Hi Sanzo,
That looks about right, PM your fone number and we can meet up in a Motorway stop, I'll be in the truck park with a blue Land Rover 110 and alli box race car trailer
Cheers
john

Hi John,

Slight change of plan - I've broken my Spyder at a track day yesterday at Castle Combe! No baffles in the sump and I think I've lost a big end shell most likely due to oil starvation whilst cornering. Won't be fixed in time for Stoneleigh and doesn't seem right to come up without a kit car, plus I'll need the time to investigate the repair.

I've put out a message on KitNet.uk (a new forum site intended to link clubs together but currently mainly SW based) to see if any of the guys local to me who are going to Stoneleigh can take the cable up with them...

Hi John
Can you tell me where you got your exhaust manifold/system? It looks nice!
Simon

Dry sump it after the rebuild I got back to Kano at 5.30 this morning, 30c when they opened the door, I'll see if i can find out where I gat the system fabricated and if they still exist? I turned up at Stoneleight with a L-R 110 with GTMOC stickers on the screen
Cheers
John

Hi Grizzla,
Having wracked my brain I think my exhaust was made by Intek Engineering and Fabrications T 01604 765555 in the mid 1980's it was a one off and my car was with them for a few day when they fabricted it, they were working on mostly classic sports and race cars.
I would be most surprised if they still have records or drawings of it after all this time, If you are really interested I could measure it up and make a drawing?

John

Having had another look at that manifold I wonder whether its adapted from a Spridget part.

Steve

Worth looking at a spridget LCB, the silencer used on mine was the middle box from a V12 E type Jag
John

Thanks for the brain wracking john, I was looking at a A35/A40 one as the mini version is too far back by the time you get to the end of the "Y"
http://www.maniflow.co.uk/index.php?vie ... oduct=1146
It is nice and compact.
I hadn't got as far as the silencer so that is good to know!

As long as you're not using the mechanical fuel pump then you are ok.

The mini based units are designed to clear the pump.

Mechanical fuel pump! whats that?? extra power loss, go electric my pump will be under the bonnet next to the tank
John

When ist built up with a big engine I had used a Mini LCB cut and rewelded I probably have pictures if needed
John

I used a mini LCB cut and shut so that the Y piece is at 90deg to the centre line of the car with the pipe running under the right hand subframe leg. As well as being a bit of a 3 dimensional jig saw this does have 2 technical issues:

1. the pipe under the subframe leg does limit ground clearance
2. one of the pipes -- the centre pipe I think -- needs to be extended by about 2 inches using a sleeve I bought from the local parts shop which I think screws up the pulse tuning -- not that I've noticed!

One other thing worth doing is to mount the silencer on to the powertrain unit rather than the subframe so that it all rocks with the engine -- avoids stressing the system leading to a physical failure.

Steve

I was thinking that going under the subframe would be a bad idea, give that I will be lowering in as much as allowed. The in-line LCB is definitely looking the favourite

And attach to the engine/gearbox as Steve suggested
John

Just bought 4 BBS 13" wheels for Toyota hole pattern at less than 50 quid
I still have the 13"x6 wheel bought off Runk the Punk in the UK if anybody is interested
John