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tried to build a rat velox went from this .

to this

hi the extractors are made by kd tools,they are very good ,firstly make a drill bush ,say your stud is 3/8 dia,get an old bolt and drill 1/8 drill through it place the bolt in the manifold and drill through the bush through the broken stud ,so that you drill right in the centre of the stud,once you ...

very nice project good luck with the mk3 ,always wanted one never seen one in the flesh though,only know of one in my area. the gilbern club have a stand in manchester this weekend might see one there.

i have allways wanted a gilbern but had never seen one for sale or at a good price,allways thought the mk3 was the best,but now i prefer the mk2 as it has the chassis strengthening but fitting a v8 would require more cutting than i would have wanted to do ,as i know of a mk3 with a ford 302 in it.bu...

hi just seen your message for build manual,have not been on forum for some time,been in garage working on another cresta.sorry crappyvelox,glad you have been sorted sorry about that.
cheers crappy.

just put 83 in secondries,86 in primaries,67-55 metering rods,silver springs.in carb ,turned fuel regulator up to 5 ,sorted running great now ,no back firing.
cheers Al

had the same problem on my car,found one cylinder not firing,you could check plugs,one might be dropping out without you noticing, turned out after stripping the engine i had a sticking valve,giving me no compression,so the cilinder was not firing and the petrol going past the rings into the sump, b...

hi my car is doing the exact same thing ,i have done nothing to the car and it is getting worse,back firing through carb,very undriveble,thought it was timed wrong,ended up richening carb runs much better,now going to change main jets ,may change rods to.
cheers Al

just got my invader on the road since 1988,so far only brokedown once,float chamber needle jamed closed. http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd388/crappycresta/Picture060.jpg http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd388/crappycresta/Picture055.jpg http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd388/crappycresta/...

oh yes ,8 track it never took off,bit of a problem getting decent tapes though,i think i will run the car for a bit and enjoy it .it was going to be used everyday but now im having doubts as it is to good to leave out in all weathers ,so for now its a fair weather car
wimping out mouse.

thanks for that ,it makes sense,i will run the engine up to temperature,i feel a bit better now cheers
not so worried Al

here are a few more photos,it seems that the car has a vinyl dash,most of the mk2 have a vaneer dash ,it was a factory option i think it looks better,

had a play with the gilbern today,engine sounds realy nice,i only need to bleed the brakes,but i am having trouble,will have to borrow a preashure bleeder.cant wait to go for a drive.
cheesey Al.

now i am more worried,is there an addative thet can be used to stop this from nackering my carb ?
worried Al

yes is an invader mk2 ,the suspension is mgc , you can get an mgb with a v8 in ,you would think there would be some v6 in an mgb,but i have never heard of one,unless the mgb has a different suspension to the mgc,thought it only had different hubs one 4 stud and other 5 . might be wrong but i have ne...