Rootes1725cc

happy as chuff now...

why so much belt trouble???

on my particular motor the inner sills are sort of diagonal in shape and the mounting points are flat on the floor, this was fine for the lap belts but naff for mounting inertias, (tried getting lap belts but they hideously expensive to get made (quoted 158 quid))

Quick PM to justanotherhigh on here saw a set of Hunter inertias winging its way to me and promptly into me hand....

ok enough waffle heres the pics...

this pic shows the huge inner sill and the floor mounting hole (sorry its so dusty it had hessian soundproofing !!!



So ideally I wanted the belts to hang on that blue bit of vynil out of the way of peoples feet like so many of the rootes inertia convertions I have seen..

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quick flick through the steel rack at work and a forgiving and kind gaffer saw me furnished with some 50mm/8mm flat cold rolled bar
some gentle persuasion in the vice with the magic screwdriver (hammer) saw it to the right shape to fit into the sill thanks to CAD (cardboard aided design).. couple of holes ready for bolting in.. and I had a pair of fitting plates



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first one went in easy as pie



the inertia sits nicely out the way as you get in and out and also gains me a few hundred mm of belt as well !!! so win win !!!

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heres the other side done with the trim panel loosely back in place showing how neatly they fit,



Just need to see how the MOT man likes it now on wednesday when she goes for test.... ::)

Nice one! I'm glad you got them fitted, and I'm glad I could help you out

Got a nice set of Rootes static belts for myself, made a start on the welding up too!
Good luck for the MOT

Hi Nick,
Looks like a nice job.Sure the MOT man will be happy.
Yep,real lucky to get the exhaust section.
Will post a pic of the lad on my subject/review?.
Regards.
Pete

yeahhhhhhhhh mot achieved

Superb, after all the effort it is always good to get another year's ticket. Usually something unexpected comes up after you have been worried about something completely different. Impressed with the belt installation, and like the quip about CAD - I must remember that at work!

Finally got my Mark 3 running last weekend - twin carbs have been an issue of late, but I now have an idle again after a bit of disturbance on the slow running adjustment. Now need some more good weather to tune them properly.

Enjoy!
Col

to be honest shes running not as good as she could
got the timing set at a compromise at being able to turn over (new battery even) and run without pinking
I know the carb isnt the best but what are the options nowadays?? I did debate building a manifold and converting it to run vauxhall injection system off a 1.8 astra
as the CC is almost the same.. this would in effect also give me electronic ignition...

thing is its a pain mounting trigger wheels and stuff so as to not ruin a good motor..
even debated looking for a single point injection system off something modern and using the dead solex as a throttle body with the injector hid in the middle of it so it looked somewhat as it should but with modern reliability...

I am researching this as we speak so watch this space....

and of course theres always the bike carb option which would sound as good as 40's but with better design and better economy.. also its a known fact modern bike carbs hold tune a lot better than 43 year old carburettors do...