortly after he see sold it. My old 944 Turbo was treasured and maintained. I saw it on eBay 8 or 9 years after I sold it looking lovely. |
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May 28, 2018 11:47:41 GMT
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ChrisT
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May 28, 2018 12:03:53 GMT
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Love this car, so tidy  Just a shame the engine bay is let down by that huge ugly screenwash reservoir.... |
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May 28, 2018 12:39:04 GMT
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Love this car, so tidy Just a shame the engine bay is let down by that huge ugly screenwash reservoir.... Something one cycle in the family dishwasher will fix 100% |
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96 E320 W210 Wafter - on 18" split Mono's - Sold :-(
10 Kia Ceed Sportwagon - Our new daily
03 Import Forester STi - Sold
98 W140 CL500 AMG - Brutal weekend bruiser! Sold :-(
99 E240 S210 Barge - Now sold
02 Accord 2.0SE - wife's old daily - gone in PX
88 P100 2.9efi Custom - Sold
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May 28, 2018 14:09:19 GMT
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Love this car, so tidy Just a shame the engine bay is let down by that huge ugly screenwash reservoir.... My son was laughing at that yesterday... He said, 'why didn't you clean that'. I said, ' no one will be bothered about that!'. |
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ChrisT
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May 28, 2018 18:31:18 GMT
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Love this car, so tidy Just a shame the engine bay is let down by that huge ugly screenwash reservoir.... My son was laughing at that yesterday... He said, 'why didn't you clean that'. I said, ' no one will be bothered about that!'. Haha, some people notice  If it were me I'd replace it with a small universal one mounted next to the battery, would make an already tidy engine bay look much better.... |
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mgmrw
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May 28, 2018 20:47:34 GMT
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+1 My immaculate ZR lasted under a year from leaving me to being scrapped. God knows why, as it was a £3k car at the time, heavily OEM+ modified and spotless. 91 Rover GTI I'd walk the 250 miles to get it back off the current owner. It's great to have her back but I'd forgotten about some of the niggles! There's a little list of things that need doing... But then she is 46 years old! If the current owner of your old GTI is looking after her, that's the main thing. I hate it when the new owners don't care. My Dad's mk1 1300 GT was scrapped shortly after he see sold it. My old 944 Turbo was treasured and maintained. I saw it on eBay 8 or 9 years after I sold it looking lovely. Mixed bag I think. The GTI is still with him I think, and wrapped up in a garage barely moving. Which was his plan. A shame, since I put 6k a year on it. The ZR changed hands 3x in about 6 months, and was then dead. God knows how. I drove it hard, 30k a year and maintained it regardless of cost. Never had an issue. Conversely, after uni my first sensible car was s focus estate Tdci. I hated it, put 50k on it in 12-15 months. I chopped it in, about 120-130k on it. FFWD 8 years, and it's still on the road, only gained an owner, gets love each year to pass test and is headed for 200,000 miles. God knows why, was base spec, 1600tdci and I used it as a van until the awful seats crippled me. |
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May 31, 2018 11:21:15 GMT
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Beautiful car, congrats on the buy-back. I did exactly the same beginning of this year - sold my Mustang convertible in 2016 and found I couldn't live without it, so bought it back in January this year  |
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Jul 20, 2018 21:37:42 GMT
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Been using the yellow screamer all week, 250 miles this week. She seems to be running much sweeter, it's been around 1,500 since the engine rebuild.   |
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Marc
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Fantastic. Great car and I love to see cars being properly used!
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Fantastic. Great car and I love to see cars being properly used! Cars are much better when used, this was standing for 3 years with the previous owner and developed niggles. The niggles have been fixed through repairs and usage. It seems to be driving better with more use! My aim is to do at least 4,000 miles a year in her. |
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Bet it sounds amazing too!
