Lord Gruntfuttock Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Love a good morry, and yep keeping it sv is great idea as they've all had swaps... On my old sedan I installed a brake lamp behind the rear boot emblem. A sympathetic mod to stop numpties driving up my arse, though ironically enough I ended up using a bloke in front of me to stop after some serious brake fade down a long Dunedin hill... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artyone Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Yup, those flatties are well worth keeping afloat almost especially with such a twist out towards rat rods in the states and the proliferation of the V-8 variety... quite a while ago I saw a video of a chap running a 100e on a dyno and it was brilliant and even had me going to question our local Morris minor specialist, who has a place two doors down from my brothers workshop, but he's actually a complete asshole and though he said he did have a few flatheads out back which an emphasis on hidden when he started goin' on about some arcane knowledge to do with how to rebuild them... it's actually it's a pity he's such a dickhead! Recently though I found a vid of a drop tank salt lake racer and they kept to pre 40's stuff and had an inline four flathead with triple strombergs feeding a side mounted blower and had reached 165mph... epic! Bugger, went looking for it but couldn't find it anywhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Fixed it all, filled up with gas and went in and failed again Sender gasket had dried out and was pissing out So I drained the tank and passed. Puhuhu 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I hardly ever fill my Minor tank up for exactly that reason. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I also found that the float has split. So il clhave to take it back out and solder it up anyways. The sender looked like it was a little warped too. Maybe a new one I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artyone Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 And oops, turned out, this salt lake drop tank speedster, had a SOHC conversion added so whether such is still a flattie as cam and upside down valves removed... still quite beguiling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7nrD7yb0go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Was a few f heads and ohv conversions made for these The engine is just a copy of the 100e but with proper bearings and smaller valves Wonder if Ive delt with that bloke. One guy got upset I didntt spend all my money and build an engine like his, and now won't sell me anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Oh boy Things are happening Good things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Exciting side valve things Just picked up some more tuning parts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Oh boy one of these carbs has a brass piston the other is aluminium Wonder how bald the guy got trying to figureout why one set of pistons was running too rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 That extractor / manifold setup is cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Brass piston. That's unusual isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 they changed them in the late 40's i think * brass ones are heavy and don't need a piston spring neither of these have a spring. = Bloody SU's pieces of shit, cant ever get them to bloody run right etc and so on you can also play with the weight of them to get perfect running if you are super keen. I'm just going to put another alloy piston in and run springs 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I can forgive an auto store for not having B section vbelts, they are only really used on machinery now. But no radiator overflow tubing. Jesus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Garden hose is traditional , isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Too big. I only really want it for the bottom tank drain so it doesn't pee out onto the engine mount Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostchips Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 Some people are removing water pumps and going thermosyphon for extra reliability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 i would probably agree, but i want it for a heater so i can demist the windscreen, and i dont want an electric one because the car will burn down 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 I know them feels. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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