When in Rome.....Quote:
Originally Posted by AlexW
Bought another one the other day & got rid of legendary Bread Van lol
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When in Rome.....Quote:
Originally Posted by AlexW
Bought another one the other day & got rid of legendary Bread Van lol
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Looks tidy that, I nearly bought a C a while back, Bought a Clio by mistake.
Clean as fook TBH, 2005 CDTi SRi. First time Ive had a car with more then 2 seats for about 3 years or so :/Quote:
Originally Posted by AlexW
Clio's aint that bad, unless its a Mk1 POS lol lol
Next your be putting kiddies in the back! They are nice cars!
Nah, Mk2 phase 3 (I think) 2004 DCi thing, Broke after 2 weeks lol
Kids?! Get to actual fcuk mate! Im faaaaaaaaaaaar from any kind of fatherly figure LOL lol lol lol I hate bloody kids.....Quote:
Originally Posted by AlexW
hahaha lol lol lol Dont take this to bits mike lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Mike
There was some corsa c leather on eBay £400 lol
less chatty chatty more buildy buildy lol
BURN it...
There nice those CDti Sri's, like the fact its not common black either lol,
and those leathers are worth a mint with no bolster wear :thumb:
There immaculate, as is the whole car. Ive gotta keep on top of looking after this one though as will be selling it for something lairy at some point in the near future.Quote:
Originally Posted by Connor
Been on a bit of a buying spree lately....
From our very own Mr Heds (ZLET Nova guy)
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Ex Craig Green (thanks again muchly mate!!)
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Dug out the top mounts I bought last year sometime in the summer lol
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And bought some ARPs etc etc and also a set of conversion brackets from David Dixon (STILL waiting on delivery confirmation may I add!!)
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Will take the coilovers into work when Im back there, strip them down & shot blast them clean & get them plated & polished :) also got some brake parts I want to shot blast before christmas so need to take them into work too.
Nice purchases and blasting, plating and polishing sounds like a plan
aye, happy christmas nice shopping
Not so happy it seems Dave :/ just stripped the coilovers down & there ****ed basically lol theres no rebound pressure in them at all lolQuote:
Originally Posted by peester
EDIT: Or it could just be me being a tard & not realising there set to full +dampening rate lol lol would explain a few things lol
Get on with it mate! it's almost there, not like you cant have the money to do it now eh? lol
Im off work from 12.30noon tomorrow & not back till 7.30am Wednesday. Then finish for christmas at 11am ish on Friday 23rd so will do a bit no doubt. Cant spend anymore on it this month though, christmas present shopping an all that real world tosh :/Quote:
Originally Posted by scott.parker
Got lots an lots of engine parts to buy in the new year though!!
Dude I need to talk to you about making Carbon stubby mirror covers..
Mate I really havent got the time! Im having to down CarbonMike work as I just havent got the time to do it anymore (easier & a lot more beneficial to to do overtime at work!).Quote:
Originally Posted by scott.parker
But, an yes there is always a but, my gaffa at work has wrote a fiar few books on laminating etc & have given me a set of plans to make a very effective oven to cure carbon in :thumb: Over christmas holidays this is the project Im on, be able to cure pre preg carbon at home & get very easy perfect results 99.9% of the time.
I understand mate, but i will make sure you see some good money from it if you can do me some sets from a mold of the mirror covers Ive made, as im sure your aware a set of stubby carbons will be worth selling compared to normal ones.
I know Scott, labor cost in this instance is irrelvant though, its time, well lack of in this case :/
When I made a prototype standard size mirror cover I ended up head scratching at how to get them to attach to the mirror body etc. For pure ease I just opted for a simple "bond onto OE cover" affair like the Impreza mirror caps that CarbonMods make.
Re: Unfinished prototype cover:
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OE internals:
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As you can see, OE is compliated simple interference fit. Time consumption central!
This box of scrap finally turned up today....... 2 weeks later. Needless to say I wont be using Griffin Autosport again. Ever.
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Anyway, besides that the cheap china bolts are IMO only fit for the bin so there in there already lol and Ive also machined up some 17mm spacers for the coilover/top mount from a bit of scrap T6 aluminium at work.
Have you been in touch with Dave as I personally have never had any problems with his delivery dates or products, very helpful unlike some of the other sponsors on here, I thought you'd given up on this?
T6 is the temper not the grade lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Mike
its sad i know that
lulz
Ooooorly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bubba
It was either T6 or some soft as sh1t cast aluminium tat. Nooo thanking yous lol
well i do spend every day inspecting this stuff and reading the mill reports lol. i remember some proper pointless stuff like a bar cannot comply to L168 specs if its over 6" dia lol
although i expect if its used on a car it will be good stuff anyway lol
Attempted a little more on this pile of shÃ*te yesterday to no avail.
Swapped the drive in the oil pump for the SBD one & from there it all went downhill.
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Mounted the oil pump to the block, torqued it up & crank has a really bad tight spot. Losen pump off & it spins freely absoloutly fine. The tight spot is that tight you cant even spin the crank with two hands :S
Little video, hard to make out as whole block move when spinning the crank, but watch the bottom right hand side of the screen. Block is upside down, you can clearly see the oil pump to sump mounting face moving up & down as the crank is rotated.
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Diagnosis new crank.
noooooooooooooooooooooo.
:(
Thats pants.
Good of you to perservere though and get the right bits in the first place.
I need to mate because I really REALLY need it gone off the drive & in the garage of some one who'll actually use it more then me lol once the bottom ends together ill put the stand head back on, standard inlet, nitrous out & its sold. Outta here, kaputski, gone, up the road.Quote:
Originally Posted by peester
Got my eyes on something else, 210hp, supercharged, 135mph++ top end! £118 a year insurance & its not a car or bike! Come to think of it, it doesnt even have any wheels?!
I dont know why but i lol'd at that box of scrap comment,why is it scrap??Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike
Just a phrase mate. Couple of plates of steel welded together = scrap lol lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Andy
lol lol lol
Me and a mate of mine say pretty much the same about our parts lol
They are mate. Im growing bored shÃ*tless of messing with cars & no longer have any motivation. Would much rather have a cushy daily & thats it.
Couple of mates of mine have recently not long bought 1300/1500cc Sea Doo's. There aint no speed limits out on the water mate. Plenty of tunning scope for them & can run nitrous oxide too.
Fancy that lol
Been mincing again tonight. Coilovers I bought were designed for OE top mounts (yawn...) not eccentrics so ran into a small issue.
Turned down some lovely small T6 ally spacers, built suspension units up but decided where the insert bolts to the top mount just didnt look right at all (read as unsafe).
Being the all round genius & general awesome top bloke that I are, I devised a plan. Stock + dye x coilover insert = win.
Bought a big old 38mm dia split die (as the punny 28mm one I was using didnt like big chunks of stainless steel & shÃ*t its **** out as soon as I tried), a nice hefty stock & got busy.
LH with spacer, RH without
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LH with spacer, RH without
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Much better (and cheaper!) then sending them back to GAZ to swap the inserts out for eccentric compatible ones.
Slowly but surely plodding, probably around 10 months behind schedule now but such is life an all that jazz.
Picked up some new old stock NLS ex works GrpA alloy bells for a steal, just need the rotors for them another day. Came in a box wrapped in newspaper from June 2000!
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Fitted coilovers out with 10" tarmac springs & got them on the car. Got my hands on some Corsa GSi skirts made from GRP which I plan to take a mould from at some point & obviously fit to car. Pair of Corsa GSi driveshafts for a bargain 22.50 off eBay this morning too.
CarbonMike wise though Im not to busy this weekend and because its only 3c outside instead of spanner work Ill make a start on a carbon fibre drivers side inner floor to match the co-driver foot tray instead.
Some lovely scrap there Mike lol
Cant wait to weight it in :)
Right then chaps, this is now up for sale as I cant take it with me fortunatly
Asking £2k for the lot. The car and all the parts associated with it etc etc. Will be sold rolling on standard Corsa Sport 3 spokes so can be trailerd or towing dolly etc. Failing a full sale ill be eBay'ing the best bits & the rest is going down EMR's compacter.
PM for details or hav a look through the thread for just about all the parts & junk thats included (around £2ks worth, could easily break this for £3k IMO if you know how to sell properly)
just chuck it out in the garden, let the rag and bone man take it lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Mike