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Heres my 1969 v8 viva in action.Not quite on the road yest but not far off
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Aanny1sDyHI

so i can forget about the 8mm pipe behind the distributor and then either go for header tank or expansion tank

Hi all...i know this question comes up fairly regularly but i have had a good trawl through and cant quite find what i'm looking for. I have a standard 3.5 rover v8 circa 1978 in my HB viva. The radiator is a standard sdi one with just a filler hole at the top left hand corner and one 8mm pipe in th...

Hi...does anyone know if an Accel super coil(the big yellow thing) is ok to run with a standard Lucas limb distibutor? I have read somewhere that accel reccomened between 8-10v for the supercoil,so would the dizzy be happy with this? I do have a mallory dual point,but from what i've read on here its...

have replied elsewhere on here,but i have a scimitar axle in my V8 HB Viva.It has a jag powerlok diff fitted and has been 4 linked with panhard rod. Rear brakes are sierra cosworth. The man to speak to on these axles is john sharp at john sharp engineering.He has been fitting these to viva's and mk2...

PS Hauser rwcing will do axle narrowing. I dont know where you are, but they are in Northampton area. Now in Finedon northants...the hot bed of all things V8 lol Forgot to say John sharp at john sharp engineering is the man to talk to on modifying scimitar axles.He is based leicester way and i'm sur...

Hi...this is the axle i am using in my V8 HB viva I have had a jag powerlok diff machined to fit and it has been 4 linked with a panhard rod.Rear brakes have been converted to sierra cossie discs. Seems to be just the job so far and handled its first burnout nicely lol www.youtube.co.uk and check ou...

I can measure the scimitar one under the back of my viva .Definitely a good budget option and with a jag powerlok diff fitted certainly does the business plus it was virtually the same width as the standard viva axle so no arch faffing etc.If i think i'll measure it 2moro

Problem sorted! Fitted a 3/4 bore girling master cylinder,did away with the servo and fitted an adjustable proportioning valve to the rear and it all works fine.Pedal is solid,brakes pull up very square even under hard braking and on the brake rolling road at work,they are recording:- osf 220 kg/for...

Master cylinder is brand new and it has been bled ok.The pedal is rocksolid once the fluid is restricted to the rear.I have ordered a bigger bore cylinder and will fit an adjustable pressure valve and failing that a bias pedal box is going in!!

cheers again for all that.My mate is running a lotus powered viva using calipers front and back and still has the standard girling master cylinder albeit without a servo which works ok ,so i guess its not all doom and gloom.
Out of interest ian....what master cylinder do you use on your mk2 tina?

Plus if i go down that route i can run a dual line system rather than single line.Servo would get binned but i have size 12's so shouldnt struggle!

Cheers for all that and it does all make sense.Not really overjoyed at the prospect of chopping it all about but needs must and all that.
If it was easy everyone would be doing it!!

Hi..just finishing off my HB Viva V8 project and have a problem with too much travel on the brake pedal.I am using calipers all round(scorpio on the front with focus discs and sierra discs and calipers rear) and have an oldy worldy single line girling master cylinder.If i clamp the rear brake hose o...

sussed it....my master cylinder push rod is adjustable so adjusted it up to take up the slack which made no difference at all.Got a torch and peered into the back of the master cylinder and noticed that it wasnt fully returned.....sat about 15mm in from the end.Hit the master cylinder with a hammer ...