74 carrera restoration

jtparr · Post by **jtparr** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:40 pm

Hi James

car is on 205 and 225/50s, which are lower profile and my own choice/fault for the grounding, however the shorter wall height does give a nice firm ride and feels tight and direct.

I raised it 15mm or so in the end so its now exactly 24" at the front, and I guess around 1.5 degrees slope, no adverse feel when driving so i guess I'm happy with that

I also did the DIY MFI pump refurbishment, by following your thread and sending off to Fred at Tower (your right it does take a few old turns of the engine to get the fuel through the pump, but once done started first time)

£315 for an overhaul and testing the injectors, pretty fair I thought, now back to factory settings so a session up a Bob's will be in order in the near future

also couldnt resisit getting the hard fuel lines replated and the main throttle body link bar done as well , so she's all shiny and lovely in the engine bay again

next things re uniting the sunvisors which have been cleaned and the brackets re chromed

regards
Jonathan

jtparr · Post by **jtparr** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 2:42 pm

Hi All

I went up to Bob Watson's yesterday morning, and 3 hours later all very happy

for those who know my car its been spotted giving off a bit of blue smoke once in a while, so I first had a leak down test which showed all in good health, and probably also confirming the guides are good too, which is good news for my wallet

cylinder 1 : 6%
cylinder 6 : 8%
cylinder 2 : 5%
cylinder 4 : 8%
cylinder 3 : 6%
cylinder 5 : 7%

perhaps it was the fuel mixture having to be so rich to get over the sticky pump, who knows

but the best news after having the pump serviced was the output, the pump needed 2 clicks adjustment to sort out a low mixture setting around 2300 revs, and a general fettling but after that basically 222BHP !

pretty damn good for an engine thats not been touched in 5 years (maybe a lot longer) and sat idle for 3 of them whilst I restored the car and just had oil and filter changes by me over 2 years of use and 4500 miles

regards
jonathan

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 5:29 pm

Does this mean we've got enough power to tow a caravan to CLM then?

jtparr · Post by **jtparr** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 5:38 pm

perhaps we'll need to do, so when we get lost (which we will....according to James

) at least we'll be sorted for the night

sladey · Post by **sladey** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:16 pm

Impressive figures!

only problem is - you can't blame the car any more

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:39 pm

sladey wrote:Impressive figures!

only problem is - you can't blame the car any more

I think the carpet mat may have been stuck under the pedal... (ducks awaiting abuse..

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oliveR · Post by **oliveR** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 9:42 am

Really nice Jonathan !!!!!

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 10:21 am

jtparr wrote:perhaps we'll need to do, so when we get lost (which we will....according to James ) at least we'll be sorted for the night

Yes, thank you for that ....

jtparr · Post by **jtparr** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 10:21 am

thanks Oliver

Gary, think you and Sladey have a point, must be that 70's shag pile carpet I have in the car

trouble with all this means the car is now finished....so what do i do now ?

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 10:48 am

jtparr wrote:

trouble with all this means the car is now finished....so what do i do now ?

drive it

..... and practise your map reading

Highfield · Post by **Highfield** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 12:54 pm

Car looks great, and am particularly taken by the job on the wheels - I need to get around to having mine done.

I will be visiting Bob's over winter to get my engine fully tuned, as Tuthills did a refresh but I said I would get it on the rollers and see what bhp it makes - I would be delighted with the numbers you have from a standard engine.

Ian

jtparr · Post by **jtparr** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 1:13 pm

hi Ian

it all seemed so easy when watching Bob at work, I guess thats why he's got such a high reputation and a really easy manner, well worth the money, runs really smoothly now

wheels were stripped, polished and anodised by Alan at Canford Classics, lovely job

I sprayed them myself which was very straightforward with a bit of patience and the right masking tape....slim and plastic so will stretch in the curves and gives a sharp line

regards
Jp

Mike Usiskin · Post by **Mike Usiskin** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:26 pm

what on earth are you going to do with 222 BHP!!!

, your ankle doesn't flex that far anyway!

Ian 2.2S · Post by **Ian 2.2S** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:49 pm

Mike Usiskin wrote:what on earth are you going to do with 222 BHP!!! , your ankle doesn't flex that far anyway!

I seem to remember suggesting we ought to buy him some heavier shoes!

Mike Usiskin · Post by **Mike Usiskin** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:54 pm

Ian 2.2S wrote:
I seem to remember suggesting we ought to buy him some heavier shoes!

nah, one of those little levers I used to have on my Fiat 500 that manually locked the pedal to the floor might do it!