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  1. Gains from fitting 4 branch extractor?

    in Engine

    Posted · Edited by ahebron

    17 hours ago, Pete Lewis said:

    Ha  Om Back,   no expert on this but stick to the triumph basics well tried and tested 

    as soon as you dive into must have mods expect the headaches to start

    I have  hate of KN and you choose how to get the fueling right ( never) to match the loss of intake vacuum 

    tubulars are as said just noisy compared to a cast manifold  and make more under bonnet temperatures you dont need 

    best well left alone and juts have a happy drive with what you have , without a dyno to measure whats going on you can spend ££££ and get just a headache 

    Pete

    With you on this on Pete especially the K&Ns or their ilk.
    I do not know how a filter of a certain size can get more air through without bigger holes, bigger holes means bigger dirt.
    The number of cars with K&N filters stuffed into an engine bay with no coldair box staggers me and the owners proudly show them off as power mods.
    Hockey stick exhaust manifolds I am curious about though. 
    I assume they are mainly like that for space reasons as I cannot see them extracting gases efficiently.
    But I might be very wrong

  4. Slow high torque starter

    in Electrical System

    Posted

    On 13/05/2023 at 05:50, Wagger said:

    Hopefully, you'll be amused by this. I once had a rare BMW2500 Saloon. PO had refitted the factory made floor matting that was foam backed to achieve 'Sound Deadening'. It held so much water that it 'Soundly Deadened' the floor pans. It became a Flintstones car.

    Thats the reason I removed the underfelt from the carpets in my Vitesse saloon.
    I have used marine sound deadening through out the car

  5. Slow high torque starter

    in Electrical System

    Posted

    I dont mean to mock your issue but when I first turned the Isuzu starter on my Vitesse 6 I thought I had lost compression on all cylinders it spun that fast.
    I did renew all battery cables and ran a new (35mm?) neutral to the block.
    Also still using the original starter relay in conjunction with the Isuzu one.

     

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  6. Beware PRO Tap Splice Connectors

    in Electrical System

    Posted

    There are professional heatshrink crimps that I use a sparkie.
    You crimp the connector then using a hotair gun shrink the heatshrink over the joint, the heatshrink has glue that melts and seals the joint and any damage from the crimping tool.
    These are mains rated and compliant.

    The low temp solder shrink joints are just that, low temp which I am not convinced joins the cable properly

  12. Vitesse/Herald boot lid catching

    in Bodywork & Fittings

    Posted

    The boot lid on my Vitesse 6 just catches the trim strip on the rh tail light.
    I recall someone commenting in the past that that this is a side effect of compensating for tub spread and pulling in the B post tops.
    Anyway no matter how it is caused I need to rectify it before I carry on.
    I propose to use my 4 ton hydraulic ram between two pieces of 5x5 timber between the taillight fins, they will have a piece of dense foam between the timber and the body to offer some protection.
    Does this seem to be a sane idea or does anyone have experience with a better way of doing this.
    I pulled in my tub spread using the hydraulic ram one side at a time.

    Thanks
    Adrian

  19. Anyone know what these are from?

    in Bodywork & Fittings

    Posted

    Going through my tube of large shiny Vitesse parts today I came across these bits.
    I was sorting out the trim for the rear of the Vitesse roof with the aim of fitting a high stop brake light into the centre strip.
    I have no idea what they are from apart from very likely a Triumph.
    I have owned Mk1 2.5PI Estate, dismantled several Herald saloon, Vitesse Saloons and a Herald Estate.
    As the clips for fitting the side roof trim are N/A I pout them in a glass jar filled with evapo-rust and then put that in the ultrasonic cleaner which is filled with tap water, I will leave it running overnight.
    I noticed the US cleaner was running at half power and on investigation found the transducer had dropped a wire which I resoldered and it is back and running full output.


     

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  22. Here is another one from New Zealand

    in General

    Posted

    Looks like John Kipping has replied.
    I recently heard of a local club member who is building a replica of the Toledo that ran in the Benson and Hedges 500 at Pukekohe in 72 or 73.

    I have sent the PH site page to a fellow Triumph club member who will probably pass it on to the above

  23. Where old cars rust

    in General

    Posted

    I cut some rust out of a Mitsubishi Mirage below the windscreen and it had a primer/dip line below which it didnt rust but above it was a free for all. 
    Obviously they didnt expect the tops of the car to rust

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