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Hi Chris, Nice pics! Thought for a mo you had some neons on board til I worked out what it was!! ;o) Disappointing as you say on the one hand but good to know the timing waqs pretty much there and now you can concentrate on enjoying it while you work out what job comes next!! Look forward to hearing...

Wow Chris, now that's what I call dedication! Glad you got it temporarily sorted - roll on the thaw and road testing!! ;o))

Cheers

Darren

Chris, That last pic is stunning mate!! I have a new desktop picture!!! ;o)) One question though - what is that at the front of the car - looks a bit thick for the numberplate, but a bit thin for a spotlight? Can't wait to see the car in the flesh!! Good luck with getting that bearing sorted this we...

Hi Garth,

Yep, that and water injection are no brainers tbh - biggest decision at the moment is where to put the TB's upstream or downstream of the blower.

Cheers

Darren

Hi Greg, Thanks for coming back to me. There are a few options on the pump side of things, and assuming I don't use an air to air cooler in the engine bay, then there will be sufficient room I think, or rather hope! :lol: :lol: I'm not building a Strat Rep Greg, it's all going into a Lancia Montecar...

Hi guys, Having read Greg's excellent book and thought a little more about my planned installation, I have decided to go with an air to water intercooler, rather than air to air. It will be in a mid engined configuration (Lancia Montecarlo) and general cooling is going to be key. My car already has ...

Hi Mats, Some would say I'm full of pointless chat!! :D :D But I hear what you say about keeping the forum alive - conversation and exchange of knowledge/ideas is the whole point. I'm fortunate in that I spend most of the day infront of or near to a pc - I just have to be patient for responses!! Che...

Where would we be without pointless chat?? ;o)) I got my book courtesy of Misty so I have some reading to do while I make plans for exaclty what I'm going to do as far as internal mods are concerned. Fingers crossed I have a line on a rusty Monte so all I need to do is get my Monteback on the road a...

Hiya Chris, Thanks for the hgeads up on EB Spares and Mangoletsi - maybe Black & White garage up the road from me can help too - heard anything good about them? They're in Auto Italia this month I seem to remember?? I read Chris' post over on the Stratos Supersite - really feel for him and the o...

Hi Chris, Fingers crossed I lucked out with my M90 purchase - I guess it remains to be seen! ;o) Sounds like the Cloverleaf engine is going to be surplus to requirements, with the exception of the oil cooling. I hear you on the cams decision - fingers crossed I won't need to go that route and I have...

Hi Chris, Thanks for the pointers and comments. I did get my blower from eBay, but I'm happy with it's condition. I'm hoping that I can get away with using the standard slugs, which I think are around 8.5:1 CR. I've got a lot of fabrication to do on fitting the blower and getting an exhaust to fit. ...

Hi Greg, Thanks for the response and no problem with the book order - very much looking forward to reading it! I'll have a read through those articles, but wow, as you say heavy going! Ok, so I'm thinking that the cloverleaf cams are to be used - how about the heads? I take it they are different to ...

I suspected as much! :D I have ordered his book and will devour it on receipt!! Any pointers in the meantime Greg? Today I've been stripping out the engine and box from the 164 Cloverleaf that's currently infront of my garages. It was absolutely hoonin' it down today - but at least a little dry unde...

How do you plan on using different camshafts for intake and exhaust? :? The lobes for the intake and exhaustvalves are on the same camshaft... :wink: Thank you! That's exactly what I mean about getting to know the engine!! I'm used to the twon cam 8 valve lancia engine where you can chope and chang...

Hi and thanks for coming back to me - that would be my thinking too! Same with the compression ratio of the standard engine over the cloverleaf is lower so I wold have thought better for supercharging. My thinking so far is to use the cloverleaf inlet cam, standard exhaust on standard pistons and cl...