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  1. I reckon the closer to 2030 and 35 we get the more watered down the UKs rules will get. I think public opinion of EVs is changing, all those early adopters have already bought one, everyone else doesn't want one or cant afford one. Lots of commentary in the USA on how they cant move used EVs off the 2nd hand lots as everyone knows they have costly risks associated, replacement battery costs etc, and you cant fix them yourself really, far as I can tell all the parts for teslas somewhat restricted to dealers etc. not to mention would you want to to try and fix them yourself, its like fixing an i-phone, possible but the change of bricking it is high and then you really are on your own as they prolly wont help you if you touch it. Everyone in AUS seems to get an elec car on leases as they have the tax incentive, and you can give it back before it needs any real maintenance.....im as DIY as it gets and I'm not lining up to buy a cheap tesla as its locked down and I cant even fix if I tried. One false move and the thing will brick itself in my driveway. The laws you suggest basically knock out an entire auto repair industry. people aren't going to like that. and how they can justify such things on the basis of environmental baffles the mind. Crushing fixable cars, moronic.
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  2. T50 short-shift kits exist, there's one on mine, but I don't know who made it as it was on there when I fitted the gearbox. I don't notice it anymore, except for the 'Need for Speed' click-chick sound like a pump-action shotgun.
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  3. Well, its good that the advance is much better, but 110psi is pretty bad for an engine. The usual story is to pour a teaspoon of engine oil down a spark plug hole and redo the compression test a couple of minutes later. The theory is that the oil sits on the rings and helps seal them to the bore, so any increase in compression is the result of worn rings being sealed. If it doesn't hit over 150psi (and I reckon that's unlikely!) then the leakage is through the valves being burnt. Ring job, expensive and complicated.. Valve job, simpler and much cheaper. The tricky bit is the amount of oil to put in... enough to flow across the piston (so do it on a warm engine) and get onto the rings, but too much will occupy combustion volume and put the compression readings up anyway. I've never done it, I usually take the head off and grind the valves, and at the same time I can see the lip on the bore and feel the slop in the pistons from worn rings. Do the valve clearances before you ever take a head off, the gaps can wear away until the pushrod starts to hold the valve off the seat and you lose compression. That's the only problem with the inlets, but hot combustion gases going out a tiny gap past an exhaust valve burns the valve and seat away quickly. Certainly 180psi will give you a much more powerful motor than 110psi! The fuel economy should improve now, 52deg is going to help that, 7.0 to 7.5L/100km would be good, and under 7 on a trip. The solution to the plug colour may appear later, its a puzzle..
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  4. Yes, that's a much better advance curve, you should have the whole 36deg on by 3500rpm. The K motors will take more advance than that, its just a matter of what fuel you can buy and how much advance you can give it before it starts to lose power or knock. The plug colours are interesting, I don't know why they are in piston pairs like that. I wonder if 2 and 3 have an inlet air leak around the exhaust port in the middle and are running lean? Check the bolt tightness along the manifolds just in case. Is there one of those air pump/pollution lines run into the inlet manifold in the middle? Otherwise it is a richness problem with 1 and 4, even harder to explain! maybe a misfire on 1 and 4 is making them black.
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  5. With much trimming and fettling I got to a point where I was happy with the patch panel. So I tacked the new peice into place Looking along the edge of the bend it still needs some work but it came out ok in the end So the next task will be to make the corner peice.
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