Thank you Frank - appreciated your help then, and encouragement. Your introduction to David Bull was quite important, probably the most significant of the help you gave. Sadly, David is no longer with us, but he made some exceptional books over a long career. One of the best there was in the busines...

Gary - I forget - do you have the Bosch or Kugelfischer injection system? On my KF system, there is an issue with the cold start enrichment device misbehaving when the engine is warm. So have installed a small switch to disable it (manually) when the engine is warm - start up is just fine then. And ...

I think the oil cooler was implemented as Lancia learned that hot oil pulled down the power. We found this in some dyno tests of an improved Aurelia engine we built some years back - that when the oil temp got (I think) >200º (F), the power started to fall off. So it was no surprise to see that an o...

are the Blockleys radials?

Where did you find this image? Does the truck/vehicle exist?
Thanks.

Very nice site. Glad its back up.

Just lovely work. Congratulations, Jean-Marie.

Most common vibration issues are around the driveshaft. When the gearbox was disconnected, did they disconnect the driveshaft from the engine? Try that to start with.

A new site for the Aurelia:

Aurelia website

Lots of detail, enjoy!

I use Castrol 10W50 in my cars, which I believe is a semi-synthetic oil. I had heard pure synthetics are for more contemporary cars, with tight tolerances, although some disagree. Some even go so far as use the old Penn-rite oil, which I think is pure mineral, with zinc or use an additive to protect...