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Went to visit Team Global Express today. Picked up a nicely wrapped present from a wrecker in Victoria. Nothing special [sighs forlornly...

This is the old flange. The guy who did it does this mod to American V8’s that get a supercharger. It puts too much load on the...

Fwiw in an engineering sense I think a dowel pin is better than a woodruff key. The key will always bear the load on two edges in the...

Back in January, I went to drive my 560SEC. It was parked in the corner of my garage so I needed full lock to get the car out. I...

Mine are OZ manufactured also, so I took his comment to be more about branding. Much conflicting info on the net (part of the reason I...

Good info. I think they sold wheels before that, but didn't make them themselves. My Aero I's were built for them by Oz Racing. I'm...

Not really sure where to put this: I actually sort of wanted to just make a thread out of a fairly productive email conversation I had...

I know Nick very well & he loves his car! Using the wrong oil with no zinc is apparently the cause along with no oil changes for an...

Well that video provides the answer to Dr. Bill's question... the gauge to the left of the tacho is a boost gauge.

In fact, pausing the relevant shot: Can be taken as an indication of a 6200-6400rpm redline and 2.2-2.3kg/cm^2 target boost pressure...

So when are you fitting the supercharger? Seems rude not to given the newly installed latent capability😂

More detailed write up: https://www.classicjalopy.com/2025/03/m117-crank-pully/

This is the old flange. The guy who did it does this mod to American V8’s that get a supercharger. It puts too much load on the...

Fwiw in an engineering sense I think a dowel pin is better than a woodruff key. The key will always bear the load on two edges in the...

Back in January, I went to drive my 560SEC. It was parked in the corner of my garage so I needed full lock to get the car out. I...