Stage 1 V8

Box removal can easily be done on ramps with a transmission jack. you only need to remove the tunnel and plate the fuse box is mounted on to get at the bolts on teh bellhousing. only took me a day to take off, and another to put back on.

My battery box lid is exactly the same as the one in the pics, slide in under the seat base and with an overcenter catch on the front of the seat box.

Tom.

I may well be interested, depends where in Wales it is.

Tom.

I have the same problem.. my speedo over reads so im actually going slower than i think. According to teh GPS at 30mph its only 2mph out, but at 70 its out by 10mph? I thought that any errors by tyre size would not be exponentional?

Tom.

I tried the lifting up of the peadle, no change.
I will be checking the plungers as i have SUs, although they were fine when i checked for restrictors.

Hi all, My V8 seems to have developed and erratic idle speed. It dosnt fluctuate as such, but when i stop at traffic lights it quite often has a higher than usual idle speed. It is exactly the same on gas or petrol. As it is not a constant fault, im guesing that the carb / throttle linkages are in n...

Samro, I had a similar problem after i had used her in very dusty offroad conditions. I took the brushes out and gave them a good clean and light dusting of WD40 and the problem has gone away.

Mine does somthing like that.
In neutral with the clutch depressed all is quiet but if i let the clutch up it makes the whirring noise.

I thought it was normal, havng been like that since i bought it.

Hmmm... Ive seen what you say happen, but not experienced it first hand, and i have no idea what causes it, only he started up fine on petrol. However, i have the same problem when COLD, if i stall it getting out of the garage, (its a very steep ramp up) then it will not go again on either fuel. I s...

My engine has stubs coming from next to the plugs, i guess they are what remains of what your talking about, the ends appear to have been crushed and welded.

Across the wheel arches? How does it fit?
If my chassis is at all similar then it would go above the chassis and over the rear prop shaft?

Thats one nice machine. A good find.

How did you adjust the timing? is it somthing simple like twisting the dizzy?

Ah yes.. good point, i never thought of that.

Oh.. I was told when i bought it that to change from petrol to gas i had to switch off both fuels until the carbs had emptied, then switch to gas or id get backfires. So then the fuel cant go stale as there isnt any in there? The fuel in the tank is about a month old, and there didnt seem to be any ...