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I am using an AT 110E cartridge at the moment, got it in 1985 but never used it at the time. Was the recommended budget cartridge back then.

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Groan Boris 😂

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Well I got it wrong, I admit it.

I said that Labour would increase its lead in Harrow West but it actually lost a few votes, still a large win as predicted though, couldn’t be anything else.

But seriously though, can we have a proper opposition now ?

JC did what his party wanted but NOT what labour voters wanted. Momentum are still in charge so what can be done ?

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I see the pound just went past $1.35

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Everyone seen the exit pole result yet ?

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Same here, but there were plenty of people at the polling station earlier,

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Given the talk in the polling que today, anyone would think that the sun shone directly from JC’s ass.

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Well no matter what happens I am predicting an increased Labour majority in my constituency of Harrow West.

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I had a problem with Freeview reception and a very odd fix.

The signal I get from my communal loft aerial is strong but noisy. With an ordinary STB I would often get picture break up and some days half the channels would go missing, I tried a couple of different boxes but it made no difference. Then I signed up to talk talk TV and they sent me a You View box.

Result ? Perfect picture on all freeview channels all the time ! The same is true now I have a smart TV but both go back to the previous crummy picture if I switch my router off and NO picture if I pull the aerial out.

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The loudest concert I ever heard was Depech Mode at Hammersmith Odeon, the bass actually made my trousers flap 😁

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Ah but it can’t be fixed Ed. You just can’t have the power in a battery that you have in a tank of fuel.

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You don’t actually need a really noisy exhaust these days. The RC40 system sold by Mini Spares Centre is a straight through absorption  type with almost zero back pressure and it just has a “sporty” note 😁

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I am going to take a guess here. The energy used to compress a really stiff valve spring must be quite substantial. You only need a very stiff spring at very high RPM so the valve stays under control. They must be saving something somewhere with a gas spring or they wouldn’t bother?

I fitted dual valve springs on my Mini engines because David Vizard’s book and Kent Cams said I should but I never did know why 🤔

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Multi user, multi tasking. Forget it !

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Ah the old IBM main frames. The System 360 was about to be released at that time and even they were batch processors back then 😁

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They finally got it right for the launch of the 1275 GT in 1972 and they transferred that setup to the Metro where it stayed until they replaced the A series with a K series 😁

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They went through a fair few mods with the Mini gearbox to get it right. Type A gears, Type B gears, Full synchro gears and finally the type fitted to the rod change box’s. You also had “Magic Wand”, Remote change and Rod change gear linkages. They had 3 goes at the inboard drive shaft coupling before they got it right too.

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Had it on a rolling road and it gave 86 BHP at my self imposed limit of 6500 RPM. Not bad for a 1293cc pushrod engine.

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I am Mark. Watched a few of those videos. My interest was sparked by David Visard’s book “Tuning BL’s A Series Engine”. Lots of detail about CAM timing, lift and duration in there. I picked a Kent Cam’s 276 for my last engine. Slightly lumpy idle but still gives power above 6000 RPM.

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