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Since you now have so much experience, when you finish yours you can start mine. I have already done all the hard work New diff New shaft New belts So it should be a breeze for you. And I'm only around the corner too, so I can keep an eye on you.
Can't remember Mel, Just on the tight side of the settings in the manual. 0.12mm to 0.17mm from memory.
A few updated images. - Main brake lines refurbished / replaced and now fitted to frame. - Hubs refitted. - Start of the handbrake components fitted. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Frankly Phil, I'm actually starting to bother myself. I don't know what I'm going to do with it. makes a nice garage ornament at the moment though. It's a joy to build something that you don't even need to wash your hands after a few hours work though. With everything just brand new, it's a great feeling.
Okay guys. I have a question. This picture from Eurospares below. Is this what the handbrake arrangement looks like on a LHD Testarossa? I was looking for a reference picture today for assembly of the lower control mechanism that operates the handbrake so I could understand if there was a reversed way that it could be fitted, and also which was to orientate the hook. I came upon this picture, but my three RHD cars look nothing like this. The long side goes through a tube welded through the middle of the chassis rail. Image Unavailable, Please Login
And here's another picture. Does it matter which way you orientate the upper screw adjuster or the lower pivoting arm. On the bottom, should the lower adjuster have the pivoting pin towards the rear of the car or the front of the car? Image Unavailable, Please Login
I just read through every page and am thoroughly impressed, just had to congratulate you. Very very nice job, massive kudos for taking it on. That first drive will be well worth the effort. I plan on joining the TR community at some point, and I'm not sure if you're encouraging me or scaring the crap out of me!
Bit of both Mark. Be wary of the diff issue. If you have the funds to take the risk, then just drive it. If you can see yourself spending 30 or 30 grand on something better than a diff rebuild, then put in a diff and quill shaft at your very first opportunity, and then go drive the hell out of it. They are great cars once the diff issue is sorted and out of your mind.
Found one picture in table 34 of the OEM Parts Catalogue (seem sto be the same as Eurospares) ..... so looks O.K. in your car now ... Image Unavailable, Please Login
great job,keep the great work,then drive the hell out of it,they were built by people that only wished they could someday be able to get enough money that they could buy one too
Knowing rob it will be another garage queen after all this effort. But there are another 2 waiting to get the same treatment. Isn't that right Rob?
WOW!!!....is it just me?!....or does the gear mating look very poor in the drive shaft flanges, as in...not very deep, Mark
The male splined shaft has a 45 deg chamfer on the OD at the end -- so that makes the male teeth look much shorter in that photo (where you only see the end plane of the male shaft). See the photo in post #10 of this thread for a pic of the male splined shaft alone.
Hello Steve; ...& as always THANKS!!!...I glad you understood what I was Seeing(?), as it appeared that the total gear meshing surface ratio was very small....Have a GREAT 3 day weekend, & to ALL!!!.....Mark
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Looks lke one of these https://www.google.com/search?q=roots+supercharger&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=B3NDUP_wM8j40gHBnIHoCw&biw=1280&bih=735&sei=KnNDUPrFEsT40gH134CICw and a way to join the 600+ hp club.
That's an Eaton M90 which I have on a 4.0 Lexus V8. It's a spare that I had on the shelf but it was just a test fit to see what things looked like. I'll be using a Kenny Bell water cooled or a Whipple twin screw. Both are latest technology and run much cooler. I'll be fitting it to a 512M engine with fully controlled injection and then lowering it into the back end of the Testarossa. Bu first things first, I have to get the red beast back on the road, and then divert attention to that next project on my blue 88 model.
Can you photo the bottom mechanism please Mel? That photo shows the top adjuster well, but the bottom can face in either direction and a photo of that would help.
