Nick B.

Oh, thank you. I hope there will be some kind of heads up online, as the mag usually travels very very slowly towards Denmark. 

In case of hard brexit it will probably just be me, triumphlux and the dutch boys - I recall seeing them in the rear view mirror a few times in 2017 :-)

Cheers

Nick

Hello all

I see on the facebook thingie that people start talking about 10CR2019. However thing get lost for me on facebook, and there is no real way to refind them. I do seem to recall a statement along the lines 'no notes in the magazine, and online entry only'

So I am looking for a 10CR 2019 place round here - am I just to early, or is it hidden somewhere special?

Cheers

Nick

Quoted from Nick Jones

The current engine, with less than 10k miles on it, can see idle pressures < 10psi, 45 psi @ 2000 rpm and barely 60 psi @ 3000 rpm.  The gauge and even the relief valve spring are the same actual ones as the old engine. (though I've tried several relief valve springs without much change)

(...)
The effect is (and it's been present on this engine right from the beginning) that the oil pressure falls off very quickly as the engine warms and quickly falls further if put under duress.  It's also noticeable that the oil pressure recovers (to an extent) quite quickly if you stop or even just spend some time going slowly. Presumably because the heat gets dissipated into the rest of the oil.  I've had the same results with VR1 and Millers 20/60.  The latter, which was what was in the sump for the 10CR, fared no better in spite of supposedly higher viscosity rating and is very black after just 2,500 miles.

I now have an oil temperature gauge to fit to get some actual numbers and if the theory is proven I'll either have to fit a cooler or remove the sump and revise/remove the baffling.  The latter is favourite but it's an awkward job on a Vitesse or I'd have done it already.

The better news is that the actual pressures aren't that horrific and the engine actually seems perfectly healthy even now.  

Nick

Quoted from JohnD

Do tell!

I did this, very early one morning coming back from Classic Le Mans.    About 8L of Diesel, topped up with petrol.
BInman behind in the barge said there were seven colours of smoke coming out, and it misfired all the way through another two tankfuls of good stuff, until I took out the plugs and hand cleaned the oily stuff out of them.
But in the air filters??  How did it go backwrads?

John

Car behaved very well considering it was MOTed 10 days before start after a rebuild. I clocked a total sum of 4468 KM (2780 miles)

Things that need sorting:
New airfilter (after the dielsel fill up incident. Filter are soaked in oil after there has been shot diesel backwards)
OD solenoid is duff, could not engage OD more than 2-4 times a day
Horn push needs adjusting. Can only toot the horn while turning - which were very practical climbing the passes
Passenger side window needs reseating
Driverside door needs re-adjusting - got shaken out of alignment.
H-support rattled itself lose. Tghe two top-bolts need some loctite or nylocs. Were tightened twice during the run.


Apart from that I will probably pull the engine out over the winter to inspect the shells. I had a suspiciously low oilpressure at tick-over. Fine when driving.
Install a different gearbox - syncro on third is worn.



Cheers

Nick - Team 9

Quoted from GT6boy

Excellent suggestion John

I see the posts here and across The Book of Face and feel not a little envious of you all girding your loins for the upcoming adventure. What with The Colonials hot-footing it across the pond and Nik whizzing down from Denmark etc- it has all the hallmarks of another great CT event 🙂
Stay safe and have a great time- keep the posts and updates coming.

Lovely input   I love the picture of the old lady 😉

Quoted from sparky_spit

There you go Nick - some old lady and her son going to Sainsburys..... 😉

Quoted from Beans

Make sure you pack some warm clothes as high up it can be pretty cold.
These pictures were shot on top of the Stelvio less than two weeks after the 10CR in 2015 ...





And this is a picture of the Timmelsjoch in august 2010 ...

Quoted from JohnD

Surely this is the required item?

Sad to say, only available for MkIV/1500 Spitfires.
RHD to special order.

John

Quoted from sparky_spit

And a big wide brimmed hat, to fend off the sunburn on the bits you missed with the sun-block.

Unfortunately it will make you look like an old lady.

Quoted from cliftyhanger

Polo shirt works well.....

Quoted from thescrapman

I have always thought that we should all wear clothing from the era of the cars, so shirt and tie, tweed jacket and comfortable slacks. And a Trilby to set it off.

And a set of string backs of course.

Hi

I am taking my Spit Mk3, and are speculating - what kind of clothing should one bring?

What are the general recommendations for those who plans to attempt 10CR in an open car? With the miniscule trunk in a spitfire you cant bring it all   (especially since there need to be space for tools and spareparts....)

Duffelcoat for stelvio and shorts/t-shirt for Mulhouse?

Weather-forecast seems to indicate anything between 25C in Mulhouse and 0C at Stelvio.

Cheers

Nick

Hi

I am staying at the Hôtel Première Classe Lille Lomme. They told me that they were placed just out of the highway, still within the zone, where the stickers must be present on days of pollution, though controls were infrequent ...

Cheers
Nick

Got a speeding-ticket while testing   (at least now I know the car works )


Just MOT'ed the spitfire, and it seems ready to go. I still need to attach interior door handles, which seems to have been lost  - huh? And then connect the oil temperature gauge to the voltage stabiliser.  Oh, and the adjust headlights and re-fit chromerings.

Cheers
Nick

Quoted from Don Cook

Nick

You will recognise this then?

Quoted from yorkshire_spam

I know that feeling! I'm looking at putting a small resonator/silencer in the mid pipe... until I sort that out I'll be carrying ear-plugs for motorway/autobahn driving!

Quoted from JohnD

I drove through Germany to Poland (not in a Triumph) about a year after the Berlin wall came down.
The "Autoban" - it had two lanes! -  across East Germany had become a cobbled surface before I crossed the Polish border.

Hope they've improved them Autobahns since then!
John

I have broken the drive down into two days doing about 350 miles per day with a hotel in the middle.  I suspect I would be worn out if I did the trip on autobahn, though doing B-roads in germany does indeed double the time compared to autobahn

I would rather not appear slow on the autobahn. Even though Germans are superb drivers, there are some really tired tourists driving there who hasn't had nearly enough sleep and are driving a eurobox full of screaming children  

By northern europe I probably mean scandinavia


Cheers
Nick

Hi all

Just out of curiosity - are there anyone going to 10CR from northern europe? I am taking the long haul from Copenhagen to Lille on the b-roads through germany. About 20 hours drive. Somehow I am not sure the spit would like the autobahn

Cheers

Nick

Quoted from marino

Anyone  advise me best way to find my membership number i cant just put my hand on it so i can send my entry?

Wonderfull news.

For teams abroad- is it possible to use bank-transfer instead of cheques? And can the entranceform be emailed rather than snail-mailed?

Kind regards

Nick

Great. I would love to know the date as well as I also will need to have a word with my employer. When is it?

Cheers

Nick

The last no-name alternator I fitted to my spitfire released some serious voltage spikes that killed my megajolt ecu. Apart from that it works fine.....

Here is a thread on wiring the things:

http://sideways-technologies.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic/1394-wiring-lightweight-nippon-denso-alternator-triumph/


Cheers
Nick

Wheels also silver. Windowframe is black. Ignition key is columnmounted instead of dashmounted. Only one reversinglight on a console above the numberplate. No scrolling script Spitfire Mk3, but a spitfiire badge on the wings and bonnet and a triumph badge on the bootlid

I don't know which shade of silver, just grabbed the ordinary silverthing from the local shop

Cheers
Nick

Hi

This is what a 1970 spitfire mk 3 engine rocker cover would look like.





Cheers
Nick

Pre 1970 MK3 (number LOWER than FD75000) is painted bronze.

1970 MK3 (FD75000 and onwards) are silver.

Cheers
Nick

Hi

This may - or may not - be helpfull as a reference

http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-GRID008656

It appears to be HS6 1 3/4


Cheers
Nick