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So some 7 years after I first had the pleasure (or maybe it’s displeasure?) of owning this car and it’s coming back into my hands again. I sold the car to a friend who then chopped a hole in the floor (thankfully on the easier part to replace) to fit a bike engine, he has sadly been busy for the las...

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Lotus-e-Clan wrote:Tom! forgot to say sump arrived on Wednesday!

Many thanks! I owe you one.

Stake a claim for the National at Huntingdon!

I think I owe you more than one anyway so I'll be forever in debt to you

. I'll be honest I only realised I forgot to send the gasket with it yesterday!

Gaz adjustable shocks arrived this morning :) Will be one of the last things to fit before its MOT though. I don't want to get over spray over the nickel plating and spoil them. Hard front, soft back suspension I think, before anyone says thats not how to set an Imp up. Remember my engine is mid mo...

Has the sump turned up yet Pete?

Posted it at lunch time

Did you get the modified headlamp pods made at any point like the first pic in the thread?

I have just listed the Classic & Retro Sporting Car action day on another club I belong to Forum. There is always a few representatives of the Imp club there. If you come along Basil Imp, bring a crash helmet, I'm intending to be out on track for a couple of sessions having some fun in my 908cc Sun...

Must say looking at this project I wish I would have just bought a bike engine for my imp rather than doing 2k+ on modding an engine I doubt will see the naughty side of 75bhp

anyone want to buy an expensive non impressive engine?

Looking great, keep up the good work

Love the estate one! I think we could do with lots of pictures please

To me it looks as if the fronts are on the rear and the rears are on the front. That's my guess too. Infact I remember seeing an imp with wide front arches all round that looked really good when it was all blended in due to the front arches being slightly narrower. You've turned it around really qu...

That's strange Dom, I had one of those before I got an imp on the road

Great that your getting back on with your car Paul.

Infact finally I did something on my car last few weekends, pretty sure that both of us doing something on our cars at the same time is one of the signs of the apocalypse

Keep the updates flooding in

Thanks

Only a quick thread to see if I've missed it atall but has the venue/area been announced for where the next national is? Only as I may have missed it being mentioned.

If it hasn't been mentioned where its at ill just sit quietly

Lovely looking car there

I used to use mind everyday and loved it - difference is by the sounds of it mine was rot free and never really wanted for anything. 10,000 miles 18 months and it broke down once (rotoflex bolt broke 1 mile from home) So once the rot has gone and you've got a reliable set up you'll be laughing :D (h...

They sound awful

I'm glad your sticking with the idea of CC power, it's a great project and be good to see it done

Personally I'd be inclined to keep them for the looks, however most people would never think twice about them

Great work!

good to see you getting back onto the imp Paul

OUCH , New gearbox required or am I looking at the photo wrong . Doesnt look good whatever the picture is It's a cracked rotoflex :) Now youve said it i can see it :shock: , im half asleep and saw a busted plug on on the box :lol: I only know it as I thought the same before I read it was a rotoflex...

Noddy wrote:OUCH , New gearbox required or am I looking at the photo wrong .
Doesnt look good whatever the picture is

It's a cracked rotoflex

Wow looks great!

Looks like a remarkably good shell you have there (I was going to say you have a nice body there but someone would have made a joke

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Noddy wrote:Theres not a lot of difference on the catches , maybe 3mm or so.

Which looking at the catch would be easier just to file your out

What size difference are the early and later catches? May have one here on a good 1972 ish frame

Woo

odie will hit the road again soon

Well how'd it go?

Best of luck for the weekend. Sure it'll be nice and easy.... However with your experience of wrecking gearbox's I don't hold much hope for you to not to break this one! (Btw just incase you didn't guess who I was before I'm Tom from Facebook - quite lucky as I only only go on there months apart and...

Think everyone who knows what they would cost to fix a rotten one has a spare kept somewhere .... I know I do

13in aren't necessarily 'better' - its just easier to buy high performance tyres for them. 5.5in wide is spot on IMHO and if you are running 13in rims, the size to go for is 185/60x13 as this gets you very close to the original rolling radius and there are lots of quality options out there (Yokoham...

yes its polycarbide wheel not fibreglass wheel (dementia getting the better of me) thanks basil imp for the correction. sorry im for the confusion. thanks dave for the tip on changing the thread title. should be done now cheers chris d It's cool :D there really good arnt they? I find though Dont go...

ImpManiac wrote:Chris, let me know how you want the title to read (on here or via PM) and I'll change the title of the first post for you. I think that should do it.

Thanks for the information on the discs. I'll keep an eye out.

IM

I think they may be similar to polycarbide discs?

Is it tangerine metallic or something like that? Lovely colour either way

Those suction fed blasters take a while Dont they? Started doing a set of wheels once, think I ended up eating most of the grit

kilty wrote:Well like I said I have the kit, I might end up blasting tattie peelings out of it in the end mate.

I've used mine with blasting media they work well (just need a tungsten carbide tip)

Those soda blasting kits seem hideously slow. There's a video somewhere of them blasting a Jensen and it took ages. I find I'm better off using aluminium silicate, strips quickly, removes rust (soda doesn't 100%) and reusable (soda turns to dust)

Blast strip in bamwell

that's who did my g15 got there number somewhere, it's on knightcott industrial estate

Looks fantastic

well i think theyre std pistons, with the turbo head fitted I had higher/even comp ratio.... anyone got a picture of std 930 pistons so i can confirm? Not standard they have a machined dish in them? Standard 930's are flat top with cutouts for valves. Yours appear modified and could possibly be ano...

Did you see the Datsun in there drew? Or more to the point did you here it. Triple webers

the 356 is pretty nice to.

Look forward to seeing it. Unfortunatly I haven't got a spare Bootlid though

pretty sure someone else will in the local area though

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