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| posted on 27/8/12 at 09:25 PM |
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Originally posted by OX
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.................... and no when your conrod makes an appearance through the side of the engine . 
And for what reason did that happen?
Cheers, Nick 
Big end bolt snapped 8 laps into a track day at Anglesey
remember the Anglessy mishap made a fair old mess of the block, If I recall hadnt you just had the lump rebuilt
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Also broke a bailey morris prop shaft but i put that down to constant abuse :-)
[Edited on 27/8/12 by OX]
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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OX
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| posted on 27/8/12 at 11:21 PM |
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yeah i did it, but only for the gearbox . After it happened i went through the rebuild again in my head to see if anything i'd done might of
caused it and couldn't rest until i'd stripped it . I hadn't touched the conrods and the mains were good which i was glad about
because that's what i thought,if anything, was what i'd messed up :-) It had lasted 6 months of abuse between engine rebuild and
getting towed back to the pits by the tractor of shame
[Edited on 28/8/12 by OX]
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zilspeed
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| posted on 28/8/12 at 05:28 PM |
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A gearbox upgrade would get my vote too.
As standard, a type 9 is a woeful thing with terrible gaps between the ratios.
6th on a Caterham box is a direct top, every other ratio is stacked close in between.
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daniel mason
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| posted on 28/8/12 at 05:33 PM |
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yeah everyone says the caterham box is superb but a £3k plus its out of budget at the moment. im working on a few things so will let you all know in
good time. had some very useful info this week which has put me in the picture with all possible hidden costs!
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INDY BIRD
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| posted on 28/8/12 at 05:46 PM |
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I have seems 6 speed boxes about 1500 for recon box I'll keep an eye out,
Good luck
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franky
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| posted on 28/8/12 at 05:58 PM |
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also think, is it all going to be worth it?
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