Fast Marina Magazine

As you may know,
I'm co-organising this event.
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I still have a few sets of mk1 spot brackets in mild steel left. £30 pair plus P&P £4 in the UK.
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I think from memory that they were type35's

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So, I trialed the new radiator during the recent nationals weekend.
It went well with a wider power band and drove much better, keeping cool in standing traffic and no hint of overheating when stopping after stressful driving.
I binned off the electric fan at the same time. With the original air ...

Quick update on the cooling..
So, pending the radiator fitment, yesterday I swapped out the twin pancake filters for an original TC version with a fresh filter and weakend the mixture on each carb by 2/3rds of a turn as it needed to be richer to run smoothly previously. This also enabled me to turn ...

Getting the rad done by DRS in Widnes.
£230. With extra capacity as detailed above.
Double rowed with 10mm gap.

Following the recent posts about the hot weather and overheating/fuel evaporation issues, I've taken a spare radiator in locally for a recore.
Having examined the one I took in, the reconditioner says that it's double rowed and each tube is around 13mm apart. They're suggesting that a 10mm gap ...

Do Spitfire caliper make any difference to braking performance? Or is it just an availability thing?
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Thanks I wondered that but wasn’t sure as the Moprod ones I have seen pictures of ( never seen one in real life) have been shinier than the cast ones but this one looks like it’s been there a while. I wonder why the Moprod ones didn’t catch on- would make so much easier perhaps. There might be a ...

I did my own in a vice with warmth and patience. No probs.
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My battery, a Yuasa from 2012 failed over the winter from sitting. Usually I disconnect it and leave with it working fine when reconnected. This year I had to do a full charger session which got the car started for it to fail again after a month.
I ended up buying an 038 Napa brand battery from my ...

The arm can wear also. There's a thread somewhere on here detailing the rebuild.
I have slight wear on my own set but with new bearings and regular greasing, they work extremely well and corners like a modern car.
It seems that the LH steering rack bush is the big Marina wear point and that's the ...