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Well i must say this car is now something els, it was imo a very nicely spec'd impressive performance car before you got it, but now its turning into a an extremely impressive all round car, it's looking like it's going to be a dam nice car now, an with the looks to back up what its performance is, i would o far as to say it's possibly going to be show condition when your finished mate, i love it!
Scott
First race meeting is booked for 21st April (2012!!), so it needs to be ready for then.Quote:
Originally Posted by pikey1986
I have absolutely no idea where I am going to find the time to do it though.......
I dont post on here much now, but i have to say thats looking amazing! A credit to you sir! :thumb:
Looks ace, the wheels set it off a treat! What's the thin bar going down the centre of the windscreen for?
I would have mentioned the bolts used on that bracket too, but since it's understood no point harping on about it. What I would suggest is running a complete seam down the 2 faces on that bracket to strengthen the existing 2 stitches.
I can see you getting into ride heights once it's all rebuilt & being run :)
Will be to reinforce a thin poly screen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ben
Car is looking awesome now Colin, and much more up to date! :)
Reinforcing for the plexi glass front screen..Quote:
Originally Posted by Ben
it looks awesome, i assume the front suspension is just lobbed on temporarily
looking good colin not sure if youve mentioned but are you going to get those brackets machines from one peice for the brakes???
Yes, it's very temporary, it will all be removed tomorrow to get the engine in.Quote:
Originally Posted by burgo
I've got some new eccentric top mounts to go on as well to smarten things up.
For a later development I'm looking to replace the pedal box, the one that's in there works well but is quite heavy, and I'm tempted by this one;
http://www.adr-engineering.co.uk/shop-list-item.php?34
At 1.8kg (without cylinders) it's exceptionally lightweight.
Sweet baby Jebus that is awesome for the money - you could then get the o.e steel nova throttle pedal replaced with something billet ally to further enhance :D
I've already had an alloy throtle pedal made for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by BRoadGhost
Today's update; the engine and gearbox are now bolted into the car, although not plumbed in/wired up just yet.
Proof that the engine is back where it belongs;
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...ort/005-58.jpg
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And here's something interesting which arrived in the post today;
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http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...ort/002-78.jpg
Anyone want to have a guess at what they do? No prizes on offer though......
Nice work colin.
superbike pro racing lines for R1 brakes ?
Hi Keith.Quote:
Originally Posted by calibra-keith
Well, they are off a race bike (a BMW S1000), but there's more to them than just a brake line.......
are those funky things some sort of handbrake cylinder?
Was great seeing this in the flesh, Colin. I bet it was a bit hair raising putting the engine back in a freshly painted bay? lol
Those brake lines look like they have some pressure reducing valves or something in them?
G-link or G-line things ?Quote:
Originally Posted by novarally
That's who my throttle bodies and dry sump tank came off.Quote:
Originally Posted by novarally
Car is looking good now, not long to go !
I'm familiar with G-Strings, but G-Link/G-Line is new territory.........not sure what you mean by those?Quote:
Originally Posted by calibra-keith
Quick release fittings?
Correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by SimonTW
They are dry-break couplings so you can detach the caliper without needing to bleed the brakes.
ah that's a pretty cool idea :thumb:
these are what i ment by G-link/G-line, looking at the picture again i think they are the goodridge G-link ones probably because there goodridge lines lolQuote:
Originally Posted by novarally
can get them for anything that needs to be changed quick, im just not 100% sure what each ones are called but they have them for your water, oil and petrol lines aswell
Thanks for that, you're correct that G-Link is the brand name for them. I'd seen lots of dry-break couplings for fuel/oil etc., but the Goodridge range for brake systems was new to me until recently. This set-up came up on EBAY at sensible money, so I decided to go for them. They're not very necessary on a hillclimb car, but I do love trick bits.Quote:
Originally Posted by calibra-keith
i love how the engine is in and yet looks like its still sitting on the floor
The engine is now all plumbed in, just need to secure the coil pack and turbo oil filter to something, as I've removed the inner wings that they used to bolt to;
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...ort/003-81.jpg
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The big outstanding job is now the wiring loom, which as you can see I have 'installed';
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...ort/004-70.jpg
It should be a plug and play job, but I hate electrics with a passion, so I keep putting it off!
looking awesome colin, keep the updates coming, can`t wait to see it all in one piece again
You so don't need that front ARB.
i think colin knows what he needs.. its called traction
For the sake of correct spring rates that ARB is just dead weight.
people who don't like anti roll bars really annoy me.
making a car over stiff & not having an arb has caused thousands of accidents, both on the road & on the track.. the only place i'd say an arb is not needed is on british forest stage rallying, where massive wheel travel is needed.
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Originally Posted by mowgli
what he said!
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Managed to get most of today working on the car out in the sunshine, which was nice.....
Installed the Anderson plug, for which I'll need to cut a hole in the front wing to access;
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...ort/027-12.jpg
And got the wiring re-installed;
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I've only got one wire left over (!), and I have absolutely no recollection of what it was for, and no obvious signs of where it needs to be attached to! I shall have to go over all of my old photos of the car over the years and see if I can spot it. It's got to go in the engine bay somewhere, I know that.
After that I've been fiddling around mounting the seat, and frankly I'm completely unhappy with where it will sit based on the new seat mountings we installed. At the time they seemed right, but I didn't have the pedal box in the car when we did them, and now it's all wrong, it's too close to the pedals. So now I'm going to have to do some major re-working to get myself a comfortable driving position;
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I also temporarily fitted some supplementary gauges (boost, wideband lambda and fuel pressure). The STACK dash I have is supposed to read boost pressure, but the sensor is faulty and STACK want £300 for a new one, so they can whistle;
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...cort/033-5.jpg
Hi colin,
i take it your no longer putting the rad in the rear or is this still something your looking at in future ? just with the air ducts on rear windows and hole in boot or have i missed something in the thread.
At various times I've considered a rear radiator, but for the moment that plan is on the backburner.Quote:
Originally Posted by calibra-keith
But when I ordered the windows I had the ducts in them, just in case...........and they look good anyway.
Getting there Colin :thumb:
Yeah those pedals are far forwards; is there no way of making another foot plate, shortening the throttle to o.e throttle linkage, moving it back and across more? Looks like you've got a similar situation to me with the cage restricting the seat going back any further without lowering it more.
I've no idea how not using an arb would make you dislike someone, because what you're saying there is without exception, the car would be overly stiff and cause (or be more likely to cause) an accident. Never heard such nonsense.
There's a million ways to improve traction if that's what's making you QQ, but the truth of the matter is you will never know if the same driver in that exact same situation would have crashed with the arb off or on. If they recently took the arb[s] off and said it doesn't feel the same, then they'd be right. Who knows who can push & survive without, but more to the point who cares. Not my fault if someone makes a fundamental change to setup then crashes. Maybe they pushed to hard because the extra tip gave them more turn in and they then thought you can still throw the thing in as sharply as before and make it at an even higher speed.
Setup is about personal preference and frankly if you're not prepared to learn changes in characteristics when modifying then just go buy a Kia Picanto & live in bliss.
I could get the pedal box maybe an inch further toward the bulkhead, but then the master cylinders would be touching the bulkhead. And I'm already using the 'short' AP cylinders.Quote:
Originally Posted by BRoadGhost
The roll cage behind the seat is in the way of the seat going as far back as I would like, yes.
The ultimate answer may be to get hold of a pedal box where the master cylinders are in front of the pedals, something like this;
http://www.djm-motorsport.co.uk/Products_Chassis.html
Today I've made up some inner wheel arch liners, chopped up from some (free!) Mini Miglia carbon fibre wheel arches;
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...ort/001-43.jpg
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I will be using more of these carbon arches to make some for the rear as well.