The V8 Owners Forum -

Kev wrote: If you do remove the plate you'll need to plug the two inner holes as they're in the plenum post throttle.
Kev

Which i discovered whilst trying to work out why a newly built rv8 wouldn't tick over or run right.

Yes i would agree. Especially about the point about the fuel draining out. My old fuel tank used to syphon the fuel from the top of the tank to avoid that problem - but kept getting cavitation because as we know the HP pumps dont like to suck. Unfortunately, my tank fabrication had already began bef...

hey, that's not a bad idea Kev! Something like that would have helped me a treat, and I'd love to help other people. Sir Bill of Shirvington has helped me a great deal but I'm sure he gets tired of all the phonecalls sometimes! Hmmm, idiots guide will be started in earnest! There a several megasqui...

The bosch 044's have an M18 inlet, The outlet is indeed m12. I found a filter with a M12x1.5 female fitting, so plumbing it into the bosch just involved a m12 f-f adapter (i dont have the non return valve fitted) http://www.mez.co.uk/dcam/preview/DSCF1361.JPG I would be concerned about fuel getting ...

just say you ordered a gearbox and you got a free engine.

First thing to do when it arrives (or before you commit) it to pull the pan and inspect the inside - the colour and amount of goo in the bottom will tell you alot about the boxes general health.

There's a faulty one on ebay right now: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Corvette-700R4-Automatic-overdrive-gearbox_W0QQitemZ200049510276QQihZ010QQcategoryZ100952QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Its lost 3rd gear which is a very common failure. Says can be rebuilt for £150, but realisticly i would spend m...

I cant say that i'm too impressed with these massive signature blocks - really clutters up the conversation. I dont recall it being quite so big on the old forums.

where's my flamesuit...

will us mere mortals be getting access the ability to link to offsite Avatars?

I know that you have probably only had this forum running for a few hours! - but will the old forums be searchable in some form?