Hello All, Nick, three but the first one is not counted. The motor IS good so it was time to do something to the suspension as it was as bad as the motor. THE motor a bit more on that later.  I have been "lucky"? so far with that, so far the only things I have had to pay for are the Super Pro bits and the corner weight wheel alignment. Hamish, I am thinking exactly  like you. The car is also my road car! Colin, the first one is the revamped "Wakefield Park" and the next two are "Pheasant Wood" (named after a place in France, more to that story). Regards, Michael. 

The insurance premium required to go the short way is probably becoming uneconomic.  According to this site the premium for a single transit could be as much as $1m: https://www.shipuniverse.com/news/rising-tensions-in-the-red-sea-implications-for-maritime-security-and-insurance/

As we all know,  the details of the attack in the Red Sea on the Houtis, are public knowledge,  thanks to the WhatsApp group of the President's Minister of Defence - or War, or whatever he is called.   Maybe the ship owners decided not to risk that passage? John

I don’t know how “marine traffic” site gets its route info but it’s change and it appears to be going the long way round   

Bearing in mind your water pump will vary in speed by the same factor as your rpms, i.e over 8 times faster at redline than idle, a small % increase in speed is unlikely to make any difference.  Your issue is most likely coming from poor flow (hopefully solved by the citric acid), or a short circuit.  I'd look at both of those as culprits for major temperature issues, pump speed will be the final few % of improvement you can search for when optimising it.  It also looks like your raidiator is fully shrouded, and I can't see if you have the shrouding boards in front of it, could this be limiting airflow? Of course advancing your ignition can help, and taking off that pops and bang map will do wonders too 😜

Thanks all for the feed back! I now have some new options to try, specifically flushing the block with Citric acid mixture.  In closing if anyone has an opinion on going to a smaller water pump pully, i would like to know your thoughts. Andy

Egret If you can find a Stanpart 134681 Thermostat housing cheap, you can drill and tap-it for temp sensor. The cast metal quality of the housing I have was pretty poor so needed to be careful drilling and tapping. Attached picture is sensor that feeds my microsquirt ECU. The location does place the sensor on the engine side of the thermostat which I like, some don't.

Looking good Michael. Those tracks look the mutt's nuts too

Alexi Sayle is excellent. Mr Roberts Is a favourite and would work as a slightly older kids story but is full length 

I’d say your results speak for themselves…..