There's 1 degree of bend on the tube IIRC, if you have access to a tube bender.

You could grind the inner wing a touch where the stiffening ridge is if you don't want to do that, but you'll have to weld the tube to the inner wing to get the strength back in the panel.

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Practice makes perfect and all that

Started to make a little 'progress' on this again, if you can call stripping the block right back down to nothing so I can paint it can clean it prior to finall assembly. I also purchased a few bits of kit to make sure of all the sizes as I don't want any nasty suprises!

Pistons/rods all out and numbered



Block given first coat of Hammerite smooth Dark Blue (Company colours are Navy blue and white, so if it's going on track it might as well give me a little advertising while it sits in the tyre wall/on the back of the tow truck/burns uncontrollably while upside down...)



And some bore dial guages, the micrometer set comes tomorrow, I have a mania for good tools, I just cant't help myself...



Should be ready to start bolting it all up by the weekend. Oh and I've cut up a standard inlet manifold ready to make a longer inlet than the Jenvey item, no pics of that yet but I'll take a few while I'm making it. (Hopefully this will be a modified inlet that actually improves things for once!)

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get a stanley on it afterwards

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306 rallye reproduction decals (full sets/individual decals) | 306 b-pillar textured vinyl weatherstrips
306 slam panel esso stickers | 306 yellow / orange / pension fund red side door badges
gti6 inlet manifold badges | 306 rear boot badges (p2/p3)
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Its getting there!!

Slapped a bit more paint around this weekend. Should be getting started on sump baffling soon, if I can be arsed...







Looks 10% faster already

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Some of my services: (See my for sale threads)
Engine mount/chassis repair
Solid Beam Mounts BACK IN PRODUCTION
Harness bars

The first coat had some black mixed in with it from another job and was darker than I wanted. It needed a second coat anyway as it was patchy so I broke out a new tin. It's come up a treat now and should be easy to spot leaks etc. against the lighter color. And as for your fuel starvation, forget special tanks, get a swirl pot buddy

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R H Davey Welding Supplies. I sell new and used welding equipment in the Hampshire area. I take on welding jobs in the evenings, ally casting repairs are one of my specialities but I can weld pretty much anything. PM me with your requirements.

Some of my services: (See my for sale threads)
Engine mount/chassis repair
Solid Beam Mounts BACK IN PRODUCTION
Harness bars

I'm with you mate, you can't rush a good job.

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Make tea, not war.

If it ain't broke......fix it until it is.

I get to pick up my DIY Maniflow system on Saturday, £175 instead of about £500 means quite a saving if you do the welding yourself, all I need to do is find someone that's handy with a TIG torch now...

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Some of my services: (See my for sale threads)
Engine mount/chassis repair
Solid Beam Mounts BACK IN PRODUCTION
Harness bars

Use the 1 bar 1.4 pump to pick up fuel to feed the 3 bar pump, the little 1.4 pump sits flat in a little plastic swirl pot of it's own right on the bottom of the tank, just need to seal the pot the '6 pump sits in so it's got some storage.

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- Bespoke rollcages/additions/adjustments. Half cages right up to complete custom spaceframes - MSA/FIA spec, CDS, ROPT, T45, etc - PM me
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Custom-made polybushes available - need an odd size or fitment? - anything from batch work to one-off pieces.

Thanks Miles

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Some of my services: (See my for sale threads)
Engine mount/chassis repair
Solid Beam Mounts BACK IN PRODUCTION
Harness bars

I took a ride out to Salisbury to collect my Maniflow this weekend and am very pleased with how it looks. I think it might be a litle bit of a pig to fabricate on the car as there are a lot of sleeve joints that can move about but I'm sure I'll manage.

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R H Davey Welding Supplies. I sell new and used welding equipment in the Hampshire area. I take on welding jobs in the evenings, ally casting repairs are one of my specialities but I can weld pretty much anything. PM me with your requirements.

Some of my services: (See my for sale threads)
Engine mount/chassis repair
Solid Beam Mounts BACK IN PRODUCTION
Harness bars