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    • Nick Jones
      Andrew's Mk IV Spitfire

      By Nick Jones · Posted

      If it’s not hitching or pinking then it’s probably happy combustion-wise, but might be getting rather scary exhaust gas temperatures increase the risk of exhaust valve problems and possibly HGF. Difficult to know without measuring the temperatures…… My Vitesse will run to mid 16s at low cruise (60ish) without hitching but I don’t run it beyond mid 15s. With GTs plasma plugs we could get it to 18:1 before it hitched. It didn’t drive nicely though.
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      By BiTurbo228 · Posted

      Yep. And the welds haven't even stuck as they're tiny little tack welds trying to stick to a vice 🙃 Helicoils are a good idea. First job will be to try and extract them to see what the threads are like. The main issue is that the heads appear to have mostly departed company with the shank, meaning there's nothing to turn them by. Not terribly difficult to sort, but it's somewhere in the bottom third of a long to do list at the moment...
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      By Escadrille Ecosse · Posted

      No need whatsoever for a welder anywhere near the vice. 
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      By thebrookster · Posted

      It is also possible to sort the screws if the threads are completely gone, I fixed mine with helicoils. https://www.engineeringsupplies.co.uk/516-x-18-bsw-thread-repair-kit.html Phil
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      By JohnD · Posted

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      Spitfire 1500

      By wimpus · Posted

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    • zetecspit
      Andrew's Mk IV Spitfire

      By zetecspit · Posted

      I must admit on my spitfire (OK, it is "only" 25 years old! 16V so a more modern design) I run 15.5 up to 3500rpm which is 80mph or so in 5th. I have been working on TPS readings, about 15% is where I start getting a bit more serious with the fuelling, setting to 12.5 at 80-100%  When I connected an AFR to my Vitesse, it runs at high 15's at about 60-70mph, I need to have another go at the needles with a file. It doesn't hitch though, nor pink. So who knows if that is OK?

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