Hartwell Imp - Restoration
Discussion
Was great meeting you guys and seeing the car on Saturday a truly remarkable job done. If any one interested I found a clip of Ray Payne/Hartwell imp , racing at Crystal palace 1972,. type in ,,, crystal palace 9.9 1972 PART 1 of 2 ,,,it is for the Forward Trust special saloons up to 1000cc, quite good I thought ! 
Indeed the Fraser imps were white lower and blue upper with the scottish saltire on the roof you also had the Roger Nathan run imp/s which were blue/orange! it is good to see these often overlooked(compared to the mini) cars now getting there time in the spotlight.On the imp page on Facebook there is a wide range of ages enjoying them..someone is even building a Greetham imp sport which looks like a real road rocket i just need to get my finger out and find one to enjoy.
TISPKJ said:
And in other news the new Oil catch tank arrived from Compbrake - have to say these guys far exceeded anything I expected in customer service, it’s a one off custom tank, ordered Tuesday made Wednesday delivered Thursday ...... thank you
That is a thing of beauty, aside from the speed of build
jsf said:
If oil can cover the exit point under corner or acceleration G, it will be forced out and up the pipe by the crankcase pressure.
The oem cap has a baffle system in it, to prevent this.
So its worth checking if oil can flow to that point, some engines suffer badly from this.
I really doubt there'll be that much oil at the top of the engine to be forced up a large diameter pipe enough to go into the catch tank!The oem cap has a baffle system in it, to prevent this.
So its worth checking if oil can flow to that point, some engines suffer badly from this.
jsf said:
If oil can cover the exit point under corner or acceleration G, it will be forced out and up the pipe by the crankcase pressure.
The oem cap has a baffle system in it, to prevent this.
So its worth checking if oil can flow to that point, some engines suffer badly from this.
Appreciate the comment but it would be some major surge for this to happen, sump is baffled anyway, and this design is a known product and as requested by the engine builder.The oem cap has a baffle system in it, to prevent this.
So its worth checking if oil can flow to that point, some engines suffer badly from this.
abarth16v said:
Fantastic footage there wish it was still like that today!..was Ray Calcutt in a works Bevan Imp? only because it was yellow/white and not the regular blue colour scheme
My Grandfather ran Ray Calcutts car in the 74 season. The deal with VW fell through so he built a special saloon for Bill to race as well. The car had Bevan Prepared on the rear wing. 
Hi Guys, update after the summer break, have just purchased new 3rd and 4th gear as it was revving out even on the short circuit at brands.
Will be putting in today / monday.
FIA papers arrived yesterday after approx 3 months.
If its dry the car will be out at Goodwood on Saturday 28th September for i suspect its final run this year.
Rob Payne and anyone else welcome as always, please come and say hello, if the IMP is not present I will be with my friend and his Austin Lancer.
Will be putting in today / monday.
FIA papers arrived yesterday after approx 3 months.
If its dry the car will be out at Goodwood on Saturday 28th September for i suspect its final run this year.
Rob Payne and anyone else welcome as always, please come and say hello, if the IMP is not present I will be with my friend and his Austin Lancer.
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