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Hi Ian yep its nut and bolt a copy of the 67-F1, i must admit to taking inspiration from your car to build the Brabham, but that was all. mr logan has been to see me trying to pinch ideas etc but fortunately i had no cars in the shed at the time, and my memory was a bit vague as well, lol. BTW...

HGT will have a new 5 and 6 speed ready for release any day now i believe, I will get all relevant details etc from Richard when it goes public, what i can tell you is they are the quietest straight cut sequential box on the market, torque rating around the 900ft lbs, and in a stock front engine...

Mate i have used it for the last few years, its simple to use and fairly accurate, the only downside is it cant give you COG or pitch figures and caster simulations, but dont let that stop you. cheers John

Nope its still sitting under the bench in pieces i believe as a sacrifice to the gods, has since been replaced with a Sadev. john

Hi Guys, i am very fortunate to be able to say that i will be in Detroit to visit Fran the last week in Oct if anybody is in the neighbourhood and would like to catch up, my wife and i will arrive New york for 3 nights on Sat the 26th and fly up to see Fran on Tues 29th and will be there until...

Rick i have used a 5/8 front and 3/4 rear master cyls on my race cars with a 5-1 pedal ratio for god knows how long, and found it to be extremely good, both in pedal feel and braking performance.. cheers John

Well its take an almighty effort as the camera was working but i couldnt upload anything off the card, kept coming up as empty, so i got a recovery program and after a battle royal i found the only complete run we had , and unfortunately it was the second to last run, but he took over 8 secs of...

Thanks guys appreciate the kind words, one thing that did show up on that last run where he pushed it close to its limit, was the front need to be stiffer, so ive gone up to 600lb springs in the front, from 450lb and will put the 450's on the rear as their at present 400, i have also made up a...

rule one always check dry sump tank oil level with engine running at idle, level should be just under the top baffle, when turned off the oil will drain back past the pump back into the sump, hence the low level in the tank. kaspa

Well i know i've been a bit slack lately and haven't posted much as i've been a bit crook and in and out of bloody hospital and they still cant find the problem that's giving me all the grief, any way in between visits i managed to get the 23 over to a dyno who knew how to tune a Honda, and shes...

Was Talking to Richard from HGT the other day and release date for the new trans axle is just around the cnr, will be rated at 1000, yes you read it right a 1000 Nm, so watch this space. kaspa

Hi Andy, the flywheel used is a 6 bolt 102 tooth part no. SKU 51-659, cant remember the part no. for the starter but its a reverse mount super starter. An option you can use, is a 7. 25 button flywheel SKU 190-40, with a stock ring gear and starter, i have used that combo and its fine...

if you want to go down to a 5 and a half inch i have a Tilton reverse bell housing and starter to suit the Ls, bell housing is Ls to chev 4 bolt trans pattern, this one , only changed it because the Sadev box we wound up using was slightly longer than what was there, so had to have a bell...

Correct Will, set the car on the groung give it a good bounce to settle things, and then do your thing, and may i recommend a cheap digital angle meter and a level or straight edge on the outside of the wheel, and set it at 1-2 deg neg cheers John

Jamie the marks you want are a 3 letter code on the top of the bell housing. , the numbers you have shown are only casting numbers etc and are meaningless. cheers John

Im on the beautiful Sunshine coast, an hr Nrth of Brisbane , Australia

Thanks Randy i can honestly say i'm happy with it now i've redone the guards etc, she goes for a floggin on sun the 5th may, so ill let you no how it goes. cheers Kaspa

Well my radiation treatment is over for the time being so all we can do now is wait on that front, so in the mean time i wasnt happy with a few things on the lotus , firstly the flared guards looked like crap so i cut them off and started again , and this time i think ive nailed it, they look so...

Louis there is one available ex Aus, a mate has it i will get a price if interested cheers John.

Russ if it was me i'd go with your suggestion, do the main body out of 1.6 alloy as that moderately straightforward, then just make an MDF buck up to make the nose and rear bob tail. cheers John