Simple questions
Discussion
These may seem simple to some, possibly silly to others, but it's not as silly as getting it completely wrong because you didn't ask in the first place! (well that’s my line anyway and I'm sticking to it). So here goes
1. What’s the best place to jack the front and back of the car, I take it not the outriggers?
2. Can the (silly) scissor jack be used to get it high enough to get axle stands under?
3. Thinking about getting a trolley jack though, can anyone recommend a reasonably priced one to go for?
Thanx in advance
Harry
1. What’s the best place to jack the front and back of the car, I take it not the outriggers?
2. Can the (silly) scissor jack be used to get it high enough to get axle stands under?
3. Thinking about getting a trolley jack though, can anyone recommend a reasonably priced one to go for?
Thanx in advance
Harry
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These may seem simple to some, possibly silly to others, but it's not as silly as getting it completely wrong because you didn't ask in the first place! (well that’s my line anyway and I'm sticking to it). So here goes
1. What’s the best place to jack the front and back of the car, I take it not the outriggers?
2. Can the (silly) scissor jack be used to get it high enough to get axle stands under?
3. Thinking about getting a trolley jack though, can anyone recommend a reasonably priced one to go for?
Thanx in advance
Harry
Pay the extra five quid and get a trolley jack where the lifting 'cup' is removeable, this gives you an extra inch clearance (which you will need) and a nice flat surface for the chassis to rest on. Rule of thumb for jacking points is stay away from round section chassis tubes, pick it up by the square section tubes. Ideal jacking points are the main square chassis tubes down the center of the car, you are unlikely to be able to reach them with a normal jack. I normally pick the rear up by putting the jack under the outboard end of the rear trailing arm (nice and substantial with flat bottom) suitably protected by a piece of wood. At the front I pick it up on the front/outer corner of the outrigger, again with a piece of wood between the jack and the chassis tubes. If I'm doing any significant work I'll then let the car down again and use the extra inch or so (it doesn't settle right back down) to get the jack into the main chassis rails. Do not under any circumstances try to jack the car up under the middle of the outriggers. The corners are relatively well braced though and will take the weight as long as you use some wood to stop the jack biting into the chassis tubes.
Cheers,
Peter Humphries (and a green V8S)
This is covered in the bible (p 161 I think).
I use a yellow Halfords jobby which has a 120 mm closed height and found this to be the lowest jack I could get without spending a fortune.
Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk
I use a yellow Halfords jobby which has a 120 mm closed height and found this to be the lowest jack I could get without spending a fortune.
Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk
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This is covered in the bible (p 161 I think).
I use a yellow Halfords jobby which has a 120 mm closed height and found this to be the lowest jack I could get without spending a fortune.
Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk
Steve/Peter
Cheers, pg 181 edition 2, told you they were simple questions. I suppose I should have looked in the index first, as I couldn't find it browsing the book
Just a bit concerned about you surfing at 5 o'clock in the morning though
Harry
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Just a bit concerned about you surfing at 5 o'clock in the morning though
We are practising getting up early in readiness for the sprint season starting...
Steve
Steve
Still very concerned though, can't you set the alarm clock
for the days you need to get up early? Saying that I was up at that time this morning to get to the airport at
o'clock for a meeting in Glasgow. Have to make a point of seeing you and Peter sprint sometime this season, let me (us?) know if and when you are at the same meet, preferably when south of the M4 for me though!
Harry
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Steve,
Is there anywhere on line I can get the sprint regs? I'm after the class information specifically as I'm about to build a car to go sprinting/hill-climbing in. It'll have fireblade engine in.
Try www.ukmotorsports.com (or co.uk) and have a good look. You will need to know which championships you want to enter as some of the regions have different ones. I'm in the southern ones.
Steve
PS I'm up early to go testing at Goodwood.
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I use a yellow Halfords jobby which has a 120 mm closed height and found this to be the lowest jack I could get without spending a fortune.
Think is the same one I bought for the Mustang (the two-tonne one). So should be OK for the Chimaaera then ...
Got two free yellow axle stands too
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[Try www.ukmotorsports.com (or co.uk) and have a good look. You will need to know which championships you want to enter as some of the regions have different ones. I'm in the southern ones.
Steve
PS I'm up early to go testing at Goodwood.
B*gger I was off this afternoon and went for a blast, had I known before you were running the beast at Goodwood today, only 30/40 minutes down the road, I would have stuck my nose over the fence.
That link didn't work (vacant site on .co.uk as well), anyone else get it to work?
Harry
I think you've got an extra S in there, you want www.ukmotorsport.com. There must be a joke in there somewhere?
You can relax. The 520 was still minus its engine on Friday so I went out in the Griff. Got caught on the M1 snarl up when an overturned lorry blocked the M1 and missed my first hour instruction/testing. Then I put the griff into the gravel and then it started to click and boy was it an immense improvement. Spent the afternoon walking the perimeter and seeing others struggle in the same way.
The engine went into the 520 on Saturday so nearly ready.
The plenum is a work of art. Not as much power as I expected but I now how a lots more grunt. The Torque curve has moved up 60 lbs/ft along its curve and is smoothed out. The engine is now putting out Griff 500 grunt at below 2000 revs and just carries on. John reckons that this would be a safer option as there was a little damage internally.
John had to do a bit of top end refurb - new rings and a valve regrind due to the top rings braking due to pre-detonation caused by fuel starvation at high revs.
Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk
The engine went into the 520 on Saturday so nearly ready.
The plenum is a work of art. Not as much power as I expected but I now how a lots more grunt. The Torque curve has moved up 60 lbs/ft along its curve and is smoothed out. The engine is now putting out Griff 500 grunt at below 2000 revs and just carries on. John reckons that this would be a safer option as there was a little damage internally.
John had to do a bit of top end refurb - new rings and a valve regrind due to the top rings braking due to pre-detonation caused by fuel starvation at high revs.
Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk
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