390 Road Test

[pwd95]

Found this while surfing. Apologies if a repost.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7869726@N02/sets/7215...

[B-Reight]

Nice find. An interesting read, i don't know what happened to those solid tappets, brake cooling ducts & 275 bhp though, only on that press car I would imagine

[blaineuk]

i went to look at that car a few years ago with father ted, in a sorry state, out riggers wanted replacing, engine over heating, but tvr had put a 4.2 into for that feature.

[RussWood]

The brake cooling ducts were fitted to all 390s.

[B-Reight]

Apart from mine it would seem , where are they supposed to be?

[RussWood]

There should be two holes in the front spoiler by the side of the driving lights - this is different from the 350i.

There should also be two large holes (4-5 inches diameter) in the second spoiler and some large diameter wired circular duct tubes running between them. Bits of tie-wrap stop the tubes falling off the front and the rear on mine was pop-riveted to the second spoiler.

Russ

[grahamw48]

My series 2 didn't have any...ducts, that is.

Did have 8.5Js though.

[RussWood]

What were the holes in the spoiler connected to?

Russ

[B-Reight]

Connected to absolutley nothing on mine

Edited by B-Reight on Wednesday 22 April 20:52

[grahamw48]

RussWood said:

What were the holes in the spoiler connected to?

Russ

Nowt...same as on my 400.
May cool the brakes a bit.

[Poledriver]

Has anyone here ever managed to fid disc backing plates with a connection for cooling ducts to fit Wedges?

[grahamw48]

Not me, but (while I'm on) can anyone tell me how to stop the pages moving on that 390 article...so I can read the damned thing !

[Wedg1e]

grahamw48 said:

Not me, but (while I'm on) can anyone tell me how to stop the pages moving on that 390 article...so I can read the damned thing !

Yep, click on the 'play' arrow and it pauses. Click again to resume. Get with the techno, grandad.

[grahamw48]

Thanks.



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