I just came across these guys on the net.

http://www.dsnclassics.co.uk/

Has anyone used them before?
They seem to be quite reasonably priced.

WOW the term wank factor seems to fit.

Looks like they have a cnc a lot of billet and a lot of spare time.

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Simplify and add lightness

That's one very strong thermostat housing!
Very original thinking.

My opinion differs to that. Look how small the thread is on the rod end.

Thad what my thought was as well. Another example of misengineering at it's finest.

You'd want to be very careful about where to mount it off.

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Simplify and add lightness

Maybe.....maybe not. According to their website, the founders have had 25 years experience
of automotive engineering at Lotus and Aston Martin.
Nevertheless my comment was on the strength of the themostat housing and on their original thinking.

They must be pretty confident they will sell. I imagine the tooling costs would have been significant

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1967 Cooper S - new front bearings to do.
1965 Cooper S shell - Slow progress. No time or money!
1966 Deluxe- next rustoration!
Mk 2 & XJ6 Jags. Less said the better.

You would need to understand that it`s just pushing & pulling,,, not bending sideways so in effect it`s more than strong enough for it`s intended purpose

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

uh huh... a 1/4" bolt should hold a 1000kg in stretch



nah, a few hours to draw it, then straight into the CNC mill. Once you know how to do it, and have the mill, it's easy

Even more in compression (which it should be subjected to under acceleration).

I saw these a couple of days ago and was impressed. It picks up on the original bulkhead mounting points. My only query is, why didn\t they make it to take an O-ring instead of the cork gasket?

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Too many cars, and too little time.

that is an excellent question!

The face of most heads is often corroded around the thermostat housing. An O ring would be OK if the head was new or freshly planed, but a wide gasket (with some sort of sealant) is going to be a lot better when the surface isn't perfectly flat.

Tim

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1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian

so has anybody used these guys before?

That said, you still wouldn't ditch your current stabilisers and replace with one 1/4" screw would you? 1000kgs is static, engine stabilisers work entirely on dynamic loading. That's why you want as many as possible in there.
Personally I'm running three stabilisers, of no less than M10 thread, make sure it ain't going anywhere!

More chance of the firewall cracking.

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