Great Result Terry - takes the stress out of starting the engine! ...   04-11-2010 01:28 pm

I used an English system by a company called DTA - the throttle bodies are from Jenvey Dynamics; they supply about 90% of the throttle ...   04-09-2010 09:49 am

Terry, Greg kindly explained how to post a photo, so here is one - I'll mail you some extra ones. GARRY ...   04-05-2010 08:33 pm

Hi Kurt, it is nice to be welcomed to the forum, because my main interest is engines, I dip in and out of various clubs and ...   04-04-2010 09:37 pm

Greg,   I use a 36-1 wheel set up on race engines I build and it will fit on the back of a 2 belt pulley.  I am not ...   04-04-2010 10:48 am

Kurt,  I probably have some 104 pullies - are you after the square tooth type?  GARRY ...   04-04-2010 10:29 am

Right at the back of the carb; the closest screw to the intake manifold - 4 in total - one for each barrel.  GARRY ...   04-04-2010 10:26 am

I tried it many years ago - you can't get them under the standard wheels.  They are also pretty heavy; there are quite a few ...   04-04-2010 10:21 am

Hi Terry, watch the oil pipe - they tend to get "necked" or "pinched" where the nylon olive squeezes the pipe - if your pipe is ...   04-04-2010 10:11 am

I've heard of people threatening to do this conversion; I once supplied a guy a couple of heads to try it but never heard the outcome, ...   04-03-2010 10:01 am

I've done quite  alot of work on these heads - will you be keeping standard valve sizes or going larger?  At 10" water (sorry that ...   04-02-2010 12:20 pm

European engines didn't use the air pump, but some still had the drillings, they are normally blocked off with 1/8" BSP threaded plugs.  They have tapered ...   04-02-2010 12:17 pm

I have replaced the paper gaskets quite successfully with Loctite 574, if you are using them I would use wellseal on one side.  Regards GARRY ...   04-02-2010 12:13 pm

I am not really a fan of cleaning oil coolers; for what they cost I prefer to change them - in the process of cleaning ...   04-02-2010 12:10 pm

Grinding down the welds won't be a bad thing; as long as you don't take so much you weaken the joint.  Regards GARRY ...   04-02-2010 12:04 pm

What year is your car?  The slow oil pick up on early models was caused by the lack of an air bleed in the pump.  On ...   04-02-2010 12:01 pm

Jochaim,  I don't think you'll get an Eclat sump into a Healey - I've been down this route myself in the past; the sides of ...   04-02-2010 11:51 am