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  2. Dutton In Trouble!

    in Kit car related

    Posted

    I totally agree with you Nigel ,

    What indeed is this County coming to ?

    When people see the need to blame someone for there own inadequacy is well beyond belief these days ,

    If you do wrong at least have the courage to hold your hand up and admit it , not try to pass the buck and blame somone else , or is it only the Government minions who are the bright ones and we voters all dim and need that lot to guide us through life by the hand if that is really the case God help us all Amen .

     

    Mike

  3. Summer Headwear

    in Chit chat

    Posted

    Quote from Grizzly Post

     

    Hi All,

    I fancied the "Peltor Metaliks" but couldn't deal with ARCO.

    They wanted the usual P+P but also an additional £8 approx, as the order was under £75 !

    Did a search on Google and came up with these:

    Peltor Metaliks Sport Safety Spectacles Blue Mirror Lens http://www.positivehands.co.uk/products/pr...300/3C3300.html

    Free P+P too - Bargain.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     

    Just received a couple of pairs and suprise suprise came straight from ARCO , that gets around having to have an account with them and cheaper this way too , great price £12.01 for two pairs .

    Well pleased

     

    Mike

  4. Noise Limits For Track Days

    in Driving

    Posted

    The 98db @ 1mtr is the static limit at Bruntingthorpe but the drive by limit there is even worse at 87.5 db , Quite a few cars have been thrown off the circuit so i hear , so do your db checks first so as not to be dissapointed ,

     

    best of luck and have lots of fun .

     

    Mike

  6. Drilling Stainless Steel

    in Fitting & bodywork

    Posted

    The older the Stainless the worse it is to drill as it age hardens as i found out many years ago when working in the food industry on old installations , new stuff not too bad , use paste or coolant and dont stop , just do it , i always tried to use Dormer A108 HSS Quick Spiral Jobber Drill for Stainless Steel if i was out buying them , but bosses didnt and bought any old crap well cheaper HSS , not the A108's or better , they are not cheap though and its worth looking around for good prices .

     

    Mike

  11. Happy St.georges Day To You All!

    in Chit chat

    Posted

    It certainly should be a national holiday .

     

    Did You Know ?

     

    The Real St George

     

     

    Saint George is popularly identified with England and English ideals of honour, bravery and gallantry, but actually he wasn’t English at all. Very little is known about the man who became St George.

     

    Quick Facts about St George

     

    Born in Turkey (in Cappadocia)

    Lived in 3rd century

    His parents were Christian

    Became a Roman soldier

    Protested against Rome's persecution of Christians

    Imprisoned and tortured, but stayed true to his faith

    Beheaded at Lydda in Palestine

    St. George is believed to have been born in Cappadocia (now Eastern Turkey) in the year A.D. 270. He was a Christian. At the age of seventeen he joined the Roman army and soon became renowned for his bravery. He served under a pagan Emperor but never forgot his Christian faith.

     

    The Emperor Diocletian gave him many important missions, and it is thought that on one of these he came to England. It was while he was in England that he heard the Emperor was putting all Christians to death and so he returned to Rome to help his brother Christians. He pleaded with the Emperor to spare their lives. Diocletian did all he could to persuade St. George to give up his faith, but he refused and was finally beheaded on 23 April, 303.

     

    [b]In 1222, the Council of Oxford declared April 23 to be St George’s Day and he replaced Edward the Confessor as England’s patron saint in the 14th century. In 1415, April 23 was made a national feast day.[/b]

    Patron Saint

     

    St George is patron saint not only of England but also of Aragon, Catalonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Palestine and Portugal amongst others, although he is celebrated on different days.

     

    St George is also patron saint of scouts, soldiers, archers, cavalry and chivalry, farmers and field workers, riders and saddlers, and he helps those suffering from leprosy, plague and syphilis.

     

    Mike

  12. Throttle Cable

    in Engine

    Posted

    Check that both ends of the outer cable are fixed solid as if one end is not you would get some movement in the inner but not all that you require to give you full throttle , you could have an adjuster on one end of the outer cable (commonly carb end) just like you would have on pushbike cable brakes if that makes sense to you .

     

    Mike

  13. Stainless Louvre Vents

    in Fitting & bodywork

    Posted

    There are a few Fab shops in GY that do stainless fabrication i dont know if GY sheet metal is still on the go ( may have had a name change ) Six Hills street i think , but at a price . Also another in King Edward street Len Trayers but Len died a while ago , i cant remember who runs it now , they where the best sheet metal workers in town . You may be lucky and find what you want in a boat chandlery in town .

     

    Mike

  14. Perspex Protective Film

    in Maintenance & Modifications

    Posted

    I had the same problem when after heating the polycarbonate sheet to bend it , the protective film still wanted to do its job and stuck fast , i think that i used warm soapy water and a soft nylon adhesive applicator spreader thingy and taking great care too , got there in the end though thankfully .

     

    Best of luck , slowly does it .

     

    Mike

  15. Summer Headwear

    in Chit chat

    Posted

    I bought a pair of Birdz Eyewear Eagles off ebay last year just like these ( 190209245536 ) these have 3 sets of interchangeable lenses , smoked , clear & yellow , they were on offer at that time and so not quite the price of those on there today .

     

     

    Mike

  17. Sub K Front Lights

    in Fitting & bodywork

    Posted

    On my S7 they have been brought forward and lowered to approx the min hight !! of 500mm from the ground to the bottom of the lamp , brackets need to be beefed up to prevent that annoying wobbly light ( as previously mentioned ), another job thats been on my to do list for a while now .

     

    Mike

  23. Electronic Speedo

    in Electrics

    Posted

    I am ony using two magnets but was advised by the makers ISSPRO to fit 4 magnets for better accuracy at slower speeds , but on doing this the speedo switch settings need to be altered to compensate , i have the magnets but not got around to adding them as yet , run out of araldite thats my excuse .

    Mind you my speedo does go up to 170mph , well over take of speed for a Hoodie .

     

    Mike

  24. Electronic Speedo

    in Electrics

    Posted

    Hi Paul

     

    If you are using a pickup plus magnets , check the gap between them , as when i set mine up at first it seemd ok but after runnng for a while and a thrash through the country lanes it was sluggish and acting strange , i checked and readjusted the pickup gap and all is ok now , my magnets are fitted on the rear propshaft flange , you can get a bit of movement there when its driven hard due to flexing so you may have to find the optimium gap between both pickup and magnets etc .

     

    Mike

  25. Speed O

    in Engine

    Posted

    Angle drive for gearbox are cheaper at Westfield Parts Store , plus comes complete with a cable for £73-04 , Burtons are £99.99 just for the angle drive .

    Possible worth doing but still not cheap !

     

    Mike

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