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    F108 - Well done Tony!

    Another EXCELLENT magazine Tony!!! If you want to see the video of Angus Cowan driving the Anglesey sprint (and it IS a really good video!) the link is on the front page of the Club Website. GT40 Enthusiasts Club - Front Page There are also additional photos from both Shelsley Walsh &...
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    Fortyfication 104 - A 50 page bumper edition!

    F104 was waiting when I got home on Friday - a 50 page 'bumper edition' of GT40 goodness to enjoy over the festive season! Well done Tony for pulling together another excellent edition Dave
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    Broken Roller Lifter

    I have had a 'link bar' on the hydraulic roller lifters for No.1 cylinder come off the new (730 miles in use) Edelbrock roller lifter. The photos show:- an overview of 7 of the roller lifter 'pairs' looking normal but the link bar is missing from the lifters on cylinder No. 1 detail of the...
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    Pertronix Distributors - experience anyone?

    I am looking to change the old Prestolite Marine (!!) distributor on my 302 Windsor (hydraulic roller cam, lifters, roller rockers, Holley 600cfm cab, Edelbrock RPM Performer heads) I already have a 'FlameThrower' coil and 'Ignitor' replacement for the contacts and have been looking at the...
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    Tuning Holley 4160 - advice needed!

    I have 600cfm Holley 4160 Quad barrel carb feeding my 302 recently fitted with a Comp Cams H282 hydraulic roller cam, Edelbrock RPM Performer heads & Inlet plus roller rockers. I had the car up to the (only) rolling road in Cumbria and it is now running well but the chap who has the rolling...
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    GTD Starter Motor with Canton 15-644 Sump

    I am in the final stages of my 302 rebuild for my GTD40. I have fitted a Canton 15-644 sump but when I came to mount the starter, the solenoid fouls the flare of the sump (the main body of the starter would fit with some gentle 're-profiling' of the sump). I started to look at a more compact...
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    Silverstone Classic - Early Bird Tickets, 31st March is last day

    31st March is the last day to book ‘Early Bird’ tickets for the Silverstone Classic. Our booking code gets 2 people and the GT40 in for the price of a single entry AND it looks like we WILL get parade laps (they have refused hot laps as, unfortunately, they would breach their MSA permit)...
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    Manx Classic: 30 March deadline!

    With just over three weeks until entries close, on Saturday 30 March, this year's Manx Classic is shaping up to be a great event, with a whole host of interesting machinery, including a really good bunch of Austin Healeys and Triumph TRs expected! They have offered us a class of our own if we...
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    Windage tray for GTD40 (with 302 engine)

    I am looking at changing the stock rear sump on my GTD40 for a higher capacity (baffeled) front sump with a windage tray. The engine is a 1979 vintage 302. If you have done this on a GTD, which sump did you use? I am trying to find a sump that avoids me having to significantly modify it to...
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    2013 Events

    I have been trying to get The Events section of the Club Website up to date for the first half of 2013 ahead of Christmas with Club Level Events so that we (the members!) can have a look at what is coming up and have a think about what we might be interested in attending- not least so that we...
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    Fortyfication No. 96 - Another STORMING Issue!

    Just got Fortyfication 96 and it's another STORMING Issue Tony! Your hard work has paid off once again!!! Dave
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    New cam vs 1.7 ratio rockers

    I suspect this will have been raised many times so feel free to direct me towards the relevant threads! I currently have 302 with original heads and cam. It is fed by a Holley 600cfm Quad Barrel carb and makes 280bhp on the rolling road. I am trying to decide which way to go with heads and...
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