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1542
Thanks Pete, As you come up the A1 or M1 for Catterick just turn onto the A64 signposted York (End of M1)and I'm just off the first left in Tadcaster. Just a...
g15ginetta
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Feb 4, 2008
2:00 pm
1543
I know over the years of G33 production a few changes were made such as different front indicators and longer wishbones but on comparing my car with others...
g15ginetta
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Feb 4, 2008
2:25 pm
1544
My car is chassis 84 Lotus esprit /elan front indicators Piped leather seats stiched across Dual oil pressure/temp guage Seatbelts from brackets rather than...
Nick Towe
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Feb 4, 2008
3:34 pm
1545
Interesting that you dont have the longer wishbones so I wonder how many cars did? I have no brake fluid warning light but I know quite a few car loose the...
g15ginetta
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Feb 7, 2008
12:48 pm
1546
On the subject of cats, its well worth running the catalyst fuel map (even without the physical catalysts), with the addition of a couple of lambda sensors....
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Feb 7, 2008
2:09 pm
1547
I will take some pics, fuel filler has an aston style lid hiding a ford fiesta lockable cap. I will try and take pics and post them in the photos section of...
Nick Towe
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Feb 7, 2008
2:41 pm
1548
Just a thought before you go to the expence of catalysts, check the MOT laws carefully, I think there may be some loop holes on the engine production date or...
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Feb 7, 2008
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1549
Mark I have asked 2 MOT stations and have failed to get a definitive answer. Nick blitzracing@... wrote: Just a thought before you go to the expence of...
Nick Towe
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Feb 7, 2008
4:54 pm
1550
Mine is registered April 92 and cats are not required. I don't know if it was built with or without since I aquired the car with an SS system which I have ...
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Feb 7, 2008
5:18 pm
1551
My car is 1993 and the cat test applies to all cars from Aug 1992 as a general rule. I have just phoned VOSA though, and you are right, if the car is not...
Nick Towe
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Feb 8, 2008
1:41 pm
1552
Oooooh we are going to be soooo P*ssed on £300 worth of beer! Mark ... This mail sent through http://webmail.zoom.co.uk...
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Feb 8, 2008
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1553
And then you have to walk home I was hoping to keep some ofthe saving to pay for fuel. And legal fees as the maker of the previous exhaust is about to get his...
Nick Towe
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Feb 8, 2008
3:32 pm
1554
So the bad press for shiney bits has substance then ? ... This mail sent through http://webmail.zoom.co.uk...
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Feb 8, 2008
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1555
It sure does. he has failed 3 times to fix a blow at the flange between heater and collecter an dothers have slated the design. Welds have broken and the...
Nick Towe
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Feb 8, 2008
7:45 pm
1556
this is the infamous exemption rule 13 that I have been slamming out everytime I visit an MOT station with the G33 and the G34.......................... ... ...
Perry C. Antoniou
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Feb 10, 2008
11:50 am
1557
Any ideas???? I replaced the seals in the master cylinders, but could not get the rear to pressurise, so I bought a couple of new cylinders, but the problem...
Mark Thompson
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Feb 10, 2008
5:44 pm
1558
Oh and another query, all that fiddling around with pipes, I have damaged my fluid reservoir. Any ideas what car it comes from? Thanks Mark -- I am using the...
Mark Thompson
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Feb 10, 2008
6:06 pm
1559
You could try pushing fluid through the system in reverse i.e through the bleed nipple or by disconnecting the feed pipe to the caliper. I once had to do this...
Keith Crocker
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Feb 10, 2008
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1560
My garage had this problem with mine after they replaced some pipework, i thing they ended up using some sort of high pressure bleeding system. On another...
Nick Towe
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Feb 10, 2008
9:28 pm
1561
There should be a rev limit set in the ECU by default. BUT, and it's a big BUT, Land Rover used 2 settings 5200rpm on Cat engines and 8500 rpm on all others...
Keith Crocker
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Feb 10, 2008
10:19 pm
1562
Sinve i posted ihad another go on the road this time. Rev limiter seems to be at about 5800 which seems low. I am running a TVR Chim chip on a cat map. Nick ...
Nick Towe
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Feb 11, 2008
6:55 am
1563
If it is a tvr chip then 5800rpm sounds about right. Having competed against a lot of TVR drivers I do remember a number of them saying the rev limit was set...
Keith Crocker
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Feb 11, 2008
7:49 am
1564
The rev limiter im told is dependent on some of the sensor inputs. ie its not 100 % fixed, but I doubt it would not be operative in neutral. Anyway, revving it...
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blitzracinguk
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Feb 11, 2008
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1565
This gets wierd. I have a copy of Nicks TVR chip in my car, and it Revs to over 6000 rpm, no problems (Like Kieth I have a programmable unit as an extra set at...
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Feb 11, 2008
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1566
I bottled out at 5500 rpm, but had just fitted a shift light cos i can't see the rev counter and needed to do a test. It was a very quick rev. So the TVR rev...
Nick Towe
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Feb 11, 2008
1:58 pm
1567
This has been under much discussion on the TVR forum, and different people will give you different answers. Its just one of the many changable settings in the...
Mark Thompson
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Feb 11, 2008
6:40 pm
1568
My shift light is currently set at 5300, I'll look at the rolling road charts i have and set it to wher i have peak power. The torque curve was pretty flat as...
Nick Towe
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Feb 11, 2008
8:20 pm
1569
Mark, you can get a problem bleeding rear brakes if the front cylinder is at full pressure - i.e. you need to bleed all 4 wheels at once, but if you have the ...
ROBERT PALLETT
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Feb 11, 2008
8:56 pm
1570
Im hoping Ive now got to the bottom of it. I dont think the origional copper pipes that fed the master cylinders would rebed into the new cylinders as it had...
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Feb 12, 2008
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1571
I have now posted some photos of seats and fuel filler and pipework. Sorry they are not very good. They are on the yahoo group. Nick...
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Feb 16, 2008
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