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Spit131

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  1. I couldn’t resist this AP Suretack for the R160 . Such fascinating pieces of engineering ! I was going to have my second R160 fitted with a Quaife for less raucous touring but this hopefully should do job .
  2. These Ross pistons were ordered through Allison’s Fiat specialists n the USA , Mark Allison is a regular respected member on the GC forum . Just out of interest to myself I lifted both valves 5mm to check the very rough fit . Obviously a proper check will be needed once fitted to the block but will now have to wait for Cunningham rods from GC and a slot at SMD .
  3. Thank you Guppy . I was at school , if you can count daydreaming in class and being continuously up to serious mischief , In Winchester . It was there that I jumped into a sewage storage tank , mistaking the crust on top of six feet of sewage as a concrete floor ! Lucky I caught the rim of the manhole . it is probably too far ideally especially with Guy Croft’s ex employee’s company SMD being in Sittingbourne but probably be a good choice for someone in that area . My pistons have turned up , I will post a pic this evening as I have a question to ask .
  4. Nice when your suspicions are confirmed by the well read .
  5. Gosh , definitely not what I expected to read on Sideways Phil ! very fascinating indeed , a world outside normal , even if it must sometimes be very tedious for you ! There are a lot of clever people on here ! Slightly intimidating .
  6. Hi John , hope you are good , sorry , these political/social debates are never easy to keep non-provoking . I was not just referring to ‘ The Trump ‘ but to all the shameful infringements against females . I regularly , pathetically , block out thoughts of the continuous thousands if not tens of thousands of women/girls ( ignoring males just for now , sorry ) being forced into horrendous situations by vile males ( and probably disturbing obliging females ) and that is just in the UK !! Statistics prove our ‘ social guardians ‘ clearly have very little concern at all !!! I would hope that most decent males would back the millions of decent females , who might possibly set up systems where by females being subjected to such violations could have a chance to click on say an app bringing VOLUMES of objectors , including legal , psychological , philanthropist , protective , help ? Possibly If proved guilty these individuals should be named and shamed just in order to reverse the never ending onslaught ? something needs doing as the current assistance is almost absent !! It is interesting about crime , it costs a fortune to detain an individual but if the sentences were far more severe there would be far less people needing detaining ???? Of course detention in it self should be drastically overhauled but that is another debate . My overall view is , we should look at our ‘ guardians ‘ and weep , humbled by their selfless caring . Instead one just wants to p— on them ! Be grateful for any other better solutions to the situation . M only came on here to talk motors but perhaps there is the problem .
  7. And yes it is a great shame that women do not do more ‘ as a team ‘ to establish justice .
  8. Flippant rebuke ? Not at all Paul . Fresh start welcomed .
  9. You are certainly a passionate thinker Paul and certainly far more read than myself . Admirable . To be honest , I really do not like to dwell on the future . Shamefully glad to be nearing my end whilst very fearful for our future generations . This is a very unpredictable and regularly severe world .
  10. Paul , I do not need ‘ clever ‘ responses . A child can see the sad state of this world . I agree with many things you have stated . Not sure why you are trying to give me a hard time ? M
  11. You may despair , but not for long . Why not educate me and forecast your prediction for the future ?
  12. All interesting but impossible to stop this corrupt , dog eat dog world slipping every faster down the edge of a one way precipice . I think people will be shocked how quickly melt down comes . sorry , but Just can’t see what could change it HOWEVER , Keep smiling and enjoy your motors whilst you can .
  13. Thank you Nick , I will take a look . Some very nice aspects to its design even from what I have seen so far .
  14. Found it , not as exceptional as I hoped it might be but a very interesting example none the less . Thank
  15. Let me have a quick look as strangely it does not delete for 30 days !?!?!?!
  16. Interestingly GC site may be reawakening under a member’s control . GC’s parts listed again ! Be very good news ! SIDEWAYS and GC .
  17. Good morning , No progress to report . HC pistons still not arrived . A week or so ago I thought I would take a look at Triumph/Fiat/Lancia FB forums despite having deleted FB from my phone about a year ago when I could no longer deal with it . There are a number of related groups but almost all of a lightweight , non tech nature . I posted on around four of them but it has only been a week and I have again resorted to deleting FB off my phone . perhaps it is a problem with me , not sure . I can not remember If it was on one of the only few tech related groups who’s name I can not remember but just before deleting I glimpsed what might have been a very interesting Spitfire build , seemingly UK , that looked to be of very high quality , some very tasteful looking body mods , arches , front spoiler/dams etc . Also I think there might have been an interesting engine swap but had not tracked down the actual thread to confirm . Also not sure if the guy had done it himself or had paid a professional race outfit to perform the work . It would be good to find out more so if anyone who is not FB phobic has seen this or even better can persuade the guy to start posting on here all the better . Thank you . M
  18. So it’s all Sideways-technologies fault for lulling me into a false sense of freedom ! Having been reading several other posts on that site it seems I might have been over worrying , Several others have talked freely about other companies products other than the sponsors . I do now appreciate though that one should do the homework needed first to asses the politics of a site before indulging . It’s their baby and you are just a visitor .I have no problem being corrected if I go astray though . Thanks for the unrestricted side of this site by the way . And , as I think I said before your upload system is very efficient ! I have largely reworked my Flikr content to make it less likely to offend anyway ( another painful process of course ! ) Thanks Pete , I’ll try that .
  19. Stupidly I had not picked up on their commercial sponsor . I do dig myself some holes . I have now crossed off the offending Flickr link , I’ll see what happens .
  20. Unfortunately I think I might have already upset the American Fiat website owner of Fiat124.com which is one of the rare remaining relevant sites out there as some of my pics on my Flikr link have a commercial link . Stupid of me , should have thought , but nothing intentional . My signature is now highlighted in red and non functional . I have apologised , declared my innocence and offered to rectify but no response so far .Tonight and tomorrow I will swap out any commercial pics with personal pics . Hopefully this has not caused a problem here ? They should have L plates for non IT Savy folk . Or do I need a nanny ?
  21. As I said , the more worrying aspect is the crank re-grind question . I spoke with SMD today , seemed very decent . He said he is very busy but could do the block work in early November . From what I have gathered most places are struggling to catch up with back logs . Apparently he worked for GC years ago but is still in regular communication and still shares some work with him . I will send an email to confirm the date and range of block work involved in order to get an estimate of those works . In the meantime I need to find out the truth about the ‘ odd sized ‘ 125 unit crank .
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