Paul Y
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Does your unit use the 100lb injectors From my brief flirtation with the Holley Terminator system could you use a pair of smaller injectors and in the gameboy select the new size? I picked up a set of 1000cc - 96lb - injectors from Snake Eater but they do down to 60lb. Pretty sure that a standard LS injector is 36lb. might be worth a try as they do seem like overkill for a 150hp engine... Foolishly I brined my old injectors because they were completely gummed up or else I would have gladly sent you a pair to try. P.  |
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It does yeah, i'm not sure how easy it would be to drop in a different set, might have to make a new harness for them, which wouldn't be the end of the world but at the weekend I had a poke around and...  It appears to be oil fouling the plugs rather than fuel.. I'm rather hoping the earlier over fueling hasn't washed the bores and knackered the ring seal, i'll run a compression and leak down test on it next time i'm down the workshop and see what story that tells. Fingers crossed its nothing too sinister. I didn't clean the plugs up as I was only there to wash off the salty beach that had attached itself to the car after Pendine, so a proper investigation will take place next time. |
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Paul Y
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That doesn't look good. Hopefully the compression/leakdown test will give some more insight. Looks like the Sniper uses the Bosch Injector with an EV14 plug - have a look on the Holley forum, there seems to be a lot of discussion around changing the injectors so can be done. P. |
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So as the car performed pretty well on the first big road trip, it was time to treat it to a few things... First up was to refresh the entire front end suspension setup, nothing fancy, just all new factory gear. So new upper and lower arms with bushes and ball joints, new spring perches, inner and outer tie rods and at this point it made sense to bolt on some 68 Mustang v8 hubs which nets me larger brakes and a conversion to 5 stud wheels. Paves the way for disc brake upgrades in the future too...  So now the wheels needed to be 5 stud on the front, I had a slight issue that I didn't have any wheels... So luckily my mate that donated the uprights from his 68 Mustang also had a big stack of wheels... so tried a few of those on and decided that it was just going to live on strange wheels until I found some I wanted... This was on Saturday... Saturday night I had agreed to buy a set of steels from a 66 Mustang down in Essex, so Sunday morning I jumped in the wagon and picked up a nice set of original steels with tyres for ÂŁ120! Chuffed with that. The reason I had decided I wanted original wheels, is because the repro ones don't allow my 'poverty' hub caps to fit on them and I really like the caps.  So that all worked out pretty well... Next thing to do was to drop it back down and see how it looked (oh yeah I lowered it a bit more too...) The new wheels had lower profile tyres on them as well so I was initially a little hesitant, but it looks fairly sensible...  So the current questions are: Do I run a staggered setup with lower profile up front compared to the back? Do I go with white letters all round or white walls?  |
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mylittletony
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My vote is letters too
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100% downsize the injectors at next available opportunity
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Paul Y
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White wall. But then I am a perv... P. |
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So not a huge amount has been happening on the car since my last post, I got rather side tracked helping a friend restore his Triumph Spitfire for his wedding, 100% worth the effort, it was absolutely fantastic and the car looked amazing! This does mean that I still haven't decided what I am doing with the wheels, I think I need to get a full set banded and then new tyres fitted all round really. I will get a set together (luckily I have two) so I can send a set away whilst still able to use the car which is nice. As it has somehow rolled round to near the end of the year, this meant that it was time for the annual tree drive, I love how this is turning in to more and more of a 'thing' each year! So, first things first, we needed to go and get our trees...  The plan this year was to get trees, drive to a nice pub for lunch and then head to Silverstone for the Lap of Lights with the trees all dressed up and what not.  I didn't get photos of all the cars, there were about 6 of us in various interesting American or classics. It was obvious that Adam in the blue F100 went above and beyond though and had a generator keeping a giant polar bear inflated whilst his tree was also fully erect (snigger) in the back too! Once we had queued up for about 40 minutes and the Maverick decided it was time to over heat before the lap of lights even began, we hooked up the tow rope and got tugged round by the F100 which was hilarious.  The actual Lap of Lights thing was a bit of a damp squid, an experience for sure, but not something I will rush out to do again, the only thing that saved it was the group of us messing around with the cars. The ÂŁ9.50 for mulled punch at the end was what can only be described as pure robbery!!! But it was tasty... The experience did however make for some amazing photos.    And that brings us to the end of the 2021 adventures in the Maverick, adventures in 2022 however will start immediately with the Stony Stratford New Years Day classic event, as long as I can get the suspension bushes greased up by then as my word it is a squeaky thing at the moment! Anyhoo, I thought I would post the next picture up for my own sanity for somewhere to keep track of the miles per year this thing does... I think this may be the first time I have actually ever looked at the miles, so I have no idea what I have clocked up this year, but it has certainly been a lot of fun.. I suspect it has wrapped around a couple of times based on how worn out the motor was.  And to round off this post, I have a new toy to play with... I will hopefully get to start stripping it down over the festive break and see what it will need to get rebuilt. No rush on this, but once it is done it will get dropped in to the Mav...  Merry Christmas all! |
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Dec 23, 2021 10:36:57 GMT
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Merry Christmas
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Dec 23, 2021 12:38:08 GMT
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Yeeeeeeaaahhhhh boy! V8 Power!
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Just because there's a rulebook doesn't mean you have to read it.
cpt.braithwaite on the Instagrams
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Paul Y
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Merry Christmas! V8 manuals are the best… P. |
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Dec 26, 2021 10:05:35 GMT
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Next up is Happy New year, but it looks like you struck the Happy already with that motor.
Looking forward to the next build.
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Dec 26, 2021 12:47:03 GMT
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Great little car, I really shouldn’t look on RR cos I now want a little maverick to use as a runabout
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1994 BMW 525i touring
2004 BMW Z4 sorn and broken
1977 Ford Escort
1982 Ford Capri getting restored
1999 Mazda B2500 daily driver.
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Dec 27, 2021 13:13:18 GMT
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pauly22, I can't imagine it will be too different to your Capri, so crack on and get that finished so you can runabout in that!
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Last weekend we got over to Bicester Heritage Sunday Scramble, always fun popping over there. Big shout out to Heritage Engineering who hosted us! It's a little odd there these days as it is a curated display rather than a free for all, it did seem there were more people and not enough cars there, but I guess it was always going to go that way with how popular the event is getting for non-classic owners. Anyway, a couple of snaps that I found on Instagram as I didn't take any photos myself haha The car floats along the road like an absolute dream these days, super happy with the suspension, just need to keep chipping away at the fuel injection and stock up on brave pills ready for a gearbox rebuild... Still love every second of taking it for drives though! Next big trip is Pendine in May!   |
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Not too much has happened on the Mav lately as it has swapped places whilst Adam's F100 finally gets the dream beams fitted in my workshop! It's only been about 4-5 years he's had them waiting to go on haha  Photos to follow once the new Willwood brakes are fitted and the truck is back on the ground. The next distraction has been another long term project, Oliver's 68 twin turbo Mustang, for anyone that knows the story his 67 came to an untimely end in a workshop fire and the build up to get back to where we were with the car has taken many years as life has gotten in the way, along with the impromptu restoration of his Spitfire last year. This year however is the year of the Mustang. We have spent the last couple weekends clearing out his workshop, making some nice space and gathering tools and parts up ready to tackle this car once again! I can't explain how excited I am to start working on this car again. We rolled it outside whilst sorting his workshop and it just looks amazing already. Still a long way to go on it, but hopefully some steady progress is ahead!  |
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Not a huge amount going on with the car at the moment which is starting to get to me a little, as we are heading off to Pendine in it again in about 7 weeks... The main reason is we have been chipping away on the F100 & Mustang, which is always great fun too, so I don't mind too much, but the looming roadtrip is making me a little nervous as the Mav does need some maintenance. There is also another big distraction at the moment... I bought a Bradbury wheel free ramp for my workshop. Basically a 4 post lift with a set of wheel free beams you can slide under the chassis and then drop the ramps away, so the best of both worlds when it comes to ramps, or at least that was my thinking! It's a big unit, but fits in nicely and still gives lots of space to work on everything. We got a big chunk of the way through levelling it all up at the weekend and moving all the insanely heavy bits around to get it in place. Holes drilled, just need to slip the bolts in, level it again once it is hanging freely on the ladders, then re-connect all the electrics, wire in the 3 phase, run the airlines and it will be ready to test! Hopefully get some more time on it weekend after next, or maybe a few evenings during the week.  |
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Mar 21, 2022 12:00:56 GMT
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My first ramp as a qualified mechanic was that very same machine. Must admit getting to the age where a ramp is becoming less of a luxury and more of a necessity.... P. |
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