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Events 2026 / Re: Brooklands Auto Italia Sat 3rd May

« Last post by Nigel on April 27, 2026, 09:49:20 PM »

Luckily I'm staying overnight close by.

What's the consensus on arrival time? And which is the best entrance for us?

Nige

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New members / Re: 1300 Coupes

« Last post by Nigel on April 27, 2026, 09:38:31 PM »

What a great and lovely mix of cars there Neil.

At least 2 HPE's as well!

I'm keen to do a GNW sometime.

N

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Members Cars / Re: My 79 Beta spyder 2000

« Last post by deks on April 27, 2026, 08:24:16 PM »

Hi Steve

Good to see you starting the journey!

The surround of the windscreen is probably one of the most difficult areas, I would see if one of guys parting a car out had a shell with good parts you can cutout as will save you hours of work.

Peter

I'll see how I get on tomorrow or next time with screen frame, if I cant sort it then I will like go down the route of getting a piece cut out from a breaker. I was going to order one from BB's before the fabricator retired.

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Fuel System Carb / Re: Jetting on standard DATR/DAT type Carb

« Last post by peteracs on April 27, 2026, 08:17:18 PM »

I will take it on a run and see what the plugs look like.  Something I am wondering, the fuel inlet leak also equals air, could this be messing this up?  I will try to research, but thanks for the comments

Hi Mark

The fuel level with the float dictates the carb fuel supply, so a weeping inlet should have not bearing on it especially given that there is positive pressure of fuel, ie fuel will come out and I would think no air gets in.

Peter

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Members Cars / Re: My 79 Beta spyder 2000

« Last post by peteracs on April 27, 2026, 08:13:50 PM »

Hi Steve

Good to see you starting the journey!

The surround of the windscreen is probably one of the most difficult areas, I would see if one of guys parting a car out had a shell with good parts you can cutout as will save you hours of work.

Peter

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Members Cars / Re: My 79 Beta spyder 2000

« Last post by deks on April 27, 2026, 08:06:47 PM »

So I've made a start today on the welding.  I had already prepped some areas by removing the plates previously welded but decided to tackle two other areas that I feel are easier for first go at welding. Small hole 4cm square on inner wing which soon became a lot bigger when I started grinding the metal back and then the small hole in bottom of windscreen which is proving a lot trickier than I expected. I've not finished this piece obviously but packed up for the day as it was gone 6 and the grinder is quite noisy.

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Fuel System Carb / Re: Jetting on standard DATR/DAT type Carb

« Last post by Ferrit on April 27, 2026, 05:10:51 PM »

So reminding myself what rich and lean are in the numbers.  Mike from Harding Auto's said he wanted to be on the rich side of safe.  Not that I have a clue.

https://youtu.be/3sh19RSa8vE?si=GqiHz7vTaJdPuwP5

10 being rich limit and 17 being lean limit.

I want a AFR gauge now :-)

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Events 2026 / Re: Brooklands Auto Italia Sat 3rd May

« Last post by Ferrit on April 27, 2026, 04:52:48 PM »

https://lanciamc.co.uk/meetings-and-events/#!event/2026/5/2/italian-car-day-in-association-with-auto-italia

details here John

ITAL26LANCIAMC

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Events 2026 / Re: Brooklands Auto Italia Sat 3rd May

« Last post by JohnFol on April 27, 2026, 04:13:31 PM »

Are there any discount codes through this forum?

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Fuel System Carb / Re: Jetting on standard DATR/DAT type Carb

« Last post by Ferrit on April 27, 2026, 03:41:06 PM »

I will take it on a run and see what the plugs look like.  Something I am wondering, the fuel inlet leak also equals air, could this be messing this up?  I will try to research, but thanks for the comments