WHEELS OF STEEL
Aug 4th
Dave Colledge and his team at Retro Ford – parts suppliers of a Ford or Ford-based variety – have just released their new range of Lotus-style steel wheels with a PCD of 4 x 108.
These aren’t refurbed originals they are brand new pressings – including the centres – and three widths are available – the original 5½in and 6in and 7in and all are in stock now.
Dave can also supply new hub caps if required as well as wheel nuts. Prices start at £71.60 each.
More from www.retroford.co.uk or 01536 204 823 ENDS.
UNDER PRESSURE AND REGULATED
Aug 4th
Webcon now offers a full range of in-rail fuel pressure regulators including a 0-5 BAR adjustable version. These regulators replace the most popular OEM types.
Changing fuel pressure is now as easy as removing the old unit and replacing it with a new higher pressure or adjustable regulator.
The regulators are available as follows:
Pressure (bar) Part Number RRP £ (inc VAT) 2.5 fixed WFR048 £69.38
3.0 fixed WFR024 £69.38
3.5 fixed WFR029 £83.28 4.0 fixed WFR057 £113.76 4.3 fixed WFR055 £85.42 4.5 fixed WFR043 £111.06 0-5 adjustable WFR060 More >
A QUICK DETAILER THAT REALLY DETAILS … QUICK
Aug 4th
With impending hose-pipe bans coming my way in East Sussex as well as surrounding areas, I’m going to have to park the Kärcher pressure washer for the foreseeable future, so waterless wash products and quick detailers will be coming to the fore.
There are plenty of brilliant QDs around and loads I’d recommend. I’ve just discovered a new one made by Manchester-based Duel Auto Care, which is called Nitro. You certainly won’t miss the vibrant pink liquid.
I’ve been using it for a couple of weeks with much success including in blistering, full-on sunshine, which can render a lot of quick detailers More >
FANCY A PEEL P50 OR A TRIDENT?
Aug 4th
The Peel P50 celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year and P50 Cars of Essex can sell you a kit version plus one for its sister Peel Trident model.
You can power your P50 with either a Honda-type E22 four-stroke motor up to 155cc (although 49cc or 125cc are recommended) or you can also use a high torque electric motor.
Petrol-powered 49cc starter kits cost £2065 with electric versions from £4200. Full kits for these two options cost £12,795.
A Peel Trident kit is also available
The company has recently introduced a limited edition as-original DKW engine option (although this kit costs £14,585).
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UPGRADED AND NOT JUST A NUMBERPLATE LIGHT!
Aug 4th
In my opinion, Gil Keane of Better Car Lighting is the man when it comes to car lighting and particularly upgrading same. He has been helping classic car and period kitcar owners improve their car’s lighting for many years.
He also releases a regular stream of new products. The latest is an upgrade for the ubiquitous L467 standard numberplate light, which did a job – albeit a dimmish one – for many years.
A newly beefed-up version from Better Car Lighting is the L467 Plus Four. At a glance, this looks like the old one but adds four useful additional functions.
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HEAT RESISTANT DYNO STRAPS
Aug 4th
Protect critical tie-downs before serious damage occurs.
“It started with a frantic call from a local tuner, asking if we offered a protective heat sleeve for dynamometer tie-down straps,” said Mike Buca, DEI Product Manager.
“It seems this tuner nearly launched a car while on the dyno because the exhaust heat from the tailpipe actually burned through an already weakened area on the strap.”
Fortunately, DEI already had the right material for the job with its high-temperature-resistant aluminised material which can withstand 500°F (260°C) direct heat and 2000°F (1093°C) of radiant heat.
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SPLENDID ISOLATION – THE IMPERIAL ROYALE
Aug 4th
[title] SPLENDID ISOLATION – THE IMPERIAL ROYALE DOUBLE SIX
Here’s a photo taken at Stafford kit car show back in the early nineties.
The Imperial Royale was a real bit of specialist car grandeur that took its influences from the vast neo-classics that were so popular in the USA in the eighties.
A chap called Terry Marshall was the man behind the Royale and worked at Callington Motors in, er, Callington, Cornwall. The company was known back in the day for the interesting work they got involved in so Marshall clearly learnt his trade well there.
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NEW MEV EXOCET VARIANT ANNOUNCED
Jul 28th
Sneak peek at forthcoming MEV Exocet RX impressed showgoers at Newark
The Mazda MX-5-based MEV Exocet is one of the UK’s top-selling kitcars and has been for several years. At Newark last weekend the Staunton, Gloucestershire company gave us a sneak peek of their new Exocet RX, which uses the mechanicals and crucially the Wankel rotary engine of the Mazda RX-8.
A brilliant concept the car is due for launch at the Classic Car show at the NEC in November although we’ll bring you more details when we are able to.
MX-5-based Exocet is already one of the UK’s best selling kitcars and More >
A GREAT CHANNEL
Jul 28th
I’ve been enthralled lately by a rather cool YouTube automotive channel called ‘Parrott Bros’ run by brothers, Rob and Dominic Parrott.
They have some very entertaining content centred around their Audi TTs and perhaps most notably for totalkitcar.com readers, a build of an MK RX-5, which I thoroughly recommend. The guys have a really laid-back yet professional presenting style and I think you’ll enjoy their videos. You’ll find plenty of tips, tricks and hacks.
Search for ‘Parrott Bros’ on YouTube and don’t forget to subscribe and ding the little bell so that you’ll be notified every time they upload new content.
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MK SPORTSCARS – ONWARDS AND UPWARDS
Jul 28th
Leading manufacturer MK Sportscars has recently moved to an even larger new premises and can now be found at Unit 5, Kestrel Park, Finch Drive, Springwood Industrial Estate, Braintree, Essex CM7 2SF.
The company is taking the much-loved Indy model to new levels and can offer the car in no fewer than six guises – Classic, R, RR, RX-5 (Mazda MX-5-based), RX-5 MC (bike engine) and RX-5 RR.
They also now produce the Striker, Phoenix and Fulcrum models as well as the parts department of AB Sportscars. Rounding off the company’s considerable activities is the Kit Car Direct parts operation.
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