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I'm in Daventry, Northamptonshire. Are you nearish?

Wouldn't mind the goggles if still available. Thanks

I have a single seater experience at Silverstone for next Saturday 4th March at 2.30 which I can't make. It cost £260 so would half price £130 sound fair? If anyone's interested. Thanks

Hi Brian. You are welcome to come and have a look tomorrow but there are two others who got in touch first who have asked for more photos, which I'll send tomorrow. Cheers

I need a very quick sale of my '93 supersprint. Offers around £7k but it needs to go this week which is why the low price. Car is q plate, xflow, live axle in pretty good condition. No rust anywhere, chassis spot on just odd age mark on ally body. Engine just been rebuilt to true 1700 with 83.5mm forged pistons, ARP bolts, duplex chain, balanced bottom end, new bearings, new larger valves, steel rocker posts, new oil seals, gaskets etc. Runs on megajolt ignition, twin 40's cleaned, new gaskets, balanced and timed up. Runs really nice. Has brooklands aeroscreen but included is windscreen along with doors, roll bar and hood. I know asking alot to try to sell in just a few days and at this time of year but worth a try. Car is in Hinckley. Have all paperwork and coupe of folders of history plus build manual. Will try to add photo below. Thanks

Hi. I'm looking for the old style grille which I think has the 3 vertical spokes and 7 horizontal, with no number or anything. For my 93 xflow supersprint which currently has the more modern number 7 grille. Thanks

If you don't go for it Gordon let me know, I'm also after the same. Cheers

Recently had the same problem on my xflow. Ended up getting the copper gaskets but was still leaking. Checked and the faces on the headers were pretty bad and causing the problem so make sure they're nice and flat.

Well I'm a bit confused but happier now. We had two heavy rain storms recently here that I was driving in. First one stopped the judder but then next day when dry the judder returned. Second storm again stopped the judder, and after 3 dry days driving since judder hasn't returned. I was all set to strip the brakes today to look but I shall leave for now and see if it returns, hopefully not. Thanks for responses. Not sure why the rain would cure it but hey ho.

As far as I know no mods to the head. Certainly when I took mine off there was no hardened exhaust seats. Have always used super unleaded with additives on xflow engines without hardened seats.

Yeah, I should say the only reason I didn't was that the disc and pads on the other side are only a year ish old and not done many miles. For some reason, possibly a sticking caliper, the disc and pads on one side wore much quicker than the other.

Hi. This is on my everyday car, not the Caterham, but thought I'd ask people's opinions. I recently had to replace a rear wheel bearing. At the same time I put on a new disc as old looked very worn and replaced the caliper, with pads, for almost new, second hand but in very good condition. Since, after driving a few minutes I'm getting bad brake judder through the pedals and can hear/feel it. I've checked the disc with a gauge and doesn't seem warped. I disconnected abs but still the same. Funny thing is I've been caught out in heavy rain storms last couple of days and almost straight away my brakes return back to normal, they seem to like being wet. Any suggestion? Could it be because I only replaced the disc and pads on one side, out of balance?? Thanks

Hi. I've rebuilt my 1700 xflow with new accralite forged pistons. It's got a bit of a tapping, clackety sound most prevalent on idle. I understand with forged pistons they're slightly more undersize as they expand more when hot. Noise is still the same after 15/20 mins warming up. Do you think it's just the way the pistons are, nowt to worry about? Or could it be something else? I've checked and rechecked valve clearances, no exhaust or inlet leaks, that I can see/feel. Cheers. I've taken a video but can't see how to add to message.

Cheers Alan. I've found a budget tyre in my size pretty cheap so maybe best to get that so they're all the same.

Hi. I'm after a tyre for the spare wheel. Tyres on the car are 185/60 r13, Yokohama A539's. Would either of yours be suitable? Cheers. Dave

Cheers 7 wonders. Alan I've ditched the heater too and sat the tank on the scuttle. I found an old thermostat housing among me boxes of bits, I think from a Fiesta, has the small vertical outlet. I put a spirit level across from this outlet on the housing to the small inlet on the tank and it's pretty much level. Just wondered whether that was ok or if I needed to lift the tank. Thinking about it after though I suppose it's more important about the outlet being higher, not so much the inlet. Hoped it'd be ok as sits there quite nicely and looks ok. Cheers. (Trust the project's progressing nicely?). Dave

Hi. I'm installing an expansion tank on my xflow and was just wandering about how high it needs to be. Where I'm looking at now the top smaller inlet from the thermostat housing is pretty much level in height with the thermostat outlet. The larger outlet I'm plumbing into the smaller inlet on the water pump, presume that's correct?, so is much higher. Does that sound ok, or does it need raising up so the smaller inlet is a bit higher up than the thermostat outlet? Hope that makes sense. Thanks

My ol Grandad used to spray used engine oil all underneath his car. "If it's oily boy then it not be rusty"

Yes please David. Where abouts are you? Cheers

Cheers Roger, you saying I'm doing the right thing will do for me.

Hi. I've rebuilt my 1700 xflow and now wondering about running it in. It's had some new parts and some re-used. Block has been bored out slightly bigger, new pistons/rings, bearings, valve springs, but reusing same camshaft and followers, crank was just polished. As the cam is the same I presume I don't need to bed that in as I've done before, holding revs at around 2500 for 20 mins etc? Was thinking of using Millers running in oil and using some country lanes, with a few hills, to vary the load, no long A road cruising. After about 100 miles changing the oil for the same then after another 2-300 miles change to Valvoline 20/50. Does that sound about right, any suggestions or tips on how you've run in yours? Cheers

With this new fuel coming soon you'll definitely want to go with the super unleaded, vpower etc. If it's been converted for unleaded petrol, hardened exhaust seats, then I don't think you need additives.

Hi. I've read a couple of quite old posts about upgrading the rear shocks on a live axle car to AVO with rose jointed bottoms. Helps with the rear skipping about apparently. Is this still a good upgrade, many people done it? Are they a straight forward swap? They're not too far away from me and thought about whether it was worth doing it not. At moment I have Spax shocks. Thanks

Could it be when you replaced the Weber carbs you've overtightened to manifold, there should be slight play so fuel doesn't froth up. Did you use new misab plates? Could it be the o rings are crushed/damaged causing a leak? Carbs balanced up? Would've thought it would have shown up on the rolling road though.