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Well it has been a long time since I was on this site and a lot has been happening.....but I still have the "Super Sprite V8"! A house move, part time job finish, car storage re location, various car sales and the odd purchase has meant no time to do any work on the Sprite since it went to the NEC.....

mgbv8 wrote:Well Done Phil. Is there a link to the article ??

Pel

Hi Pel
There is a website for the magazine but I am more familiar with chain links than computer links!
I'm sure someone else on here can do the computer trickery..........

My car was photographed by Ade (AB Carpix) back in the summer and an article has appeared in the Dec issue of Retro Cars. Fame and Fortune have not yet followed....but it was nice to see the write up.

A bit late but Grand parenting is great Pel! We've got three now but visiting them does reduce "car-time" significantly..........so be warned!

Well Done Perry!

sorry for delayed reply - but if you are using a hydraulic cam it should be "kinder" to the valve seats and so should be ok.

Nice new wheels Perry! - and I couldn't see the green come on with my Hoodscoop when I was in the right lane either!!

Years ago I fitted larger valves and had the valve seats and throats bored larger to suit. However I was also using a solid lifter cam and stronger valve springs - when I was racing the seat inserts started to pound into the head casting and soon the valves would not seat and leaked.......

Happy New Year to all on here from me as well!

Hi I've been doing the same thing hiding electrical wires and brake pipes. I've also hidden the fuse box, wiper motor and washer bottle. Before http://imagehosting.rodsnsods.co.uk/45574d48731465ba2.jpg and After http://imagehosting.rodsnsods.co.uk/455750aab95329f7b.jpg [/img] It is a frustrating job...

New look for the Super Sprite V8![/img]

Hi Pete
I've used tubes on my Rover V8's and "A" series engines. There is a minute! reduction in friction. There are no expansion problems as the heads expand more than the rocker shaft assemblies because the heads run at a higher temp.

To update I have now installed quad 40 IDF webers and busy sprucing up the Sprite ready for the NEC. The underbonnet area is being tidied up and I have a new (Well good S/H MX5) seats to put in. The car is also going to be resprayed. I am also fitting the Falcon Alloys as I have a pair of 6" wide ri...

I actually will be selling the 4 X 36 IDFs as I now have 4 x 40 IDFs...... You could also try a twin 38 DGAS set up on an aluminium Hi- Rise manifold[/img]

Or go quad IDFs but you need a bigger scoop![/img]