The X20 is quite something, I’ve seen a dimensional mock-up of it, just the size of the block & it’s no bigger than these wheeled bags that follow people around.
That would make some noise!
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Thanks Cobb’s, I knew I could rely on you to ask, I was too polite & reserved to enquire.
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There are two tools recently bought (within the last ten years) which I never considered I would ever need, one was a metric thread gauge & the second a metric thread chaser.
Taps & dies; I don’t consider purchases such as these, in whatever thread form unusual, these are bought to sort compatibility when making an item to chime with existing piece of equipment.
Needing to ascertain a mystery thread form or rechaseing a damaged thread didn’t enter any equation when I stopped restoring all comers.
Anyone any thoughts on the Villiers engine?
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It’s worth looking at the Villiers/Connaught V10 family of engines. These are narrow angle modular V engines with one head accommodating both bank. These can be assembled in V4, V6, V8 & V10, even the crank is modular.
There is an MX-5 being prepared to receive one of these V10s, if a V10 will fit an MX-5 then why not a V8 variant in one of our cars.
This company is in Swaffham in Norfolk but what about our outlying college, Cobber.
I was recently reacquainted with an engine wizard in New Zealand.
Harley Engines & Motorsport build some tasty tackle & as our antipodean friend has an encyclopaedic knowledge, maybe Cobb’s might supply more info.
Obviously I can hear folk shouting gearbox; there must be something that could withstand the grunt without gargantuan dimensions.
Just a thought.
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Is the upgrade you are looking at by MGB281? If it’s the mod that uses the Mini R53 front calliper I may be able to help.
I seem to attract some very useful parts from time to time at embarrassingly attractive prices & whilst preparing to fit this modification I ended up with a set of larger wheels & shortly after a set of Four pots & accoutrements.
I thus have some refurbished parts including the callipers in a startling yellow. If these might be of interest let me know.
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Is your car an f or a tf? The earlier cars had a poor connector (red) under the seats, later cars had an improved device (white/yellow).
Your problem might lay in those.
The SRS system is a stand alone circuit, from the controller behind the centre console, the yellow wire running to the airbag in the steering wheel, if you have a passenger airbag, to that, to the two seat pads & finally to the two explosive charges in the seat belt buckles.
If everything looks good on visual inspection, it’s time to breakout the test meter & start with the clock spring in the steering wheel.
Do observe all precaution, as implied there are small charges in the system, I’ve often thought of setting one off but it might cause a mess & as I’m a right tight old bastard I wouldn’t want to buy a replacement kit.
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Thanks David, I really should have got used to it by now. However I use simple failures like this as lightning rods, constant success would be an indicator of not having enough to be thinking about.
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