Ade Ray

I now have photos available for most of the bits Im selling. Im not sure how I could get them onto blatchat but anyone wanting to see pics can email me and i will send them off. Cheers Ade

I am happy to include the caps in the sale at £200 if that makes them more marketable, its no big deal from my point of view. I have to see I have not seen many 711M blocks available and to try and get anything from say Burton power costs an arm and a leg. I think the attraction of this block is that it has been bored out By RK to the larger size, saving some expense if the a bored out block is what you want. Cheers Ade

Peter I do not Know what you mean, the parts are all from this engine as it was modified by Roger King. I have simply separated them out on a price basis. Ade

Hi Bemeco The head is in fine condition, and does not need rebuilding. it has had the unleaded conversion. The engine produced 155 BHP when running. Will get you some pics as soon as poss. Dont know the valve sizes but a query if possible to Roger King quoting the engine block number might answer that quetion. Peter I do mean main caps and they are cast iron with the dowell for the duplex timing gear. GeeTee The manifold is for a standard 1600 Xflow which the engine was originally. I will try and get a part number off the manifold if I can.

For sale, the following: Xflow 711 block bored by Roger King to 83.5 with water pump. Block number KD 2525 GS £200.00 cast iron big end caps for same £40.00 Roger King Gas flowed head for same with valves, double springs etc. £200.00 Twin 40 Webbers with manifold for above £200 New 244 cam from kent Cams still sealed in oil bag and boxed. Comes with new set of cam followers £80.00 Original oil pump £15.00 Original fuel pump £5.00 Lucas side exit Dizzy with gear for above £65.00 Lucas AB14 electronic ignition kit with coil £40.00 4x Acralite piston heads, machined by R. King for the 244 cam, all with gudgeon pins, 3 with cast iron pistons £70.00 Duplex timing gear for Xflow including two cogs, chain and oil slinger £35.00 Rocker set with steel posts, shaft and spacers £50 Double dowelled flywheel and clutch assembly minus cabling £50.00 Sparco twin layer racing overalls in Red with blue piping. RS 006.01, Standard 8856-2000 manufactured 2002,size 62 (I'm 6'2 and was 15 stone when i bought this) worn twice.In Sparco bag. £50 Any more info required please email me. Cheers Ade

Hi Clive Im located in Rugby, warwickshire. If you are interested and want to send me an email i can send you my full address! Ade

Hi Clive This is a 711 block and no there is not any sign of any contact between valves and piston. I would expect of course any purchaser to look over all the pieces before handing over any cash!! Ade

Hi Peter photos and number sent as requested! Ade

Hi Peter yes I can but it will be a bit later today if OK?? Ade

Was in the process of rebuilding this: 1700 XFlow engine (engine number 98 01 223)modified by Roger King in February 1998 to the following invoice (323): Unleaded valve seats, bore block to 83.5, cam followers, double race valve springs, valve retainers, steel cam thrust plate, loctabs, block breather plug, main bearings, big end bearings, double dowelled flywheel, spigot bearing, gaskets, front crank seal, crear crank seal, flywheel bolts, duplex kit, cam dowel, forged Acralite pistons (machined), big end bolts, oil slinger spacer, water pump, gass-flowed head and inlet manifold, valves, guides, stem seals, spring seats, collets, steel rocker shaft, steel rocker posts, steel rocker spacers, oil filler cap, machined chokes, machined breather to rocker cover, needle valves and jets. The work at that time cost £3,159.61. The engine also has the Lucas ignition pack and coil recommended by RK and a set of twin 40 Webbers. The clutch assembly including flywheel is also included but there is no bell housing. The engine came to a demise when the dry sump pump jammed and the 244 cam sheared the teth off the oil gear and shattered some of its own in the process. The loose material caused the bearing at the number one big end to fail. I have bought: A new 244 cam from Kent Cams (still inits oil bag), new cam followers The engine is missing: No fuel blanking plate, no crankshaft, one cast iron con-rod, a complete set of bearings including for safety cam shaft bearings, set of gaskets, dry sump pump, dry sump pan and oil. The engine has been meticulously cleaned for swarf and all the oilways blown out with compressed air. There is NO engine failure damage to any of the parts that I am selling nor any other damage that I am aware of. the completed engine will produce 150-160BHP and I have the original invoice and engine notes from Roger King. Price is £750. Ade

For sale at the non negotiable price of £6,500: 1600 live-axle crossflow with cycle wings. Ex-scholarship car in red/ali with dry-sumped 16oo xflow and five speed type nine box. The dry sump kit has stainless steel hoses, remote oil filter and the cleanable dry sump tank sold by Caterham. Car has older style leather seats with headrests (drivers seat marked by cats that got in one time), heated windscreen, FIA rollbar with petty strut, adjustable dampers, 4-1 stainless steel side exhaust, push button start, shift-light pro, hood and tonneau cover, side screen, set of wimps, 5x Weller racing steels with 1x AO21R and 4x Bridgestone RE720's in good condition. The AO21R is on the spare wheel with a carrier. There are another 4 AO21R's but they may only have a track day left in them at best. Car has a suede flat bottom steering wheel and the original small round leather racing steering wheel. The car was re-skinned in 2002 and the ali is in very good condition. The car does need some minor maintenance jobs - front wishbone bushes, live axle bush and some new windscreen wipers but other than that is ion good condition overall. The car is MOTd and taxed until July 2005. I did take the carpeting out but have kept it, the footwell carpets are OK but the press stud fittings on the drivers side are missing and would require a repair. I can get some photos to you if required but you would need to send me your email address as im not sure how to post them on this site although may give it a go later! Ade

Hi Chaps Interesting points, my battery is under the carbs too so I wonder if the problem is the sam although the curve does not look excessive for this diameter cable. I will check the pedal to see how loose it is and also if the cable is rubbing where it comes thru the pedal box as it was there that the last cable frayed! many thanks for the comments, Ill report back once Ive tried a few things. Ade

The throttle cable on my 1600 xflow is sticking and i cant see why. The carbs are fitted with double return springs and these seem fine with a firm return to closed without the influence of the cable. I have found that with the cable attached and connected to the pedal, when the pedal was depressed it jammed in the open position and the only thing I can think of is that the cable is fouling in the cable cover somehow. The cable is brand new from Caterham so I do not understand. The path of the cable seems ok aswell with no sharp turns. Does anyone have any ideas?? many thanks Ade

Hi chaps Im sorry, I have been away from my computer for a few days. I do have someone to see the car tomorrow and who could be interested in the engine but nothing is tied up yet. As to the engine. No the piston head is not damaged nor is the bore. If you look at what it would cost to get these bits in 1700 size I do not think that 750 is a lot to ask. As to the car, I will try to do some pics if it does not sell 2morrow! Cheers Ade

Sorry to hav to put a post but it has come to my attention that my email is not the current one. I will be changing the email address in the next few minutes!! Hopefully. Sorry to anyone trying to contact me. Ade

N96 live axle ex scholarship car in red and ali. 1600 Xflow Engine was dry sumped last year. Gearbox is a five speed type 9. twin 40 webbers new filters, standard 4-1 stainless steel side exhaust, cycle wings, olderstyle leather seats (drivers seat has some small holes in courtesy of a neighbours cat)with headrests, FIA roll bar, 5 webber racing steel wheels, 4 with Bridgestone RE720's in pretty good order and one with a Yokohama AO21R on a spare wheel carrier. Got 4 other AO21R aswell in various shapes probably non road legal but maybe get a track day out of them!! The car has a Sparco flat bottom suede racing wheel and a small round leather racing wheel, Also a set of Whimps in good condition, side-screens, a small round chrome clip on mirror, a tonneau and a hood. The car was re-skinned in 2002. Fitted with a heated screen, push button start. Theres no carpetting in the car but I still retain some of the carpetting but its variable in condition. The dry sump kit has all braided steel hoses (4x) and includes the remote oil filter set up. Harnesses are 4 point with a regular push release. Matt aluminium gear knob from caterham. The condition of the car overall is fair, the live axle bush possibly needs replacing (i dont hav one of those) and the wishbone bushes do also (I have the replacements - not the time). The windscreen blades need replacing aswell!! The ali skin is in good condition as are the wings and nose. The axle is the Ital axle but it has been shimmed by Caterham.I hope you see that I have been honest in my description of the car. Price for car £6,700 for a quick sale With the car is a the majority of a Roger King 1700 Xflow (155 BHP) that used to be in my brothers car. It is a complete engine less starter motor and I was rebulding it for my car. Everything is the usual R-King spec including double valve springs, the Lucas electronic ignithion pack, the clutch and flywheel. Also included is a brand new 244 cam from Kent Cams still in its sealed bag of oil. The engine has accralite pistons which have had the typical modifications. Included is the twin 40 webber set, carb manifold and a new set of cam followers. the engine has a double timing chain and will come with the original fuel, pump. The dry sump pump had failed and the new one i bought is on the car as is the rest of the dry sump kit. What is missing is: A crank shaft that wud need to be double dowelled and balanced, one cast iron con-rod that wud need to be balanced, a set of bearings, a set of camshaft bearings, gasket set, oil! Price for engine bits £750 for a quick sale Edited by - Ade Ray on 9 Jan 2005 01:12:54 Edited by - Ade Ray on 9 Jan 2005 11:48:42 Edited by - Ade Ray on 9 Jan 2005 11:49:18 Edited by - Ade Ray on 11 Jan 2005 11:04:25 Edited by - Ade Ray on 16 Jan 2005 13:49:35

My wife has just phoned me to say that her Focus's battery light is coming on intermitently and combined with that the revs are fluctuating slightly at tickover. Any ideas? Many thanks Ade

£100 - I dont think so. The starter motor for a X-Flow is the same as the early model Sierra's. Just replaced mine with an exchange unit from Lucas: Part No. LRS110 Price: ££65.69 Including VAT (£55.91) Hope this helps Ade Ray

Hi Dave Thanks for the tip, I shall check all the bolts on the assembly tomorrow and await the arrival of the new bushes. Ta everso Ade

I know we have a thread going on the infamous Ital axle but I am experiencing a soft clunk after I have engaged reverse and started to move backwards. It occasionally occurs as I move off in first aswell. the live axle bush seems fine although I have ordered a replacement as a precautionary measure. Caterham Midland also shimmed the half-shafts for me about two years ago and the car has only had two sprints since then and they were just after the car was re-shimmed. There is no clunk as I go around bends but during my MOT the guy doing the inspection did mention that I had a bit of play in the bearings on the rear wheels although I have seen threads that suggest that this is normal for an Ital axle. I would be grateful if anybody has any ideas as I am going to get the car up on stands tomorrow and have a poke and a prod. Cheers Ade Dry-sumped 1600 XFlow, the 1700 is still in the shed!

i gave my car to caterham midlands and they did the job for me. I think it was about £125 and that would be 20 months ago. No problems since. Ade

I have decided to go for the pipercross 600 filter and see how I go. I'll keep all the bolt on bits for the K&N just in case! Thanks for all comments Ade

My crossflow has just completed 27,000 miles and the only work has been the dry sumping work that I have just completed. In addition, the crossflow has proved an easy car to work on and compared to most engines it is relatively inexpensive to modify/tune. Ade

Oh, by the way TDC = Top Dead Centre 😬

Hi Olivier Dont worry about your english, I dont speak any french, spanish, dutch etc.... Are you talking about a dry-sump or a low profile wet sump? If it is a dry sump, then you need about five litres, or fill to an inch or so below the top baffle in your dry sump tank. if it is a low profile wet sump then I think uou will need about 3.5 litres if you are changing the oil filter, but the dip stick on the car may have been hand marked to show the correct fill level. As to the timing, I suppose the first question is what sort of ignition system are you using? From "Rebuilding and Tuning Ford's Kent Crossflow" by Peter and Valerie Wallage: "Turn the engine to the firing point with number 1 cylinder on compression and then feed the distributer in. Dont worry about timing it for the moment. Make a mark on the body in line with the brass tip of the rotor arm. Now lift the distributer out and watch the rotor arm turn. Remember which way it is turned. Without disturbing it, make another mark for it's new position. Turn the shaft till the rotor is pointing at the stud for the number one cylinder in the cap and the arms of the trigger wheel are opposite the stator arms. Now turn the rotr through the same number of degrees and in the same direction as the rotor turned when you took it out. As you feed the distributer into the engine, the rotor should turn back to the firing position for the number one cylinder. If the arms of the trigger wheel are not quite lined up with the arms of the stator, turn the BODY slightly to line them up before you tighten the clamp. Check again that the rotor is pointing to the number one cylinder stud. With a contact breaker distributer you follow the same procedure except that instead of lining up the trigger wheel with the stator you turn the shaft till the rotor is pointing at the stud in the cap for the number one cylinder and the points are just about open. This timing will give you a setting near enough to start the engine and you can do the finer tuning with a strobe lamp. As a starting point try the timing with an advance of 8 degrees or 9 degrees before TDC but depending on the camshaft it may be anything from 6 - 12 degrees before TDC."