The Roaring Season

Came back via Yosemite and the coast.

Speed Week was everything I expected it to be. Chevy made it there and back with only the addition of a set of plugs and a gallon of oil along the way. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4403/36650547316_4146f93d84_k.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4338/36527051092_d8cdc297ef_b.jpg Dreams are free ...

Picked up the car today and immediately got rid of the drug dealer wheels. Big improvement. It doesn't seem to have any oil pressure though which could be a problem.

These blokes have a wonderful passion. Yes, I love the amount of passion these guys have for the event. I'll look out for the Jag or streamliner. I don't much like rental cars so looking at getting something a bit more practical. A work colleague is going to check this one out tomorrow, fingers ...

Thanks. Yea, was talking to a guy that works on his engines last night which got me interested

Thinking about going since I will likely be in LA for work. Anyone else going? Any recommendations?

Andy.

Was a nice day for a pic last weekend. Some filters added in https://pixlr.com/o-matic/

Remember the karts, must have been about eight or nine at the time. Vaguely recall one driver who was lying right down on his back rather than sitting upright and he managed to win a lot of the races.

Just found out Bill Buckle will be 93 soon...and the Buckle will be 60 ! Greg, you might know of the guy who runs the bucklecoupe website, I got my manifolds off him a while ago so quite possible they came off a Buckle at some time. He has some great racing pics http://www.bucklecoupe.com.au ...

After 1600miles of punishment on some pretty nasty roads over the last few weeks, the RM head has been the best upgrade ever. It really transforms a lazy underpowered donk into something that can make the speedo needle disappear inside the dash without too much trouble while being docile enough to ...

Roger Dowding wrote:Off to the event tomorrow

Thanks for the headsup, might go for a drive

Spent a couple of weeks in and around Mahia Peninsula with the Healey. Maiden voyage after a few repairs, about 1200km round trip from Akl with no issues. https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4251/34030025324_8cda4479b6_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4267/34062673283_9269ab4e3e_b.jpg https://c1 ...

Snippet of a Healey on telly the other night

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/sunday/clips/extras/driving-passion-6525022

Are these SU DU carbs? Kind of. I always wanted the look of triple carbs but not Webers and preferably not carbs. The original DU6s are impossible to find now and weren't a good carb anyway so I copied the basic look from online pics and reproduced them with modern bits inside. Apparently SU ...

RM head with six straight induction pipes.

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Rod, that fuel system looks like a fire hazard! SU fuel pump over by the steering column feeding all the way round the firewall to some manifold thing on the other side. Those mufflers are something else altogether. Great pics. Ray, the pics didn't come through on my screen. Steve, some pics here ...

Thanks guys, enjoying the thread.

BCE , I can easily remember the big wooden crate that Ernies Raymon Mays Cyl head arrived in , it hung around his work shop for years , it was well made , had little packing compartments etc also holes drilled in the wood that housed the light weight push rods etc . Thanks Grant. Your dad's name ...

This example was advertised on TradeMe a few years ago - it sold for very good money I believe. Looks like it had a well earned life. Those inlet flanges are modified to take something unoriginal, understandable as the stock bolt pattern is virtually impossible to mount anything other than the log ...

Steve Holmes wrote:Cool thread! What are you fitting your reproduction head on?

Thanks Steve. I've had it on the Mk2 wagon for about six months now, initially with two H6 carbs,



now with lots more