VW Beetle – Weber IDF setup
Dan Bingham brought his 1973 VW Beetle in for a setup on the rolling road. The Beetle has just received a pair of Weber IDF’s. We set his ignition timing, balanced the carbs and set the idle mixture and speed…
A pair of 6 cylinder Triumphs on the rollers
A late model Spitfire with 2500cc straight six and carburetors and a 2500 PI with fuel injection. The Spitfire suffered from a misfire at higher revs. Insufficient fuel supply saw the installation of a new Facet fuel pump. A straight…
Custom roll cage and paint for a BMW 3.0 Si Group 1 touring car build.
An unusual racing car perhaps, but in Group 1 trim should fair quite well. The car shares the same 3.0 litre fuel injected engine as the 3.0 CSL. Group 1 regulations are far more restrictive of course but it should…
Porsche 911 with Bosch slide throttle fuel injection setup on rolling road
Dave Broughton of 911 Classics brought us a 911 race car running Bosch slide throttle fuel injection. The car was not running right so Dave asked us to put it on the rollers and find out what was going wrong.…
Engine and subframe fitted to the Mini Pick-up
The small bore engine is in the subframe and yesterday we lifted the pickup body over the top and dropped it on. We are currently fitting up the brakes, wiring and plumbing before the Shorrock super charger goes in. This…