427 Update

[ZR1427]

Made the trip to Jeal&sons today along with Brett in his ZR1 ,Malcolm in his calloway and Mark ,it was no cleaning today and was just to see how things are going along and meet up with Geoff and co to talk vettes ,speed,04 events and take some photos.
The engine is now back together and looking good with its new paint sitting on the engine stand ,there is still some minor work to be done in the engine bay such as sealing holes where a/c used to be with CF and then the engine should be back in the car in the new year.
By the sound of every ones enthusiasm 04 events should be dates to look forward to...Vette/viper earopean meet,Elvington and Castle combe to name but a few,how distant they seem on such a wet winters day as today.....


>>> Edited by ZR1427 on Saturday 20th December 18:35

[ZR1427]

Thanks for the picture Brett,,she's looking good!!

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>> Edited by ZR1427 on Sunday 21st December 18:46

[jaytee368]

New handle is great Cliff.
Good luck.

[ZR1427]

I was bowing to public pressure John

[jaytee368]

Ah ha... yes. We're on the same page.

[ZR1427]

Saw you car on Saturday John,boy she's lowwww and seems lower every time i see her also Brett played us your rolling burn-out at 'lemons' on his laptop,,loved the crowd booeing the marshall as he told you to stop

[jaytee368]

Yes, I know what you mean about the low-ness. Might have to lift a little. We didn't lift it during the summer cos the set up (suspenders, alignment, etc.) had recenly been done. Seemed like a waste to get it done again.
The LM burn, was good-ish, it's not all on the vid. The crowd cheered me and then booed the marshall. The video I'm trying to get hold of is the one from the car behind me (Alan's Z).
Are you still running Corsa's on yours Cliff?

[ZR1427]

At the moment the Corsa's will do but we(Geoff) are looking into a 3" custom system to try and extract more power,,so shall be for sale in a few months.

[ZR1427]

Brett's compiling all video clips for his web site at the moment ,he showed me the web page on saturday and it looks good,should keep you in touch with the vette world whilst in Russia

[jaytee368]

Bet the exhaust will sound ing awesome!
This forum, the ZR-1 Net and now Brett's site, vette-wise, mean I couldn't be nearer home unless I was at home.
It's great.

[Gixer]

I need geoff to send me the details on that engine he's going to put in his.

[ZR1427]

Do you mean the flat plain crank motor?

[Gixer]

Yeah, I was going to post that photo, so need some techy talk to go with it.

[ZR1427]

I know its a 350ci (5.7 litre)LT5 with a flat plain Crank that puts out 632HP and fires on 2 cylinders at any one time(Sure Geoff will put me right on this one)and its a one off.

Can you post that picture you sent me aswell Brett.

>> Edited by ZR1427 on Monday 22 December 20:27

[Gixer]

Yeah, i'm going to do a bit on modified Zr1's. I will cover brakes, a bit on your 427 (got a few pics of yours), I've got photos of JT's and Joe's engines as well as a couple of that 368 being built and a bit on Geoff's engine.

[jaytee368]

I hinted at my ignorance of this on another thread, can't remember if there any other UK 415's other than Cliff's (no more)?
AND, who is the 'other' 368 being built for?

[ZR1427]

That sounds good Brett cant wait to see the Web site.

JT to my knowledge i think i had the only 415 or did have in the country there are a couple of 368's being built 1 for sharpkings who use's this forum and the other for another customer.

[jaytee368]

Wow, I didn't realise your black beast was so unique!
I just assumed there were others in the UK 'cos GJ built quite a few over the years. Obviously they mostly went over the big pond and 2 or 3 (?) went the other direction over the stream!

[ZR1427]

They all went east or west,ide spoken with Geoff about a 415 on accasions and then when ide got enough readies together that was it !,and its been fun.