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Starting to get to panic stage. Engine and transmission now installed but if I cannot locate fan housing etc then no competition this year. HELP! Any ideas of where I can try.

WANTED - Fan housing assembly, fan and alternator for a 2.4S engine being fitted in my 904FF. PM me if you can help.

Whilst we are making progress in the installation of the new engine, we are now held up trying to locate a suitable fan housing assembly including fan and alternator. If anyone has one they are willing to sell could they please PM me.

Hill climb season seems to be getting very near!!

Having read the Clewett manual, I realise that the tachometer signal it gives is a 12 volt square wave with 3 pulses per crankshaft revolution. This will not drive the VDO tacho from the donor 914 which is currently fitted and which gets its signal from the coil and which I had hoped to retain as it...

Yes. That's the one that I have. Thanks for the tip to be careful with the plug leads.

Another part of the upgrade has just arrived. After all the the ignition problems with the 4 cylinder engine, Mike pointed me towards a Clewett system which does away with the distributor and uses a crankshaft pulley to fire three coils. It is not cheap but hopefully will give bullet proof timing. I...

I'll try but have to work out or be shown how to do it!

I am amazed to find that it has been two years since the last post on this thread and thought some of you might be interested in what has been going on in the interim. The cable change mechanism mentioned before was finally made up and fitted and after a couple of iterations it was working better th...

Avon looks like the choice either CR6ZZ or A15 in 185/70 x15 size. Anybody got any experince with Kuhmo Ecsta V70A soft?

It will be great to have more than three and a half cylinders next year. I must admit that they were all there at Bo'ness.

Jonathon

It will only be used on hillclimbs etc.

As some of you may know my 904FF is having a 2.4S engine fitted over the winter. This will have at least 50% more power than the current 914 engine. This has led to my thinking about some proper wheels and tyres. I would prefer to stay with 15" and 70 section to fill the wheel arches but 17&quo...

Yes. I have them but they are fitted to the engine in my 904FF Special which had to have a custom exhaust fitted to it!

Oops, another typo. Exhaust is 1 5/8 not 1 3/8. Sorry about that!

I have owned a LHD, number matching, 356SC for nearly 25 years having purchased it from the original owner whilst I was living in North Carolina. When I was in the States the engine was rebuillt by Harry Pellow (the Maestro) with 1720 NPR barrels and pistons. The interior was totally retrimmed in le...

I have owned a LHD, number matching, 356SC for nearly 25 years having purchased it from the original owner whilst I was living in North Carolina. When I was in the States the engine was rebuillt by Harry Pellow (the Maestro) with 1720 NPR barrels and pistons. The interior was totally retrimmed in le...