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Offline betabuoy

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Re: Beta Coupe GCRE upgrade
« Reply #180 on: November 12, 2025, 05:26:35 PM »
Ooo thats interesting to know

Don’t get too excited… I looked at that option and found nothing really available below £250!
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Re: Beta Coupe GCRE upgrade
« Reply #181 on: November 12, 2025, 07:07:55 PM »
Pants! :-/
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Re: Beta Coupe GCRE upgrade
« Reply #182 on: November 14, 2025, 10:19:19 AM »
Hi Mark - sorry I didn't get to meet you at the NEC  - I was there displaying my red saloon on the stand. It might be worth having a look at the Luisi wheel range. They are made in Italy and I have the Luisi Mistral fitted to my Beta Coupé. It feels fantastic and is priced quite keenly too. I discovered Luisi 2 years ago at the NEC when Kevin was displaying his fantastic AlItalia works Beta which had one fitted, mine came from Ricambio - but there are other stockists. Alex
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Re: Beta Coupe GCRE upgrade
« Reply #183 on: January 15, 2026, 07:31:49 PM »
Evening Chris,

do you think the expansion tank you fitted would work in a standard layout?  Where was it from?

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Re: Beta Coupe GCRE upgrade
« Reply #184 on: May 20, 2026, 08:35:04 PM »
Been catching up with a few jobs recently:

-   During refitting the steering rack, I caused an oil leak by snagging one of the tie wraps securing the end of the main gator. Rather annoying because it was smelly (dripping oil on a hot exhaust) and messy to clean up.  A new tie wrap is in place and its now holding an appropriate amount of oil.
-   Guy (@SanRemo78) kindly supplied me with a selection of his surplus Siem headlights that were all better than the ones I'd been using.  Lights are now in with good/new plastic fittings and I'm thinking about restoration options for the reflectors of the lights I've removed. Some good advice from Peter (@peteracs) so far, thank you.
-   Took the Coupe to Automark in Stokesley today for a rear wheel bearing, oil filter and fresh fill of 10w60 fully synthetic engine oil.  Mark always has a reassuringly careful general look over the car too.
 
Then a lovely drive home this evening, and it's feeling in great fettle. Over 200Nm torque is always going to be fun, but the brakes and suspension are spot on this year; on a quiet but fast B road, I was grinning from ear to ear!
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Re: Beta Coupe GCRE upgrade
« Reply #185 on: May 20, 2026, 09:40:33 PM »
That's one back on song again! How's the engine rebuild of the Austin coming along?
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