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Howard, I have experienced this in the past due to steering rack mounting issues, so as well as what you are doing with the brakes themselves, do check carefully for any looseness, failure, cracking in the steering rack mounting. Dave

Hi Shaun, when I trial fitted my current manifold (I changed to EFI) I found that the gap was too small for the cork. The cork prevented the inlet manifolds from sealing on the main manifold gaskets. In my case the gap was only a couple of mm so I then used RTV instead. My original manifold...

Brett, I was working outside, and just realised what I said, 'deserve a break' o_O just to set the record straight, I did mean that you deserve to be 'problem free' if you will, I wasn't thinking when I used that particular idiom, but hope that you thought it was funny anyway. Dave

Sorry to see that Brett, take care now. After all the car's thrown at you, you deserve a break, but in any case, you're a fighter, so take heart! Dave

I went through this pain with my 302, the one thing that made the major difference was installing the cylinder head bleeds, in my case everything else, radiator bleed, electric pump, playing with thermostat, was minor. Dave

Dave, I am deeply saddened to read this, hoping and praying for Keith.

Hi Brian, thanks for the dimensions. So those are the standard Small Block starter dimensions, but for replicas using the Renault UN1 with Ford Essex flywheel, it is usual to have an Essex V6 starter motor, which has the flange dimensions of the Racemettle RAC407. In my case however, the starter...

Getting some dimensions from Powerlite to make sure it fits before I buy. Here is the Bosch, you can see that the flange is smaller than the RAC407 Essex version. Had been butchered to compensate for spindle wear.

Having issues when hot with weak starting, so looking at high torque starter and replacing cables. Renault UN1 transaxle and Ford V6 flywheel but starter seems to be different to the normal RAC407 type but with same 9 teeth pinion. As far as I can tell it is RAC517 The mounting hole pitch...

Works of art James! Is there a build thread here or elsewhere?

Update and other fun! On replacing plugs I thought that checking the old ones with a megger (high voltage insulation checker) might be informative, and it does indeed work as the cylinder producing black smoke (sooty plug) showed a zero reading, with one other plug giving a low reading and...

Hi Marcus, I have a pair and discs too if needed, I will have a look tonight and send you pics if you are interested. Dave

JP, yes the spring length is in my response although not labelled, it's the 10.5" figure after the id. Dave

Hi JP, these are the notes I made about my springs. Mine is DAX, but I believe same as GTD, so not necessarily match KVA. As found Front 200lbf/in 2.25"id 10.5" 10.5mm wire 10.5 turns Rear 250lbf/in 2.25"id 10.5" 11 mm wire 10.5 turns Bought Front 300lbf/in 2.25"id...

Hi Marcus, mine is a DAX, but I had the same issue with 200lbf/in front and 250 rear. I increased to 300lbf/in front and 350 rear and that was great for road use on my car. If you measure inner diameter and free length of your springs, then have a look on the the site Mike provided, you should...

Hi Simon, my preference is 15" too. You may have already checked this, but first of all, you need to be sure that the existing brake disc diameter / caliper combination will accommodate 15inch wheels. If the discs have been chosen to fill the 17" wheel, they will be too large for the 15" and...

Doug, I copied and pasted the picture but then couldn't seem to be able to type. This is what I did, copied from Dave Collins who recommended it and sent me the mirror details. You could also search Daves' threads to find any info there.

Looks very nice JP. The description only talks about mkIV in general and says nothing about this specific car. If it was not a replica, they would surely give a history? According to the data it is LPG fuelled!

From your previous posts, I always thought there was something special about the look of this car, so happy to vote, even if there is a gt40 mk1 there too, I'm such a turncoat!!!