Mr Locust
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Thank you Bri. Have you settled into the new home now?
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Posting a vast array of questions then removing the question is a sure way to confuse anyone who can be bothered to post a response. I just assumed it was a seven related post.
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As the front suspension moves up and down, the camber angle changes, the castor not. (as per Oily's post) Peter, In this case I believe that your post and Oily's post are possibly misleading. Later Caterham chassis have anti-dive geometry built into the front suspension. The mountings of the upper wishbone are inclined relative to the lower wishbones. This means that, when viewed from the side, the top balljoint moves towards the rear of the car in bump. Increasing the caster angle. So, in simple terms a change to the ride height changes the static camber setting, if you have a chassis with anti-dive geometry.
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Clive, you don't want the rears locking under normal use. That is often followed by the car changing ends rapidly.
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the benefits of RS14 with approximately a 20% increase in average friction and torque was the bit that caught my eye
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Send a copy of the map over or call over with the car it's really not so hard to sort out.
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I have to sit in car with on light throttle for 5 mins to cold start mine 😔 Have you still got the SLR?
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Could this be the answer why the fronts are disproportionately effective?
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Emerald don't supply them on the unit. The plug is 9 pin D-Sub type, I scrounged a couple from a friendly IT person who had just bought some new serial leads which happened to have the protective covers fitted.
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Dave, you can do a lot with the cold start settings. Also don't underestimate the importance of the the fuel and ignition settings around idle. Fire a copy of your map over and I can take a look and see if there is anything obvious if you like.
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Generic British Leyland. Allegro, Mini, Princess, Marina, Land Rover etc
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Pierson, That was the later type. My 03 car is the earlier type electronic speedo which has a pulse generator/sender plugged into the drive cable position on the gearbox. Obvously that requires that the cable drive gear is in place and working.
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Pierson, Assembly manual see page 80.
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Two types of 'electric' speedo. Latest type uses a toothed wheel and sensor on the rear hub. Earlier type uses a sensor driven by the same gear drive on the gearbox tailshaft as the mechanical cable.
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the revs are very slow to fall when I change gear Tom, make sure the bushing on the throttle pedal is free. The grease can solidify and damp the return action very effectively.
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Have had instances where the wire "pivot" in the pressure plate assembly comes adrift. That gives a result where pressing the release bearing against the fingers does not release the pressure on the friction material.
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I've been meaning to write in to Evo mag and moan about their astonishment every time they put one of their cars on the rollers and find that the measured BHP exceeds the manufacturers claims. If you were a manufacturer serious about fettling a car to be reviewed in a high profile test, would it be in your interests for the car to be below what you quote?
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Having dismantled a crimped aluminium head tank Caterham radiator which failed, I found that the gaskets were completely perished. Not bad considering that it was only ever used with the recommended X-Stream Red coolant. No way re crimping would have worked for that one I'm afraid.
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Lots of data about ethylene glycol properties including curves showing the effect of pressure and glycol concentration. Also probably of interest in this case is some material compatibility data.
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Can you incorporate a pressure gauge into the system to make sure the cap is holding pressure?
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Is the system pressurised? That could tie in with the localised boiling theory if there is insufficient (or no) pressurisation.
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It wil most likely do it with the heater blower (if fitted) as well.
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What you doin' Raymond? Counting breakdowns.
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Charlie Babbit made a joke. HA. HA. Funniest thing on here I've seen for ages 😬 😬