ivan the terrible

Ivan, I assume you have already replaced your duff rotor arm, as mentioned above, that we discovered at Stoneleigh?

no not replaced rotor arm, completely forgot about it, just been to get one, had to order it, pick it up tommorrow, battery is on charge will put in new rotor arm and give that a try, if that doesn't work then i'll try dizzy or module, will try and put a pic of the module on here, ivan

well im gonna get em fitted. then get it on the rr...hope you get your issue sorted soon.

 

I think I have an old dizzy you can try if needed. ill raid the shed tomoz.

cheers marcus

didn't realise you were a builder mark(pic 3)

hi marcus, can't offer any help but very interested to know how you get on and how big a difference there is, thinking of going on to bike carbs myself, keep us posted, ivan

hi all, took the kit to terrys(tazzzman) he had the lads (mark-b,rob-cma and simon- round helping him refit his engine and clutch, so 1st of all did the compression test, all 4 cylinders read about 175 so ruled out serious engine issues, took carb off dismanteled all bits found nothing wrong there, cleaned all plugs and refitted, then checked dizzy, that didn't seem right, not quite at TDC, checked timing, set that correctly, started it up, well tried, eventually got her going but still not right, took timing belt cover off found that cam was 180 degrees out, altered that, started up much easier and ran much better, tweaked carbs a little then a test drive, much better just need carbs balancing correctly, so that was that, time to clean up and head off home, by this time terrys car was all finished, so as i set off terry took his for a blast also, things went well apart from a few spits and pops, then terry turned round waved me off then headed back home, then no more than 400 yards further it died on me, managed to start it but only another couple of hundred yards, then died completely, gave terry a ring he came straight out(thanks again) but couldn't get it going, so only 1 option, i put a match to it, only joking, called AA, 55 mins later nice aa man has to tow me home, thinks it might be the dizzy or the ignition module(if anyone has either in the back of the garage going spare and cheap would be a help),its now back in the garage have a look tommorrow, once again thanks to those who took time out to help,beer tokens at the next meet, cheers ivan

HI CRAIG, IS THE EXHAUST ANYTHING LIKE THE ONE ON YOUR CAR? DO YOU HAVE ANY PICS?

just like to say a big thanks for all ideas and the offer of the south yorks members coming over to sort it, might end up taking you up on the offer, again this is why i had no hessitation about joining the club when i bought my kit, THANKS EVERYONE

Have you got servo assisted brakes? If so check pipes from manifold for leaks, if you ain't got servo assisted check the bolt used to block the hole in the intake ain't letting air in, spray some brake cleaner round the intake whilst running, see if the engine note changes. If the first two points are a problem it will affect number 4 pot big time.

no not got servo brakes, had a look for bolt blocking intake hole but me being a thick joiner can't see one, (its probably staring me in the face)

no not checked valve clearences either

Agree with comp. test.

Did you check valve c learances?

Too tight & theres no compression giving those symptoms.

Does it spit back from the carb?

Otherwise just follow the suggestions above...

get the occasional spit back from the carb, and popping from the exhaust on deceleration

I'd also go with a compression test as your first port of call. I have one you can borrow. I'd pop across mate, but mine is also off the road at the moment

PM me if you want to borrow it

no not done a compression test, could drive over to yours at the weekend, you're putting yours back together then aren't you?

hi,went to stoneliegh in the kit and had an issue, a few of you will already know about it as you kindly had a look for me back at the campsite, the problem seems to be that cylinder no4 dosn't do much, car runs but very rough,pull out no4 ht lead and no difference in engine running, thought it might be ht leads, no, plugs, no, dizzy cap, no, rotor arm, no, had cam cover off everything seems to be ok, but i'm no expert, infact complete beginner, took plug out and it seems to be the right colour, a light brown, so i thought i would ask for your help and ideas, thanks ivan

might come down and camp friday night then home on saturday night, if i get my application in that is.

IS CAMPING JUST ON SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOLLIWELL?

 

 

Awwhhh, thats nice.

 

You managed to get out of the Gay Music Fest yet and coming too Newark?

no unfortunately, also just realised that we are at a wedding same time as holliwell, might be able to make it on saturday

also like to add that i had a slight issue with my car, and once again lots of great help and information was given, that was why i had no hesitation in joining the club when i bought my hood, a great bunch of members all willing to help a fellow hoodie(a newbie with very little knowlage of cars) out in a time of need, thanks again,especialy to graham who took various parts off his car to try on mine, ivan

hi nick,

I wouldn't of put Andrea down as the nervous type??

 

I even got a cuddle on the 1st date... Admittedly she did think it was you though!

andrea says hi and that you are a tw#t

hi all, would just like to add our thanks for a fantastic weekend, was a bit concerned how we would be welcomed at the camp site (andrea was very worried) as it was our first time, but as soon as we arrived we were welcomed with open arms, simon b helped with our tent, and many more offered, as soon as we were unpacked dan e invited us over for for a couple of beers, then andrea started to prep the chilli and once again help came and soon got it all done, it was a good atmosphere on the evenings and everyone mucked in to make it a great camping weekend, looking forward to the next one, thanks again to everyone, cheers ivan & andrea

took the kit to torque tune, got a good increase of power ,but seems i have a couple of issues, i need bigger idle jets, got 35s in at the moment, could do with 40s or 45s, and seems the exhaust manifold is holding it back slightly, but not to worried about that at the moment, being a complete novice does the idle jets being changed make sense? what was happening was,travelling at about 1500rpm then floor the gas pedal it seems to hesitate a bit which throws your head forward because all power goes then it suddenly takes off and throws your head back,(not quite as bad since russ tweaked it) wifes trying to get a whiplash claim off me, anyone got any ideas? (not about the whiplash claim) also the manifold is a 4 into1 but is quite compact and all goes into 1 under the bonnet, so all you see outside is just the one pipe, but like i said not to worried about that, just want it to run smoother, cheers ivan

nachos, chilli and elliotts finest beer, sounds like its going to be a good night, just out of interest, roughly how many usually camp over night, do i need a bigger trailer ? (oniy joking)

hi all, just want to second what sharky has said about the westfield day, i went on the sunday all day, got there expecting lots of people, but there ended up being just two of us, top result !! got to drive both cars a lot (got well battered about) found it a bit tricky at first,(not aggresive enough with my right foot), then after a while and being told to thrash the ar#e out of the car soon got the hang of things, what was good, was the way they let you drive the cars without them at the side of you, they stood well away and watched then gave you more constructive advice, in the afternoon just 5 more people turned up so still ended up having lots of driving time,don't know if anyone saw the westfield drift cars at stoneliegh last year, that is what they let you do, had a fantastic day and hats off to simon and steve from westfield they both know there stuff, hope to do it again sometime.

got my 2b booked in with russ at torque tune tomorrow, as recomended by dan e and mark b, hopfully he can get my twin 40s set up so the car runs smoother, instead of coughing and sneezing, will let you know how it goes, ivan

swap u a bowl of chilli for a pint or 2 of elliotts ale

sounds good to me

me and the other half don't mind helping out, also thought of doing a big pan of chilli for sunday evening for campers, if people don't mind, it's our first time as club members so thought we would ask first just incase anyone else was already doing something like it, don't want to tread on anyone toes,just thought we could do our bit to help, cheers ivan & andrea

I'm up for it, i,'ll be competing for last place, ivan