phaeton

Front or back, does it increase with speed, does it go when you turn the steering wheel, have you had the wheels balanced, did you get the propshaft balanced?

Yeah not only could I not afford one in the first place I couldn't afford the monthly trips to buy the parts that have broken, worn out or simply fallen off.

I also suffer from a left leg that had a compound fracture of the femur, along with tibia & fibula, foot at a strange angle & a left hip that occasionally locks. Put at along with a right knee that has for the last 40 years had to compensate for the deficiencies of the left leg, doesn't like bending & will also locks up for no apparent reason, a comfortable car/bike is an essential.

Oh & back to why he might be selling the Exmo separately if as you say they handle like a pig, he wasn't going to get £7K for it.

Yeah you're confirming all my thoughts, ah well decisions, decisions, I suppose I could say stuff it & go buy a BMW R1200GS instead

Yes it's the same Exmo, the other is Fleecebay again to me there are for's & against each, the Exmo is registered but needs an engine/box & modification to get it to fit, the logical route is MX5 but that means getting another car to strip when parking space is very tight. Purchase £1900 (which I think is too much) £600 donor, MOT £40 + 10% £2750

But it can be put straight onto the road after an MOT, it has a screen & weather gear.

The 2B is stainless steel which worries me as any chassis modifications are limited if needed, not worried about IVA other than the cost, £700 for test &  inevitable retest. But it does have an engine fitted although it's the 1.8 which I didn't think was a particularly good one, is running just needs finishing, but doesn't have a screen, so presumably no heater, demister, wipers etc. also no weather gear, will need a full set of tyres. It sold for £1K last time, plus £700 test fees, £55 registration fees, hood £650, screen £200, wiper/demister £100 plus 10% £3000

The car will be road worthy/registered, but will be used for 2-3 track days a year, which is what I cannot do in the buggy, interested in why the Exmo will be quicker

Comparing a stainless steel 2B to an Exmo what's the pro's & con's over each car, there's currently an unregistered 2B which needs completing or a registered Exmo that needs an engine. Is a stainless steel chassis the problem that I think it might be, unable to modify it etc, but presumably it's a newer kit?

2 hours ago, theduck said:

Sorry got that wrong, it is five per day.  No idea why you were limited to two yesterday.

Me neither but that was what it seemed to be yesterday, although it may have been 3.

47 minutes ago, Mrbarry said:

It’s well worth joining anyway, there’s a few benefits like cheaper insurance and invites to club only events not to mention discounts at Europarts stores. Internet websites don’t run for free and £20 is pocket change for the help you can get here. 

As for electric water pumps I used to run one from an MR2, cheap and with Toyota build quality you can’t go wrong. 

But as currently I don't own a RH & there is a strong chance that after our Wales camping trip I'll be selling the Freestyle I'm not sure it'd be worth it for me, however if I can do a deal on the Exmo that might be  a different story

19 minutes ago, theduck said:

or join the club and remove the frustration of only being able to post twice a day

I would give you my reply but can't due to the restrictions 

3 minutes ago, theduck said:

It’s a restriction on community users which is lifted by joining the club. 

So I have to decide to reply to this post, or wait to see if there is a more appropriate response required later in the day, decisions, decisions 

18 hours ago, MrToad said:

Hi phaeton, I was wondering if this way as well. So your friend fitted with effectively a lay-by, however wouldn't the flow take the route of least resistance? I'm so paranoid about affecting the flows on what is a complex system that seems otherwise to be working well and I'm loath to fit a non return valve with their restrictions and failure record.

I have fitted a Davies Craig pump in the cooling line from the header tank(directly fed from the turbo) and this then feeds through a small non fan radiator back to the bottom hose but it's not reducing the cooling time, I think it's following the route of least resistance back through the main pump and through the turbo again.

Sorry couldn't reply yesterday it looks like I can only make 2 posts a day, presumably a anti-spammer measure.

But in answer to your question, TBH not 100% sure, it worked for him, if you placed the pump on a lay-by (as you call it) on the flow into the block then surely it will only draw the cooler fluid from outside the engine through the hotter engine & out the other side.  Mine is on the heater circuit this was for convenience, but also being in that circuit the flow is not interrupted by the thermostat.

Have a friend with an A series who had issues after a blast then stopping the engine would boil on heat soak, he didn't want to put the electric pump in the normal pipes in case they restrict the flow so he put 2x tees in into the circuit & put the pump on the branched tee.

Thanks Guys, I think I'll go look tomorrow night, not too far away, I wasn't going to entertain it if it was a SVA/IVA dodger, I think he's being a little optimistic with the price, but I am a natural Yorkshireman.

5 hours ago, brumster said:

From what I know of K-Series discussions, the Craig Davies are popular just for convenience/ease because the "80" model pump fits the hoses easily.

Me, I'm thinking something like a Bosch auxiliary pump (candidate cars include VW VR6-powered cars ie. golf, corrado) that I can put on a simple post-ignition timer, one I can trigger myself with a button (probably a circuit I'd make myself to be honest) that can simply run the pump on for 5 minutes or so. I'm not fussed for having the fan still going, I really just want to circulate water around the block for a bit, but I appreciate for you you might still need the fan

I have exactly this on my K-Series buggy, it's the auxiliary water pump off an Audi-TT like this one Fleecebay it's on a bought adjustable time board which when the ignition switches off makes the pump run for 5 minutes, the only issue I had was the timer worked the wrong way around & made on power off, I just added an extra relay. On the K-Series there is a pipe with a 90 bend just under the senders, all I did was cut the 90 off & join each side of the pump. But whether it will do what the OP wants not too sure 19mm hose just fits nicely

Thank you are there any other giveaways, to ensure it is what it claims to be, do RH chassis numbers start in a specific way or stamped in a specific location?

Guys, Just sold my Formula 27 & now looking for another kit, saw this one on Fleecebay which ticks my boxes as no engine/box & needing some work, but the front suspension doesn't look like Exmo if I compare it with another for sale, along with the article about the bracket cracking, has it been modified or had a V5C swap?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Robin-Hood-7-Exmo-wide-body-kit-car-like-Westfield-dax-locust-7-track-race-road/183870508231

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Not-Westfield-Not-Caterham-Robin-Hood-Lotus-7-replica/352705916953

On 7/1/2019 at 7:47 AM, jimpoole said:

I’m guessing this is what you were talking about...

Rear Engine

 

That looks awesome, I wonder where the plans for it are now.

11 minutes ago, Peter Bell said:

Looks like the handbrake is not too good though! I  The Robin Hood had a shorter bonnet and the driver was moved forwards a bit. Although the K3 GTM I had handled very well, the handbrake was awful on that.

Handbrake is perfect, not sure what the K3's used as they were Metro front subframes on the rear, when the Freestyles did that with the Mini's  front drums the handbrake was not good, but this uses a MGF rear subframe, suspension & the calipers so rear brakes & handbrake is very good. Surprised you did mention that the battery must be knackered as well seeing that there are jump leads in the image.

I have no problem with the engine back there

They are available off Fleecebay not a lot of money

Depends what you call cheap, everybody's view is different, I have a Formula 27 with an Alpha Romeo 2L engine, 12 months MOT needs a little tidying looking for around £3500