Nearly there!!!

Brought my beloved spider over to drier weather from the UK back home to Western Australia.

She had a slightly leaky head gasket...so....engine out, full rebuild, revamped the engine bay, new clutch, hot cams, JE high comp pistons, new valve guides all-round, balanced everything...(except the budget)

You should have seen the mess inside the twin cam...some guy had hacked away at the bosses on the inside of the pistons around the gudgeon support, down to less than 1mm in places...why oh why would someone do that...??? Anyhow, she's almost back on the road. .

Got her fired up and then went to bleed the brakes....no pressure no matter what I did. I guess 3 months of sitting around finally did those master cyl seals in...found out a 5:25pm Christmas eve and no-one's open till early Jan for a new m/c!!! Ahhhggggg.

Here's a couple of pics of where she's up to so far. I'll post some pics of those hacked up pistons, if I find them.

I'm really not happy with the three point standard seat belts. Has anyone fitted a more secure belt system. I don't really want the hassle of a racing harness.

Zippo

Hi! That is really a good looking Spider.Tough work ahead,at least no body damage.

She's looking beautiful. Is red her original colour? we have a 66 in white.

Interested in the seatbelt question too - for our Sprint GT car I was thinking about something along the lines of Road 4 | Harnesses | Demon Tweeks Motorsport, Motorcycle, Modifying, Parts and Accessories - bit more security for track days, without the full on race harnesses I have in my Caterham 7!

Thanks for the posts guys.

GeoffDixon. Thanks for the hint on the Demon Tweeks belts, they look pretty good.

Zippo

Very nice

Looks great chap.hope mine can look as good as that,when i get her on the road

Thanx guys. I got the M/c sorted out and am now ON THE ROAD.. What a difference those JE pistons make. Now I need to get the electronic dizzy installed.