Chris, My chassis has a slight fore-and-aft curvature, which means that if one end is touching the ground the other is 1cm/half inch up. I'm not concerned...
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Dougie
dougie@...
Apr 30, 2001 3:36 pm
Yo Peeps ... worth ... I was just commenting to Ivan yesterday that there is such a thing as Locost symetry. Dougie...
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Clark, Allen
allen.clark@...
Apr 30, 2001 3:42 pm
Guys Looking for a copy of the rebuilding crossflows book, but don't want to have to pay 18 quid plus postage. Anyone got a cheaper source for this? Cheers ...
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James Hughes
james.hughes@...
Apr 30, 2001 3:46 pm
I got mine from Amazon (the rebuilding Pintos and XFlows by Wallage book) - seemed a good price at the time, but I dont remember how much it was!!. James ... ...
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Devonport, Alex
alex.devonport@...
Apr 30, 2001 3:59 pm
... From: Devonport, Alex Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 8:46 AM To: 'locost@yahoogroups.com' Subject: RE: [locost] Rebuilding crossflows book I was looking for...
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James Hughes
james.hughes@...
Apr 30, 2001 4:13 pm
Go to www.amazon.co.uk <http://www.amazon.co.uk> , and serach for Pinto - you get the Xflow/pinto book for 10.36 + postage James ... From: Devonport, Alex...
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Matthew H. Brinton
matthew.h.brinton@...
Apr 30, 2001 4:49 pm
Hello everyone, Does anyone know of a cheap nose-cone going anywhere in the UK?, quality and size are not important - seconds and crash damaged would be...
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Jeff@...
Apr 30, 2001 5:31 pm
Steve It's worth giving your local exhaust fitter a try. When I built the last one, I used sections of obsolete stock from the odds & ends they kept upstairs....
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paul escreet
banditthug@...
Apr 30, 2001 6:07 pm
Hi, Please help me make some space so I can get on with my locost project. I have a colchester triumph engineering lathe that needs a new home, albeit quite...
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Chris Gibbons
c.gibbons@...
Apr 30, 2001 7:21 pm
Paul I will mail you off list to discuss the lathe! chris gibbons...
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David Jenkins
d.w.jenkins@...
Apr 30, 2001 7:27 pm
Folks, Thanks to my ISP's drive for greater efficiency and good service (mutter, mutter,...) I have to tell everyone my new e-mail address and URL. These are: ...
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Michael Weir
mweir@...
Apr 30, 2001 7:40 pm
Hi Chris, An engineer friend of mine gave me the advice, that once you have welded it up, to reheat the welds, in the order you did the, to a cherry red. He...
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Hargraves, Rick
rhargraves@...
Apr 30, 2001 7:59 pm
HI Chaps, When I welded my chassis I welde out the top and bottom framesand kept it clamped to the board while I did it. I then tacked the "H"s on the bottom...
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Hargraves, Rick
rhargraves@...
Apr 30, 2001 8:08 pm
HI Doc, I can give you a thousand pics of a 20v in one of these chassis - well Westfield - and they fit guaranteed. So confident am I that I have painted my...
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Hargraves, Rick
rhargraves@...
Apr 30, 2001 8:31 pm
Hi Paul, That is enough to make this grown man in AUS cry - I do not want to know. Best Regards, Rick Hargraves Tarong Civils Project ph 4163 7222 ext 115 mob...
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Hargraves, Rick
rhargraves@...
Apr 30, 2001 8:36 pm
Hi Chaps, I think you will find that the standard Locost chassis will twist at least 1/2" under use anyway - that is why we stiffen them in AUS Tricky H. AUS ...
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Jim Pantas
jimpantas@...
Apr 30, 2001 9:35 pm
I know I have asked this question before, I am starting to build and wondered if anyone has good pictures of a locost using this powertrain? Jim Pantas...
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Devonport, Alex
alex.devonport@...
Apr 30, 2001 9:37 pm
What is the typicial tube diameter for the primaries on any of the 1600 xflow exhaust manifolds that any of you guys have out there? later, Alex...
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bratt
bratt@...
Apr 30, 2001 10:18 pm
Mike: I have heard of that process, but have never tried it. Even having everything straight is not a guarantee that there are no stresses in a chassis. A...
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paul escreet
banditthug@...
Apr 30, 2001 10:22 pm
we could always DHL ;O) Paul. ... ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at...
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paul escreet
banditthug@...
Apr 30, 2001 10:41 pm
Hi, I think I may have located my donor car, a neighbour has an MOT failed 2.0 gl 'b' reg granada. Anyone got any experience of or views on using such a donor....
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dking@...
Apr 30, 2001 11:26 pm
Hi Dale, I have a set of both TC Cortina and Gemini uprights at home, the Ford ones are significently heavier and taller. You will not be using the Transit...
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simonmck34@...
May 1, 2001 12:13 am
Hi all, I've bought the book and unsurprisingly, I'm keen to give it a go. I've long admired the Lotus 7 style replica, and I think this may very well be the...
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Darren Ponton
darren_ponton@...
May 1, 2001 1:19 am
Hi Ivan, Good to here your back on your feet - I seem to have that problem whenever I move motors and gearboxes. Maybe you have the right T-50 gearbox, but...
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porschercr@...
May 1, 2001 2:07 am
In a message dated 04/30/2001 2:40:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time, locost@yahoogroups.com writes: << I have a colchester triumph engineering lathe that needs a...
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Darren Ponton
darren_ponton@...
May 1, 2001 2:13 am
Hey Rick, I have been doing my brake lines at Barrie Nelson's workshop. He is 'looking after' a lathe for someone (and doesn't expect they'll ever want it...
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Hargraves, Rick
rhargraves@...
May 1, 2001 2:21 am
HI Darren, Looks like it may now be a race between us as we are at the same stage. Like yours mine will be a mix of 3/8 AF and M10x1mm tube nuts. I have to...
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Darren Ponton
darren_ponton@...
May 1, 2001 3:20 am
My car even had it's first wheel alignment on the weekend! Do you know if there is any 'rule' that you have to use 'new' tubing for the fuel lines. I already...
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Hargraves, Rick
rhargraves@...
May 1, 2001 5:22 am
HI Brett, So long as it is clean and rust free it wont be a problem. For the bulb on the end maybe just use the double flare adapter first and push a bulb -...
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bratt
bratt@...
May 1, 2001 5:31 am
Hi Dale; One of our local builders has used the Chevette/Gemini uprights and brake discs, but opted for a Mini rack and Toyota diff with disc brakes. He is ...
