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Progress, progress, progress

It’s been a really productive few days helped by some unseasonably warm weather (back to cold now!) and the easing of the lockdown restrictions meaning I’m comfortable in visiting the garage. The carbs are now back on the car with the new fuel lines cut to size. Somehow I managed to lose a top cover …

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Posted byTim Lees6th Apr 2021Posted inUncategorized3 Comments on Progress, progress, progress

Distracting body(work)

18/03/2021: Partly as a distraction from the carbs (which is taking me far too long) I couldn’t help but revisit the improvements I was making to the nose cone. The foam insert that the hood rests on was pretty tatty and falling away. I’ve bought new and have cut new pieces. It also turned out …

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Posted byTim Lees18th Mar 2021Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Distracting body(work)

Head scratcher….

So this is a puzzling one… I’ve fully assembled both carbs. The fuel pump is sat considerably lower on the carb with the new parts. I’ve compared the fuel pumps and they are identical. The difference in height can only come from the alignment of the cam. So it’s either the shape of the cam …

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Posted byTim Lees28th Feb 20211st Mar 2021Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Head scratcher….

Back on track…

Yesterday afternoon I very carefully cut the new split pin down to size, bevelled the end and shaped it a little with the pliers. With plenty of WD-40, trial alignment and I’ll admit holding of breath (!) I gently tapped it into it’s new home with success! Such a relief! The actuating cam seems to …

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Posted byTim Lees22nd Feb 2021Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Back on track…

Oops…

Things were going so well with the carb refurb and then I made a series of really silly and compounding mistakes. One carb is fully assembled and when working on the second, without realising it, I put the spindle in 180 degrees out from how it should have been installed. Then when attaching the fuel …

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Posted byTim Lees28th Jan 2021Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Oops…

Carb re-assembly

Most of the parts have now arrived and the carburettor reassemble is underway! I’ve updated the carb page with the progress. I was planning on buying some shot blasting gear but unfortunately my daily drivers was vandalised at some point between the 30th December and early afternoon on New Year’s day. I suspect this was …

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Posted byTim Lees2nd Jan 2021Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Carb re-assembly

Brooklands Autosolo…

So I had the SuperSix out at the FDMC Brooklands autosolo at the weekend. Mixed fortunes. The weather was rubbish but I seem to drive faster the wetter it is! Here’s a link to the first three runs: Quite pleased how hard I pushed on the third and final run. I was placed 3rd in …

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Posted byTim Lees28th Oct 202028th Oct 2020Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Brooklands Autosolo…

MOT Pass!

Last week was the first MOT pass! A bit close on the emissions and the hazards developed a fault on the way to the test centre but really pleased. Next weekend is the last autosolo (at Brooklands) and today I did 300 miles to the south coast and back. After this is time to put …

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Posted byTim Lees18th Oct 2020Posted inUncategorized1 Comment on MOT Pass!

Abingdon Autosolo…

So I managed to get the car to another autosolo a few weekends ago. The solo was held at Abingdon Airfield and organised by Farnborough District Motorclub (FDMC). The section of the runway we were using clearly hadn’t been used by anything for quite a while as between the tarmac slabs that make up the …

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Posted byTim Lees30th Aug 202031st Aug 2020Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Abingdon Autosolo…

Autosolo…

So yesterday was my first foray in to ‘competitive’ motorsport (not that I was very competitive!). In case people are not aware of it, Autosolo is a relatively new discipline and takes place on a 200m x 200m tarmac area and you race against the clock through a slalom set up with cones. The cones …

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Posted byTim Lees20th Jul 202020th Jul 2020Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Autosolo…

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