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Mar 21, 2022 13:32:20 GMT
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Ahh fantastic, how did you find working with this type of ramp Paul Y? It seems like a decent unit, this is a 2015 vintage and seems to have had fairly light use from a Toyota dealership up in Newcastle. I'm sure it will see constant use by various mates and hopefully make my life a bit easier too.. As well as providing storage space for another vehicle.... |
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Paul Y
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Mar 24, 2022 14:44:54 GMT
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Two poster would be my preference but they are a good compromise. Very jealous as I have another session on my back this weekend..... P.  |
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Well she's up and running! (the lift that is) Works really nicely, lifts effortlessly, as I had hoped being spec'd to 4 ton. I'll get some lights to fit to it and also run some more sockets around the workshop. I'm borrowing a compressor at the moment to run the lift (auto locks) so I need to decide what compressor to buy myself too... Hmmmmm Advice welcome here, I will mainly just be running the lift off it, but wouldn't mind being able to spray underseal and what not from time to time too. The wheel free beams work well and have already made a number of jobs on various cars a breeze. So now that my workshop space is back to being useable, the Maverick shall return this weekend!!!! Some simple jobs to complete on my mates F100 first, then time to fit my new baby Holley Sniper and see if that sorts the over fuelling. Bring on the Pendine road trip in May! Pic of the dirty daily thrown up in the air as evidence of operation   |
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So the car is now up and running really nicely on the smaller Holley Sniper, I've got a temporary throttle linkage set up, as the Autolite 1100 style Sniper is designed for a 'push up' style throttle linkage from a 6 cylinder Mustang, however the Mav is a pull style cable... So need to get hold of a universal throttle cable and make some funky brackets or cams to sort the linkage, but either way it runs nicely, doesn't over fuel and still feels like it has some grunt which is nice! A little more prep and an oil change before the trip to Pendine in a few weeks time! No photos of the install, because I got too excited... But here it is after a test drive.  |
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Paul Y
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They really are a lovely shape. Quite European but with a distinct American flavour. You have broken the rules however - No burn out... P. |
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haha the poor little car would need a whole can of WD40 under the single rear wheel that would spin to see any action!
Burnouts will come with the bigger motor...
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glenanderson
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Nice to see this steadily progressing. I'm always interested in FI conversions. Now that they're steadily becoming more mainstream and accessible I think it would be the way I went with any future petrol engined projects.
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My worst worry about dying is my wife selling my stuff for what I told her it cost...
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Apr 20, 2022 10:18:44 GMT
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Holley have certainly made it super simple, with a price tag of course, but for how straight forward and compact the system is with zero requirement to take it to a rolling road and 'map' the car, it works out fairly well priced in my mind.
Basically it just needed an external high pressure fuel pump added, a return line back to the tank, the unit itself bolting on, which consists of the throttle body and ECU all together, a positive and negative wire hooking up directly to the battery, key on +, an O2 sensor adding to the exhaust, temp sensor and a hook up to the coil for an RPM signal and you are away!
They even provide a relay and power wire for the fuel pump so it is all controlled by the unit, i'm not sure the installation could be more simple really.
Setup just consists of telling it how many cylinders, size of engine, target idle RPM, type of camshaft and then it is time to fire it up. All of which can be monitored on a little hand held screen they supply.
Once running you can modify the basic ignition timing, change the target AFR for idle, cruise and what and if you get really fancy you can even buy their ignition control box and fancy dizzy, but I don't need any of that for what I am doing.
I'm sure on a performance motor it would make more sense, you may also then want a swirl pot or a proper in-tank pump setup, but the external pump is spot on for my needs and I don't have any issues with fuel delivery even when flying down country lanes and bouncing all over the place.
I know a few people have had issues with installing the Snipers, usually RF issues with bad wire routing, but if you keep that in mind when installing it, there are no issues at all! I'm a big fan of them.
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Apr 21, 2022 14:54:18 GMT
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Well, lovely to see one of these (and the early style version to boot) getting some love other than the 351W / traction bars approach. I do really like these cars. American compacts and subcompacts are really under rated cars both sides of the Atlantic.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Apr 21, 2022 16:28:35 GMT
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Well, lovely to see one of these (and the early style version to boot) getting some love other than the 351W / traction bars approach. I do really like these cars. American compacts and subcompacts are really under rated cars both sides of the Atlantic. Cheers! There are a few more popping up in the UK but still massively underrated! Great cars, great size! I am very much enjoying mine |
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Apr 21, 2022 17:05:07 GMT
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i know 2 people who have done it on land rovers 2.3 petrol (but i remain to be convinced that single point injection is a huge leap in fuel economy or power vs a well set up carb. when they were used in OEMs they tended to have LESS power and torque than identical engine on a carb, and was basically just a means to an end to fit a catalytic conveter)
presume the tac signal can be the coil negative (same as you would use for rev counter) ?
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i know 2 people who have done it on land rovers 2.3 petrol (but i remain to be convinced that single point injection is a huge leap in fuel economy or power vs a well set up carb. when they were used in OEMs they tended to have LESS power and torque than identical engine on a carb, and was basically just a means to an end to fit a catalytic conveter) presume the tac signal can be the coil negative (same as you would use for rev counter) ? You are indeed perfectly correct on the tac signal, just a wire to the coil negative, avoiding any other electrical/potential RF sources on the routing. Yeah i'd say you are right on the EFI vs a well setup carb, but this solution for me is mainly for ease and reliability. Compensates to year round conditions, fires up on the button every time and does what it needs to. Economy? Yeah maybe a little, but that's not why I bolted it on. If you are worried about economy with old cars then probably shouldn't have an old car. Power? Yeah perceived to be a fair pickup (have never dyno'd it so not sure if actually a gain) over the stock unit on my engine, but likely could have put a slightly bigger carb on and had the same results. Big fan of gadgets? Yeah that's me and why I bought it haha |
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So I managed to clock up over 200 miles at the weekend, various activities from an afternoon cruise to Wrigley Monkey brewery at the Bicester Heritage site, they make some lovely beer!  Guard dog keeping an eye on it... (he makes a rubbish guard dog, unless you have a fear of being slobbered on)  Then we took a cruise over to MIRA Proving Ground on Sunday for a charity day, amazing facility, really interesting tour of the place and raised some money for charity which is always nice! It was a nice test for the car too and shake down any issues ahead of the trip to Wales on Friday!  So all in all a mega weekend, the stars aligned and I had a client meeting first thing today which was a few miles away from the workshop, so I got to squeeze in another drive this morning too!  The car seems relatively happy, so the confidence is growing ready for the coming weekend, let's keep our fingers crossed that we can avoid the big yellow taxi on the 500+ mile trip!!! If all goes well, next up it will be time to start pulling apart the 302 and start planning the rebuild... |
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Love the dog.
Good to see you use it well.
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Love the dog. Good to see you use it well. He's a good lad! Only been with us a short while, but he's an old timer, recently adopted from Dogs Trust. Interesting mix of American Bulldog and Cane Corso, such a big softy that just wants cuddles all day!  He does seem to like coming out for drives too which is nice  |
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May 10, 2022 11:01:26 GMT
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Love the dog. Good to see you use it well. He's a good lad! Only been with us a short while, but he's an old timer, recently adopted from Dogs Trust. Interesting mix of American Bulldog and Cane Corso, such a big softy that just wants cuddles all day! He does seem to like coming out for drives too which is nice I love that top picture |
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Last Edit: May 10, 2022 11:01:43 GMT by Ebejeebies
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Big road trip success was had! The annual pilgrimage to Pendine Sands for the VHRA Hot Rod Beach Races was absolutely mega. 500+ miles in total completed with only very minor roadside fixes required. Such a fun trip avoiding all the motorways and staying at the best campsite in the area (Horseshoe Camping Wales). Photo spam incoming..               Over the course of the trip one of my brake lights failed, after a quick wiring repair and a replacement bulb offered up by the campsite hosts, that was sorted... At another point in the trip my electric fan died... We were sat in a fair bit of traffic on the way there, but survived and temps didn't ever get too high. Despite checking all the wiring and even at one point checking the fan directly on the battery it was dead... Yet just before we set off home I decided to try it again and it worked... Maybe the motor got too hot? Either way, a better replacement is on the way. Gearbox did some silly things at times, but for the majority of the trip it worked flawlessly. The F100 had a bit of starter motor fun and the Spitfire had some issues with a ground that came off and stopped the lights and windscreen wipers/squirters, but everything was easily resolved. So as always, now that the car has completed another big trip successfully, it is time to treat it... The wheels will be getting dropped off soon to get banded and add a bit more chunk under the wheel arches! I will probably also take a 1 inch lowering block out of the rear as it sits a little too low at the back. Other than that, the chaps want to have a crack at machine polishing it... So will see how that turns out. Buzzing! |
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Big road trip success was had! Buzzing! Wow, how tall are you?  |
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May 17, 2022 10:17:15 GMT
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Big road trip success was had! Buzzing! Wow, how tall are you?  Only 6ft, but it is all in the arms...  |
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May 17, 2022 18:51:53 GMT
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Really love your car.
Still gutted I missed out on that other one.
Dog is a spectacularly cool addition.
Just noticed your dancing Hula shark……
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