Slipped the new DME replay in and the car initially would not cranked over with all dash lights illuminated, but sounded like no fuel getting through. Before it arrived I removed each and every fuse and relay and cleaned the terminals. Quick update.new DME relay arrived this morning. It's now sulking on the driveĪ quick bit of internet research mentions that the DME replay is a common fault on the 944 - question is, would a failing DME replay cause the above symptoms? Any advice gratefully received I drove home and it cut out again on the way, starting again after a few minutes following another tinker with the relays. suspecting an electrical issue I opened up the fuse box and made sure that all relays & fuses were properly seated etc - sure enough the car then started as normal. The engine would turn over but not start. when the car cut out at the junction I lost all dash lights etc but noticed that I still had power to the hazard lights & stereo etc. a mile up the road before the car cut out the engine momentarily spluttered for a second(as if the fuel has been cut) and then came back to life. After owning my 1964 mgb roadster for 25 years I'm going to try and get it finished by end of next year before I turn 50.There I am, happy as larry blasting back from getting my exhaust sorted.then, whilst sitting at a junction the engine cuts out and will not start Symptoms as follows: The car was largely finished a decade ago, but money and other constraints stopped work. I have oodles of photos an details, but I'm on holiday right now so can only share the attached photos. I've used some software called cartest 2000 to simulate how fast my mgb will go when finished. I won't go into any details here as I do need to do a proper build page, but the car was largely finished some years ago so I have basic info. The car is running a turbo 4l rover and we saw 630hp on the dyno and masses of torque. It's a running a 9" with a 2.75 rear and 18" wheels and a gearbox with a 1:1 fifth. Using a cd of 0.4 and the normal frontal area cartest shows it should do 190mph. It's a brick, but it has a small frontal area. Even fiddling with a 2.5 rear it will go 200mph. the windscreen will be replaced by a small lexan one Of course this is all simulated but changing the cd does have the right effect and less power dies make such speeds unattainable. rear diffuser with cut outs behind rear tyres to reduce pressure cabin will be enclosed except for drivers position, this includes behind driver/passenger. One for straight line speed events such as standing km, where the rear wing will be deleted, and the diffuser reduced. I may also try a full front windscreen and roof depending on how it goes. will have large rear wing and rear diffuser. The majority of the work is panelling but I'm no expert so that's isn't as easy it sounds. I'm sure I'll have plenty of my own.įor my first proper post I thought I'd start at the beginning. Bear with me as there is a lot of photos and details and hopefully some of it is interesting. The car was purchased in 1988 with a 4.4Litre Leyland V8 conversion and a shortened Valiant Charger LSD diff. The conversion however was unfinished and the motor was in desperate need of a set of bearings. The motor went in for a rebuild and at the same time it was decided to offset grind the crank and take the motor out to some 4.8Litres. That engine was eventually sold and a 1995 3.5L Rover V8 engine was purchased. Not long after this I had a change of jobs and had to move interstate and the car was left in limbo up until 1995 when work was started again, with more money and ideas.
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