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I used to use a "flexible dipstick" (tie-wrap) down through the filler hole - wait as long as possible after putting in oil so there is less chance of oil on the teeth wiping off on to the tie-wrap....

Somewhere between $2-$3000 usd - don't remember exactly - was 10-15 years ago.

For what it is worth - - -

Whenever I have had a new cell made to replace a old (original) fuel cell - three times now - I have always had the new one approx 1/4" - 3/8" (6-10 mm) smaller...

https://historicmotorsportcentral.com/2014/04/16/the-cosworth-bd-engine/

The last time I visited George, many years ago, he still had maybe 30 fully built engines for sale but only about 10 ECUs (so he wasn't interested in selling me one!). Your engine does have quite a...

26 pages of fascinating pictures
- and not all cars
- no I haven't looked at them all
- yet.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/142704231@N06/49786129441/in/photostream/

Mike asked me to help throw some light on this subject.

Please remember that this car was built in 1991, an update of their 1990 T9050 model.
They were not 'spec' cars - those came later - the...

Seann
I can make one for you - made two different ones in last decade.
Trouble is I'm 4 hours from you in Windsor ON.
See PM for my email address.
Derek

Quote - "replaced all the automotive relays with a solid state power distribution module"
- if I had know what one of those was I might have used one 10 years aago.

Intrigued that you like the...

Neil - how you getting on with your search for Bob Schneider?

I suggested trying Scot Morton might be able to help you.
I have just found an old file - my contact with him a few months ago was in...

Neil - try to get hold of Scot Morton who I know was in touch with Robert (Bob) Schneider 3 to 4 years ago. Sports Car Exchange no longer exists - or if it does Bob is no longer involved. Scot...

http://www.race-cars.com/carsold/lola/78t620/78t620pp.htm - maybe

Water?
If it rains there's a chance you will have a flooded garage.
Don't know how many garages are affected but we had 1" of water the first two days we went.

Also don't forget you can't park...

Ah - construction aid - that makes sense - even to me.

So - err - what's the point of them then?
Won't that just make them "solid" - like a simple steel bracket?

Just trying to learn. Derek.

Not true - see my reply few minutes ago. 2" are safer.

2" shoulder belts are for HANS.

2" lap belts are safer than 3" - lap belts must restrain the strong structure of the pelvis and not
'ride' up into the soft tissue belly area. To do this they must...

www.bpaengineering.com

Charles
Try BPA Engineering, Whitchurch, Hants, UK
+44 1256 89 5757

Try Andrew or Paul but they may have retired by now.

They built a lot of gearboxes for Lola using their (Lola's) unique...

What you need is not the 3/4 of a V8 - ie. production version of the GM Buick V6
- so don't even consider the Holden version even though the Aussies did a fine job
of racifying it.

What you...

Wow 1 - no chassis stands - how are your back and thigh muscles?
Wow 2 - shared garage with street car - how many dings and scrapes?
Question - what paint did you use for the control arms - look...

Andrew

Experiment with aluminum or lexan and refine it later

Looks to me like you need a screen/defector about 3" high to your right and maybe 5" to your left.
Looks like a major omission...

Where is the noise coming from?

When I first got my F3000 I was amazed at the noise level directly attacking my ears (I did use molded earplugs and waterproof bandaids over my ears but still a...

Sit lower - if you can.
If not then add a wind deflector to the car.
I simply don't understand people who have their head sticking up in the full blast of the air stream.
I like my line of sight...

That should of course be July 20-23rd.

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns36520.html

...at Monaco.....modifications to the jack-supports at the rear of the car.
- only a month after Billy Monger's accident

Steve - great info - as usual.

Two questions -
- when you say "tube that extends down from the filler cap" I assume you mean welded to the tank (ie. not welded to the filler cap)
- I'm...

Russ - I bought an old Ralt tank just to cut open and see what was inside. Can send you pics if you like. You'll be baffled by the baffles - there is none. Derek

Just remembered I already have...

Jerry
OAL 31" + 1.75" mounting flap at front
OAW front ~21" + 2x ~5" horizontal bits where it mounts to sidepods (= ~31")
OAW rear = 0" - it come to a point in plan view.

Not an easy question...

Tom, instead of starting with pulley stock it might be easier to find an existing pulley of the right size and simply machine a new center for it. There seem to be lots on eBay etc but I don't know...

Just going through some stuff in the basement -
- found some "used" pieces stored in the box the new ones came in
- based on that they are Spicer 1350 series
- and the repair 'spider' is...

Many March cars in that period used UJs outboard and "odd" CVs inboard I say "odd" because they had straight groves for the balls not like the angled the ones on modern CVs - they were also longer...

Start near the middle and expand in a spiral - exact sequence (as usually quoted or recommended) is not necessary.

Now that's a general rule - there could be something unique on a particular...

[QUOTE=ksgrimsr;528101]How about just wrapping the car in your own scheme yourself? The modern car wrapping materials are pretty easy to work with and don't really cost much. Just peel and replace...

Ralt oil tanks are different. They have nothing inside - no special swirl pot, no baffles, no deflector plates and they are large diameter and squat (low height). However hundreds were made so they...

Russ - since you've got a friendly welder just chop off the -12 end and weld on a -10 fitting. I do it all the time, saves stocking or buying all kinds of odd-ball or odd-angle fittings. I use my...

I drove a Walker on a sales day at Castle Combe in 1966. Put me right off single seaters - "too near the ground" - "can't see where you're going" - "etc". Didn't drive another one until 1987 - now...

What was the read warning light next to your left thumb?
Low coolant pressure maybe? Tx - Derek

Heat exchanger Charles recommended - see pic - with these you do not use conventional oil cooler. After starting a cold engine the water heats up faster than oil and heat exchanger simply uses this...

Aaarght! - sorry for my dumb mistake - I use a modern (Aeromotive) fuel filter so I'm no direct help. However there are lots of such modern filter housings and related filter elements - there will...

The filters I have with me here at the track are fuel filters. I will check the oil filters when I get home early next week. Derek

Ross - this may be a bum lead but for what it is worth my Buick V6 has Cosworth pumps same as or similar to a DFV. The paper filter is two smaller filters joined end to end by a very slim aluminum...

Do people still use pan gaskets? I thought "goo" was the preferred method these days. Always willing to learn. Derek

Stan - I now the Tech Directors and Competition Directors of both SVRA and HSR fairly well - have known them personally for 20-30 years. I'd be happy to "introduce" you to them. I do not know the...

There is such a class - Group 5 - but the real question is whether enough would turn up to make an interesting race within a race. S2000s did just that over the last few years in Group 7 - to such an...

Anyone know if a "typical car-type regulated alternator" if OK with LiFePo batteries? I'm thinking of the one wire Nippon Denso 45A "mini" alternator. Thx - Derek

SVRA has always deferred to Monoposto Rules for such cars - you should have no problem with that model - ...

Oz is a RHD country so lefthand shifting is natural for them.

Don't ask me how often I've flown to the UK, rented a car, launched out into London traffic, then kept my left hand on the steering...

I'm no expert but that's my understanding as well. The height of stored oil in the tank, while running, is probably the clue to avoiding the bathtub drain effect.

On a practical level I've had...

This one? Neat.
How does the top seal - o-ring, gasket, silicone goop?