Datatek · Mar 11, 2019

wammers said:
Didn't do bad for a water pump engine. It was a scaled down version of a 1800 cc Coventry Climax racing engine. For use as a portable water pump for the fire brigade. Then Hillman found it.

Rootes Group I think.

tomcat59alan · Mar 11, 2019

Wazzajnr said:
My grandad had a hillman imp that had been bought by its rich owner for his wife.
He owned a rolls Royce so he took the imp to them and they did their work.
Full leather interior in red
Full new 4 clock centre console
Electric windows
Full RR bronze paint job.
Engine souped up but don't know the details.

Looked stunning until it started rusting so my grandma brush painted it in magnolia.

Wish I'd been old enough to get my hands on it!

Think it would have been illegal if you got your hands on your grandma.

Datatek · Mar 11, 2019

The water pump was a regular failure item on the Imp with the result that the head gasket usually failed and/or the head warped. We used to race one, great fun and very tail happy on the limit.

Bagshot · Mar 11, 2019

Datatek said:
Rootes Group I think.

Rootes who built a whole factoy from scratch just for the Imp. Another aluminium engined car ahead of its time,(where have we heard that one before)
Boring fact about it..the car had to be raised approx an inch in production because the indicators were too low for Dept of Transport inspectors...

Shippers · Mar 11, 2019

Datatek said:
The water pump was a regular failure item on the Imp with the result that the head gasket usually failed and/or the head warped. We used to race one, great fun and very tail happy on the limit.

Built one for hill climb...
rad in front
twin carbs
spax adjustable and lowerd springs
998cc with janspeed exahust..
Handled v,nice...

Datatek · Mar 11, 2019

Bagshot said:
Rooted, who built awhile factoyfrom scratch just for the Imp. Another aluminium engined car ahead of its time,(where have we heard that one before)
Biting fact about it..the car had to be raised approx an inch in production because the indicators were too low for Dept of Transport inspectors...

They were paid by the government to produce the Imp in Scotland.

Shippers · Mar 11, 2019

Datatek said:
They were paid by the government to produce the Imp in Scotland.

Linwood..

Datatek · Mar 11, 2019

Shippers said:
Built one for hill climb...
rad in front
twin carbs
spax adjustable and lowerd springs
998cc with janspeed exahust..
Handled v,nice...

Drop links for the front wish bones lowered the suspension and gave a bit of negative camber

Bagshot · Mar 11, 2019

But rotted faster than a melting Mr Whippy .

Shippers · Mar 11, 2019

Bagshot said:
But rotted faster than a melting Mr Whippy .

Mine was a chamois sport before I modified it seemed to be better built than my others.. body was sound..

Datatek · Mar 11, 2019

Shippers said:
Mine was a chamois sport before I modified it seemed to be better built than my others.. body was sound..

My last on the road was a Sunbeam Sport coupe

Shippers · Mar 11, 2019

Datatek said:
My last on the road was a Sunbeam Sport coupe

Always wanted a coupe loved the shape..

kermit_rr · Mar 11, 2019

Bagshot said:
Diesel mixed into petrol means you ####ed up at the pump..!

No it means someone else did and i was too tight to throw the remnants away!!

Shippers · Mar 11, 2019

kermit_rr said:
No it means someone else did and i was too tight to throw the remnants away!!

Got 50I of the stuff mate gives it to me for cleaning parts as they can't store it in garage after draining cleaning client cars...it costs them 65 cents a litre to get shot it's mostly diesel with 95 mixed in...

kermit_rr · Mar 11, 2019

Shippers said:
Got 50I of the stuff mate gives it to me for cleaning parts as they can't store it in garage after draining cleaning client cars...it costs them 65 cents a litre to get shot it's mostly diesel with 95 mixed in...

Folks used to put a bit of petrol in for a bit of extra poke and to help in the winter of i recall. I'm guessing that's before turbos and fancy pumps

Turboman · Mar 11, 2019

kermit_rr said:
Folks used to put a bit of petrol in for a bit of extra poke and to help in the winter of i recall. I'm guessing that's before turbos and fancy pumps

Mainly to help with cold starting in well sub zero temperatures.

Not recommended on vehicles post about 1990.

wammers · Mar 12, 2019

Datatek said:
Rootes Group I think.

Hillman was a Rootes group brand.

tomcat59alan · Mar 12, 2019

Turboman said:
Mainly to help with cold starting in well sub zero temperatures.

Not recommended on vehicles post about 1990.

Used to put 1gallon to a 50gallon tank of DERV to stop it waxing up in the winter, before the modern additives

Datatek · Mar 12, 2019

kermit_rr said:
Folks used to put a bit of petrol in for a bit of extra poke and to help in the winter of i recall. I'm guessing that's before turbos and fancy pumps

It's still done in very cold weather although the latest diesels with ADDBLUE and all the emissions sensors don't like it, they run fine but flag a fault on one of the exhaust sensors.

Turboman · Mar 12, 2019

tomcat59alan said:
Used to put 1gallon to a 50gallon tank of DERV to stop it waxing up in the winter, before the modern additives

We used to put it in tractors, but old ones with in line fuel pumps that would chew up pretty much anything.

Not had cause to use it for many years, the modern winter diesel seems to be quite up to the job in UK temperatures.

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