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- Birthday 05/19/1978
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Prior 2B owner x2
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Dan Graves
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http://www.oemdirectinc.com
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New Eltham, London (Currently in CA, USA)
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Motors, Motorbikes and Mountain bikes....
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I had a sliding pillar and then a full wishbone type, the wheel damage eventually happens on all the of the pillar type. Either the springs go soft or you drive harder... I would say it's the single most effective mod for that model, especially if you want to run any track days...
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They are Roadster sevens... the full blown Cobra seats are a tight fit even in a 2b... doubt they'll fit a Zero You can see some fitted in the 2B in my sig, The bolster is a bit deformed by the side rail on the passenger side if I remember rightly.
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Have fun.... Wish I could come. This year I'll be riding a Suzuki through the Desert that weekend
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8mm Studs Standard Thread (pref Stainless) In About 70mm Size.
salty_monk replied to salty_monk's topic in Wanted
Thanks... I do have a good bolt supplier local to try but not 100% if there still in business (I haven't been back since before the recession started). Threaded bar stock or cutting the head off a bolt might work too I guess. Have to use 2 nuts locked together to wind it in is all. I'm using them as manifold studs into an aluminium head. Dan -
Anyone know where to get them? Almost impossible to get over here in the US (everything still in inches) but I'm back in the UK in a few weeks. Looking for about 16 of them. Dan
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BOC's main competitors are "Air Products" & "Air Liquide" might be worth checking them out...
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Lets see if it actually happens... Obama is full of big ideas but not that many have been actioned yet! No difference noticed here in California since Bush left...
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I've had decent results with an SIP 130...
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I'm surprised how far it went... Quickest I've seen a copper move in a long time... (Boom boom..)
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Your cheapest option is to find a pinto to put in it.... Dan
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You may find the springs go soft reasonably quickly.. that's what happened on mine. At that point you can replace with uprated springs or switch to wishbones... Dan
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I suspect the Anvil was taken for it's scrap metal value... When scrap was fetching a premium anything remotely metal was snapped up by "travelling folk" or the like....... I left out an old boiler to be taken to the dump the next day... they saved me the trip. Dan
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Made a difference of about 5mpg (having the vac advance increased MPG) on the two cars I had with same spec engine & carb. There are also some other benefits to driveability for a road car. Dan
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Handling is reasonable. Good tyres make a huge difference. 888's will make a 5% saving in track lap time, good Gaz or similar shocks help a lot too. Tyre pressure is also very important for the 2B should be about 19f 21r - set cold on the road, set hot at the track (cold this comes out to about 16-17f 18-19r but they will feel squidgy when cold at that (or at least both my cars did). For a very direct comparison I ran the same track (Barkston Heath) about 7 secs a lap quicker in a sliding pillar 2b with Khumho tyres on it than a XR2i 1.8 Zetec (bog stock, also on road tyres - lots of b
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The live axle is probably better if you do any track use... IRS will provide more ultimate grip on a bumpy surface though. Dan