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Just to make you chaps green with envy, middle management( ie daughter) has changed jobs and now works for the main magazine distibutor in NZ. Amongst many others Auto Italia now arrives home regularl ...

I thoroughly endorse the above advice. DO NOT release the springs without using compressors, and take careful note of the relationship of the springpan etc (photos would be ideal) as it is possible to ...

Are you talking about the valve timing?
Eddie

Be careful Matt, it's addictive. Welcome.
Eddie

If you're talking about valve clearance then there shouldn't be any with the hydraulic tappets, they should take it up.
Regards Eddie

Ben, I'll give you a ring and drop in and show you the braces. Are you still at home?
Eddie

Hi Ken, sounds similar to the solution I arrived at. Instead of the longer bolts I made shouldered nuts to go through the brace and pick up the remaining thread on the existing bolts.
Tweek three was ...

Will do.

Just briefly: I added an extra vacuum take off as one choke per cylinder with one takeoff are notorious for variable vacuum. A small but detectable improvement. To get the vacuum from the other pair ...

All the boys are in love with the Angel. How about a plate "alfachic". My wife also is Italian and loves Alfas. Enjoy.
Regards Eddie

The 1.7 heads have a bigger inlet and slightly bigger ports and chamber. if it already has solid lifter cams then I don't see any reason why not.

Ben, you're a cynic. Must catch up soon now the shooting season is drawing to a close.
Regards Eddie

Harri, 1000 lakes WRC this weekend you lucky B......d. Something I'd dearly love to see in the flesh. Who have you got your money on?
Regards Eddie

Now there I disagree, I think shimming for a touch of neg on the rear could be beneficial. Certainly if I was tracking the car I would go that way.
regards Eddie

Part of the problem lies also in the selector forks which wear heavily over time. This allows the sliding hub to tilt slightly and apply uneven pressure to the synchro, making it less effective. When ...

Thanks Tino
Eddie

Some pics. Anybody? Hello anybody out there?
Eddie

Sounds a bit like a pump problem to me. Some of our 33s sit for months and will still fire up eventually by turning over and vigorous use of the accel. pump jets. Dis connect the supply line to the ca ...

Sounds a bit like a pump problem to me. Some of our 33s sit for months and will still fire up eventually by turning over and vigorous use of the accel. pump jets.
Eddie

Sounds like some strange problem with the attachment on the end of the steering wheel boss the trips the indicator return.
Eddie

You could need the front braces that the series 3s have that I've asked about in another thread.
Eddie

Hi Ben, no I'm working on the principle of a pinch of prevention being better than a pound of cure. I suspect that some of the reasons for failures are not always the obvious ones ie tired front shock ...

Mark Ash in Auck has a full set of trim from a P4 including the front Recaros which are primo. Not cheap though.
Regards Eddie

Could some kind soul do me a pic of the brace from firewall to chassis as used I believe on the series3. In fact a pick of each end would be great.
Thanks Eddie

Alan, email: keith@jamex.co.nz or website www.jamex.co.nz They import the Jamex range of springs and have lowered ones for the 33. Good luck.
Regards Eddie