The crossflow in the Locost is fecked, it runs, but is smokey as f*ck, it's the bores. I fitted bike carbs this weekend and they ran great, but I needed to remove the crankcase breather from the old inlet manifold and nearly choked on the smoke that pissed out. I'm not shelling out a couple of hundred for new pistons, rebore etc. cos TBH I want more power, and more power with a crossflow isn't cheap (to say nothing of reliability).
Soooo, it looks like the winter project is coming early, I bought this
Just need,
Engine mounts Exhaust Fuelling Sump mods Ignition Lots of plumbing
I can re-use my engine mounts, they're only a few months old and are Land Rover diesel items, just need some steel to fab summat. I'm thinking of a cast exhaust manifold rather than tubular to start , 'cos the tubular ones are expensive and my SS welding is s**te. I've a set of CBR600 carbs and a home made manifold, the carbs are modded to run on the crossflow (so they should run the Zetec). I have a CVH sump chopped and welded and amazingly, oil-tight ! Ignition I have my megajolt, but it's set up for MAP not TPS so I'm wondering whether it's worth changing it to TPS or if theres some kind of bodge to tap into all 4 inlet pipes ? I'm gonna see about a pipe bender and use steel tube for as much of the plumbing as possible, some people have spent £150 on silicon hoses...
Anyway, I just thought I'd post and point out that while the suns shining, I'll probably be stuck in the garage welding :(
Why is it, the Locost is fine all winter, but when summer comes it's a triple-faced-backstabbing-judas ? ;(
Has anyone any ideas for a cheap exhaust ? This is gonna be the major outlay..