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Post by peterboat on Dec 16, 2018 12:41:52 GMT
I've had Reliants as practical city cars. I've also had original Bond Minicars with either 197 or 250cc Villiers engines. Great fun. If you want a really serious 3 wheeler, look for a Bond 875. These used the Hillman Imp derated engine and gearbox unit. With the sunbeam Stilletto crossflow head and twin carbs, a front spoiler wasessential, and if you had the nerve, 120 mph was attainable with E Type acceleration. I had a Clan Crusader with full race 998 Chessman engine and a straight cut gearbox in it, they arnt crossflow I am afraid, and never could be because of the design. Mine was quick, really quick would blow the doors off a Bond bug! if they had them. With its wills ringed head, big valves, R23 cam, twin 40s, and full extractor manifold with big bore exhaust it would be pushing 160 horses and would rev to 8k plus. Even with all these mods my etype I suspect would eat it for breakfast beyond 30 mph
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Post by JohnV on Dec 16, 2018 16:41:28 GMT
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Post by peterboat on Dec 16, 2018 18:16:09 GMT
Those Honda engines are amazing!! Racetech in Sheffield get 1200 hp out of two litres brilliant
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2018 18:22:12 GMT
While it looks quick in a straight line the driver was taking it plenty steady round the bends - who can blame him when the entire crowd would be hoping beyond hope he’d tip it over! There was an old boy who competed in the MCC long distance trials using a Reliant with a mid mounted 1275 a series engine, he used to go well in it but suffered the fate the three wheel Morgan’s did - the ruts produced by the bikes and cars were never in the right place for a three wheeler- didn’t matter much if the axle with two wheels was at the front or back!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2018 19:14:38 GMT
Is it just me who thinks the title is the wrong way round ?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2018 19:18:27 GMT
Is it just me who thinks the title is the wrong way round ? Yes, it's the Reliant Motor co. Not the Robin motor co. They did some nice stuff other than the three wheelers. See Reliant Scimitar Bond bug etc The also did all the moulding for the Ford RS200 body panels along with the high top for the Transit van.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2018 19:21:25 GMT
I know
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Post by ianali on Dec 16, 2018 20:10:48 GMT
I've had Reliants as practical city cars. I've also had original Bond Minicars with either 197 or 250cc Villiers engines. Great fun. If you want a really serious 3 wheeler, look for a Bond 875. These used the Hillman Imp derated engine and gearbox unit. With the sunbeam Stilletto crossflow head and twin carbs, a front spoiler wasessential, and if you had the nerve, 120 mph was attainable with E Type acceleration. I had a Clan Crusader with full race 998 Chessman engine and a straight cut gearbox in it, they arnt crossflow I am afraid, and never could be because of the design. Mine was quick, really quick would blow the doors off a Bond bug! if they had them. With its wills ringed head, big valves, R23 cam, twin 40s, and full extractor manifold with big bore exhaust it would be pushing 160 horses and would rev to 8k plus. Even with all these mods my etype I suspect would eat it for breakfast beyond 30 mph Is your E type a special tune? I don’t recall them as particularly fast but I’m often wrong.
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Post by peterboat on Dec 16, 2018 20:30:14 GMT
I had a Clan Crusader with full race 998 Chessman engine and a straight cut gearbox in it, they arnt crossflow I am afraid, and never could be because of the design. Mine was quick, really quick would blow the doors off a Bond bug! if they had them. With its wills ringed head, big valves, R23 cam, twin 40s, and full extractor manifold with big bore exhaust it would be pushing 160 horses and would rev to 8k plus. Even with all these mods my etype I suspect would eat it for breakfast beyond 30 mph Is your E type a special tune? I don’t recall them as particularly fast but I’m often wrong. 3.8 roadster series 1, C type head, all of them were fairly quick, long first gear helped with acceleration beyond 60. Flathead V 12s are quick as well in manual form. I sold my E type years ago when my ex got her second speeding ticket in a couple of weeks Over the years I have driven loads of them because of owning Rotherham Jag center.
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Post by brummieboy on Dec 16, 2018 20:46:16 GMT
When I had the Bond Minicars, I used to attend the rallies, where there were always silly games. One was 'tip the roly', which entailed driving up a course with a tin can on a stick, filled up with water from a tub. At the other end of the course was a profile of a Reliant on a pivot with a tin on the other end. You had to fill up the tin from yours, and the winner was the first to 'tip the roly' when thewater outweighed the cut out reliant. The Bonds never suffered from rolling, as being front wheel drive, and the single wheel was at the front, if you tipped too far, you lost drive so fell back. The disadvantage was that on a rutted uphill track, like a campsite I was booked onto, the front wheel gave no grip on the centre of the ruts as the grass was too long, and probably greasy from wiping the sumps of 4 wheelers. I had to reverse and find another site.
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Post by ianali on Dec 16, 2018 20:57:56 GMT
Is your E type a special tune? I don’t recall them as particularly fast but I’m often wrong. 3.8 roadster series 1, C type head, all of them were fairly quick, long first gear helped with acceleration beyond 60. Flathead V 12s are quick as well in manual form. I sold my E type years ago when my ex got her second speeding ticket in a couple of weeks Over the years I have driven loads of them because of owning Rotherham Jag center. I guess spending my life with bikes has kinda given me a bias on speed. Anything over 5 seconds to sixty seems laboured. Nowadays you can almost half that. I’ve given up on high performance and gone back to my youth bike wise. They just got to quick. Car wise I have always been a lotus man. Not straight line quick but they do corner.
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Post by metanoia on Dec 16, 2018 21:01:07 GMT
Is it just me who thinks the title is the wrong way round ? No
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Post by metanoia on Dec 16, 2018 21:02:11 GMT
But then what do I know?
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Post by peterboat on Dec 16, 2018 22:20:50 GMT
3.8 roadster series 1, C type head, all of them were fairly quick, long first gear helped with acceleration beyond 60. Flathead V 12s are quick as well in manual form. I sold my E type years ago when my ex got her second speeding ticket in a couple of weeks Over the years I have driven loads of them because of owning Rotherham Jag center. I guess spending my life with bikes has kinda given me a bias on speed. Anything over 5 seconds to sixty seems laboured. Nowadays you can almost half that. I’ve given up on high performance and gone back to my youth bike wise. They just got to quick. Car wise I have always been a lotus man. Not straight line quick but they do corner. My Z1A was fast couldnt handle until it was reframed a complete revelation in comparison to the Commando before it. But now days biking wise the tuk tuk is fast enough and so is my Honda insight [998 plus electric motor]
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2018 22:34:52 GMT
I saw a BMW Z1 (car) a couple of days ago. Ferry lane, Medmenham near Henley. Parked in a private driveway did not look regularly used they had other cars as well. Very expensive postcode. G plate motorcar. Very rare beast with electric doors which drop down into the sills. Very 80s. Cool as a cucumber.
Its the first time I have seen one in real life. I was going to have a closer look but was not able to be arsed.
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