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Felipe Unretires Felipe Massa unretires, returns to Williams in F1's silliest silly season on record - Autoblog

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Re: 1965 ERA Ford GT40 #2066 2072 is stainless as well.

"The qualifying format has definitely been dropped, back to last years system for Bahrain." .....or maybe not! McLaren and Red Bull refused to accept elimination qualifying compromise

Rich, I use Walbro brand pumps, 1 for each tank to the swirl pot. They are not too noisy (you can hear them, but then you hear a lot of other things on the car too!) and they tolerate periods of running dry due to fuel running away from the pickup. They lift fuel from the tanks well. I...

Late last year, a 1998 Neon. The wife was coming home from a trip to town. Got to our driveway and went to slow. The brake pedal went to the floor. Luckily, we live in a rural area. Luckily, she didn't have to slow for anyone in front of her. She used the parking brake to slow and pull...

Re: Pollak valve wiring Attached is a piece of the wiring diagram I did for my ERA concerning fuel pump hook up. Two relays, two switches and a 6 port motorized Pollak valve. The Pollak valve contains switch contacts as well as the motor. One switch shuts the motor off when the pump is in...

Bill, I had ignition problems when first firing my engine with a Haltech ECU unit. As you say, spitting, sputtering, backfiring. I did the o-scope thing and could see that randomly, the wrong coil was getting the signal to fire. The Haltech uses 4 magnets embedded in the flywheel with one...

Alive and well guys. I visit the site daily and chime in when I have something relevant to add. The ERA and Cleveland are doing well. Just waiting for the roads here to clear up from the gravel they dump on them in bad weather. The Cleveland engine dwarfs a 302 in physical size. It fits...

A Ford F-150 in this case! Brand New Ferrari Demolished By Ford Pick Up | Strange Beaver

Bill, ARP's website has some interesting stuff on bolt tightening (stretch vs torque vs torque angle). According to them, "The lubricant used is the main factor in determining friction, and therefore, the torque for a particular installation." Go to this web page ARP | Tech - Installation...

Mark, I run an older Haltech ECU (E6K) on my GT with good success. Some of their newer models would probably work in your application. Here's one example that has 12 injector outputs and 6 ignition outputs (12 cyl wasted spark): Platinum Sport 2000 - Haltech Engine Management Systems...

Don't remember the name brand name, but some years ago, I ran across a positive displacement flow meter that used a pair of oval gears as shown in the opening clip. It was used to measure the flow of a fairly viscous (like syrup) polymer fluid. Like a gear type oil pump in reverse, flow...

Referring to the drawing I attached above, I run 10AN from the swirl pot, through a 100 micron filter, the pump, and a 10 micron filter. From the 10 micron, I use an 8AN that Y's into each fuel rail. From the opposite end of each fuel rail, I use 6AN to the pressure regulator, and 6AN from it...

Marc, Been there, done that. The A1000 pumps don't like being starved for fuel, even for a few seconds. It is cumulative and even though you can starve the pump multiple times, it wears them out very quickly. I destroyed two of them. The starvation in my case happened when the fuel...