Alex Heavens
Alex Heavens
@alex-heavens
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Joined: December 26, 2020 3:21 am
Last seen: May 19, 2023 6:00 am
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RE: GDU pump test and case removal

@rjbender That’s really interesting 👍 It sounds like Radical have ditched the oil cooler and replaced it with a heat exchanger for the XXR? Not sure a...

10 months ago
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RE: Lithium Battery in Radical

@davidf I have found that both batteries need to be in a good state otherwise it doesn’t like cranking. Not sure how the slave battery goes down, but ...

1 year ago
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RE: Lithium Battery in Radical

@davidf Was the expanded battery the main one on the bulk head? And yes that sounds super dangerous!!! Guessing if it caught fire that would be the en...

1 year ago
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RE: FTR Gearbox problems

@jwb/p> Hopefully you can watch this in SA. Looks like the car was raced from 2005-7, although I’m assuming Austin only ever had the one car during ...

1 year ago
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RE: FTR Gearbox problems

@jwb The link doesn’t seem to have appeared. But it doesn’t matter, it is the car I thought it was. Bizarrely I met a chap today who probably worked o...

1 year ago
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RE: FTR Gearbox problems

@jwb Josh any idea who used to race your car when it was in the UK?

1 year ago
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RE: FTR Gearbox problems

@jwb No problem Josh. Another thing to look out for which has happened on a few JFR’s is a crack in the maincase between the pinion bearing and lay-sh...

1 year ago
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2 years ago
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RE: Struggling to find the fuel-out sample connector

@rojid Have you gone for the diy cheaper dry break route? If so I’d be interested in the old dry break you’ve removed from the car (the part in the re...

2 years ago
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RE: SR8 2.7 and gearbox

No worries, thanks Joe 👍

2 years ago
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RE: SR8 2.7 and gearbox

@joep Is this engine still available?

2 years ago
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RE: GDU pump test and case removal

20 hours is not great!! Although I have seen a forward gear starting to wear after only a few hours. I guess once the metal is in the oil it probably ...

2 years ago
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RE: GDU pump test and case removal

What is becoming quite common in the UK is super finishing the gears. It’s certainly not a “fix”, but it should improve the life of the gears. Having ...

2 years ago
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RE: SR8 2.7 and gearbox

Hi JoeP, Definitely interest!!! I have pm’d you Thanks Alex

2 years ago
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