HSR Project - on the road again...FINALLY........

MG Man · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:55 pm Post subject:

..........er
yeah
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worksux101 · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:04 pm Post subject:

You for forkin real? pack me in the trunk please...or at least get pics of them...
What i'd do to get a ride in the GT40 replica Shocked

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wagonrunner · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:27 am Post subject:

what d mudder corn husk!!!!
how son could you be in tobago? i could get there tomorrow.
Can we pay your buddy a visit?
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MG Man · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 7:16 am Post subject:

hahahahahaha
He like to keep a low scene
maybe I'll pull a name out of a hat when I goin Laughing

Last time I was there, he was workin on other peoples cars, including a V8 Land Rover 110 Crew-cab, MG MIdget, TRiumph TRg, a Wolsley and a 1930 Dailmer
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Maserati · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:04 pm Post subject:

lawd..books ticket to tobago Laughing

MG Man · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:02 am Post subject:

http://www.chevettes.com/showroom.php?section=va&page=75

I figured I just had to do a follow-up

.........and in other news, I had a close inspectin of the HSR's tyres, all of which seem to be sufering from dry-rot, as indicated by fine cracks in the sidewalls.....they due for changing anyway, having been on te car for 5 years or so

Lookin to fit some Goodyear Eagle NCT2 205 60 13s
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horsepwrjunki · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:01 am Post subject:

kevin liek yuh need a pti crew to go with u.. the executive at junkispeed has decided to sponsor the cause by loaning u soem of its staff to acompany u to tobago.. Twisted Evil

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MG Man · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:37 am Post subject:

^^^Team Wallslapper only acepts cash sponsorship, Sir
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MG Man · Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:12 am Post subject:

puit in the K&Ns yesterday
Spent about an hour with some unleaded and autosol to shine them up before putting in the new elements. We'll have to wait a while before the dyno tells us if the new exhaust and these filters make a difference over the last pull, with the old leaky manifold and no filters
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Jahling · Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:20 pm Post subject:

Hopefully that little flame thrower you have there won't burn these up too.
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MG Man · Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:22 am Post subject:

^^^LOL
nah, no more spitbacks.......only happens when she's running lean
I destroyed four Jamex power socks that way some years back Confused

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MG Man · Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:32 am Post subject:

ZOINKS!!!

Two aborted midnight runs with the HSR
Plan was to drive down south with the MG, and back up with the HSR, and keep it at the apartment until time to ship her off to Tobago. Drove the MG down on Friday night, and dad warmed up the HSR in the meantime, and then parked it in the yard. Time to swap cars, and HSR would not start. Clearly an electrical gremlin.
I unscrewed the distributor rotor (yeah, u read that right), and cleaned the points...time to put the rotor back on, and it cracked when I was tightening it Evil or Very Mad

Seems I did not seat it properly. Drove back up to the apartment with the MIni Cooper.........went down to Johnny Gobin in Munroe Road on saturday to hunt for a rotor. JG specialises in bedford parts, and has huge stocks.

Why Bedford? The HSR shares the same engine block with the Bedford CF Van, 2.3 Viva GT and 101 Victor. They all carry the same AC Delco dizzy.....after some digging, Mrs. Gobin found the correct rotor, and I bought 2 at $48 each. We had a nice chat about why she likes vauxhalls so much...something about interchangable parts Very Happy

So rotor installed yesterday, and more troubleshoting isolated the coil as the offender. No shops open, so I ended pillaging the MG for a coil...........

So it was up the highway, trying to keep it around 3500rpm in 5th (maybe around 110 - 120kph), because my wife wa folowing in the corolla. The car definitely hates cruising under 3000, and it wa still fussy at 3500
THe car is now in Curepe, waiting for a sail date
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Why Tobago?
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