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[Turboboy67]

Dave was expecting Paul to buy all four not just a pair

[Max M4X WW]

Oh I see

T1R's Dave?

[~nomad~]

we both thought that the other one thought we should only get 2, but both thought that we should prob get 4.



T1Rs I think yeah

[~S1~]

Got some more jobs done today, first off was to replace the std rear studs with some decent length ones, the nuts now do up more than a handful of turns so we shouldnt have any repeat of its last outing when a wheel fell off



I picked up the other pair of wheels that have had the Falkens fitted and stuck them on the back. They have some life left in them but once they are dead we will stick another pair of Toyo's on the back. I gave all four wheels a clean and then fitted them. They really suit the car imho.






I also stripped out the window winder mechanism and bonded the rubbers in, then bonded the polycarb windows in so they wont blow out like they used to do.

[~nomad~]

its pretty funny that I am finding out about these things by reading this thread.

bice work mate, the wheels look the funlumps!

[MotorcyclesFish]

Ah Paul that reminds me, I need to come and pick up that orange escort.

We said £500 yeah?

[Captain Tightpants]

£550!

[~nomad~]

£2500

[Capri]

ONE MILLION DOLLARS!

Dave, did you get my somewhat rambling answerphone message?

[~S1~]

More progress today! I had a Sparco seat leftover from H702 DEG so decided that was a better option than a f**cked Recaro. I already had the rear mounts made up so just needed to weld in some captives into the seat crossmember. So they dont look too odd I swapped the seat cushions around as the drivers seat is black and passenger is red!





As some tracks dont allow you to run with bare doors in case of accidents I made up some door trims from some plastic sheet Dave had. Not brilliant but look ok'ish. I also got rid of the rattle can colour-coded mirrors as they looked gash. Inside was given a hoover out and a wipe over with thinners to remove a layer of grime. All in all a good days work and another step closer to being show, I mean track ready

[Captain Tightpants]

This things really starting to take shape now!

Seats look pretty cool like that too!!

Steve

[Max M4X WW]

I was going to mention the mirrors

[~nomad~]

the mirrors dont bother me in the slightest, but whatever

seats look awesome like that, superb.

and the cards look sweet too mate, good work!

[Turboboy67]

Good progress Paul,

What tracks don't allow bare doors then ?, never heard of that before,

I was going to cut mine right out soon

Bring it to Combe, bring it to Combe

[~nomad~]

Good progress Paul,

What tracks don't allow bare doors then ?, never heard of that before,

I was going to cut mine right out soon

Bring it to Combe, bring it to Combe

think Paul thought it heard it off me, but he didn't so dont think any do, I was a bit unsure about having bare doors in a accident thou! Even in general I would rather they were covered, plenty of edges there. Thought about cutting weight out of them but thought that might be a bad idea, again in a crash?

Combe could be a idea, but its a epic epic trek!

Anyway, harnesses are in, Momo (insert ghey rap term) wheel swapped for Momo not (insert ghey rap term) wheel, much more fitting!

[Captain Tightpants]

think Paul thought it heard it off me, but he didn't so dont think any do, I was a bit unsure about having bare doors in a accident thou! Even in general I would rather they were covered, plenty of edges there. Thought about cutting weight out of them but thought that might be a bad idea, again in a crash?

Combe could be a idea, but its a epic epic trek!

Suprising what they let you out on a track with! I heard they even let people out on the track with plastic roofs!

It would be nice if there were a track day at combe sometime around August!

Steve

[Turboboy67]

Oi !!

Theres overnight camping at Combe, so you could come along on the Friday afternoon,

have a few sherberts, then be on site for the following day, go on, you know you want to

I reckon it will take you a couple of hours from your place Dave.

Love the red/black theme btw

[Capri]

Looking good guys. Reckon it'll go well when you get it out on track?

Actually, I think I've got a half-leather driving glove somewhere you can borrow if you need it.

[~S1~]

Looking good guys. Reckon it'll go well when you get it out on track?

Actually, I think I've got a half-leather driving glove somewhere you can borrow if you need it.

Our most recent testing session has shown it's cornering ability to be somewhat lacking

[~nomad~]

yes after some testing near Pauls house we have discoved that we hate Avo coilovers. Basically the rear of the car is far far too loose. We intend to replace the rear coilovers with top adjustables and get another pair of tyres on. Also discovered the brakes are losing feeling somehow, after bleeding the system the pedal felt solid and lovely, however after a week of the car sitting it feels spongy and crap. Thinking this is down to the master cylinder / servo, so those are also on the replace list. Onwards and upwards.

[~S1~]

A few pics of it from the day before out recent testing session, looks kinda smart dont you think?







And a couple of crap pics taken at half six in the morning with it on the trailer, ready for a day out.

[~nomad~]

booya!

looks mega red in the top pics. it isnt, but i looks it.

[Max M4X WW]

Looks good, Where you take it then? I insured mine yesterday for a week. Don't know why - battery goes flat whenever I drive it

[~S1~]

Looks good, Where you take it then?

A local airfield to do some testing. It showed up the poor brakes and suspension

[Max M4X WW]

Cool, Least its before a proper outing that you found out

[~nomad~]

Cool, Least its before a proper outing that you found out

yeah true. Brkae thing is weird, they were awesome after bleeding and crap a day later. I think sitting about year on year has killed the master cylinder, brakes were great last year at Bedford. Sure we will get to the bottom of it.

[MotorcyclesFish]

What rear beam are you using?

Do the kosher coilovers have proper spring top control? I found the car always felt uncontrolled at the rear when it was unloading running on AVO coilovers.

[~nomad~]

Right update time, obviously the test session mentioned above was the Performance Ford feature at Brunters .

Went over Pauls sunday and we stripped the suspension off, and replaced the coilovers with Koni adjustables all round, found a good used set for the front, and a brand new set for the rear. We stripped the fronts down and cleaned the bearings and cups up, and fitted them.






We also investigated the knocking noise from the front, pretty sure its the pass side lower arm, would make sense as its not had a set in my ownership . So will be fitting a new pair of those!

Another little but important job was to lower the drivers seat, as it was a little too high, we managed to do this simply but changing the bolts between the subfrane and sidemounts for some low profile ones.




couple random pics, we found some of brunters under the car

[~S1~]

Awsomely-cheap-fun! Can't wait to cane the aRSe of this again soon

[~nomad~]

Nor me, we really need to get it trackready and use it!

[~S1~]

Have you got any pics of our "numerical" modification?

[~nomad~]

I have one yeah. not sure what the reaction will be?

[MotorcyclesFish]

I have one yeah. not sure what the reaction will be?

I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest "a mixture of disbelief and joy".

[~S1~]

I have one yeah. not sure what the reaction will be?

only one way to find out

[~nomad~]

I have one yeah. not sure what the reaction will be?

only one way to find out