Just looking at my exhaust on the V8 (series Designa chassis with coils). It is a real pain to get it down and up over the gearbox mounts so everything is out the way and not subject to grounding so........ How stupid would it be to 1. buy some laser cut flanges like these and make up...

Has anyone used one of the cheap digital electric rev counters. Mine was ok but now reads wildly. Is this the end of cheapy electronics?

I've just done the voltage tests for the coil etc and they work out ok so maybe it is fuel. Running SUs so not EFi but carbs were rebuilt a few months ago so I don't think it would be that.

Well - spoke too soon. It still misfires when it is hot but only under 2500-3000 rpm. Could this be the amplifier playing up?

I stupidly took my rotor arm off the other day and forgot about the whole thing lifting up and dislodging the bob weight springs. I put them back on but strange things started to happen:- cronic misfire between 1200 -2500rpm, no engine braking. hard starting. It nearly messed up a good days...

Could be worn lifters or cam lobes or both. This happened on mine and it just got so bad it was embarrassing...people turning to look. Although mine was a 4.0l I was told the engine webs/castings can shield oil from getting on the lifters at the back of the engine so they wear more. Taking...

Not the early RRC ones.

Second that - the 3.9 manifolds and headers make the exhaust drop BELOW the chassis rails. I've chopped mine down but they are still a bit low - I wish I had gone with a 3.5 system when I had it all apart

Hubble, bubble toil n trouble

SUs Rule - HIF6's, easy to fix, easy to set up, easy to mend in the field, works at stupid angles and a great V8 roar

It's not hard. The 3.9 is the same size and the wiring for the ECU etc is easy if you have the wires labled up but if you have a wiring diag it's not difficult to sort out. I have SUs on my 3.9 and it goes well although I have rebuilt and rejetted them. I think they were BBW jets but I will...

When you changed the points you didn't pull the rotor arm off without hold the base plate did you? Sometime this can dislodge the springs on the advance/retard - giving this problem. Took me ages to sort this was the problem on mine - I had to order new springs as they were slightly bent...

Simon, from Powerspark says he has some and will look them out for me

Real Steel suggest the Moroso advance retard kit as a replacement for the bob weighs and springs on my 35DLM8. Has anybody else used them? Reason: I took the rotor off and cleaned my dizzy the other day (RR 3.9Efi engine but running on carbs) and couldn't get the cap back on. Turned out the...

I used a 200tdi rad that I put in with the 200 conversion. It certainly has the capacity and gives the added benefit of an oil cooler as well. I'll put some photos in if you want although it shows the inter cooler as well.

:blabla: Bit cruel, I'm not that old

Question is, what will it be used for? If trundling around roads etc then he Efi is good if kept maintained etc. In the middle of a muddy lane or field with a problem then I would prefer carbs as they are fairly easy to understand and fix accordingly. I had Efi on my 3.9 series - nothing...

Most V8 conversion kits came with engine mounts so maybe try Steve Parker so similar. You never know they might sell you some - I made up my own. The only mod you need to make to the bulkhead is the passenger footwell as this hits the exhaust manifolds. I made mine removable so I could get to...

The MIL light on my D2 came on randomly so I got an ELM 327 interface of the NET and some software (can't remember the name) so I could plug my laptop in my D2. Wasn't much money either. It worked perfectly, came up with a fault code (Purge Valve) which was changed so I reset the faults and all...

I had a very similar sound - turned out to be completely dished cam follower and a very worn cam lob. Happens due to the engine webbing shielding this particular lob from getting any oil apparently