28-11-2012, 11:10 PM
That little exhaust bit was just a 90 degree bend pushed in for a laugh, although it actually helped clear the fumes 
Today I connected my old throttle, I thought i'd have to do some major fannying about but all it took was a solderless nipple and it worked straight away! We had a test run, bodged together a temp cooling system. It sometimes ran well, sometimes rough. Turns out there's air getting in around the filter (missing a hose clamp) and also the jerry can was sliding about so the fuel line was barely in the can at times (like sucking the last bits of drink from a carton) There's no gearstick so changing gears is very hard! Really need to sort that out, a mole grip simply doesn't work :p Clutch needs more of a bleed, as do the brakes. So good to be moving under it's own power again! Filmed a quick vid, it was getting quite dark towards the end though.
I've got this weekend free so I'm going to try and get an inlet plenum rigged up.
Today I connected my old throttle, I thought i'd have to do some major fannying about but all it took was a solderless nipple and it worked straight away! We had a test run, bodged together a temp cooling system. It sometimes ran well, sometimes rough. Turns out there's air getting in around the filter (missing a hose clamp) and also the jerry can was sliding about so the fuel line was barely in the can at times (like sucking the last bits of drink from a carton) There's no gearstick so changing gears is very hard! Really need to sort that out, a mole grip simply doesn't work :p Clutch needs more of a bleed, as do the brakes. So good to be moving under it's own power again! Filmed a quick vid, it was getting quite dark towards the end though.
I've got this weekend free so I'm going to try and get an inlet plenum rigged up.