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@tom Cheers for the new pulley mate! Got the new rad setup all nice now - it came out pretty nice - pulley spot on! http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h382/MadmxBen/E828AEEE-E7CE-45D7-9B04-22480AFC80DD-3906-000005F5617CDBA2.jpg http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h382/MadmxBen/D34B6A9E-4AD5-458F-BB...

Hey guys... I know quite a few of you were watching Toms original build thread. The car is still alive and well. I've made a few changes. Here she is now http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h382/MadmxBen/168e2095.jpg House of kolor - candy apple red, over gold Just built a new radiator setup with tw...

So many packages arriving at the moment... Unpacked the supercharger (and 4 boxes of bits) to find quite a daunting mechanical jigsaw puzzle... http://gallery.me.com/ben.ingram/100023/IMG_0936/web.jpg But a few hours head scratching and a few good coats of looking at it... And I now have a superchar...

I've used ss fasteners in aluminium for years - they ca setup a reaction, but this can be minimised by using something like Duralac (you'll find it on fleabay for about a £10)

end result - looks nice and sod all if any corrosion...

Any boaty will tell u the same...

Woohoo - finally the supercharger has arrived!

Likewise so has a megasquirt ecu from Extraefi - so I have lots to do on the weekend... Photos coming of the iron lung in place along with all sorts of other lovely shiny goodies!

For what it's worth, I swapped mine from a standard Range Rover dissy front end to a Rover SD1/P6 setup but ended up swapping again to an interim setup. The only issue is as mentioned already - extending the key slot on the crank which in the end was quite easy with a Dremel and a carbide tool. Ful...

Had a reply back from TA performance regarding the use of their 'electric' pump on the street - and they say We have had many people use the electric pumps on the street with good success. So all the complexities of dealing with the versions of sumps, crank keys, pulleys etc etc - I'm going to go wi...

http://www.britishv8.org/Articles/Images-V10-1/Short-Water-Pump.jpg ...I found the above on http://www.britishv8.org/Articles/Shortie-Water-Pump.htm This looks like EXACTLY what I'm after... it was modified by Margus Auto Electric Exchange Inc. of Los Angeles SO the challenge is to find someone in ...

I read that too and re read it a number of times. I make out they are saying that the Electric Pump will mean you need an electric fan - and then they slate the other fans @ say fit one of our high power fans I have never seen a fan (electric or otherwise) on a purely race car - air flow from the c...

oh - one other thought has occured to me... Is it possible to machine down a waterpump? I certainly know sod all about machining - but it kinda looks like there's no reason for the damned thing to poke out so far? Has anyone tried shortening the housing / shaft etc on one of these (as per the above ...

Chris - that's exactly the picture I was after - cheers! So... 1. I had seen the P6 mentioned quite a few times as the 'shortest'... but it still looks bloody long to me (not sure how it compares to the one I have now? which I believe is as per the picture posted by Chris above) 2. the TA performanc...

I've had a good look at the engine number - and cleaned the area up a bit... and... By 'coops' engine numbers chart it is indeed a 9.75cr Vitesse 3.5 block. I pulled the inlet manifold and had a bit of a poke about - ports etc are all very nicely done and matched to the inlet manifold which looks to...

Hi Kevin, The engine number is impossible to read as the first number is obscured by a 'tab' on the heads. The engine (hanging from the stand - not the old grotty one on the floor) was built for classic touring car racing, and apparently it is a 'vitesse' block (which to my limited knowledge would b...

Hi all, This is probably an easy question for many of you - but I'm far from an expert on the various RV8 setups. My truck with the old engine had a front cover that I believe (but could be wrong) was from a classic rangie http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/4906/img0870a.jpg Not the best picture - b...

and how cool is it... That if you just put a reverse gear in the blower drive, you'll have a hairdressers car with a built in hair dryer :) seriously - just wanted to let ya know that I think it looks bloody spankin! I don't think I'll be able to look at the missus's boxter without picturing an old ...