1400 16v Nightmares

Just when we thought we had the car sorted or at least not far off being ready for this weekends Midland Rally someone upstairs threw a massive spanner in the works. The engine was in just waiting for a new o/s mounting as it is different from both the 8v & 1600 variants and it was just a case of connecting the engine loom to the car loom. I should have remembered the problems we had when we converted our first car from 1100 to 1400.

The donor car was a 1600 GT so stupidly I thought OK 16v 1600 to 16v 1400 no problem. Ha! Ha!

The 1400 car has sequential injection unlike the 1600 which uses wasted spark technology & the 1400 also has variable cam timing. How we get over this without spending half the national debt with Mr Citroen remains to be seen but get over it we will.

Otherwise the car is fitted with an OMP cage, electric cut out & extinguisher & uses Citroen Sport seats, runners & under guards just the same as the Decantae car & the R2

Following some problems with the radiator fixings on the Dukeries we have made significant changes in both sump guard & lower radiator location and these mods which are similar but not the same as the R2 are now on both cars . This has also enabled us to raise the front of the sumpguard. The lower radiator is now mounted directly onto the sumpguard mounting rail as in the R2 & retains the original upper mountings. The standard rad is retained.

The exhaust system is also undergoing a bit of a make over as to now we have been using the original 1100 item.