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I’ve always thought the ‘64 158 was one of the prettiest cars ever. What did the little ducts in the sides of the nose feed air to? I found a photo that shows them having ducts and tubes behind...

Just to be clear, I’m not a solo competitor. I only asked because I spent the majority of my career doing data analysis and I have professional curiosity.

Please don’t start any fights over...

To save clicks, I also searched a bit and found out that PAX, as you may have guessed, is a handicapping method developed by Rick Ruth according to this site. ...

I’ve had my hubs fret like that too and consider it to be time to toss them.

If someone has a way to repair them I’d love to hear it.

Trees, hell, there are people standing at track edge.

I appreciate that the actual track configuration is the same as it’s ever been.

Yes, Bilstein linear shocks. 220/80 indicates 2200 Newtons rebound force at .52m/sec and 800 Newtons compression force at .52 m/sec.

Bilstein technical support has been spotty at best. I think...

Appreciate your input. This is how I see it:
I had to absorb any bank transfer fees when I sent the money to him in the first place. He certainly wasn’t going to send me a part of I didn’t pay...

Back in September, I communicated with Alan Cornock, Royale-UK, about buying an A-arm for my Royale RP21. He said he had a used one on the shelf that needed re-plating. He also said because of card...

“Turned in for arguing”.

Unfortunately, exactly what I’d expect. Damned if you insist on doing it right, potentially dead or injured if you don’t.

Depending on what type of shop vac you have, blow or suck on one of the tubes. It should move enough air to make mist of whatever was left behind when you drained it. At least that’s how I do it.

What brand wheels?

Congratulations on the business venture. I wish you all the luck.

Some of the pictures show headlight buckets, but no lamps. It’s obviously up to the race organizers, but do you think they’ll...

I can't get my vintage car to run other than pumping the throttle continuously. I think no fuel is getting to the low speed circuit. After much investigation I blew air and poured cleaner fluid over...

Thanks for the replies. Gives me some ideas.

Anyone have a picture of a NON-UPRATED throttle linkage? The non-uprated doesn't have bosses on the intake manifold so they are not the same.
Any help appreciated.

I had a clutch strip out a few years ago and was told the AP disc was better material, heat treat or something. Anyway, I use the AP part and haven't had trouble since. Anybody else have that...

It looks good and is brand new, but fair question in this day of unknown part quality.

I'm working on a FF carb and the accelerator pump isn't pumping. The check valve in the accel jet screw checks when I suck and blow through it. I installed my spare diaphragm and still no pumping.
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Decided to move this to a new post.

I didn't find much googling, but then I'm old and bad at it.

There was a post on 3/14/05 by Frank C that had two pictures attached of a trailer, but their not valid links anymore.

I want to restore the Don Parker trailer my Titan Mk 5 was delivered with. I think some areas were modified, so I need pictures to see what was original.

Got a picture of your first car being...

The May 18, 1912 issue of Autocar has a very good article describing the Rudge Whitworth self tightening wheel nut design. The same design was still being used on the Ferrari 512 LeMans cars in 1971....

Incredible racing both days. Had a super battle Saturday only to spin in 10b on the last lap to finish third behind Kingham and Mike Rand. Sunday race started by best time in Saturday race as the...

That's interesting. I never would have guessed they would outlaw monotubes. According to the Bilstein website, monotubes came out in 1954. I don't know when they would have been available on Formula...

Any chance you could summarize the shock part of that matrix?
I downloaded the Monoposto rules and they allow aluminum shocks but reading Beeler's 50th post it sounds like there may be...

Thank you, Todd. I am trying to build the car so it is moderately widely accepted. I will not be the driver as I am far too big to drive it. I want a friend of mine to drive it and I don't know where...

I am hoping someone can give me a run down of which clubs have what restrictions.
The car is a 1969 Formula Ford.

I believe some vintage groups require steel bodied shocks. Do any of the groups outlaw or penalize having gas valve stems on shocks?

I found the Dunlop D ! Much smaller than I expected.

I think this is the preferred steel FF wheel for vintage. Are there any markings I need to look for?

What is the preferred way to restore them? Just have them straightened if possible and then...

So what is the rest of the story? Was it a car with Crossle bodywork grafted on and you restored it, or what?

Sort of a combination of previous reply:
I loosen the connection at the pump coming from the tank and blow into the dry sump vent hose until oil leaks out the loosened fitting. Tighten the fitting...

Thank you John. I figured someone here would know what they are. If I'm understanding, the three bolt was only used through 1966? So it would have been obsolete when it was fitted to a 1969 racecar....

I probably should have just asked you, Ben. You're my go to guy for Mk5 info.

Pegasus claims the 12SP has different size piston and only two bridge bolts, but these have three. Assymetric....

I've raced for over 30 years with LD19 and LD20 calipers. Now I'm restoring my Titan Mk5 and it has 14LF on the front and something similar, but smaller on the rear.

The 14LF Mk III's are clearly...

Didn't mean to hijack your thread, but I got three replies concerning my Bushman.

I think the right thing to do is sell to iscopem if it fits his car, then pru as he was next to reply by private...

If you're looking for a Mark Bushman starter, I have one I'd sell. Used a couple seasons but works fine. If I recall, it was expensive but bullet proof.
$200 shipping included to 48 states.
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As someone that's raced Club Ford for many years and tried FC for a few, I'd go with a CFF and if you find that you're super fast and want to build your own design, at least you'll have some...

Yeah, I was hoping to offset the racing tab with some positive work.

Retirement does have its pluses and minuses.

Is there a way to do this long distance?

Dave Bean Engineering. I just ordered 2. BTW: Double check the i.d. I thought mine were 3/8 i.d. but they actually had a sleeze rusted into them and were 1/2 i.d.

To clarify, as I think was already said, the numbers on the Bilsteins are in decaNewtons at .52 m/sec per page eleven of my Bilstein manual. So, if it is stamped 275/78 that is 2750 Nts at 0.52 m/sec...

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That's what I had in mind, 3/4 od .06 wall aluminum or .03 wall steel with appropriate fittings. Just interested if others had issues.

What are people using for oil feed and return lines for oil tanks mounted in the nose of their cars?

I could use lots of dash 10 Aeroquip but hard line would be lighter and I think cleaner.

Is...

Thank you.

Unless my browser is playing games with me, page 30 of 34 has front and rear drawings, but no sideview. And no reference to any difference Mk8 to Mk9. But thanks for trying.

Or is my browser...

Are the ears that a Hewland hangs by from the rear frame cross member in the same place, Mk8 vs Mk9?

I am needing to fab a new rear cross member for my Titan and am thinking of using a spare Mk9...

It sounds like you think the Mk 6 did have the legs. That's new information to me.

Thanks for the reply.

I am trying to figure out the fuel cell for my Titan Mk5. When I bought it, it came with this fuel cell, but I was told that it wasn't original. It fits too well to believe it wasn't made...