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Diablo 
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 Topic: My New Supercharged V8 Ford PopPosted: 23 Jul 2025 at 15:50 |
 Got a new motor.....  
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Posted: 23 Jul 2025 at 17:44 |
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Boys and their toys Rick
I bet you have driven this to death over the past few weeks?
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Diablo
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Posted: 23 Jul 2025 at 17:53 |
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Too right Mark!
 Cruising through the villages. Wanted one of these since my mid teens and saw one at Santa Pod. We rented a cottage in Flamborough to watch Race The Waves on the beach at Bridlington. This Pop was freshly restored and in the Show and Shine show. Mari noticed a small for sale sign in the window.... next thing she was on the phone for me lol  Really got her to thank for pushing me to go for it... "C'mon Rick, lifes too short and this is your dream" Slight leak on the rad, so ordered a Serck Motorsport proper job radiator |
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davidrsurfer
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Posted: 23 Jul 2025 at 19:04 |
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Nice! Enjoy.
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Motorcycle friendly self catering holiday apartment Acorn Studio. See us at Air bnb.
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redratbike
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Posted: 23 Jul 2025 at 19:10 |
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my first real custom / hotrod I got excited about was a red Ford pop
Chromed jag rear end , velour interior etc etc £👍
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Diablo
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Posted: 23 Jul 2025 at 19:47 |
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Thanks David
 Yes Mark, I've got pics of this in the 80's and it used to have a Jag IRS and Carlos Fandango Wolfrace slot mags. That's gone out of fashion now and peeps aren't keen on the old type 70's/80's stance and super wide arches. Since then it's had a purpose built pro mod chassis, rear inner arches been "tubbed" and narrowed Ford 9" axle amongst other goodies! 
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Posted: 24 Jul 2025 at 13:19 |
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Very nice...love to see old stuff actually be driven
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Posted: 24 Jul 2025 at 17:31 |
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Holy sh*t!
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I started out with nothing and I've still got most of it left
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Posted: 24 Jul 2025 at 17:32 |
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Please come to the coast to visit 🙏
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I started out with nothing and I've still got most of it left
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Diablo
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Posted: 24 Jul 2025 at 22:46 |
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Thanks Steve and Adam
Yes about time we had another meet up buddy! Hopefully the new radiator will be here soon. I'll have a blast over once fitted
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Posted: 25 Jul 2025 at 08:30 |
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That would be awesome mate, been way too long, just let me know when and I'll bring the new steed. Only just got back on two wheels after 3 months off i had a little tumble on track and smashed myself up a bit.
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I started out with nothing and I've still got most of it left
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Storkers
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Posted: 26 Jul 2025 at 07:27 |
Ex girlfriends Dad had this years back back. A Pop was car my Dad passed his test in He went on to build a pro street 32  Love the old Hotrods scene, enjoy your Pop looks lovely! |
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Diablo
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Posted: 27 Jul 2025 at 13:42 |
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Crikey Adam, hope you're all mended and no lasting damage
 Thanks for your kind words Storkers and loving the pics you posted. I go to Santa Pod usually 4 times a year and started going to NSRA nationals at Old Warden near Biggleswade. Funnily enough, I grew up at Home Farm there, until my Dad passed suddenly when I was 12. |
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Posted: 28 Jul 2025 at 14:54 |
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Yes used to go to old warden regularly till my Dad moved to France. Will have to go again with my boys. What engine is in your pop?
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Posted: 03 Aug 2025 at 22:17 |
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Hi Storkers, sorry been off line for a bit with pc problems
I's a Rover V8 built by JE Developments with balanced crank, racing cam/lifters, stage 3 big valve gas flowed heads, billet steel conrods and Omega forged pistons, holley carb and Offenhauser inlet modified for the supercharger etc etc. It's making 300+bhp with the supercharger, with more to come once run in and fine tuned.
I have a few plans and a Rover 5 liter motor from a TVR on standby for the future and a twin turbo set up. But love the look of a blower over turbos, even with the parasitic loss of running from the crank pulley, there's no lag like with turbos. Thing I like about the Rover is it's tunability and lightweight being aluminium. I could make more power with other motors, but for me this is the quintessential English hot rod and it has plenty of power everywhere. |
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Posted: 04 Aug 2025 at 07:47 |
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Sounds spot on, and like the nod to all English setup. I like the blower look too, over turbo, and love the distinct sound of supercharger whirl!! Rovers very tuneable and for less…. As my Dad found out his coupe had a mild tuned 454BBC in it….. did push his coupe just into the 9’s tho
Have you any plans to run it at the strip?
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Posted: 05 Aug 2025 at 14:22 |
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Hi Storkers, yes but only on run what you brung days, just to see what it can do as I make different changes along the way.
But I'm getting one of these to tow behing it to camp at Santa Pod. Trigano Racing mini caravan that's also a bike trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6zMvvT_muo |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2025 at 06:46 |
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Very handy will keep a look out for when you hit the strip!
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