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The big thing with engine swaps in Hillclimbing and sprinting is it automatically moves you into Sports Libre class, and you won't win without huge power & huge downforce. I don't like engine swaps, an Imp should have an Imp engine, I won't even use a 930 block in a competition car because its not ...

And who needs for a BMW K! :D[/q0nij`jjj`uote] Well a turbo version has the potential for 300 bhp :-) Imp009 Clan005 Yes, but you don't need that much grunt to get where to where Eric has got to ...which is my main point. :wink: And my secondary point is: If he had achieved all of his success with ...

Great job Dom. To my mind (.......still into motorcycles after all these years....) that's 'Kwaka' (Kawasaki) green - what engine are you fitting? Roy Imp011 My guess is a Beemer -for power to weight without the fuss and expense of a tuned Imp engine equivalent. :wink: Always makes me laugh that qu...

[quote="Lotus-e-Clan"]And who needs for a BMW K!

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Well a turbo version has the potential for 300 bhp

Brilliant ! It reminds me of when i was a teenager , the second year of Owning My Imp sport , i was in town one Sunday morning about 11 am and the sun gear assembly broke up I had no drive , I found a phone box and called dad he came and towed me home , I skipped sunday lunch and got the engine and ...

Alan - pay attention! thermostat housings were re-made years ago and are in plentiful supply either from me or Malc. I think we have them listed. Probably got around 10x in stock. Camshaft brgs ditto from Ben, me or Malc I am currently seeking a quote for the rad mesh in stainless. Stainless studs,...

Not that I know anything about the rules , but could not the BMW engine be put forward as a car type engine rather than a " Motorbike" engine ? As that is what it is, It bears no resemblance at all to a typical "Motorbike engine" It has a block which looks very similar to an Imp engine and the bore ...

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Hi Nick Are you joining us? It's on your doorstep isn't it? A turbo Imp or the Clan would attract interest for sure. The car park seemed too obvious !! Also depends whether they are using that for the paying punters to park. Thanks for the suggestion Phil Hello Phil , Imp is not on the road , Clan ...

Had a thought about this afterwards. When we went to St Fagans Show that was the same, no allocated areas for smaller club groups, so we and a few other clubs met a couple of miles away in the M4 services and drove in together in convoy. That may be the answer. No idea where to meet though. Phil Yo...

I will be working for Geoff Taylor on the Caerwent rally this weekend Sunday the 2nd. http://www.forresterscarclub.co.uk/Rallies.html looks like they will have live results on line on the day. Is anybody marshalling? Hi Mike , you could have dropped off the brake shoes which arrived today thanks ! ...

I'm racing my 998 Imp at Donington this weekend. It's an endurance race so 45 mins long. I've fitted a digital water gauge and it was well worth it because the old one was over reading by around 10 degrees. 45 mins at full tilt could be pushing it with the temps do you think:?: :!: Imp003 So what d...

Hmm. Princess Lauren pointed that out to me the other day ....there are a few others at quite high prices if you search for Corgi Hillman Imps, but none quite as high as that. And there is a bit of the transfer missing too (although these are available as repro's). I personally can't ever see me pa...

Can this be real ? he was asking £750 but reduced to £562 now , I made an offer

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Corgi-No-328- ... fresh=true

We've finalised the WWW Friday run based on an idea from Roy & Dawn. Lesley & I planned the route. We think the run will be fun, with a few options in/around Lydney The Friday run will be to Taurus Crafts just outside Lydney. This is a small crafts village with plenty of small shops of interest.. i...

Very impressive mate, Would love to see some on-board footage of your runs. Hopefully my g15 version 58675.4 will have around 160bhp mark so wonder what 0-60 times Id get out of that! Although Im still running a completely std gearbox :cry: Chris well my 170 bhp turbo Imp which is certainly not lig...

ganderson888 wrote:The engine on the trailer was there this year and also at Coventry Transport Museum during IMP 50

This engine cut away would be transformed if it has a small quiet electric motor to turn it around very slowly say 2 rpm

Sadly I missed this year at Hatton due to pre-arranged holiday dates but I remember 1999 very well in that Fran and I returned from a holiday in Malta on the Tuesday. The following two days I did the end of the month interim valuations for my clients in a 48 hour cram in order that we could head So...

good idea , feel free to add more from the 1999 event .. try clicking the photos , quite a bit of useful zoom !

My Photographs from 1999 when The National Day was last at Hatton , The last year before i went digital , I ran out of film .. So , you all take photos with phones now , but how do you organise your archive , or do you just leave them on the phone and not too bothered if they get corrupted ?? Who ha...

Actually 70's Roadsports in the Clan and will be my last race for some time as I'm booked in for a hip replacement on the 4th May. Pete Richards Good luck , at last you come to Castle Combe home of the best Imp racing in the 1990's . I hope you enjoy it , you might need another gear heading towards...

The water gasket is usually 0.019 inch thick , so substitute that in your headgasket thickness calculation ...

I was lucky enough to have the Monte Carlo type in My 1967 Imp Sport when I bought it in 1972 ( ex hartwell demonstrator ) Still going strong by the way, The advantage of this type is lower current consumption as the elements are shorter , the silver strips never bother me . I cant say I even rememb...

what were the results for those that don't know ?
In the mean time some more fantastic Imp performance from the 1980's:

a far cry from the 1990s there at Castle Combe when the Special saloon Imps were doing so well , Brian Cutting 4 times Special GT champion and Earling jensen averaging 99 mph in the races passing 400 bhp V8 rover SD1 , Metro 6R4's and many more cars 3 times the power , he did win one race outright ....

The new lithium iron batteries are very light, very powerful and very expensive so much so some brand new ev cars when sold you only buy the car the batteries are leased I think about £80 per month This project wont be low cost but first job is to find a decent imp to start with then if costs run t...

The Nun wrote:When they converted a Super Imp, did it become a Super Super Sport though?

I doubt it , as it wasnt a sport to start with

Thought I would share details on my 10 year project. Before any one says it they didn't make such a model as a supersport, but I have. I bought this car way back in 2000. I pushed it through an MOT and used it daily for a couple of years. It is an Apricot Super Imp from 1975. The throttle cable sna...

Here is a picture i took of Ray's Car at Castle Combe in the early 1970's ..

Good service in Birmingham from http://www.steering-racks.co.uk Took it in on Friday morning and picked it up Tuesday morning. Basic rack re-conn would be £65, mine needed new boots (he still has a few in stock) and cost £96 inc VAT. Imp Racks are pretty simple and robust , i havent seen one with a...

well its been fine in my spare 998 sport engine for the last 50000 miles up and down the motorway at 4000 rpm all the time , pressure is excellent even in this hot weather , do you think a major manufacturer and retailer would sell rubbish oil ? Why would halfords be any better ? I have tried that t...

B&Q do 20w/50 in a blue 5 litre bottle around £11 excellent value .

a good tip when trying to remove loctite nuts/bolts , HEAT , if it is possible to heat with a gas torch , not overy hot maybe 200 or 300 C ...this will melt the loctite and enable you to undo with very little effort .

http://www.castlecombecircuit.co.uk/eve ... ventID=599

always a great day out , perhaps stop off on the way ?

The Imp Club are usualy there with 6 or 7 nice Imps as are the Clan Owner's club , i'm sure you will be welcomed at both ! You are running a bike engined Stiletto around ? Should be the car of the day

Here is my Clan version which has been on there some years now , I have since removed the silencer in the "normal" position as the motor cycle silencer on there is very efficient at silencing . I used 2 L brackets made from 3mm x 19 mm steel strip , one mounted to the forward end of the lower water ...

It is time one of the fabricators of Imp competition/combined manifolds spent their time more usefuly producing their art in stainless steel , price isnt a problem , there is no way £850 can be justified for a mild steel one which for me rots in 4 years .... but people do pay those kinds of price . ...

i just use a standard stainless 90 degree pipe from demon tweeks about £20 , attach the far end of the silencer to a bracket hanging from the water pump . The whole assembly is then part of the engine with no stress or noise transmitted through the body . i never did understand why people mount the ...

Bought one of these transporters off Ebay. Will paint it up like the Rootes transporters and diplay it with a selection of Imps on board. Imp011 Imp009 My thoughts about mine too. Any idea where to get the decals from? Dave W. Clan003 There are still corgi etc decals around , the Monte carlo Imp on...

I had a letter today saying that the wedge group have taken over the galvanising part of Mc Arthur and they would welcome my business again and will do anything from a 1.5 mm washer to a 29 metre beam ... when you asked i guess they were in the process of change over .

www.wedge-galv.co.uk

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