Sweet baby jesus and the orphans.......a track day every month until June. fair play. I wouldn't mind getting to 1 before June let alone 1 each month!!! lol. Do you know if the Bedford 1 on the 9th allows spectators?
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Sweet baby jesus and the orphans.......a track day every month until June. fair play. I wouldn't mind getting to 1 before June let alone 1 each month!!! lol. Do you know if the Bedford 1 on the 9th allows spectators?
Aye, the Sccr etc should help a lot with the transmissions losses.
And at the wheel power is what really counts on the road.
Lol, i still have the old vids on my old hard drive somewhere from the white ones mapping.
Those were the days lol
Howdy, I wouldn't risk coming to Bedford to spectate as it could very well be a wasted journey. IIRC everyone who attends, spectators included have to of signed in so they know exactly who is there.
As its PalmerSport or whatever they are called they are **** hot on that sort of thing :(
Olly- see you in the morning, don't kill the fooker tonight for christs sake, I'll chat to you then about next friday ;)
lol @ killing it
been out in it tonight, and scared myself sh*tless, so came in early lol its so appealing to hear WOT, it could get you into trouble
rain is mega bad, ots dark which makes it worse, headlights are even worse than that, and single wiper just ain't cricket lol lol lol
can i get to you for 10am please mate, will give you an hour on your service, and i can change my wheels, and found i got a puncture in my Rainsport tonight grrr, so will swap over 888s before I head across
That cool with you?
Thats fine mate, I'll try and get stuck into that Lexus first thing so hopefully I won't have much to do by the time you "tea boy" arrives :)
I've got 4 hrs book time to do this service and considering how little I have to do there must be a catch LOL like you have to take the heads off to get to the spark plugs or something ha ha
See you in the morning mate
Oh and its PE29 6HQ ;)
> Cam Lube
Got any toys to go with that ?
Oh and I knew the rattle cans and camera would be coming LOL
I think we might now have to take that photo !
Let me dig out some 5hit clothes first LOL
See you in the morning mate, guests arriving soon !
Lol
swapped the cams over, just about to do the timing now
i'm sure olly will post pics when he gets home
been out in it, it's certainly a beast with that box in!
huge thanks to JB today for helping me out, some pics from todays progress
belt cover off ready for strip down
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0600.jpg
cam cover off
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0601.jpg
cams, caps, pulleys off/ out
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0602.jpg
awww how neat! (only so i was sure i didnt drop any washers in the head lol)
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0603.jpg
markings on camshafts, say AST1612s - cool
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0604.jpg
new and old pulleys/ tensioners, altho old ones had no play in them, replaced them anyway
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0605.jpg
old cam lobe vs new cam lobe
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0606.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0607.jpg
all back together, with now, gloss black camcover and cambelt covers
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0608.jpg
thanks for reading/ looking
Hmm, that car looks familiar ! lol
Certainly was a interesting day ! having 5th gear on the 2nd roadtest was novel ha ha
It goes rather well, I'm sure I can still hear the box whining now
Good to see fitting went well.
Mapping next week then?
Great work guys, Certainly one of the best track nova's around at the moment :D
Cheers Adam, yeh - fitting went quite well apart from some dodgy wiring, which I still claim is sh*t hot! lol Basically the injection fuel pump had stopped working which prevented it from starting, when I went to remove the fuel pump panel to check the fuse - it started working again... hmmm...
Upon starting there was a slightly tapping which I thought was a hydraulic follower as we hadn't emptied them, but we thougth it was something else.
Did a compression test there and then, and I think JB said it came back as 8/9/9/7, which wasn't great, so contemplated leaving the car with JB to whip the head off.
After much deliberation and calls to the misses because I'd let her down to go out for a meal (again), we decided that I'd drive it home (75miles) and just see what goes.
Anyway, with straight cut box, doing 70mph is like 4.8krpm, so to make any time up whatsoever I was constantly in the 5.5krpms all the way home, with the odd blat up to 7.5krpm in 5th to see what TomTom says.
Got about ten miles in on the A14, when the car died..... a very p*ssed off call to JB saying that I think it'd given up... but then it dawned on me... petrol! lol JB came to save me with a jerry can - thanks again - and my dodgy fuel gauge was still reading half full :mad:
Got the the Shell station, and it took a further 37litres, ontop of the 6 we'd put in just before, and the gauge then read 1/4 full... "somethingz a miss, me thinkz"... ggrrrrr
Anyway, plan was for JB to come over to mine today to remove the rocker, cams and empty the followers to see if that got us compression back, but before I started to take it to bits, I went and got a compression tester from Halfords, and did another test after it'd had a damn good hammering last night...
The results, I think, are pretty damn stable across the board... pics here:
CYL #1 = 180psi / 12.4 bar
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0609.jpg
CYL #2 = 184psi / 12.7 bar
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0610.jpg
CYL #3 = 192psi / 13.2 bar
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0611.jpg
CYL #4 = 180psi / 12.4 bar
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0612.jpg
So all is well in the land of Ollys engine now lol I'm well chuffed.
So in short Adam - yes, still on for Fridays mapping session! lol
Keitho - cheers chappy, just hope I can do it justice out on track :)
LMAO @ the fuel gauge going down when you put fuel in. lol
Sender must be fcuked?
Ol your such a picture whore! lol lol
Good work lad, glad it's going well, im looking forward to getting behind the wheel of mine, but i need more money! and the tax mans looming over my shoulder!
Scott
Nice work olly & JB :cool:
nice1 mate glad all is fine
Did you do it with all plugs out and the throttle(s) wide open?
160-200psi is considered normal as far as i know.
Whats usually more worrying is the difference between cylinders. So yours sounds fine.
Mine was 192/192/189/187 dude so yours sounds about right:)
Thank god for that LOL
I'm not suprised one that the lifters sorted themselves out after a few blats, I am however suprised that then even started to play up lol You live and learn. I've only seen it when engines sit for ages, not a few hours.
IIRC Ads was around 240-250 psi but its not exactly standard c/r.
Oh and just to add, your wiring is cack LOL I was having a right giggle at the excuses rolling off your tongue ;)
I managed to get home in time to get my dinner before it was offered to the dog, see you friday mate :)
Send again, my inbox was full lol
nice1 hope all goes well
It will go fine, I'm not sure my ears will cope with the drive down there so I'll be bringing my ear plugs or ipod LOL
^^ Puff :P
I am indeed and Ollys going to find out all about it when he stays over that evening
lol
Just fill it till the pump clicks off :) Then do 150/200 miles and refill again.
Senders are rare as fook, doubt you'll find one for friday. Checked the wiring?
I think I have a fuel sender in my garage, might not be
Need to find it and take a pic..
Vaughan, if you could do your utmost - would be forever thankful bud!
Sorry to hi-jack but has anyone got a pic to see if its the same as what I have in the garage?
Don't want to lead you on mate incase its not what I have
Its a bolt on/screw on cap thing mith a metal rod on with a float on the end.
Which tank do you have Olly as some tanks have the pump feed on the sender.
I'll have a look for it :)
Cheers lads - before you start looking Vaughan, I think it maybe wiring related, as it worked prior to me putting my bike clocks in, and then removing them!
I'll keep you informed tho for deffo
No problem, I'll look it out anyway :)
Check the black/blue wire on the clocks and the earth. And the connections at the sender end.Quote:
Originally Posted by trackdaynova
My dad says what we have is a fuel sender with some wires coming from it
Just a matter of finding it now :)
Problem sorted... thanks so much for your help on hand vaughan ! very much appreciated bud.
Basically I had 2x blue/black wires on my clock loom, but only 1 on my car side - thinking about it, I bought the clocks from Bax, that came out of a derv - would that make any difference?
Anyway - no dramas now, done about 120miles now, since filling up, and still have just over half a tank
Vaughan - see your usercp for updates :)
hmm.. seems smooth as.
Cheers for the comment mate, much appreciated :)