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Russ This may not be the news you want to hear, but tonight I've been researching head studs for my project and I checked Summit for the Part number you listed 66130121. The application notes list these studs for use with Dart 355-T6 Aluminium Alloy engine blocks only. The technical notes that...

oops typo. Should read Doggy bag contents. Ross:thumbsup:

Chris Doggy bag contacts- DVD of Team40 to NZ trip. Compiled by my daughter Natasha. Turned into a fantastic pictorial biography. Was a good day out got to ride in 2 GT40s, neither of them mine. Ross:thumbsup:

I'll hopefully be there on Sunday. Pity the weather may not be so good but at least I won't be driving in it. Driving in the rain aint that bad you just go a bit slower. Don't worry about wets Tim aquaplaning with slicks is good fun, well may be a little scary at PI. See you there Ross:thumbsup:

Hi David I live in frankston and Work in Seaford not far from you. Feel free to make contact any time. Cheers Ross:thumbsup:

In my opinion you guys are on the money now, however ability of the driver plays a big part in the lap times of a new car and also a car which is unfamiliar to the driver. Having confidence a car is not going to kill you is an important issue in a driver's mind set, for pushing the car to go...

You can name me Russ it's ok. Never assume an expert in electronics is incapable of making a mistake. Most of the time I'm able to fix my stuff ups because I can test, at the job completion. Of course I was unable to test your set up. Seems I would have been better off to leave the trigger wire...

Put together this chart comparing gear ratios in a few transaxles you may find interesting. I find it hard to check how close the ratios are when looking at numerical data so I've laid the chart out to make it easy for my tired brain. I've listed the diff ratios but I was only interested in the...

Come on Iain spill the beans. Russ the panel under the sloping one with LHS on it looks a bit wonky, is that the finished article? Will you be ready for SFOS 2010? I'd like to be there for the first flight. Ross:whip:

Well because A.J has a bit of Welsh in him, I'd like to use a song title to explain why the guy has moved on - "It's Not Unusual" Boom Boom! Ross:jester:

I have an engine going back together for the RF40 to do a speed comparison at the Sandown Historic meeting 7th of November. Roaring Forties are helping me to achieve this and it is good I can repay them for helping me with Team 40 to NZ. Yesterday I thought bugger it why don't I put in an entry...

Peter and Family I know what you're going through after losing our son James to suicide earlier this year. Cheryl, Natasha and I offer our deepest sympathy. The Gt40 community on this forum were a great help at our dark time and I know the personal messages will be of help to you guys. Ross

Think I still qualify Christchurch- go and see Russ N and Lim Visit Akaroa on Banks Peninsula good place to stay a night Drive from east coast to west great scenery Queenstown - lots of dangerous adventure Di could bungee over shotover R Ride the chair lift. Lots of nice hotels very tourist...

I'm a bit hazy on what my front caster ended up at. but I recall trying to get it to 7 or 8 degrees but couldn't due to wheel clearance issues at the time. (This was prior to my reduction of scrub radius).I remember I had the caster at 4 deg prior to the SR mods. The changes in scrub radius had...

Bob The more front caster you run the more camber gain you get on the outside loaded wheel in a corner. This is a good thing, as the only alternative (if you need more negative camber) is to increase static negative camber, and you can end up with a small inside tyre footprint. Which is not good...

Ran the Europa in a 6 hour relay,regularity event at Phillip Island last weekend and our team had the magic number 40. Only trouble was I had to run the Lotus due to not having a motor in the RF40. Shame! I managed to keep under my nominated lap time but some of the others didn't. Ended up 36th...

I bought my new Dart block from Performance Wholesale in Qld. When I ran the figures against purchase out of the US, the price was the same and freight would have made the US purchase blow out. Might be worth checking local suppliers first. Ross:thumbsup:

Jac Mac I may have given you the wrong impression, I'm having the machining done by the experts but intend to complete the assembly myself. I will have my tolerances double checked though. This means I will have to fit or have fitted,the required oil restrictors, hence my question about this. I...

Tim I'd be concerned with the block used in a Supercar, they hack into it to lighten as much as they can. Only problem with that is it most likely reduces it's strength. They don't care of course because they replace on a regular basis. However you and I would want it to last as long as...

Ok Jac Mac I'll get some numbers from Scott Owen he has built quite a few Supercar engines and would have dyno figures no doubt. What is your opinion on high wear rate on an engine that needs to rev to 7000 as opposed to 6000 for it's power? If I hadn't spent $600 on balancing the 3.4 crank I...