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Graham,

Sorry, meant Maxiflow II head, indeed, with bigger valves.

Regards - Michael.

Graham,

I had the conversion done by Vulcan about 2 years ago when my engine was at the 25K heavy breathing stage. I went for their "stage 2" head and swapped to a 244 cam with Accralite forged pistons.

The car is now fantastic. The last rolling road claimed 160 bhp which I am sure is optimistic, but all the same I absolutely love the conversion. The Alpha 3D ignition was the icing on the cake.

I see you are down the road in Reading - if you fancy giving my car a try to feel what the conversion did for me, let me know!

regards - Michael.

The job centre was closed.

A sign on the door said "Closed, due to staff shortages"

Angus - I can GUARANTEE that you will like Cadwell.

(OK, so I've never done the 'Ring, but Cadwell is fantastic fun...)

Michael.

There are some pictures of mine here if that helps at all.

Mine is smaller than "strictly legal" oo, but don;t have the car here to take the exact dimensions. I know that I made it the same size as the plate on the rear wheel carrier though...

Regards - Michael.

Hurrah! *cool*

Look forward to seeing you there Shaun! MC

(BTW, have you looked up on the Map EXACTLY where Anglesea is? - I hand't until we booked it).

Michael.

Steve,

What did you use to make the homemade bracket? I'd imagine just some bent metal strip?

As I don't easily have the facilities to cut a strip out of sheet metal, is this available in strips off the shelf?

Thanks - Michael.

Yes, they are clearly marked. It's worth a search through the archives as this has created quite a lot of discussion in the past. The concensus (backed up by a brochure from Yoko that I now cannot find) is that for rer wheel drive cars, the rear tyres go on the "right way" in relation to the directional arrows, and the front ones go on the "wrong" way.

Regards,

Michael.

Chelspeed,

£150 for an ally bellhousing sounds good - who provides these at this sort or price?

What model do I need to fit a standard 5 speed box as supplied by Caterham?

Thanks -

Michael.

Can you post a description/dimensions of the heater that you are looking for? I've got one of the old ones on a shelf that you would be welcome to if it is the right type.

Regards - Michael.

How flexible are silicone hoses to take up different sizes?

I'm planning to replace a number of rather perished existing hoses over the winter. Some of them such as to the heater (I know, I shoudl lose it...) are 5/6 inch. I calculate this to be the equivalent of 21.1582mm. The closest that SAMco does is 22mm - can I assume that this is close enough and that a good jubilee clip will seal this OK?

Also, does anyone have any experience with the Samco flexible hoses to go around corners?

Thanks - Michael.

There's a grub-screw in the side of the fan which you undo and it drops off. It'll probably be tight, but it can be levered off with the grub screw removed.

The motors are expensive from Caterham (been there, done that). I saw identical ones for MUCH cheaper at the Stonleigh kit car show last year (after I had bought mine from CC 🙆🏻). Sorry, I don't have a record of who they were though.

Regards - Michael.

Or for my standard model? Thanks!

Michael.

Emerald is well known on K series, managing both ignition and injection.

For Xflows where only the ingition timing is in question, the Weber Alpha system is very popular. I have fitted one to my Xflow with 234 cam and the results were excellent. The basic view is the more wild the cam, the better the imporvements from the 3D system.

Regards,

Michael.

How about using the Samco Superflex hosing for the heater?

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I've not used it but I was considering it same as 1m should just reach for me (X-flow in my case).

Any opinions?

Regards - Michael.

Yes, this is normal. If you need to change the oil, you can get like a large syringe from a tool store for about £15 which has a rubber pipe which you push in and sucks the opil out. Also useful when refilling.

regards - Michael.

Pierre - It's a requirement for doing L7club track days over here. Having seen how much oil my old X-flow used to use before the re-build, I would not have wanted to be following me without a catch tank!

Mark - beware, Autocross is moving from Bracknell to Wokingham (In fact, may already have done so).

I believe that their new address is:

Cedar House

Eastheath Avenue

Wokingham RG4 12PR.

Regards - Michael.

Jon,

Gutted to see you are selling this beautiful car. The carpark at Penn 7s will not be the same again ☹️

Regards - Michael.

Sorry - de dion with disks

Michael

If you call Kimble engineering (contact details in the 7 Faq above) they can send you drawings and dimensions. They make the Brooklands screens and are cheaper than going via caterham.

Regards - Michael.

My off-side rear brake seems to be binding - there has been a bit of a rubbing sound for some time, but it is definitely worse after Brands last week. Taking the wheel off, the hub can be turned OK by hand, but it's definitely stiffer one side than the other.

What are the causes? Is this something for a general garage, or a more specialist job?

Thanks - Michael.

How many miles has your engine done? Mine reached the same stage at about 28K, which I believe to be fairly "normal" with Caterham Supersprint engines unfortunately.

Michael.

Does anyone have a good technique for cleaning suede Momo steering wheels? Mine's a few years old and after a hot summer, it's gone pretty sticky and unpleasant. I've just given it a wash in soap before, but that's not worked very successfully this time.

Thanks!

Michael.

Hmm. I assumed that the reason that the catch tank has 2 connectors was one for input, and the other to allow the air to vent back out to prevent the tank being pressurised.

Probably wrong though

Michael.

Hello Hugh,

I can honestly say that this was probably the best thing that I ever had changed on my crossflow.

At part throttle, it made the car a much smoother engine, while retaining that wonderful Crossflow grown when given full welly. I've also found that in normal use, it's improved fuel economy by about 8%. The alpha system also has a rev-limiter which I have found invaluable!

All the best - Michael.