Hi All,
I've got a little bit more done in the quest to get the F33 driveable, removed the flip front to get access to the pedal area for sorting clutch & brakes, suspension etc. The clutch was frozen, I'm pleased to say it was the slave cylinder rusted solid (just above 8 on the number plate in the photo), after a bit of messing about to identify it, found it matched the Rover SD1 type that the engine originally came out of, imperial threads, I finally got one from a Land Rover suppliers in the UK to my door here in Spain for the extortionate sum of £16 :D (THANK YOU "LR SPARES" nice people to deal with).
You can see in the photo that I've also taken the aluminium sheet off that goes on top the foot wells to get access to the pedals & tank, seats & floor carpet removed. Normally things look better in photos, think it looks worse in this one than in reality! Bit of mess to clean up in there, knackered horns & window washer bottle!! :lol:

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Oh yeah, I forgot to say, some time ago air filters were discussed, mainly cos they ain't there, what came with the car was crap K&N type copies that had the filtering ability of chicken wire.
Anyone (Knighty!) got any suggestions for either a single type filter (seen this in the factory pictures, probably no longer available) or 8 separate foam types, I have plates to go on top of the carbs with stubs for them to fit onto, haven't got the diameter with me right now though. I need 8 (or 4 "lozenge" shape, one per twin choke) so would prefer them not to be £££ each! :D

I don't suppose you know what the front suspension comes off do you?

Designed & built by UVA. If you go to www.fugitives.co.uk at the top of this page, click on "cars" then "F33" you will find a "Street Machine" article that describes the car better than I can. Only difference is it has picked up a Porche gearbox somewhere in its past.

Hi Bailey, looks like your doing a fine job there.......heres my 2 pence worth on air filters.......due to the environment that you will be driving this car in, I would advise you buy the best possible, the reason being is this......the fine dust particles from sandy warmer climates will polish your bores and wreck the piston rings quicker than you would ever believe.......you need to contact a company called ITG, and you need a 3 layer foam type filter......I'd advise you use two 4cyl filters from something like a Pinto, Vauxhall XE, K-series etc......they will probably sell you a blank back plate in order cut to fit your carb spacing.......go for something with a vertical depth (in your installation) of about 4 inches minimum, so they will not cause too much of a restriction and mess your carb settings up, but after fitment I'd suggest you have the tail pipe readings measured, as jets are very sensitive to filter changes, and all of a sudden you can be running very lean and killing the engine due to detonation.......hey, they may even have an off-the shelf kit, as fitting a bunch of downdraucght 40's on a rover v8 is hardly a rare option.......failing that look at PiperCross, they sell similar stuff.

Also, your inlet tracts look very short, you may want to knock up a set of longer trumpets, say about 6 inches long, this will give you much better mid-range grunt and prevent having to rev the tits out of the V8.......just get some 40mm ID steel tube, about 16 gauge (1.5mm wall) and flare the ends in a lathe or with a hammer.

dont forget this, you get what you pay for, and its worth paying that bit more on the correct air filter........your car is quite valuable so theres no point in fitting some crappy filters.

Looking good Bailey B)

The front end consisted of VW Beetle 1302/1303 bottom arms, stub axles (and brakes), anti roll bar and homemade top arm - where the mcpherson strut would have gone :P

Hubs, discs, calipers are super beetle, everything else, upper & lower wishbones ,roll bar are UVA made/modified.
If you look under "cars", "F33" on this site, you can see a picture of it under construction with an orange painted chassis showing better (cleaner!) detail. mmmmm clean. You can see some orange paint under the red in my photos & elsewhere on the car.

Bailey,

Yep! my mistake the bottom is homemade too...I'll let you have that one ;)

Just a quick note to find if your on the road yet? if not do you have an update?