DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Now I had an engine that starts and runs for half a minute I wanted more. I needed a makeshift cooling setup. I had a spare Nissan March radiator and fan kicking about so that was called into action. I whipped up this beautiful bit of carpentry artwork.. https://i.postimg.cc/VkzkHrsv/20240124_192015...

From the TT website - this is the exit style I'll be building...

Not sure if this is who you meant...

https://a1toys.com/thomas-friends-track ... -pack.html

Great! Thanks for the info. I'll look up turbo Thomas.

I'm quite looking forward to this part of the build when it comes. I'm sick of the steel silencer I made for the imp that currently keeps getting rust holes in the bottom plus it's too low for steep driveway exits in town.

Thanks fellas. Yes- a bit quieter than I was expecting and much smoother considering its on a default tune that is made to suit the mean average of engines out there. I dont think I'm going to put too much effort into making the silencer really effective as I want to hear this thing! I need to start...

​Bench testing continued. The sump was now holding oil. Phew. I fitted the old smiths mechanical oil pressure gauge that was originally fitted in the imp race car. I mounted the gauge to the temporary coil stand. With the engine cranking over it was seeing about 20 psi. The oil level would drop in t...

Part 2... catching up now. I finished what I needed to on the loom to enable testing of the injectors. I had made a simple little alloy jig that I could bolt the two rails onto and it sat high enough that 6 matching jam jars could sit below. We set this lot up on the big mobile steel bench and rolle...

Cheers. Yep I'm still Chipping away at the project.

Wow- its been over two months since an update but this project has moved way down the list of what's important to me right now. However I am still working on it where I can because its a nice break from thinking about other things and still really fun to work on plus both Hanna and I really do want ...

Lovely colour Jeff. A fine choice

Alex

I've got a very similar bike, though a Raleigh. It has the 4 speed hub - with a dynamo built in :) , rod brakes and with stainless rims which is a lovely thing considering how well rod brake rims love to rust. I picked it up cheap from Warlands cycles in Oxford while I was working at Bike Zone (all ...

No probs. Writing up a build thread actually helps keep my mojo going as I can look back and see how far I've come.

Cheers @911hillclimber - and yeah, as Steven said, this imp shell is just for mockups and I'll be fitting the setup into my road going imp.

Hiya Steven. I should have guessed you might be on this forum.

Continuing on with cleaning bits and fitting them. I gave the inlet runners a tidy up with a wire wheel. I was tempted to paint them but decided I like the raw alloy look and they should be easy enough to keep free of any oxidation. https://i.postimg.cc/JzcWwdd6/20231014-183452-Custom.jpg Bolted tog...

Cheers fellas. So where I left off last time was the oil filler pipe and sight window ideas. I don't really need a separate flange now I have decided to run the pipe shorter in height. So I dug out another old bit of alloy, gave a it a clean in the lather and welded up a new pipe.. https://i.postimg...