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 Topic: 1400 16V rallycar |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 76 Views: 38848 |
 Forum: Motorsport, Racing & Trackdays Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 8:41 am Subject: 1400 16V rallycar |
| Hi Ed Does your mobile number still end 762? If it does i'll give you a ring over Xmas.
BDA was the first cosworth engine for 2l Ford Escorts. I found it really difficult to get a decent set of ... |
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| Topic: 1400 16V rallycar |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 76 Views: 38848 |
Forum: Motorsport, Racing & Trackdays Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 11:00 am Subject: 1400 16V rallycar |
| At the moment I dont want to sell them but if you want to borrow and see if it all works. i.e trumpets, tubes base plates air filters etc you are welcome to do that. Only thing thats missing is the ai ... | |
| Topic: 1400 16V rallycar |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 76 Views: 38848 |
Forum: Motorsport, Racing & Trackdays Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 11:38 am Subject: 1400 16V rallycar |
| Hi Ed.
Car was on the rollers on the Thursday and we did the rally the Sat / Sun. Me and Dave have been speculating for a long while about whether the std exhaust manifold was too big for a 1 ... |
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| Topic: 1400 16V rallycar |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 76 Views: 38848 |
Forum: Motorsport, Racing & Trackdays Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 8:27 am Subject: 1400 16V rallycar |
| Thanks guys.
When compared with the std 16V Exhaust involved reducing primary sizes down to Sud green cloverleaf manifold sizes (35mm) shortening the primaries by about 200mm, larger and longer secon ... |
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| Topic: 1400 16V rallycar |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 76 Views: 38848 |
Forum: Motorsport, Racing & Trackdays Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 5:34 pm Subject: 1400 16V rallycar |
Seeding muppets thoroughly thrashed 
Finished 34th O/A and 3rd in class Car ran brilliantly after a rethink on the exhaust system and induction released about 10% more power and torque at the ... |
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| Topic: Anyone have or know where I can get some vernier cams - 16v |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 9 Views: 2264 |
Forum: For Sale & Wanted Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 9:18 pm Subject: Anyone have or know where I can get some vernier cams - 16v |
| Hi Edward
Put Catcams in the rally car. seem to be going alright. I made some vernier cam pulleys but had one shatter and found cracks so went back to std ones. I think there was a group buy on ... |
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| Topic: 1400 16V rallycar |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 76 Views: 38848 |
Forum: Motorsport, Racing & Trackdays Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 8:07 am Subject: 1400 16V rallycar |
| Hi All
In case anyone is interested we are compeing at Rockingham Motor Speedway near Corby on Dec 7/8th. Plenty of details on the Rockingham website. Good thing about this venue is you can use all ... |
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| Topic: S1 / 2 front indicators |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 0 Views: 948 |
Forum: For Sale & Wanted Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:29 am Subject: S1 / 2 front indicators |
| After either an O/S clear or a pair of orange or complete headlight assemblies.
pm me if you have any to sell rsfruitbat |
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| Topic: 1400 16V rallycar |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 76 Views: 38848 |
Forum: Motorsport, Racing & Trackdays Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 10:43 am Subject: 1400 16V rallycar |
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After a very up an down year in 2010 we ended up with a result in championship way beyond my expectations. Plan at start of the year was to aim for a class award in the championship we compe ... |
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| Topic: Throttle body gasket |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 13 Views: 3638 |
Forum: Boxer Workshop Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:33 am Subject: Throttle body gasket |
| Do you mean the thin gaskets that go either side of the sandwich plate or the sandwich plate?
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| Topic: 16V cams |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 7 Views: 3083 |
Forum: Boxer Workshop Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 9:53 am Subject: 16V cams |
| I have got the figures now from AHM, thankyou Adie.
With aftermarket cams they tend to make both lobes the same so this avoids the problem with which lobe to time it in on. the std cam do open at di ... |
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| Topic: 1800 block and pistons, P4 parts |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 3 Views: 1833 |
Forum: For Sale & Wanted Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 6:23 pm Subject: 1800 block and pistons, P4 parts |
| Guy had a con-rod let go and was getting ready to rebuild so he had a block sortedand made ready. One piston was knackered so he got another (think they are JE) but would need balancing to other 3. No ... | |
| Topic: 1800 block and pistons, P4 parts |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 3 Views: 1833 |
Forum: For Sale & Wanted Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 10:01 am Subject: 1800 block and pistons, P4 parts |
| Anyone interested in anything?
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| Topic: 16V cams |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 7 Views: 3083 |
Forum: Boxer Workshop Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 5:58 pm Subject: 16V cams |
| Hi Richard
If your tappet isnt full of oil it wont transfer lift to the valve until any resistance is overcome. There are 2 methods for timing in cams as I understand it. If you time the cam with the ... |
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| Topic: 16V cams |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 7 Views: 3083 |
Forum: Boxer Workshop Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:21 am Subject: 16V cams |
| Richard you are a ray of sunlight in a dark and endless tunnel.
Your thoughts are similar to mine. I am now running hydraulic tappets as I went to std cams. I think the only answer to your question ... |
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| Topic: 16V cams |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 7 Views: 3083 |
Forum: Boxer Workshop Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 8:13 am Subject: 16V cams |
| Does anyone know what the duration is on the std cams?
Did a search on the internet and I found mention of a figure of 274 degrees by a guy in greece in an astra who had a mate with a 33 who wanted t ... |
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| Topic: 1400 16V rallycar |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 76 Views: 38848 |
Forum: Motorsport, Racing & Trackdays Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 7:13 am Subject: 1400 16V rallycar |
| I havent found any yet but still looking.
Some good pictures of us on OMNI photographic, JMSphotographic etc try searching for woodpecker rally 2010. My biggest problem is 80 isnt fast enough ... |
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| Topic: 1400 16V rallycar |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 76 Views: 38848 |
Forum: Motorsport, Racing & Trackdays Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 5:04 pm Subject: 1400 16V rallycar |
| Well we actually finished. Only the second event this year but quite pleased with the result. 170 cars entered and we finished 105 O/A and 12th in class. Doesnt sound that grand but when you consider ... | |
| Topic: 16V motorsport cams |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 1 Views: 1203 |
Forum: For Sale & Wanted Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:42 pm Subject: 16V motorsport cams |
| I have for sale a set of Kent cams with profiles from a ford BDA engine on the Alfa 16V boxer engine cams. Not regrinds these were billet cams. They are known as profile L1 and BD3.
They are just to ... |
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| Topic: 1400 16V rallycar |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 76 Views: 38848 |
Forum: Motorsport, Racing & Trackdays Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:36 pm Subject: 1400 16V rallycar |
| Not been a good year overall.
Clutch packed up first Then camshaft oil seal problems. Followed by a snapped driveshaft. And lastly a camshaft pulley shattered knackering a head. Anyway, engin ... |
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| Topic: 1400 16V rallycar |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 76 Views: 38848 |
Forum: Motorsport, Racing & Trackdays Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:47 pm Subject: 1400 16V rallycar |
| If things go well this year we will be doing that rally next year.
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| Topic: 1400 16V rallycar |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 76 Views: 38848 |
Forum: Motorsport, Racing & Trackdays Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:46 am Subject: 1400 16V rallycar |
| Been a long time since I had something to say but I thought I would update everyone with how the car is progressing.
After the last rally at Swynnerton in September last year we decided it as time ... |
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| Topic: 1400 16V rallycar |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 76 Views: 38848 |
Forum: Motorsport, Racing & Trackdays Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 1:39 pm Subject: 1400 16V rallycar |
| No sorry never been that far south. Closest to London we have been is a place called Enstone which is where I think some F1 teams were based. Occasionally we go to a place called Down Ampney in the Co ... | |
| Topic: Wide arches |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 35 Views: 15814 |
Forum: Boxer Workshop Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:18 am Subject: Wide arches |
| As a package the second photo is boy racer ish. However if you look at just the arches I think it suits the 33's shape a lot more. Its the same as Audi is doing with their RS variants.
I think the ... |
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| Topic: 1400 16V rallycar |
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| rsfruitbat Replies: 76 Views: 38848 |
Forum: Motorsport, Racing & Trackdays Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:08 pm Subject: 1400 16V rallycar |
| Any way car didnt need pushing before or after rally so far
Rally was very mixed for us. SS1 was quite slippy and we were trying pacenotes for first time which didnt go well. SS2 started ok and g ... |
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