Hi Ben.
Glad things are looking on the up for you matey.
I on the other hand have only got worse to the point I am not able to hold a knife and fork properly and anything with a spoon is out of the question.
I now have my tremor all over my body.
Just been to see the neurologist and theres nothing they can do now as far as drugs go so the only thing next would be surgery (which I wouldnt look forward to)
So holding a spanner is out of the question and might have to sell the buggy as is as as I also might have to give up driving.

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Really sorry to hear that Steve.....

with her friends where I could see her, putting the suspension, subframe and wheels back onto the Rallye and lifting it off the axle stands and getting it back onto 4 wheeos



Do you think she'd have a look at my brakes?

Good news there then Ben mpg wose you should be getting 20mpg or very near

First of all sorry to here your news Steve. Ben so pleased that you are back into the buggy this is one of my favourites just one thing when posting pictures of said buggy you always have to post one of the engine 

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You know what fella, I thought I had.... Seems not, so just for you....

 

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Steering straightened up, horn assembly plastic screws ordered, rear lighting sorted, service kit and new jets from the states be here tomorrow, insurance sorted....she's about ready.

11:30 am tomorrow!

Hi Ben.
Glad things are looking on the up for you matey.
I on the other hand have only got worse to the point I am not able to hold a knife and fork properly and anything with a spoon is out of the question.
I now have my tremor all over my body.
Just been to see the neurologist and theres nothing they can do now as far as drugs go so the only thing next would be surgery (which I wouldnt look forward to)
So holding a spanner is out of the question and might have to sell the buggy as is as as I also might have to give up driving.

Hi Steve, I too are sorry to hear that you are not currently firing on all cylinders. If you ever need a hand with anything, just give a shout.

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Right, MOT passed.....

New carb jets from the states arrived this morning so I'm just about to fit those and drain the fuel system. New fuel filters ordered and on their way from M7 too.

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Excellent news!!!


Though you do realise that with the new jets your fuel consumption is about to rocket up!


From 1 gallon in 2 years, to many, many gallons a week!!!!    Yeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

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Possibly......

New jets are in but she's not happy. I need to drain the entire fuel system, replace the filters and refill.

Bit annoyed really. Never had an issue with water ingress before and I'm at a loss as to how it can have got it. The only thing I can think of is perhaps it's got past the fuel.filler when I've washed it..... I suspect it might need retiming now the right jets are in there and generally a good setting up.

Just need to find somewhere now...most places these days are remap specialists.....with no idea what a carburettor is!

There's a good place at Wimpole near Royston, but that might be a bit far for you

Hi Ben

This is all very interesting, engines dont normally need a re-jet, least of all off the shelf and in the mail.

Has your Corvair always been running rich ? as this should have affected the general performance and make racket backfiring
I would have thought.

A rolling road would be the best place to go I spect and jets should be fitted that enable the engine to run as it was designed,
I know I have mentioned it elsewhere, but getting some heat into your air boxes would also be a huge benefit with this.

Hopefully you will be able to sort it out though

Peter

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Peter,

Long story. The guy who built my carbs did so with the other mods id done in mind (overbore on cylinders, hotter cam, exhausts etc) and fitted what should be standard size jets for a 110 Corvair engine (#53's).

Now, when we built the engine, we had issues with it running on anything other than idle. As soon as it came off idle, it gave all the symptoms of being lean, so Rob drilled out the jets a bit at a time in an effort to resolve. It eventually ran better, although not perfect. Rob then discovered a loose connection on the points plate, which was pretty much making (or letting?) it give full advance at just off idle, hence the appearance of being lean. Sorted than and it ran great although by now the jets had been enlarged somewhat. I sourced a new set of original size jets.

It's been rich as long as it's been running although we decided to leave it this way whilst we ran it in as it would run cooler. It did pop and bang on the overrun somewhat......

The Corvair engine doesn't suffer with carb icing at all so there is no need to run extra heat to them. The intake sits over the engine which warms it anyway.

It does now need fine tuning on a rolling road by someone who knows what they are doing. David Knight at Knight Engine Services who did some of the work on it for me have recommended somewhere reasonably close to me.

The other alternative is to buy and fit and EFi kit.......