TurboCox told me best part of 2 years back "One day soon Max will be world champ" - can't say I doubt Him.(He has inside info tho')

@John:
Almost half of the scale would not be used with an a-series engine...

@Malcolm:
He already was fast when driving a kart, inherited good DNA from his dad and mom.
Next weekend F1 is on again, very curious how Max goes in Azerbedjan.

This is my Smiths tacho originally used in the old F3 1000 cars and no I did not use all the rev range in my 1400 A series only up to 8200rpm
John

I like the looks!
8200rpm with a semi-standard a-series like mine doesn't seem smart to me

Harold

It cost a lot of time and money to build A series that spin up to 8000 and stay together

I found a different revcounter, a Smiths RVI1003/00.
It's for sale at a gauge-specialist/reconditioner
Will be reconditioned and adjusted, complete with new light and with a mounting-bracket.
Not very cheap, but it should work fine. €70,-
Will be ready next week.

Cheers
Harold

That's sounds much better than your previous tacho
John

Thanks John, I think so too.

Today when replacing rubbers in the steadybars, I noticed a problem at the topbar.
The bolt that goes into the engine (not the bolt that goes through the the steadybar, but the shorter one through the bracket) can't be tightened, the thread in the engine has seen better days. The thread on the bolt didn't look well too, so I tried a new one, but that didn't solve the problem.
Can the thread in the engine be tapped up to m10 (if I have space enough) or will this cause trouble?
Or is there an other way to solve this problem?

Cheers Harold

I tapped mine out to M10 then put an insert in tapped to M8 and used M8 bolts in place of the 5/16" bolts which are not easy to find here
John

Hi John,

For just the bolt through the bracket I don't have to use an insert, the diameter is not an issue, in my opinion, tap it out to m10 and put a m10 bolt in.
If there is enough "meat" for tapping up to m10 (that's why I asked the question), I have enough space and I have a good tap for a blind hole than that should work.

Cheers Harold

M10 for the short bolt through the bracket will be OK, for the long bolt I think a problem with the 2 tapered bushes unless you made new ones, I ended up putting studs and nuts into my 1400 block after fitting inserts.
John

M10 is in !

I have a new dash-inhabitant !!
After adding some wires to my car and connecting all wires in the right way it's working like a charm

Good to hear you have the engine steady back into position. I thought you had found a rat or a bird nest when you said you had a new dash inhabitant The tach looks good, no way of actually checking but does its reading match engine revs?
Super Max was up there again
John

Haha, rather the revcounter than a rat or bird
It's hard to say if the counted revs are the actual revs.
My previous counter showed way to much revs, that was clear, this one, in my opinion, shows a bit too little revs.
But that is my first impression, haven't driven it yet.
The supplier sais it is adjusted and should show the right amount of revs.

Max did very well, exciting last few laps, weird action from Rosberg.

Harold

F1 kicks off 3rd corner from last - formula E kicks off at 3rd corner of the race, what is it about the number 3 ??