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First vidon a new page. Took hours to puton youtube and it killed the quality??

Just a shame that last run knackered 3rd gear :( how is it now?

I still haven't unpacked the car or moved it :D

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      Few parts to add to the list.. And new 'daily/drive to track day' wheels arrived. And fit :-) Then i've been to collect some of Bens parts he's no longer using on his Fabia.. Fibreglass boot,

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      All fitted, all rattles and clonks gone. This Scale suspension is the shizzle. So well made its defintly worth the money. Damping set to halfway (6 clicks out of 12) Up on the ramps stripping everyt

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      Fitted driveshafts and all bolted up. Wheels on and lowered to the floor. All intercooler pipework installed, just front bumper to chop up to fit.   Started it and it runs!!! WHOOOOOOO

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    Are your dials the same layout as the vrs one? 0-150, with 60 at the top?  Looks pretty quick along the straight :thumbup:

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    Are your dials the same layout as the vrs one? 0-150, with 60 at the top? Looks pretty quick along the straight :thumbup:

    I think I recall seeing this hit just over 120 on the straight :)

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    Clocks go to 120. The first straight they went to about 130/135 but hard to tell [emoji23]

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    Off the clock [emoji23]

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    This was incredible on track. It was a joy to watch it pull away from me ;)

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    This was incredible on track. It was a joy to watch it pull away from me ;)

    Preceded by a large bang ;)

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    How loud was it on sound check Phil?

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    How loud was it on sound check Phil?

    Think he said 87bd.

    Sounds nice and most 2 - 3 & 3 - 4th gear changes had a cheeky pop [emoji41]

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    Preceded by a large bang ;)

     

    Are you referring to my boost pipe popping off again?! Can I not make one post about this track day without someone reminding me! ;)

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    Are you referring to my boost pipe popping off again?! Can I not make one post about this track day without someone reminding me! ;)

    No not at all. Especially the hot lap you did at the start line which ended 20 yards away with it coming off again. ;)

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    No not at all. Especially the hot lap you did at the start line which ended 20 yards away with it coming off again. ;)

    20 yard sprint wasn't it ;)

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    Just a shame that last run knackered 3rd gear :( how is it now?

     

    Knackered. Synchro mesh has gone.. i'm hoping to strip down the original ibiza gearbox and either swap LSD into that or get my box stripped and use bits. or if that can't be done strip this one and just send it to a gearbox specialist who can overhaul/strengthen etc. Not got the money for that at the min though.

     

    Heres the session when it went  :D

    tried going 2-4th but it was too slow.

     

    https://youtu.be/UtOssBjqIDM

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    Not good bud, I'm sure your looking forward to getting box out again

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    Not good bud, I'm sure your looking forward to getting box out again

    Its the last thing in the world i want to do again [emoji849]

    Well that's a bit of a bugger :(

    I've timed it and you only lost 6 seconds when you stopped using third [emoji106]

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    Thats how slow i was before :D

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    Another fortune spent on the car..

    Gearbox with wavetrak lsd, freshly rebuild. Will be fitted next weds as im taking it to OCD to do on the ramps as i cant afford a bad back with all the cycling im doing.

    Will clean it up a bit better before fitting..

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    nice bit of kit these, made a big difference to how mine drove, lite up both front wheels instead of just the one  :D

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    Nice to see it sorted after that "one last run" at Bedford, are you going to Brands?

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    I love my dif, transforms how the car behaves when coming out of corners

     

    just spent a rather large sum of money on new suspension for my car oops

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