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good lord, that's a giant turbo...

I elected to leave the pump and reservoir attached to the runner so as not to break the connection. I pulled the cross bars out of the towers, and pulled the tower caps off so i could leave the cables attached to the piston rod. That strategy required that I move the runners in tandem, which was...

^ you are spot on. Because I'm hard up against a deadline, and the local company that services lifts is booked until August, I had to do it myself. I must have total amnesia from 11 years ago, because this time around it was a brute. Loading was done by me and the flatbed driver. Unload had one...

Thanks for that info. I may try to roll it out in the driveway, and if I get stuck I can break it down. The casters on mine are aluminum, so they don't roll so well on anything other than polished concrete, which I don't have. Also have cobbles on the apron of my garage, so maybe I'm answering...

Gents, I'm moving my 4 post lift out of my residential garage to another residential garage. Garage doors are 96" wide, and 84" high. Lift is 102" OA, and 75" across the runners, and about 82" high at the top of the towers. Prior to this occasion, I moved it by breaking it down, and hand...

How do you adjust camber/castor? Is there some adjustment at the uprights?

haven't watched this vid, but how us he getting that kind of mileage without running it super lean, and creating NOx as a result?

a Nike swish would look cool on the side - it looks like a little like a track shoe

No personal experience, but you might also look at Continental ExtremeContact Force. Has a 200 wear rating and semi slick tread that should give decent grip and wear.

if this buggy turns into a real rocket, I wonder if fiddle brakes on the front might come in handy to help initiate turns, assuming scrub radius on front is minimal.

^ guessing you can drop 150 lbs out of the nose of the car by using a Ford or GM aluminum straight 6. More power and better drivability, too.

This looks like a terrific project, we wish you all the best in this new adventure. In case you decide you want go full sacrilege in your build, you could build it with a straight 6 GM 4.2 liter - they are light, plentiful and make good power, especially for a light weight car. Though you want...

^ exactly. An original mono is likely fitted with period looking tires, perhaps bias ply. That one change in spec from a modern radial changes quite a lot. Second, if the repro is a mono, does it use original pick-up points? If so, camber/castor rates may not be great for a modern low profile tire.

amazing. Noticed he stayed out of the carousel, can only imagine what kind of damage it could do to the underbody with only a slight miscalculation. Might not even fit in there fully, leaving the right side tires outside of the banking.

no idea if this piece will work in yours, but space is tight in my chassis and the clocking is crucial. It's a Powerlite starter, but the guts are Nippon Denso heavy duty. I have a g96-97, which is similar to a G50/52

I'm confident that with some investigation, you can come up with a combination of part changes and suspension mounting that will get you close to the theoretical optimum.

here's the general guideline sketch for setting rack location/tie rod lengths. Tie rod should share the same instant center with suspension arms. Not being familiar with your setup, most likely there is ackerman built into the upright, in your case it (front steer) it means the outer tie rod...

Gents, A friend is trying to source late series 1 seats for a Jag E-type. He's in England, but willing to deal wherever to find a set in black leather. Any leads on vendors etc to look for in the US or Europe? TIA, Tom

To make the car feel like it's doing 150 mph when it's only doing 30 mph.

^ wheel building in cycling started to disappear when Mavic intro'd the Ksyrium wheel set around 1990. Prior to that, all wheels were built up from components, so all bike shops had a somewhat competent wheel builder, and many serious cyclists built wheels. Now, most stuff is prepackaged. I'm...