I'm surprised the bonnets would even have that structural strength. They're very bendy at the best of times.christine wrote:When you have a head on crash in a spit , herald , vitesse , gt6 , the bonnet catches fail and the bonnet comes back and cuts your head off ..
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Re: 1979 Trouble Spitfire
I had a bub moment in a herald 12/50 ....you're right , it didn't chop my head off .
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Re: 1979 Trouble Spitfire
Fearsome tuck under caused my crash .... has yours got the rotoflex set up ?
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Only the GT6 I think got the rotoflex.
So scope for me to chop my head off by rolling it over. Especially if I go down a hotter camshaft route in the future.
So scope for me to chop my head off by rolling it over. Especially if I go down a hotter camshaft route in the future.
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Re: 1979 Trouble Spitfire
But that involves poking at it
You're not allowed to poke at it
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They don't need cams etc. They've got enough power to be fun on the size tyres and brakes they've got.
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Re: 1979 Trouble Spitfire
I've heard that story before. I'm pretty sure it's not true though.
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Re: 1979 Trouble Spitfire
More power is always good, you don't have to use it all. A hotter cam and a carb needle tune isn't exactly going to make chassis bending power. I already have the free flowing exhaust manifold, so just a cam and rolling road dyno tune should bring it out a bit more. Tempting to chuck it at the local dyno and see how much power it's making already. Already actually pulls pretty well down low.
Above 4k, like most OHV lumps of this era, it sounds pretty awful and about to blow up. I'd be going for more low down torque as preferred on a 1500.
Above 4k, like most OHV lumps of this era, it sounds pretty awful and about to blow up. I'd be going for more low down torque as preferred on a 1500.
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