Jamiep

It was suggested at work today that it was all down to a secret airborne emp device test....or possibly that big firey volcano. either way the main road outside Hull docks was busy!

He is a lucky lad, another circuit with less run off and he could have been head on into a wall at ove 150mph! surely those uprights should have been load tested before going near a car let alone a track?

Nipped to work in the Hood yesterday and just as I pulled into the carpark and put my front wheels over the rubber cliff face known as the speed bump my clutch cable snapped and stalled the engine Was a bit of a struggle to push the back over the bump and into a parking space as I didn't dare start it in gear surounded by a couple of new BMWs and an Audi TTs with my luck. Got my work done then rang for my lift home, ordered a new cable so should be fixed at weekend

Daft question, the one in Dan's ebay link, is that a bolt on job with no welding? looks like it fits between original boss and steering wheel which is what I'm after. Don't want a weld on one as i'm thinking of changing the front end setup and it would really bug me if it was then out of line afterwards if that makes sence.

Just been watching this, makes me cringe the way he bends drills and over tightens everything! I think the car in SVA is the same one, just that hes changed mirrors and taken the centres off the wheels, the car he drives in the titles is blue so deff. not his I think the final one is on tomorrow on Quest so I'll see which one he lets the instructor drag up and down the track. Best quote so far "the brake master cylinder has 2 holes, the one closest to the servo is for the back so the back brakes first and stops you tipping over nose first"

try GBSC whos ad can be found on the front page, if you give them a ring they should sort you something.

I bought a cheap 24v hammer/drill from focus for £20 came with 2 batteries aswell and its served me well, don't expect to drill big holes in walls or use for high speed though they just dont have the grunt of 110/240v. I've used Dewalt alot on site working with stainless and they are good but abit pricey, they had two range settings for high speed low torque and high torque low speed which was handy. Aslong as you look after the batteries and don't just leave them on charge all the time they all seem to last well.

I currently have 28/30 DFTH 2A01 with the electronic stepper moter all wired in, will this be restricting my 2.0l engine? as I believe its off a 1.6 (info from haynes) either way I think I'll have it, I'll pm my address so you can get cost of postage.

try car builder solutions or europa site sponsor link

I'm after some hose to suit the top and bottom of my rad, just after either 2 - 90deg elbows or 180deg that I can cut up as I want to mock up for a rad re-mount in the nose cone but its a bit tight on space. Don't want to cut the one I have incase it doesn't work out. not sure where the rads from other then its Ford, see pic below.

see link "give it some pillock"

I do like the RS200 kit, bit pricey though! I only made it to 2 shows last year, Newark in the tintop as a detour (quite a long one) onto silverstone for the F1GP and Stafford, I must admit the admision fee into the halls is a bit steep if your not after anything inparticular, I wanted to try some seats for size and having a few in one place was handy. I used to go to many modified car events alover the country with my MGZR and there was always something new to look at but they got a bit samey after a while and expensive, became more of a gathering point for freinds to meet up and have a laugh then with the car show coming second. Good freinds make these events worth attending in my opinion.

My quote from flux went down this year! first time thats ever happened....

After years of working with stainless I always use copper slip, it prevents the threads 'picking up' which basically means they weld themselves together. I just use it out of habit, its also good for high temp aplications such as spark plug thread and back of brake pads etc

ok no rush, there should be info stamped on the carb flange on the engine side.

I bought a couple from panda tools but didn't need to fit in the end but will do next winter in planned strip down. Service was very good.

Only hour and half from me but will have to check with her in doors Might see if some of the guys from work fancy coming as most are petrol heads too.

I'm intrested. can you let me know what model the carb is please. Regards, Jamie

I think mines off a 1600, don't know why as the engine is 2.0l 205 block

the problem i have is the number of repeated pages month after month, kitcar recently did iva section 3 times in 3 months then had the same section repeated as a tech talk feature further in the mag! if you take out the repeats (and repeated adverts) it would be 10 pages long. Also while i'm ranting, why print small font in black over light grey with diagonal lines running across it. nearly went blind reading that page. (add your own innuendo here). Rant over.....

on mine the servo conects below the stepper motor to the right, the breather connects to manifold just to the right of centre and the dissy connects to the left. do you have a one way valve? it should have an arrow or carb witten on it from memorey, might have it wrong way round. edit: pic found

Glad your ok, I'm afraid the tub is a write off, there are several bends to the steel to form the shape and return to form the strength in that area, to bash it out would weaken it which would then need plates welding across to strengthen. Welding to thin gauge causes distortion which then causes more problems etc. Basically if you did get it bashed out and managed to re-aligne the rear sub frame it would look awful and probably drive badly. Go for a payout and buy back (at a sensible price), strip the parts for a zero build and sell the stainless tub for scrap weight as prices are quite good at the minute. Hope it works out for you and chin up, if enough people claim and win may be the councils will realize it cost less to fix the roads properly then to pay for damage caused from the pot holes. Regards, Jamie

isnt that and Exmo same as mine, your profile says 2b. or was that another one?

I got the halfords chest acouple of weeks ago, was on special offer of free top set with bottom. might still be on offer. make sure they get you a new untouched one from the back though as the display ones all have bits missing. realy pleased with mine.

looking good. I think the ref. to bending tool is probably this pic? and how did it cope with thicknes of stainless supplied with the kit? just how I read it. I wish I had so much room to play in, I could do with one of those space heaters too, had ice in the garage today after -7 last night!