Allow me to passon some of the info I have gotten lately.
I can get Hepolite pistons from the UK for $38 a peice for the TR6 and $32
for the 1500 Spit. I would think that prices are similar for the A series.
hepolites are very good pistons! Postage to USA is about $45 (ouch), but
only $10 within UK if you have a courier.
Uprated (by 30%) lever shocks for the Midgets are $30 for the front (exch).
A fully flowed, ported and polished 1500 head with rimflow stainless steel
valves, bronze guides, hardened exhaust seats, springs, and retainers will
set you back $500 (compared with $800 here).
Aircraft alloy roller rockers for the 1500 are $305.
Lightened tubular push rods are $45 for a set.
Lightened cam followers are about $45 for a set.
Toothed belt timing gear (sprockets and front plates) are NOT available. I
decided it was too much for me to design my own. So the vernier adjustable
duplex chain will have to do here.
16 row oil cooler is $75.
I'm still stuck for a distributor. Lucas dizzies have shaft movement
after only 20K miles or less. So if gonna spend $450 per day on an
engine dyno to get a dizzy with a custom made advance curve I don't want
to replace it every 20K miles. I was going to opt for a Mallory dizzy but
my machine shop said they were not that good
Finnally, anyone used the rolling road facilities of David Evans in Riverside
CA? I once went to Charlie Rockwell and agined nothing, he was a total waist
of $$, I rather have waisted it on a Monza exhaust system!
Ok folks, I've got to go an do some cutting edge research!
Cheers Dennis
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