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Mats How about all those engines running just fine for plenty of miles on mineral oil, wouldn't they wear down the rings in a year if the mineral oil caused this type of accelerated wear? I don't belive this is the case. This is probably due to a couple of reasons. After the initial "bedding-in...

Hi Mats I don't think you got a reply about your use of mineral oils to run in a new engine (if that is your question). We use a mono grade basic oil to assist with bedding in the new rings and bore. Once that is done, we switch to a multigrade -mineral or otherwise. The use of very slippery oils in...

Hey Mats have you got something stuck to your shoe again?

Half your luck Fernando. Wish I could just get a sniff of that AVGAS let alone pass someone. Only thing I've been passing lately doesn't belong on this forum but it does resemble methane.

Hi Don, Well in my opinion the answer is no -unless the system undergoes a radical remake including hand made ducting under the dashboard. This means a custom install just for this car. The majority of the original bits if not useless, they are second rate and should be replaced anyhow. Speaking of ...

....once more with a feeling As to where you get one of these guys, well the best I could do was to provide a start with the link above but it is bit of monster to sort through and I must admit I myself have not found the actual details there yet (I am working on it). But it is a start for all you f...

Nicke

Sorry Mate, that's not the one.

Looks big enough even Arnold Schwartzenegger !!

I got a collection of pics on my files and I am working on reducing the files sizes so I can post them soon I hope.

Yeah don't blame you Mats.

I will try and contact them to see we can narrow down the info and point of supply. For now the main site is all I got.

For those of you who are interested in an alternative to my selector could consider this commercial proposition from Xtrac in the UK. The following photos are of an installation in a front wheel drive vehicle so you have to imagine the linkages going the opposite way. What is at issue here is the ex...

Hi Tim, Thought I may as well chime in from left field. Your original idea of making a small recess around the base of the studs for the anti seize fluids to well up and soak was definitely a good idea. An extension of this idea is to use a long tube- like bimetal saw which should be the length of t...

Yeah Mats, a discussion on racing dampers is the next progression. How about we give it a topic of its own to help with future searches for info? Most other key components have a slot of their own already I guess.

Hey Zamani, I think you are onto something there, Mats does love BMW's here the most- so I am led to believe. I hear he wanted to sleep in one but couldn't get a heater big enough to warm his big feet stickin' out the window in the Swedish winter !! Could be just a furphy I dunnow? :D Hi big guy. Th...

Thanks Guys for your feedback. Found the performatek site quite interesting. Will check out Benica too. So what is the verdict, 27 or 33 mm bars? Would this be a difference in application say like the terrain the vehicles would have to go over such as rally versus track. So a rally car may use 27mm ...

Zamani, You may or may not be able to help me out here. I have decided to configure an Alfetta sedan for my racer. The reasons are many none of which matters here. I see you have some knowledge of torsion bars so I thought I would point this one your way. One quirk of the sedan is that it has longer...

OK stop looking already !!
Think I got lucky. Possibly one on it's way.

Can't wait.

To be continued.....

Yeah Merril, agree 100% about the need for centre locating spacers. I once fitted after market wheels that were only centred by the lock nuts. I had not end of trouble trying to balance the wheels. Not even an on car balance would do it. Ultimately I had a machine shop make up some centering rings t...