Simon Waterfall Syman84 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Hi everyone myself and wife to be are new to the club may have met some of you at donnington last weekend michelle was selling cake at the stand or at the derby meet a couple of weeks ago glad to be part of the clan thanks Simon and Michelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Welcome to you both! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SootySport Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Just bring Cake to every meeting and all will be well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John K Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I got as far as cake and lost concentration. Did anything else happen..? Welcome both and enjoy your time here..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke 2 Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 89 . is that youre age or the cars ? Welcome aboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monitorlizard Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Welcome syman84,& to your wife to be.I hope that you have, or will get a wide bodied car,if you are marrying a cake maker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Waterfall Syman84 Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 Thanks all for the welcome i would need a wide body sooner rather than later if i keep eating all the cakes she makes The car started life as my step dads he built it and got it on the road did around 350 miles in it got fat and put it away I then got my hands on it a couple of years ago after desiding it would be good to take it to the nurburgring. So i started working on it with a new battery quick service and break overhall and it went straight through the MOT. so off to germany we went with only limited running befor we went i took it on a A freame on the back of my daily driver i thought for the best. got to the nurburgring and on to the track MY GOD I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO SCARED IN ALL MY LIFE bikes cars buses you leave a small gap and its up the inside of you. 1 lap down temp guage 120c oh dear. so quick strip down of cooling system and off for the second lap blown the brased plate on top of rad so some handy scousers gave me some liquid metal and that fixed that and off we went for the final lap of the trip with no hickups still red hot but running ok. so got back and desided to take it back off the road and improve the cooling and upgrade a few bits. I started by stripping down the top end of the engine sorry should of mentioned earlier 1700 crossflow on twin 40's and there was a small burn in head gasket between 2 and 3 sothis wont of helped. after a shopping trip at burton power with new performace gaskets etc i started work. got rid of the old rad and changed it for ally rad of a bennaton formula 1 car and plumbed in a oil cooler new large push pull fan and turned the cooling system in to a pressurised system you know what its like one line on the forum actually 18 months of work. so back through MOT just befor donnigton the othe week temp bang on at 85-90c cant get it and higher even when i rag it so fat radiator doing its job nicley. took it to nobles in chesterfield to have the carbs balanced and set up as it was running lumpy and sweet as a nut now. until last night when i went out and the temp was great but oil pressure seam to be going really low mneed to look into it upade soon thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyonspride Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 At idle it will drop off, the gauge won't be very accurate either, but you might just have the wrong grade oil, these crossflows can be funny beasts, if they don't like the oil they'll burn it up and chuck it out of the crankcase breather. Pretty sure most of us x-flow owners are running 20w50 Valvoline racing oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Waterfall Syman84 Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 ok will look in to the oil i may be burning a bit because i have a catch tank on and it does not seam to catch much but a thicker oil will probably be best thanks for the surgestions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Waterfall Syman84 Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 just had a look and its on offer is this the right one http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/p/car-accessories/engine-oils-and-car-fluids/engineoils/20w50-engine-oil/?521770500&0&cc5_251&gclid=Cj0KEQjws8qgBRCLp-aploLbqcQBEiQAm0rD5-YDMV7PEIbXySf8Hlco0fFzfCIoOGmc5PjePw0UX8gaAvei8P8HAQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyonspride Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Seems they've changed the bottle, but yes! Bare in mind it's mineral oil and very thick, needs to get nice and warm before you start giving it any real welly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Waterfall Syman84 Posted September 20, 2014 Author Share Posted September 20, 2014 Ok well investigated the loss of oil pressure and a pipe clip had failed on the oil cooler so as soon as the thermostat opened oil was being pumped into fresh air. going to get some braided ones made up any one got any suggestions to where I can get some oil cooler pipes made up thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyonspride Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 http://www.carbuildersolutions.com/uk/hoses-and-clips Could be a place to start, if you want to save some cash you could get an idea of what you want and then eBay it. DO NOT use silicon hoses for oil. Oil disagrees with the stuff and they can't handle the pressure...... Just saying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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