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Smiths Gauges John c.GBP800 So who are/were CAV? I assumed they were a subsidiary of Smiths back in the day.

Smiths Instruments Finally got my instruments through from Caerbont. It took a while!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wanted to replicate the look of the originals but with some changes to incorporate extra measurements. I also decided to go with an 80mm speedo, as per some...

Managed to do a bit more searching and it sounds like there are a few more issues with flow through the heads, cracking heads due to temperature 'shock' etc. It appears that Evans Cooling (new name for Meca development) have been trying to sue GM for many years (presumably for the reverse flow...

Ron, that sounds like an identical combo to mine except the make of pump. If I had -12 oulets on the heads I would be fine, so the options are either restrict the outlets, or run with reverse flow. I like the idea of reverse flow if there are no major downsides to it. Keeps the heads cooler -...

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I was going to mention that certain Mr. Yunick, but replaced the reference to him with the reference to the LT1. I did read up on some of what he did quite a while ago, but can't remember any of the detail. Did a quick search on google just now which didn't bring much up. I guessed bledding...

Reverse water flow (not reverse rotation) Jac Mac, I think you've done it again. Why don't I just use reverse flow? Easy plumbing with the electric remote pump. Similar to the ch**y LT1. That would solve the small inlets/ large outlets issue, by making it into large inlets/small outlets. The...

Thanks Jac Mac Those -16 fittings are not moving. They are definitely in for keeps, so it looks like I will have to restrict them somehow. I want a little pressure in there relative to elsewhere otherwise the bleeds at the back of the heads won't work. Still seems strange why there is a need...

Thanks Ian If I don't find an alternative by the end of the week I shall do that Cheers Lee

Jac Mac. Now we're cooking. No t'stat. I should have mentioned earlier. Now I can see the confusion. I should have said I am running Yates heads with -16 outlets. Therefore the -12 or 3/4NPT inlets are the narrowest part of the system. So from the pump, there is 1.5" pipe through cockpit...

I hope to post a video sometime. Only issue is the video is in mov format, too big for website (34MB). I have Pinnacle 10, but it doesn't recognise .mov. How can I convert it to avi or something? Didn't realise there was an MDA there. Which one?

Thanks for the guidance so far. Not sure I can test the pump. Because it is an electric, water flows through it even if it is switched off. I don't want to reengineer. I just wondered if there was any way of avoiding the restriction at the inlet of the engine. Happy with the restriction out of...

Hi Dave I have cut one hole so far, which seems to have been successful. I cut the material on the front with a modelling knife, and then cut the fibreglass from the rear with holesaw.

I am using a Danny Bee drive belt with remote electric water pump, and want to maximise the water flow into the engine. The water pipes from the pump attach to the drive belt cover as shown in picture below. The previous owner had 3/4 NPT threaded fasteners in the water inlet holes, but I don't...

That is the book with the photos of the Mk2 smashed into a wall, after the death of Ken Miles, showing the fuel flying over the car out of the fillers. Did anyone ever establish which chassis that was?

That is a good tip Mark. Didn't help in this case, but worth remembering. Ron, as you say it won't affect too many posts. Presumably it affects any posts with a link to the old forum, wether it was started in the new forum or the old forum. In that case all links which were created while using...

It looks like the links to posts on the old forum have stopped working again. Anyone else noticed? I get a different error message to before, but the same result. Thanks

Thanks very much Paul. See you on Wednesday?

Hi Andy Please take this in a positive manner. But have a look at the titles of the first page of posts in this section and you'll see most of the options mentioned just there. Have a search through for each of them and you'll find more info than you will know what to do with. The search...

Thanks very much Bill. That will allow me to get on with that now, although it won't be for a week or so. I guess the other 'preformed' dashes should be about the same. If anyone has any different measurements, please can you let me know within the next week. Thanks