iv got a 1350 race engine going cheap if anyone's interested? Comes with a balanced crank and rods, pocketed pistons and standard heads with race cams. it'll need shells etc and a rebuild as its in bits at the moment. Apparently it was built to go in a sidecar and only did a couple of races, interna...

902a wrote:Can´t tell you, because I do not know the volume of both combustion chambers.
You have to litter both..

I've got some in the garage Ali I'll dig them out when I get chance

Thanks, col

Ah yeah of course Lauren, you can tell am new to engine modding haha

Thing is I really want to keep the alquati set up. Its going to be difficult to do any real mods to it I suppose!

Good work there Ali , thanks a lot :D Here's one for you!!! If i wanted to use 1.5 flat heads on a 1.7 engine how big would i need to machine the compression chambers into the heads to get 11:1? Sounds like a silly question i know but if i machine 1.7mm off the block faces the solid type alquati man...

Bugger!! Haha

Interesting what you suggest about the 1.5mm spacers between the head and camshaft housing Lauren. I have some wild cams with 11mm lift I didn't want to use for road use, I wonder if spacing the cam housing 1mm would decrease the lift to 10mm and therefore making the cams a bit tamer. Still got the ...

I don't know the volume Ali, i have a 1.5 engine and a set of 1.7 pistons. The engine is good but has low compression so i plan on having it bored out to make 1598cc. i had an engine done like this in a car i had years ago and it was a cracking little engine. It had 1mm taken off the block so had a ...

Am looking to build a fast road 1600cc and was wondering how much I'd need to take off the block to raise the compression ration from 9-1 to 11-1? any ideas guys?

I may be interested, how much a metre we looking at?

Yeah id sell a few of the door keys if your interested? £3 Each should cover it.

I have a load of blank door keys which are the same shape and size as the original alfa ones. As for the ignition keys iv bought a few from a company in australia, cant remember their name off hand but they'll be easy enough to find. I think i bought four keys from them as the postage was the same. ...

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Have a good one guys unfortunately i won't make it this year!

Thanks for your help guys ill check them out

col

Hi guys am currently refurbing the rear axle and brakes on my s2, unfortunately one piston was well and truely seized and i smashed it getting it out.

Does anyone have a good one they could sell me?

Col

Be great to find the original thick rubber braided pipe, iv found that the braided petrol pipe you can buy on ebay and like is very similar to the original but the rubber part is thinner. I had to nip the jubilee clips every year as the pipe harden and began to leak. Im not one for originality so mu...

Nice to see youv got the engine built up Liam, it'll be a flyer am sure. One of the queries i had about the car was its drivability round town, Paul said his wife use to drive it and it was very usable round town, it still pulled smooth even at low revs Hey Simon do you mind telling me what the SC w...

Thanks for the info guys, seems anything registered before 7th Jan will be tax exempt as it can be assumed it was built before dec 31st. This is good new for the white sud as it was registered on 01/01/1978 i thought it may have to wait an extra year!

Doesn't tax exemption go from the vehicles build date if it can be proved? otherwise just the registration date?

Thanks sud 145 email sent

col

Had a bit dig about on't net tonight to see if i could find out what the build date is for my 76 sud. Chuffed to find someone had taken a photo of me with the car in south shields a couple of years ago.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ermintrud ... 1/sizes/l/

Only 3 months between ours Rich so on that date next year we'll be tax free

Keith couldn't you apply for a tax refund then re apply for your free tax now its 41yrs old ?

col

id replace the speedo cable if i was you, i had an intermittent fault on my speedo, after sending the clocks away to be checked it turned out to be a worn drive at the speedo end of the cable, a good used cable from kev and its been perfect ever since. No need to remove the whole cable either, just ...

Thanks guys all it needs now is a performance exhaust, id be interested if anyone has a middle box and a straight exit pipe rear box going spare!!

col

Yes jan theyr justsuds springs but i had to put 20mm spacers up front as the drop from them wasnt equal. hi keith hows things? After much deliberation of what tyres to use i ended up using the 185/60 yokohama A539 i had spare. Ideally i think 185/65 might have been a better choice for a bit more rol...

So here are the banded wheels fitted on the sud, they look spot on! Going 6.5" width is just right and suits the car perfect in my opinion

Very true lets hope theres more alfa enthusiasts at the next auction. I'v decided to give it another go but this time with plenty of time to advertise it more widely!

Looking good shrew

Sad news indeed, a really nice bloke, i met him a couple of times over the years. My heart felt condolences to his family and friends!!

Sounds crazy doesn't it? but at the same auction a peugeot 205 gti went for 25k, a 2.8i capri made 40k absolutely crazy money but its out there and it keeps happening at every auction! All be it with only the very best cars! Am not sure there's a big enough following for our alfasuds to get anywhere...