slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
|
|
Feb 20, 2019 19:18:29 GMT
|
If it we're me I'd just slim down the ally one and fit a countersunk bolt in it so you loose the head. 'Looks' like it would get you the clearance without weakening the mount too much. (The steel version hardly looks strong!)
I could make one if you supplied the original but by the time it's all been jigged up it's going to be more than 100quid. Maybe more like 200 id say. It's more than a couple of hours work.
|
|
|
|
|
slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
|
|
Feb 19, 2019 17:16:02 GMT
|
I don't really know anyone around beds but if I was doing it id have a few questions..
What's the actual difference between the stock one and the new one? Does it move the engine forward or something? The fabbed one doesn't look very strong to me but might be a bit spindly for a reason?
|
|
|
|
slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
|
|
Feb 19, 2019 17:02:35 GMT
|
And your question is?
|
|
|
|
slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
|
|
Feb 13, 2019 12:34:25 GMT
|
You could always get a milk round..
|
|
|
|
slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
|
|
|
Someone tried to do me when I moved into my house because I put a no parking sign on the garage door which said 'no parking unless on brewery buisness' (I collect brewery stuff and had it spare).. the council had to come round and inspect my literally empty garage to check It wasn't an actual brewery lol. I made a note of who made the complaint and did my best to make their life a living hell until they moved on, they clearly were more worried about loosing thier parking space shall we say..!
I must say tho theres another side to your story. Planning permission is there for good reason. Most of us are eligible to pay rates for our buisness premises so dodging them isn't really on no matter how hard it is to start one.. It's just not ok to run a business out of a residential premises on the sly imo. Planning is one thing that boils my curse word living in Birmingham. If you go down the proper channels the council are a nightmare to deal with yet 90% of people don't even and bother and out of those they maybe pull up 10% and most get given 'retrospective' permission anyway. It's a sham. If i had my way they would have to pull all their 3rd world slum towns down.. It's a long way from rural Hampshire? Il admit..
|
|
|
|
slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
|
Vehicle lifts slater
@slater
Club Retro Rides Member 78
|
|
I was thinking about getting one of these but I think I would get a cheap one and just make a base with castors on it myself.
|
|
|
|
slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
|
|
|
It will run how it is now. You can lap away but if you continue to run it on unleaded it will just pit again so whats the point..
|
|
|
|
slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
|
|
|
PM me. I do little jobs like this for 'car people' all the time. Can't really visualise exactly what you need so some pictures might help.
I'm in Birmingham btw.
|
|
|
|
slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
|
TIG Weldersslater
@slater
Club Retro Rides Member 78
|
Jan 29, 2019 15:48:12 GMT
|
I use an single phase 180amp R-tec ac/dc for most of my work. It's one of the later digital ones so think it's pretty much the same as they sell new atm.. Good for most work until you get up to big castings. Good after support if it goes wrong which touch wood it's hasn't yet! Good idea to factor in the cost of a water cooler and torch if you want to do heavier alloy work but don't need it for small jobs. Only thing I will say is it doesn't like working on a RCD protected circuit. Trips when you switch it on half the time. Still, small problem I could fix if I could be arsed.
|
|
|
|
slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
|
|
Jan 28, 2019 20:43:07 GMT
|
Nice one. My mate probably sold you the cable. I've re-wired a fair few of these for him.. www.enamelshades.co.uk
|
|
|
|
|
slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
|
|
Jan 28, 2019 20:15:45 GMT
|
Just get another engine. Ten a penny. Can't remember if there is any differences that would stop you bolting the 1600 head to a 1800 or 2000 block but it's a bit academic really. Better off just buying a whole one.
|
|
|
|
slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
|
|
Jan 28, 2019 19:26:42 GMT
|
The worrying thing is that they are angling to do the same curse word all over the country. Same thing is going to happen here in Birmingham all in the name of thier latest fad 'air quality'
All I can hope is classics will be exempt here too. Can't wait to turn the pump up on an old diesel and do laps of the city centre all day.
|
|
|
|
slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
|
Making coiloversslater
@slater
Club Retro Rides Member 78
|
|
Thankyou to kevins and slater for good solid answers.
Next question, and I may be overthinking this, I'm not sure.
edited as I was getting confused reading back what Id written,
With the car at rest how much is a shock/coilover in compression (I'm not talking about the spring but the shock/insert) - i.e how much more travel does it have available in compression and rebound, example has it got 2/3 available travel in compression and 1/3 left in rebound??? Thats probably not far off.
|
|
|
|
slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
|
Making coiloversslater
@slater
Club Retro Rides Member 78
|
|
Its a good idea to do the conversion and then fit the strut to the car, position it at your desired ride height and actually measure the length of springs you need. Remember to allow for the weight of the car on them ofcourse. You can calculate how much they will compress if you know your corner weights and spring rates but if you don't then just make an estimate. Usually a good guess is fine as you have lots of adjustment in the platforms to correct for a spring that is an inch too long or short.
For the inserts, again you have some leeway. For a 2ins drop you would probably get away with standard length inserts. You could fit shorter ones if you shortened the whole strut tube. You would gain some bump clearance and will get less 'droop' too. (It might pick the front wheel up in corners with less droop which looks good and can be desirable on a race car but i doubt it matters on your road car..)
To select your spring rate it's a good idea to ask around and see what other people with simlar cars think. I can tell you what we use on our anglia touring cars but it wont help you on a road car. It all down to preference, some people want a road car to be like a race car and some people want it to ride like a boat. Make a choice and if it's wrong be prepared to change. Springs are cheap really and are not hard to find 2nd hand.
No there's no 'preload' as such. The car sits on the springs which sit on the adjustable platforms so as you adjust the platforms the car ride height raises and lowers. You can use the platforms to adjust corner weights but the ride height will change at the same time. If you raise one corner it will take more of the weight of the car etc.
Hope that helps a bit.
|
|
Last Edit: Jan 24, 2019 3:20:32 GMT by slater
|
|
slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
|
Is my Car "Pinking"?slater
@slater
Club Retro Rides Member 78
|
|
If you have a modern timing light it will have a rpm readout on it..
Really it's not nessicary to check it with a timing light tho. The figure they give you in the book may not be correct in the first place. As i mentioned before, presumably this car was designed for leaded fuel? If you now running it on 95ron unleaded.. (and no it makes no difference which brand. 95ron is 95ron) it may pink.
It's easy to solve the issue. Simply remove the dizzy cap and turn the engine over on the starter. Note which way the rotor arm goes. Mark the original position for the dizzy, then slacken it off and twist in the same direction as the rotor arm by a small amount. As small as you can really. Then nip it up and test the car. Pinking gone? JOB DONE pinking still there? then repeat. You won't hurt anything retarding the ignition. It will simply get to a point where it won't run or start proeprly and will feel sluggish. If all goes wrong simply put it back where you started and look for another cause.
You could use an octane booster or simply use a 'super unleaded' but it's not really nessicary. Why pay over the odds for fuel and additives for the sake of 5mins work.
|
|
|
|
slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
|
Is my Car "Pinking"?slater
@slater
Club Retro Rides Member 78
|
|
Retard the timing a touch and see if it goes away. You should do this when running a car designed for leaded fuel on unleaded..
|
|
|
|
slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
|
|
|
You could have a short to ground somewhere pulling the voltage down and causing the battery to discharge. A bit like would happen with a duff alternator.
If you have continuity between the battery terminals to must have something drawing a current when the ignition is off but it could be the alternator itself so you may want to disconnect it and try again.
|
|
|
|
slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
|
|
Jan 16, 2019 10:59:51 GMT
|
Yes airbb is always a good bet but assuming you need somewhere to park the car securely overnight might prove to be a bit tricky. You might find somewhere in the sticks tho.
If you get stuck let me know. I'm in Birmingham, have bed, garage and tools lol
|
|
|
|
slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
|
|
|
Yep. I've done it 'at home' and it was a pain and the finish wasn't as good as it should I've been. I also found the solution fouled quickly and then it stopped working and I gave up..
|
|
|
|
slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
|
Mig welders. slater
@slater
Club Retro Rides Member 78
|
|
All it boils down to is. If you have 500quid go buy the new machine but a lot of people don't. They arnt professionals they are hobbyists looking for value and there's still great value in buying a second hand machine for a fraction if the price.
The best welder I've owned/own is a cheap sealey 185. Had it 20 years. Never gone wrong. One new torch over that time. Will weld anything from .8 steel to 20mm plate. Would cost no more than £200 second hand now. It will do anything an inverter MIG will really and is an absolute doddle to use. Certainly not useless.
|
|
|
|
|