Dave Andrews final word on Simon Erland

Looks like it’s all going legal so this will be the last post on this subject for a little while.

I have had an interesting day reading all of the posts that KingK has made here on the…

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David Andrews – further responses to Simon Erland

KingK, from your posting earlier in this thread.

“I introduced dva to Steve Smith and balancing in 2001!”

Unbelievable.. You poor deluded sap.

I was introduced to balancing in 1965 on my eleventh birthday by my father when

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David Andrews (DVA) replies to Simon Erlands Lies

As regular readers of this forum will know my posts here are generally temperate in tone and I try my best to be helpful, I have as yet not been involved in any spats and try to be

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Simon Erland (aka KingK, King_K) on Dave Andrews DVA

Simon Erland (http://www.elise-r.co.uk/category/converters/king_k/) has been quiet of late – having been banned from many online tuning communities.

Just when everyone imagines the loony has finally given up, he pops up again. Now he is on MG-rover.org (http://forums.mg-rover.org/showthread.php?t=373469)  trying to pretend

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Steve Butts 1.4 k-series compound charger update

I’ve collected the parts required to plumb the oil and water into the turbo and it and the engine/manifold are with a mate who can fab the turbo support brackets and make up the oil feed and drain to/from the…

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Steve Butts 1.4 compound charger k series update

I have a built gearbox in the back of my car and wil be taking that over to Guglielmi’s today. I’ve gone for the UCR Quaife straight cut kit with a 4.2 diff and uprated diff bearings. I’ve left 5th

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1.4 k series update – SC and plenum

Some more pics – of the SC and plenum bolted on to the current engine to allow for the pipework to be sorted. You can also see the nice job Guglielmis did of finishing off the bulkhead – lots of…

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More on the 1.4 k series

Some more images of Steve Butts 1.4 compound super charger & turbo install.

1.4 k series with custom oil ladder

1.4 k series showing custom oil mount for turbo positioning

Arrow…

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Simon Erland- reasons for Mark Bowles engine failure

It has been rumored for some time now that one of the very rew, vanishingly rare, Simon Erland engines has had some problems based on its design and installation. The engine in question went into Mark Bowles elise and was…

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Rover K series head – proof of porosity

DVA has provided some photographic proof of what has been known for a long time – Rover K series heads can suffer head gasket failure (HGF) due to poor casting and quality control in the Rover foundry. Poor control of…

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