pomwah Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Have a good time in the states. Remember 2 things: The driver you piss off may be carrying a gun, and Steve Smith lives in Vegas. Remembering fact #1 will extend your life, utilising fact #2 will enrich it. C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aar0sc Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 Sadly we're only doing the East coast, otherwise we'd be planning to pop in and say hi, and compare beards! (Starting today. He might have a head start on me...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pomwah Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Please, Nooooooooooooooo..... There's enough competitiveness (healthy) here already we don't need another contest! Don't know what's happening yet but I'd avoid Boston, Massachusetts and possibly the whole of the New England area. My sympathies are with the city. Cheers, James. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6Steve Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Aaron. we'll make you welcome in the west if you're inclined. It's a whole different country over here. And I'll cover you for lane changes if required. Old Los Angeles joke if you remember that period. As for the recent news, we don't yet know what that's about BUT I went to Athens a day or so after the 9-11 attack. People were people, sympathetic and much more clued in to the latest news than I was. It'll be the same in m,ost places you go. People keepin' on being people and marvelling that such evil is so close. Have a great trip and next time do the West! So much more granduer.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aar0sc Posted December 7, 2013 Author Share Posted December 7, 2013 Did y'all miss me? Here I am, in a Spitfire in Pittsburgh (Gosh, LHD Spitfire's are different, the pedal gap, the offset. And groping the door doesn't change the gear!) Did various other things too, here's the view from the Empire State Building: Met this chap: (Having run up the steps on the wrong art museum previously...) Played with this beast: Saw a large spike covered in scaffolding Took a huge train: Got to Florida, then went up to Minneapolis, then back to Buffalo and then Niagra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aar0sc Posted December 7, 2013 Author Share Posted December 7, 2013 And more recently, I re-moted and insured my Spitfire, and although I'm now at university without the car, I do use it as often as I can, here it is with it's friends in Brighton: Not that my Spitfire's gay, of course... Aa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Eclectic gathering Spit looks to be half the height of the Standard Mk1 R5 is a rare sight these days - which isn't that surprising as the little buggers know how to rust. My bro had one about 25 years ago which I spent many hours welding in an attempt to keep the back wheels on and pointing in the right direction. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aar0sc Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 It is quite low! The new suspension is ace though, it looks fab at that height and, combined with the new tyres, handles like it's on rails! You did see the photos above, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I did see the photos above but didn't spot that you'd just posted them as I know you've been back some time and thought I'd seen them before (on another forum? Or am I loosing the plot again....). You certainly did cover some ground - great trip that! Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aar0sc Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 Occasionally snippets were put up on the Club Triumph website, although I can't remember which, mainly linked from facebook by other people as the only internet I had was wifi (when available) on my phone. It was fantastic fun - although I'm no longer great mates with the lad I went with Aa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Extended road-trips do tend to test the strengths (and weaknesses) of relationships.... Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aar0sc Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 We knew that before we started, but I'd spent sufficient time away from him to forget his random racism, sexism, poor jokes involving the pair, and cyclical conversations In Spitfire news, the head gasket is going, probably should change it over christmas, but the garage is dark and cold :/ Aa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHRIS211083 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Better a Garage than a drive way. Use a quality head gasket and don't forget to re-torque the head. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aar0sc Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share Posted September 22, 2014 The head gasket was changed over Christmas, and I found an awesome little machinists shop near me, who skimmed the head for £20. Then I changed the valve for less cracked ones, and lapped them in: Head gasket one (note that this time it's not a super cheap one!) And, after a good tune by my mate whilst I was on deployment, it runs wonderfully!Here it is on the ferry, across to the Isle of Wright: It's racked up a fair few miles over the summer, but since I'm away at uni most of the time, it's being used quite sporadically. Poor thing. Still fires up nicely and drives well, although the engine is definitely past its best - but my low mileage replacement will be getting some work over winter! I've also got a supposedly very good 3 rail gearbox, which will probably go in instead of the synchroless single rail it currently has. Aa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aar0sc Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 It was on display at the NEC Birmingham all weekend, and did 350 miles without any trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aar0sc Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 It was on display at the NEC Birmingham all weekend, and did 350 miles without any trouble. https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/p180x540/10696340_10205119287891652_8530296666140197018_n.jpg?oh=0b7aefe635c3113443867bbd22082c9d&oe=54D8D4CC&__gda__=1427368567_865376b2fe14d7f1696ede0b5cb46000[/im] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aar0sc Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 It was on display at the NEC Birmingham all weekend, and did 350 miles without any trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aar0sc Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 On the way back from Brum we sat in a traffic jam on the M40 for over an hour. And the Spitfire did not enjoy it. In fact, after just two and a half hours of running it'd taken it's oil down from the top of the dipstick to the bottom.... Topped up, and it'd done the same by the time I got home. Plan? I never really liked this engine, and I have another, low mileage 1500. So... Stripped: Oo... That's for the oil, right? Right... Anyway, the crank had to be ground to +020. So much for a cheap rebuild, as that was £117 - over half what I aim to spend in a month on everything combined... Let's not mention this to my girlfriend! Pistons, while manky: Were fine, so my mate Matt cleaned the up with his special methods, and I ordered a set of standard rings. The crank has returned, and it'll all be going together after Christmas, I'll be driving the Spitfire up to Matt's, in Norfolk - so if you see a red Spitfire pulling a large cloud of smoke behind it going through London on the 27th, it'll be me...! Aa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aar0sc Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 Crank: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pomwah Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 (edited) Red Spit blowing smoke? London on the 27th? No, sorry, you'll have to give us more information than that! Edited December 24, 2014 by pomwah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aar0sc Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 Mmmmmmmmmmmmm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Coming on. New rings and honed the bores? Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aar0sc Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 Yup! Remarkably little wear in the bores, although as you could tell the crank was fairly scored. It went in fairly easily, once I'd found another propshaft, and started pretty much on the first turn of the key! Wonderful sounding engine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SP Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 I`d recommend fitting a Mann oil filter as discussed at length on CT,eliminates all the drain back you get with a GFE150. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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