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Don’t fret, it’ll soon be so full of carp you won’t be able to find the floor any more....

All good points Norm, part of the problem is simply an extension of the trend for ever bigger cars anyway. There’s no problem making compact relatively light BEV but people seem to insist on driving...

The trope of ‘there isn’t enough generating capacity’ just won’t die will it. It isn’t a problem, according to the people responsible for it. The current(!) problem is charging infrastructure, or...

Neil Simons used one of these on his turbo-nutter car: https://www.chargecooler.co.uk/. Worked really well IIRC

I did a DIY job on my supercharged car. Grafted a cooler core from a Jag V8 into a...

Good point, hadn’t considered that.

They do look for the engine number, but if it’s difficult to see they accept a photo. Once you are confident it’s correct, why not just refresh it with some number/letter stamps? Avoid the angst of a...

That tests the eyes doesn't it! I get AR16105 002542

How about trying to get a uniform sheen on the base material with a Scotchbrite or similar pad, moving in one direction? The engraving marks...

It’s reasonably visible once fully plumbed Leigh, although you might need a camera! As long as the numbers match(!) donor V5 is fine. That’s what I’ll be using for mine.

Bit of a long shot, but with all the interest in fitting period accurate gear knobs, I wonder if anyone has a decent OEM Alfa 166 gear knob going spare? I have one already, but it's pretty tired and...

...and the final product. Not exactly elegant, but it'll work for an emergency spare key. I suppose I could print a car-shaped body for it? :)

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Quick update on this. After a couple of minor glitches, sorted with help from Graham, we have success. The first issue was with me using the wrong format for extracting the data, easy fix, the second...

PM now sent to the right person.....

Doh!

Yay, adapter arrived, PM sent Robin.

This is the CODE unit I'm working with:

16518

.....still waiting for the SOIC8 adapter at the moment. Keen to move this along so hoping it turns up soon.

My programmer arrived today (very prompt considering...), just waiting for the SOIC8 adapter now.

Well done that man! Treat yourself to two biscuits.

Fantastic, thank you for all that - makes perfect sense.. I've just ordered the same programmer, once it makes it's way from China I'll get busy.

I'll bother you again once I have that data dump...

Mmmm, interesting. The donor for my project came with 2 keys, but one was the valet key, so pretty useless as it stands. If I could make it a working key that would be great.

Did you DIY the data...

I watch a load of these car shows where they resurrect a rusted hulk worthy of nothing but scrap, and while I have huge admiration for the skill and effort, I always wonder how long before the tin...

Hopefully we never stop learning. My example, I recently learned not to try and paint a chassis at home in a tent....

So what's the next project on the production line then?

That's not just any carp, it's Californian carp! Stick it on eBay, someone will buy it.

Car is looking great Phil.

I fitted the switches and all the wiring on mine but never quite got round to the tricky part....

Nowt wrong with a few wires, fuses, relays and switches Phil. PDU’s probably make sense for a high-end motorsport application where the significant cost is less of a factor...and in mass production...

Looking good Phil. Re the wiring, everyone seems to be fitting fancy PDU’s these days. Does away with all the fuses and relays...and no doubt a chunk of the bank balance too.

I'd imagine there are very small gains to be had given it’s aluminium. The crank, flywheel, cams and pulleys are by far the heaviest parts I think.