Basilbear Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 Here's couple of piccies of his throttle housing and him all plugged into the tuning machine! ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilbear Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 I forgot to mention the guy who tuned him has rallied ford's all his life and he said that there is a change that can be made to the little pipe that comes off the inlet manifold in the left hand corner and this can make more power without upsetting him. So next time I go then i will find out what he does and let you all know. Thanks Avril Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tony.rose Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 The engine bay looks the business now Avril Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilbear Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 The engine bay looks the business now Avril Thanks Tony, I have spent a few hours polishing the bits up that aren't chromed! ha! Now all i need to do is the Distributor and the tuning guy put some nice little marks on it so I can take it off and polish it and then realign it agian properly. I'm quite amazed everything I have polished up still works to be honest.....thought that i may mess something up as i've been a bit brutal with the wire brushes and things! ha!. Thanks again Avril Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ville K Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Looks great!A proper show car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shaun Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 hope skippy is happy now he got new engine, the compression might improve on the 1 cylinder when it's run in. If not take it back and get it sorted....Hope everything goes alright i will have alook and chat at ford fair P.S i will have skippy's seats this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilbear Posted June 15, 2011 Author Share Posted June 15, 2011 Looks great!A proper show car! Thanks Ville, he's happy but does have his blemishes! ha! I just want him to last another 20+ years, so hopefully he will now. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilbear Posted June 15, 2011 Author Share Posted June 15, 2011 hope skippy is happy now he got new engine, the compression might improve on the 1 cylinder when it's run in. If not take it back and get it sorted....Hope everything goes alright i will have alook and chat at ford fair P.S i will have skippy's seats this year Nice to hear from you Shaun, hope you and the cabby are ok. That's more or less what the tuning guy said, but he thought it should have bedded in by now, but said to leave it till i get between 1000 and 1500 miles and go bck nd he'd check him again. Will be good to catch up at Ford Fair, so definitely pop over for a cuppa! ha! Take care Avril Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilbear Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 I found out Monday that Skippy had taken a dislike to his distributor and decided to crack the cap.....which i think he did on Sunday at the show when we messed about swapping his coil lead for this other one that had a widget on it to save fuel consumption and make bigger sparks! ha! When i went to fit the other lead back on him Monday I found tht the plastic bit in the end of the lead was part of his distributor cap! ha! ha! So anyway having been told by the guys next door that I would of had sparks like blackpool illuminations in my engine bay on the drive home from Trentham i thought i'd better get him a new one.......any what a difference!! Its made so much difference and he actually drives nicely now when in low gears as well.....which he never used to like that much before, but now he's so different. Thanks Avril Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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