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Lovely work mate - have you had the shaft treated or would that be overkill- absolutely gorgeous machined metal work

Ahh but then again the throttle response in lifting carbs like su's aret as good IMHO - if you are making adaptor plates then perhaps 2 twin choke webers like on the ford cross flow etc- but I think in general the fuel injection manifold and the SU manifold are poor and "dog leggy" in comparison to ...

Not wanting to be a pooper, but the fans/advantages would seem minimal to me- the stansard manifold is not a great design - and a well set up pair of us carbs can flow almost as much as a small 4 barrel - and the manifold will not flow sufficiently to allow to carb to function to its full potential ...

Is the block spry painted silver?? If the rear oil seal spring has been deliberately cut and shortened to tighten it that can be a clue

Looks grate Pel! Are both half shafts ready to be placed in??

Is safe as long as you do not shock load - have run mine in 2wd with a 24 spline rear diff - and survived - but shock/sudden loading can snarl half shafts

I would come along mate for a laugh! Also have been thinking - Would anybody be up for booking a club space for the V8 Forum at the retro show at santa pod? I know some of you guys may already be exhibiting with other clubs, but if there are 10 people I am happy to book it and get everything sorted....

There is a market mate - but sadly they are not worth a great deal - a few hundered maybee - depending on condition etc. difficult to say really - trouble is there are a lot of cracked blocks with good rotating assemblies!

Well done on buying that rare vehicle. Not your question I realise - but what do you plan with it?? I don't know anything about the EM setup of the 4.0 defender - so can help. Shame is every one of the 50th I have ever seem we're rusty, not looked after and properly dog- pearled at the edges! I'm su...

I purchased the AEM unit - it was about 140 delivered. I pondered for a while - but honestly it is the single best performance modification I made!! Without it my carb would be way off, I would have blown my pistons out - and my NoS setup would be hopeless! You guess and guess and guess, but you are...

Mike - the plot has thickened! Have sent back the cast crank due to all this musing! And for an extra 300 quid I have/am upgrading to a fully forged scat crank and rods!! So going for the future proof- bullet proof setup;-) So perhaps not quite as basic as before:-) Will chat tomorrow - but think I ...

Pel, you are spot on!! I am over thinking the issue. I already add toluene to pump gas to avoid detonation, and I think I should just carry on with what I am doing with both rover and chevy setups Think I will play by ear - as you say - just gently work my way up - have thought about methanol/water ...

Another option perhaps could be an ultra high octane race fuel - only small amounts would be needed - so 100 pound drum of 120 octane VP would probably last quite a while - and allow pump gas to be used normally. Methanol is cheaper though, it's the mixture and practicality that I am thinking of.

I realise this is a bit left field from my most recent postings - but thinking about my latest build and CR etc - and I am a fan of high CR NA engines - my current rover is over 10:1 and the chevy I am building 383 with flat tops - is heading for about 11-11.2:1 CR - good to maintain. Pressures on a...

Guys - have chatted with my vendor, they have offered to exchange my crank for a forged 4340 item for an extra 270 pounds, think I will go for this, ans the cost of cryo and internal balance etc will be saved - and then I would still have a cast crank. Basically I then have a future proof bottom end...