1380 bike carbs N/a (update 01/03/11)
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just a quick question... can you use silicon hose in direct contact with petrol?? doesn't it swell and dissolve?

I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
VEMS + 12 PSI + Liquid Intercooler = Small Bore FUN!

you shouldnt really, as oils will deteriorate the silicone, but you can get specialist oil resisitant silicone hoses, no idea where from though?

tbh i wouldnt really worry about it in your application

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

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This is the task for today. how do you calculate the place to drill?

Edited by G13B on 5th Apr, 2009.

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Right I measured the amount of cable need to fully open the SU then the new bike carbs (50mm for the su and 20mm for the bike carbs) used this as a ratio 2/5 so took the away from the leaver arm length and drilled a new hole 46mm fromthe pivot. Just have to drill a new hole in the bluck head for the cable and it should work. Only problem is I sheared off on of the bolts for the throttle pedal. First things first I need to fix that........ Some how

Looks really good what you have done with every thing. i bet it sounds the tits with them on.

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
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hope to get a vid of it running this weekend. I need the bits for converting my mega jolts to TPS.
Any tips for welding the boss in to the exhaust??
I've only got a arc welder so it mite be tricky.

Almost ready to run it but..... problems..
filled it up with oil and water. cranked it over to build up oil pressure. Nothing, span over but will not build up any pressure. I've back filled the oil filter and cooler. All the oil lines are full but no flow.
can you prime the oil pumps? help!

Easy just take the pipe of where the banjo bolt went in, put the car in 4th, get you squirt can and as you push the car backwards keep squirting oil in the banjo bolt hole in the block.

or raise the oil cooler up, so the oil flows out of this back into the block, as you push the car backwards in 4th.

Ahh Nice Idea but still Important to then re fill the Oil cooler as an Empty Oil cooler is not good for a new motor :(

:) indeed indeed:)

might then be easier to get at the cooler,to fill, if the engine bay is built up. hmmm cool!

just to check does the oil run from the bottom (where the filter used to be) to the higher point where the banjo was? Or the other way round? I've fed oil in to the oil cooler and all pipe but not tried pushing the car backwards in gear. Will enlist a helper on Sunday and try it (my drive slopes a lot)
Thanks

feed oil into he blocks main gallery (the hole near the pressure switch) whilst pushing the car slowly bacwards in 4th, if you have a big syringe its a piece of piss.

put about half a pint down as that should completely purge all air into the sump and back-prime the entire feed to the pump.

as the others say, try and fill as much of the cooler/filters up as possible to your bearings arent running on air whilst you get pressure

also, when folks mount oil coolers etc on the side, or upside down, they can drain back if left stood for a while, which will give you problems every morning

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

just checked your pics, and the oil cooler is on its side, i had a similar set up a few years ago (mounted on the brace bar), and it can be a right pain getting rid of the airlock.

i think i swapped the feed/return hoses in the end, (so it filled from the bottom (effectively self bled), but then this gave drain back problems....

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

Oil cooler has ended up in front of the gear box now really low in the engine bay. I've got a squirty oil can so I will try that. Thanks

IT'S ALIVE!!
A few I to dot and t to cross. But it started ran for a few seconds before I switched it off. Rather loud. Hehehe. Will get some pics up soon.

congrats, good oil pressure?

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

80psi once it fired up

Need help with re-wiring the new alternator. I have two spade terminals and one post. I ha e three wires on the oringal loom, one thick brown a brown and yellow and a brown and blue I think. Help?

Hi Guys,
Thanks for the help with the Tps, Got it all wired up. pritty much all fineshed now. Just go to bleed the brakes and sort out the throttle cable. Some pics first then i'll explain me problem.





Right my problem is the sping in the bike carbs isn't stronge enough to bring the pedel back up. tunes out this carbs on the bike have 2 cables one for open and one for close. Need to add a extra spring in..... some how.... ideas welcome.

You can see my setup in the middle of the pic, its a brake cabel from a bike and a spring

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Fit a spring like this.

Edited by steve d on 19th Apr, 2009.

Did you mount the point on the throttle or was that built on to them? Think I will need to fix somthing to the carb for the spring to pull on.