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Hi Kevin, I am really sorry, not only did I get V8 Dev and V8 Conversions mixed up but I also got you and Chris mixed up as well with regards to who it was who pointed me in the direction of V8 Conversions in the first place... :oops: Obviously I am still grateful to Chris for his advice but a speci...

Guess what??? It stays cool!! :D Took it out for a quick blast tonight and the temperature came up briskly to the 85 degree mark and then stopped rising. Over the course of the next 10 minutes it rose slightly higher but still below 90C. Then when slowly driving through the residential roads on the ...

Hi guys, I have now revised my top hose by incorporating the straighter thermostat housing recommended by Chris and supplied by Dave from V8 dev. Thanks to both for your help. As you can see on my gallery here in the last four photo's posted, the result is much lower, cleaner and simpler. I have ret...

Hi, Just to let you know, I got a new thermostat housing from Dave at V8 Dev and hope to fit it tomorrow. I'll make a top hose up from a piece of flexible radiator hose from Halfords (Vulcoflex I think it's called) - this is what I use for my bottom hose already. Thinking about it, does anyone have ...

Hi guys, Thanks for all you replies. Harvey, yes you are probably right - maybe I'll just ditch the vac unit... :) Ron, My dizzy is the Opus type and what I need to achieve is pretty much as you describe - a 90 degree anti-clock shift. If only I had a landy dizzy! :) Kiwicar, I will give what you su...

Hi guys, Sorry for the delay in replying, I didn't realise I had missed so many posts... Taking the replies in turn: Chris, it may well be radiator size but in the mode I am driving the car I am hardly using any power. Think of it as a quick squirt up to 50-60MPH and then a cruise for 0.5 miles to a...

Hi, Is it okay to change the orientation of the distributor to change where the vacuum advance mechanism is located so that I can more easily route the top radiator hose away from the thermostat housing? If so, how can I go about this most easily without completely losing my ignition timing (I accep...

I've not quite got my head around exactly what you have, however I think you need to be clear about whether you have an expansion tank or a header tank. The differences are as I understand it: -Header tank is effectively in parallel with the radiator. It has to be high up, as it determines the wate...

ChrisJC wrote:Is there any kind of thermostat bypass, i.e. before the stat opens, can the water circulate?

Chris.

yes it has the standard SD1 bypass arrangement with a short hose between water pump housing and inlet manifold.

Craig.

ChrisJC wrote:What have you done with the heater circuit?

Chris.

Hi Chris,
I have blanked off the back of the inlet manifold and am using the other pipe which goes under the inlet manifold to connect my expansion tank outlet.

Cheers,
craig.

Craig, Sorry meant to mention where you can get one, they are not made as OE but Dave Vale at V8 conversions Farnborough Kent has them cast specially with or without the bypass circuit depending on you set up. Tel 01689 858716 he's only in on tues, thurs, fri, and saturday and their £25.00 Kevin. E...

Hi Kevin, Yes that was something which was bothering me too (top hose height). I think I may be able to do something about it now that I have re-curved my dizzy as I can remove the vacuum advance which will help provide space through which to bring my top hose. If I can get hold of a better thermost...

Hi guys,

I decided to continue my search for cooling system nirvana over on the cooling system forum section...

Thread is here:
http://www.v8forum.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6033

Thanks,
Craig.

I think you need to run a pipe from the bleed pipe in the centre of the manifold (between the carbs) to the highest point in the cooling system (which looks to be the plastic header tank on the bulkhead) rather than to the 3 or 4 seperate places that it seems to be going now. Make sure the metal pi...

Hi, I'm running a Rover V8 3.5 from a 1977 SD1 in my "Seven" style kit car. This car was built by myself over the last 6 years based on the "Build Your Own Sports Car for (cough) £250" book by Ron Champion. Anyway, I'm having some cooling system issues which are spoiling my enjoy...