Hi all Was wondering if anybody could recommend a good repair shop in the city/inner city area of sydney - somebody who understands midgets and not too...
Hi Brett, welcome to the discussion group. Just so happens one of our NSW Sprite Car Club members runs a mechanics shop in the inner city. Greg Strange Motor...
Thanks eriks, I will go over and meet with him. I need work done on brakes, suspension, steering and tuning but I donąt have the confidence or tools to do it...
Hi Colin, Just a short not to say thank you for your time yesterday. I ave mounted the crank with the reinforced centre main cap, did not experience any...
No problem Bruce, any time. avagoodday Colin www.SpriteParts.com.au ... From: bruce wallace To: spridgets-aus@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007...
Brett, My name is Greg Ryan I am a Sprite Car Club Member I work at Greg Strange Auto Repairs. We can do the work on your Sprite Brakes, Suspension, Steering...
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Hi all, have posted some photo's of the motor assembley.The middle main bearing cap has been reinforced to take a little extra load. Bruce....
Lovely work as always, Bruce. Before the sump goes on, you might want to consider throwing away the original big end bolts and replacing them with some Unbrako...
Hi Colin, Have got some cap screws on there way, the Assembly is at this stage only try before I got too far to see if all was smooth in the rotation. Bruce. ...
Good idea Bruce! ... From: bruce wallace To: spridgets-aus@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [spridgets-aus] Motor...
Looks Great Bruce, but can you explain, or show a photo, how you have attached the engine to the engine stand, please. I can't quite make it out. Greg...
Hi people, Is it possible to run twin Weber or Dellorto DCOEs on a 1275? Main reason for asking is I'd love to hear the induction roar... Baz (Hobbit)...
Baz there are two ways (1) run split webers - ie using one barrel from each. Shouldn't give you any more induction roar than a single weber (& no more power...
Hi Bruce, so how would a manifold look for split Webers, given that there's just the two ports on a standard head? If there's not much advantage then, it...
... Hi Baz. Stick with a single twin choke Weber. Split Webers are only for full race motors, also much time, money and grief. A single carb eill give great...
G'day Baz With split Webers, you gain between 3 and 5 bhp on a race engine, simply because you have straight inlet manifolds feeding the cylinders instead of...
G'day All Dr John has just completed a fairly major update to our website www.SpriteParts.com.au, and you might like to pay it a visit. Apart from a few new...
Hi Greg, have posted a couple of photo's of the motor stand attachment in my folder. Should be the last two, hope this assists. Bruce. ... From: gtmahney...
G'day all Click below for an incredible slow motion video of the inside of a running engine cylinder. Watch the valve overlap - the inlet opens before the...
Hi Baz One option is to upgrade to an Elder (or similar) cross-flow head as I did. Is a fabulous motor now but was v expensive to build up and a pain in the ...
speaking of X-flow heads... has anyone seen the BMW 1100 bike head on an A-series engine? I've seen one under construction... I think a spridget bonnet would...
Colin, I loved looking through Rob's rebuild on your new website. I have a question about what Rob mentioned re the quarter elliptical springs out of the mk 1....
G'day Michael, and thanks for the feedback. We have a big fat candle with three nails in it, to support a tin of Kiwi black boot polish. Light the candle, the...
Hi sprite owners The other day a managed to knock a pretruding rock with the R front chassis extension bar in my 2A (or what ever the correct term is for the...
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G'day Alan How far upwards is it bent, and where does the bend start. How does it compare with the other side. You do know I hope that the rails are supposed...
G'day Alan, must have been some rock! check the other side too.. if you're talking about what I think you're talking about, ( the chassis part to which things...
