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[jonboisescort]

yeh come on get it done for ford fair

if you dont make it this year thers always next year or maybe the year after

[jayrs]

i knew i would get the pi$$ed ripped, oh well, its all good fun

[Chris 2i]

f*ck - 18 tonnes!!! Didn't realise you'd need that much

glad the motivation's there though mate, at this rate you might just have it done

[jayrs]

yeah thats what some place worked out.
room is 16 ft x 13/14 ft and floor need to be 15 inches deep, anyone wanna have a bash at working out what i'll need feel free

found a place that could do me the lot for about £220, which aint bad, hes coming up tomorrow evening to have a look see if the 10 tonne lorry will get around the back, fingers crossed

[Ghost]

You do realise when clark sees this he will rip it out of you for giving the FF deadline

[jayrs]

yes mate i do, but he did say he would come over and give me a hand, so if he rips it too much ill cash that offer in

[Ghost]

yes mate i do, but he did say he would come over and give me a hand, so if he rips it too much ill cash that offer in

Just dont let him near your windscreen

[Luke1990]

yeah thats what some place worked out.
room is 16 ft x 13/14 ft and floor need to be 15 inches deep, anyone wanna have a bash at working out what i'll need feel free

Need to know the weight per cubic foot / density, or similar, otherwise you can only work out the volume not the number of tonnes you need

Edit: i get 280 cubic feet? or just shy of 8 cubic metres?

Edit 2: To need 18 tonnes, the hardcore must way 2.25 Tonnes per cubic metre

[jayrs]

windscreen is out so no worries there


i dunno how the woman (nuff said, ) worked it out, but i had the guy come up today and the big lorry wont get up there, i reckon it would of but when he said it takes 20 tonne i saw where he was coming from so the loads are gunna come in about 4 tonne loads, which is good and also bad, the good thing is, i only have to shift 4 tonne at a time before the rs goes back in (best if its raining!) the bad bit is, due to coming in more trips the 18 tonne is gunna cost me more for delivery , the small wagon is £25 per load delivery ontop of the price of the stuff.
had the big lorry been able to go up it would of been 1 maybe 2 trips and would of worked out at about £225 delivered, but with the small wagon it gunna be approx 4 trips and work out at £325 he thinks bunging a bit more on , on each run would build up the 2 tonne short fall to save on another trip, but hey ho, it needs doing and doing quick so ill have to go for it, but 1 good thing, if i need less than 18 tonne, it means i havent got a mound sat there doing nothing

[jayrs]

very small update, been wanting a oil cooler for some time and decided today fcuk it, and bought one.
yeah i know i need tyres for the 16's, etc etc but if i didnt get it now it wouldnt of happened, plus the cash i got would of got wasted on something like the £70 i "had" last week

anyway, both bits from ebay

first up, 13 row oil cooler, write up on ebay about it is as follows (not that we all dont know what they are:lol:

"
Brand new aluminium INTERCAL engine oil cooler, 13 row with 1/2" BSP fittings.

Dimensions are 285mm x 97mm x 50mm.

The measurement between the centres is 220mm and over the brackets is 330mm. Part no (IC23513BM12)"



was £38 inc post, as said bought it today so will await it in the week.

also got a mocal sandwich plate with built in thermostat , SPEC: 80degree C thermostat, 3/4UNF oil filter thread
, 1/2bsp pipe fittings



was £44.98.

im buying a oil temp gauge off mike on here so will be plumbing that in too in place of where the turbo timer used to be me thinks but we will see.

the pipes for the oil cooler im gunna have made at my local hydralics place, far cheaper than what places like ebay, burton etc could do them for also


floor wise, will be contacting the guy tomorrow to arrange the first delivery of hard core for this week, will be coming in 4 tonne loads, but its cash buying, so no proper delivery time, if you catch me drift so cant say when the loads will come etc but hopfully fairly quick

[rs-tom]

iv got an 12 row cooler n had some pipes made but ppl keep sayin "why u puttin that ona fez " cuz i wanna keep my engine cool dip s**t. i need one of them plates. where u gonna put ur temp senser

[jayrs]

yeah thats it, i did think about getting a plate without the thermosts in it but thought it might over cool it in the winter, not that i plan to dive it much in the winter

i will prob put the temp gauge sender in the return pipe from the cooler mate

[knuckles]

hope you get it semi finished for ford fair fella.

Would love to see it all put back together in the flesh.

[jayrs]

so would i mate

[Chris 2i]

on the final stretch now, although you're cutting it fine

hope to see it at Ford Fair mate

[niracka]

Nice buy that man.

I have always siad that an oil cooler would be a good mod for an frst because they are soooo well known for running hot. So anything that will aid cooling is a must really. Especially when the cost is next to nothing when compared with the cost of repairing overheating damage

keep the updates coming.

ollie

[jayrs]

cheers dude, got the cooler and sandwich plate today.
not opened them yet though

the first 4 tonne of hardcore went in yesterday, took a couple hours to move it into the floor and i sweated my nats off as it was baking hot but now its in i dont think 18 tonne is needed.
prob got a couple tonne of hardcore about which is going in, then i reckon another 4 tonne, 6 tops will have it ready for cement.
and the big bonus, the first load was £60 delivered, and he reckons there was between 3.5 and 4 tonne on there, so floor could work out cheaper then first expected

[niracka]

Thats good news mate. Nothing better than getting quoted for something and having it work out cheaper

[jayrs]

indeed mate! got another 4 tonne being dropped tomorrow morning at 8am, so gotta be out there and have the car out by latest 7.45am really.
ment to be raining tomorrow (friday) so i bought a 4.9meter x 7.90 meter tarpoling (dunno how its spelt) to cover the RS save it getting wet inside, normaly i would just put it off for another day but im pushing this along best i can
i cleared the rest of the crap out the floor today and laid the plastic and preped it ready for the hardcore in the morning so its all wagons roll when it gets there.
gunna try and shift the stuff in a hour as i wanna get on with some other bits and i gotta go into town and with the isle of wight festival going on 1/2 mile from my house the roads around my way and town are fcuking manic!
well this was the mound the other day



anyway enough of the floor crap, i trial fitted the oil cooler today, popped in to a hydralics place near me and spoke to the guy in there, the fittings are £5 each and the pipe is £6 per meter anyway he sent me on my way with just over 3 meters of pipe, 4 stright fittings and 2 90degree ones, and i didnt pay a penny! it wasnt free unfortunatly, just a loan to work otu what fittings would be needed and how much pipe etc, i did give the guy my name and address and phone number but he didnt ask for that, now thats trust!
anyhow, picture below shows the cooler just a tad off center, it was moved over and made to be in the centre after the pic was taken and the bumper was only fitted to trial fit the cooler to see what room was behind it etc.
anyway the pipes were laid out and cut, but thinking tonight as i write this im thinking i maybe should of set the cooler off center to the passanger side as the number plate will hang down and stop a bit of air flow to the cooler still, not that it will make a difference but its somthing to bear in mind i guess.

[niracka]

Its good to see her with the bumper on for once lol. She actually looks kinda like a car again.

I would agree with putting the cooler to one side. Apart from airflow reaons I think it would look better to the side anyways.

ollie

[jayrs]

yeah its been too long hasnt it

the cooler wont be seen anyway mate as i have mesh for the bumper, but i may just set it offside a tad if the pipes will allow as the pipes were marked and cut etc for it to be in the centre

oh and talking of pipes, fcuking £50 they cost me to say i walked like john wayne when i came out of there is a under statment!
the first guy said fittings were £5 each and the pipe was £6 per meter, well i have 4 fittings and 2.8 meters of pipe, to me that works out at £38, but the guy i saw today said £50, and it was cash with no bill so dunno what fiddle the first guy was on

still i needed them, and it has worked out at £132.98 for this cooler kit, if i had got a complete kit off ebay it would of come in at £141.97, so not a great saving but i have pipes the lenth i want and i can run them where i want, and its proper hydralic hose with a inner steel braid with crimped fittings so cant really complain.
will bung a pic up at some point.

anyway, got another 4 tonne of hard core delivered today and shiffted it in, will shutter it up over weekend/beginning of next week ready for the cement.
i have ditched the idea of getting balist and bags of cement, as thats looking to work out at £260 where as i can have 2 square meters (its enough) of ready mixed delivered for £231 cash so cheaper, easier and i wont break my back having to mix up 4 tonne of cement
i will be ordering that monday but when i got a price they said they cant delier till thursday/friday, which is a bit of a bummer but still, its happing.
by a week monday my car will then be sat in there ready to be emptied and cracked on with

[niracka]

Nice one dude I look forward to seing the pics of your car finally sat in its new home ready for finnishing

[knuckles]

when the workshop is ready let me know and i will come over with my new engine/gearbox

dont mind if i move in for a weekend ?

[jayrs]

i cant wait mate, been tto long coming, but still its getting done.
today i had to (well my dad done it) weld the wifes exhaust on the galaxy, and while waiting for the paint to dry on the exhaust we preped the room ready for the ready mix, we batoned it out and it seems in areas we need a bit more hard core but we have a load we can dump in there so no more money needs to be spent on hard core, and no more slogging my nuts off shifting it

these are the £50 oil lines for the cooler, i cant see any way how there gunna suck me off though, would of thought for that price they would of



this is how the floor was left

when the workshop is ready let me know and i will come over with my new engine/gearbox

dont mind if i move in for a weekend ?

were have to talk about the rent mate, you didnt pay the bill last time

[niracka]

can I come?

[jayrs]

how much money you got

[niracka]

haha not even enaugh for the ferry mate

[jayrs]

haha not even enaugh for the ferry mate

its criminal what the ferry company charges

[knuckles]

were have to talk about the rent mate, you didn't pay the bill last time

your rent went to those thieving ferry people

what you moaning about.... i bought you krispy kreemes ! you cant even get them in iow

[niracka]

Yea and its criminal how little money I have too lol

[jayrs]

yeah ferry company is a right rip, main reason it cost me so much to come to shows, well, not that ive bought my rs to any




yet

[:: blade ::]

glad its comming along nicely mate, a lil longer than planned, but better making slow progress than none might pop over this year to have a look see at it

[jayrs]

cheers dude

[Andyfloss03]

i pretty sure this has been said before but....

i really hope this is ready for FF

good to see your sorta back in the swing of things

[Brammer]

Who's been a busy lad then?????..... Great stuff Jay, hoping to see this at Ford Fair this year now

Before you said about the mesh in the front bumper i was going to suggest dropping the the main bumper bar and plastic welding lower and building the cooler and meshing there but your way would be better and you wouldn't have to worry about the fan.

Great work mate

what you moaning about.... i bought you krispy kreemes ! you cant even get them in iow

Clark, what the feck are krispy kreemes