Rolling Road Day

Just back from Bogg Brothers where the carbs were set up by Dave ( the father ).He seemed to know his stuff and changed most of the jets , emulsion tubes and air correctors.The engine made 160bhp which is 15 up on the last time when it had a 244 cam instead of the present 254.
David also spoke to Aldon about modding the advance curve on the distributor giving more advance early on to pull the engine onto the cam earlier.Took it up the road and it went like a rocket ! Will give it a better go later , knackered after 6 hours trailering it there and back.

Running in

Had the dubious task of running in the new engine before it goes on the rolling road.This is normally a boring task but when the vehicle is geared for 6000 rpm at 70mph and does less than 10 mpg it becomes a real pain.Kept to country roads so I could at leat have a little bit of fun on the bends , however the car does not handle on part throttle you need to give it max attack before it will go around corners.Did most of the mileage on a nice sunny day and gave it a bit more welly towards the end , nowt below 4500 then it really lifts off , haven’t took it over 6000 yet , thought I heard the sound of detonation coming out of one hairpin so I settled down until the carbs and ignition are set up. Need to get it down to Bogg Brothers now.