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reckon about 1 1/2 hrs...it's not the 4.11 bit i'm overly worried about it's the slipper in it...Katie will be alright with it but it could bite Ed in the behind but we will  have a conflab in the morning ...plan an 8 am start on it thinking on it ....it would make tomorrows last prep easier...and it's known good diff ..the other is one i've never used .before..so maybe ..better the devil you know and yep they know it's a 1800 hr start ..trying to get them away from eridge by 2 pm ...only a 2 hr drive ...if they go slow [at normal road speed]

car 27 nearly ready..engine running much better now...road test tomorow a m ...no bonnet no headlights and wrong diff in ..oh and no drivers wiper ..but it'll be fine by the tme they leave for the start

mine arrived ..ta .although my own list will change slightly due to last mnute engine change

7hrs on the saloon today...and engine running ...not smoothly yet ...still a small list of jobs to do but getting smaller

saloonathon tomorrow

another 4 hrs on it today...not there yet

Ta for that Colin...will take it up the workshop later and compare..sometimes these things are very easy the next day when yoyu go back and look...also got home and realised i hadn't set the rocker clearances ...DOH

New engine in..not fired up yet   small list of things still to do refit rad . sort out leak on carbs change diff make and fit throttle pedal plate ,cable sort exhaust and a few other minor little things oh and work out the jigsaw od linkages for the su carbs...anyone got as pic handy?

ajp wrote:did the bracket fit? ! haven't made it yet...engine still on floor..and was it a cable from a diesel or pertrol renault?

well the new engine looks good...sat on the workshop floor

ajp wrote: I made my own! quicker than postage! and cheaper now ii've seen it in situ that's the plan

thescrapman wrote: Doug Might be worth investing in a set of the HD tr-metal ones as you have it all apart in front of you. I am fairly sure you won't be driving it carefully... ;-) Was it the crank hitting a GT6 sump??? Cheers Colin yep it was a gt6 sump....has also been bored out +20 with new pistons ,...not sure my budget/time schedule will stretch to a new set of shells so they'll have to do spent the afternoon stripping it down and swopping bits over

Ta for that Boo...old engine out....took the sump off the Pi engine and it's had a regrind .10 thou.......county bearings but hey ho.[will look in my parts bin for vp]..so that looking good ..will do more tomorrow...

i've seen a pic on C W site of the bracket...a pic of it in place would help me just waiting for Ed to arrive then car getting towed to his workshop and transformation will begin

Yep ..Boo..gonna run it on SUs ..there's a guy on the saloon reg forum who may have all the bits i need but i'll keep it in mind..Ta

it's pretty normal for Dave to drag something out of the depths of the dark and do it up ..we'd be  a bit worried if it were any another way

Ta for that Colin ...just sizing up the options

follwing engine failure ..plan is now to fit A PI engine we've aquired.....few bits i need...one being exhaust manifold and down pipe...had an offer of one from Colin Radford..he's in doncaster and i'm down south ...anyone from the CT pony express anywhere near there?

cooked another head gasket on the way ... >:(...engine swap ...potential 2.5 MK2 pi ..on carbs

PaulB wrote:Car 85 - Help needed. 2nd Issue. Seats are a little bit knackered and being original don't recline. I know this is a VERY long shot, but has anyone (who lives near the Kent or Essex area) got a spare reclining seat (we only need one for the passenger side) that will fit a Vitesse Convertible that he could borrow for the RBBR? i'm i sussex ...near lewes...have got a choice of original gt6 seat [foam a bit tired] or an mx5 seat you could borrow

gonna set about fitting the jag seats tomorrow..car just been out for it's second run post bottom end rebuild..no oil leak this time ...still no overdrive though..but getting there

list of what's left to do   change diff to a taller one change wiper box find leccy fault on overdrive fit jag seats and give engine a nice test un to gaygon sunday..then fix any faults

lost a week there but just emailed mine

Ditto ..what Jason said...and you will find you're running well up on time and have time to enjoy the banter at each stop...on the last run,my daughter and i, did just that...at some controls we were early..so we handed our road book in, did our socialising ..bit of tinkering on the car. tea ,cakes and then head off ...as others were still just arriving..but we'd had  break And another plus to the 'don't fanny around'   approach is that if/when your car develops a fault ..there are lots of cars/helpers that will pass and lend a spanner

need to change the diff from 4.11 to a 3.73..sort out oil leak from sump gasket and trace fault..prob leccy with overdrive