Strikerman

Thanks Oily, Yeh, terminology was never my strong point! But those figures sound good.

Information please gentlemen, can anyone tell me the valve clearances for supersport cams fitted to a 1.6 k series engine. At tdc should it be 35 thou exhaust and 45 thou inlet? Thanks in anticipation.

Thanks for the info gents. Seems from popular concencus that a rotation of the back panel is the first option to be considered. Then some sort of heat protection. I have recommended to my mate that he contacts the manufacturer and informs them of the design problem, but I suspect they are aware already. Cheers.

Hi everybody, just spent the afternoon hacking a hole in the side of a mates K series S3. He purchased a POWERSPEED 4-2-1 exhaust manifold plus cat silencer. Everything went great until we fitted number one primary up at the radiator end. The bloody pipe is almost touching the alternator snap on connector. This is obviously not great. Can anyone suggest a remedy as the bloody alternator will not go down and the primary will not reposition. Ten minutes of running and all will melt. Happy New Year to all and hope you all enjoy a great year to come.

Ok, so I have it completely wrong. I was under the impression that the disc calipers on the front of my S3 were two pot Ford. I am glad I asked the question as I have got it wrong. So the next question is:- Is there a non specialist four pot caliper out there apart from the pricey ones that will fit these triumph type fittings?

Gentlemen, in my dark and distant kit car building and Escort tuning days a good way of upgrading the standard two pot caliper Ford front disc brakes was to purchase Leyland Princess 4 pots calipers,(exactly the same mounting position) modify them with the appropriate spacing kit and fit Capri vented discs. A very worthwhile, economical and practicle performance mod for a fraction of the cost the fancy aluminium jobbies that can be bought today for our Caterhams, that cost anywhere from £550.00 upwards. I have been trawling the web trying to obtain said Princess calipers but to no avail. Seems they have died along with the ****ty car they were fitted to. I have read on some sites that the MG Metro turbo calipers are the same type as the Princess, Can anyone out there verify this please. The deciding factor apparently is the centres distance of mounting bolts. A set of two calipers, the spacer kits and Capri vented discs can be purchased for around £260.00. Quite a saving, the only thing you dont get is the weight saving advantage of the ali ones. But I can live with that.

Hi, everybody, I am a brand new member with a question. I am technically minded and qualified, and will complete any job on my Caterham. Whilst the pedal box was removed today I noticed that the throttle cable was badly frayed between its exit from the outer cable and the connection to the throttle pedal shaft. Problem, The cable is fixed in position on the pedal arm with whats looks like a blob of thermo plastic melted around the inner cable inside the hollow pedal shaft where the cable passes through, therefor indicating that it cannot be removed easily as there is a solid nipple on the other end. Question, How do I replace this inner cable? regards, Strikerman.