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- Mon May 06, 2013 8:26 am
- Forum: Your Cars
- Topic: Another newbie with a V8 Trike thats driving me nuts !!!!!
- Replies: 11
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What is the engine from? Early ones use short reach plugs - NGK BP5HS, later ones BP5E. EFI engines use the BP6RE All I know is that its a stage 2 engine built by RealSteel. It was originally in a landrover offroad racer which the guy that owned it managed to total it so I bought the engine from hi...
- Mon May 06, 2013 6:46 am
- Forum: Your Cars
- Topic: Another newbie with a V8 Trike thats driving me nuts !!!!!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12992
Good News !!!!! I spent another day yesterday checking everything again. Changed the rotor arm, distributor cap, coil, removed the carbs, set float heights, checked the jets and needles, checked fuel supply. rechecked timing marks and reset timing. Fired her up and....just the damn same. So on a whi...
- Sat May 04, 2013 10:21 pm
- Forum: Your Cars
- Topic: Another newbie with a V8 Trike thats driving me nuts !!!!!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12992
- Sat May 04, 2013 10:20 pm
- Forum: Your Cars
- Topic: Another newbie with a V8 Trike thats driving me nuts !!!!!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12992
do all 8 plugs fire ? how about cam timing ? yes all 8 fire and the cam hasnt been altered since realsteel built it. great compression on all 8 ( so it should, the engine has only done 3k miles) no air leaks etc etc . it was running like a dream until this year. nothing has changed except for the o...
- Sat May 04, 2013 4:30 pm
- Forum: Your Cars
- Topic: Another newbie with a V8 Trike thats driving me nuts !!!!!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12992
Another newbie with a V8 Trike thats driving me nuts !!!!!
Hi everyone I am new to this forum and its like a last chance for me and this trike. I have tried everything I can think of and asked questions on many a v8 site but can find no answer to this old girls problems. Im afraid Its going to have to go for scrap soon :( Ok the engine is a stage 2 v8 3.5 b...
