new boots

Loving those wheels!

I preferred the steels  Selling them? :P

I preferred the steels  Selling them? :p

hmmmm no, but might be selling these though 

Finally losing the monster truck tires

Are they TD Pro-Race 3's?

If so what size are they?

Are they TD Pro-Race 3's?

If so what size are they?

indeed 17 x 7j

tonight's little job, replace shagged actuator and tighten up turbo to manifold nuts

yellow spring to hold the boost

If you continue to get issues. Try Dan from Beach buggy turbos. He does a very good uprated actuator

If you continue to get issues. Try Dan from Beach buggy turbos. He does a very good uprated actuator

cheers Josh hopefully this will sort the problem

Forge actuator with yellow spring fitted, very tight on access in the fabia especially with the manifold. On test drive its made a big change and now holds boost all the way through the range as apposed to dropping off in the higher revs, in turn making it accelerate quicker and alot more positive feel.  Didn't have time to fit the nut from turbo to mani and due to the unique way i've put it together the down pipe needs removing in order for me to gain access which means dropping the whole system off. Will save that till next week as its coming off to be heat wrapped, smaller tip on the silencer and Powerflex bushes throughout the hangers.

After some tinkering last night i finally have a working blower unit so its nice and warm inside the car now

Softie.

Softie.

ha its the family car needs to be warm in the winter, plus i can clear the windscreen now 

So wheels sold on which freed up some cash to buy a new clutch and flywheel. So a vr6 paddle from CG motorsport and a 7kg G60 flywheel. Should rev more freely and get the power thru the box now, hopefully get it dyno'd again before the years out to see what its actually making now the actuator is holding

Ive just read this build thread from the start. I met Ben last saturday. He is a real nice fella. We had a good chat and a look round his car. The time and effort, and the work he has done is brilliant. I give him full respect for doing it.

It was good to meet you, and hopefully meet up again,

 

George.

This is a great project for sure  I am having to buck my ideas up a little with the mongrel to keep up

This is a great project for sure  I am having to buck my ideas up a little with the mongrel to keep up

 

You will need to ditch the dirty oil burning engine to keep up with this

 

 

You will need to ditch the dirty oil burning engine to keep up with this

 

 

We'll see.  

If you find you need numbers for carbon panels, I would be interested in (and in theory can donate donor panels) for rear doors.  Have front doors too, but I'd rather keep my front doors as they are.  I think wings are pointless as the stock wing doesn't really weigh anything, yet a rear door is an absolute lump.  I'd be tempted by a setup with double skinned door retaining original latch/fixings, and fixed perspex glass.

Cheers guys will be making a few more subtle changes over the next few months. I haven't forgotten about the carbon panels, as i got rained off last night from working on the car I've started clearing some space in the man cave. To be fair Jason i think you only need about 5bhp to keep up with me on track, got very little track experience compared to some of you guys, so its the driver that's letting the car down. Practice makes perfect as they say, seems a legitimate excuse for more track time next year . Will be ditching the monster truck Maxxis for something a bit more suitable when the times right

So been tinkering over this week, dropped the sub frame and a few other bits for painting as looking a little tired under there. Dropped the complete exhaust system which came off easier than it went on the first time, tightened up the turbo nuts and replaced said missing nut. Found that the exhaust has been catching on the rear beam going over speed bumps, clearly a 3" was never intended for this car. So a modified exhaust is already under way. The old clutch has come off and seems to be fine, but the cylinders are fooked either end so new ones ordered. CG motorsport paddle clutch and 7kg flywheel now fitted. A few other bits to finish and sort out and will be back on the black stuff

Big exhaust clonking on the beam is why i went side exit partially.  I think it needed to be made with more a pronounced kink to clear it properly.

Yep my thoughts exactly, side exit already started