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So that’s 310bhp without the WMI? Are you hoping for a tad more power with it or is it a safety measure?

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3 hours ago, Lofty said:

So that’s 310bhp without the WMI? Are you hoping for a tad more power with it or is it a safety measure?

 

It’ll give it more, but more for cooling things down especially on track.

Be interesting to see what power it makes on a cooler day with WMI.

Ill keep a look out for any RR days.

Makes sense, the safety side is the reason I’m running it.

 

Even so, with 300+ bhp it’s going to be a right ripper on track!!

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On 22/07/2018 at 21:29, Lofty said:

Makes sense, the safety side is the reason I’m running it.

 

Even so, with 300+ bhp it’s going to be a right ripper on track!!

 

Yeah it sure will be, be interesting to compare times on track. Places like bedford where its higher speeds i imagine it’ll be alot quicker lap times.

 

Yeah safety for running higher power, all temps drop so win win. Where are you injecting yours?

My injector is on rear side at the top of the inlet manifold, should do the trick on a derv there

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Ah yeah i remember seeing pics of it now.

Need to see how much i go through, and how long it takes for the throttle body to knacker up. 

Just read this from start to finish- knackered but couldn’t stop. Love the car, fantastic work

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On 01/08/2018 at 01:47, Jase009 said:

Just read this from start to finish- knackered but couldn’t stop. Love the car, fantastic work

 

Cheers mate

 

Fairly steady now, just waiting on new front springs as one is snapped and camber topmounts. 

It looks the part mate and no one would ever suspect what’s under the bonnet. Think I need to invest in a rarb for mine as it understeers like a pig- that’s with sympathetic cornering, good tyres and coilovers

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New springs and top mounts arrived so i’ve started on them.

Passenger spring snapped in 2 places.

Gave them all a wipe down, measured up and adjusted for preload. Suprising how easy they adjusted, by hand aswell.

Will finish them off tomorrow. 

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Chopped the strut top up today, so i can adjust the camber easily if required. 

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Could you not cut the raised "top hat" bit clean off down to the surface where the bolts go through?

 

Mind you I suppose with a long allen key you can get to the adjusters ok?

 

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Yeah, but wasnt sure how much strength there was in the top hat bit.

if i chopped it off there would only be 10mm at most between bolt holes and the edge. 

18 hours ago, pip_vrs said:

Yeah, but wasnt sure how much strength there was in the top hat bit.

if i chopped it off there would only be 10mm at most between bolt holes and the edge. 

Yeah I guess it was designed that way for a reason.

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Suspension fitted to strut tops now, perfect for adjustment. Had to elongate the three holes a few mm, on the drivers side i caught the freshly fainted strut top with the bloody die grinder :blush:

 

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Suspension back together, just need to fit droplinks. I’ve bought Ford Mondeo/Puma drop links but unsure how to set up the length they need to be.. so ill tackle that tomorrow.

Removed brakes, pistons all free and all in good condition so i’m gonna wait till winter to strip them down. New ‘J’ hook discs to hopefully stop the pad deposit and new DS2500 pads.

Removed and cleaned up the studs whilst there.

 

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All back together.

Set about fixing the seats, since i got them they had ali moubts which along with the runners squeeked and moved around alot.

20mm box made up proper mounts.

Ill get better pics once i’ve put the seats back on, waiting for paint to dry.

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Also added some ugly bumper straps. Bumper keeps falling off, so had to do something :D

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What length studs are you running? Darkside ones i assume?

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5 hours ago, RobLarby said:

What length studs are you running? Darkside ones i assume?

 

They were off ebay, not sure really. 

 

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Quickly made up this so i can charge my phone on the way to Germany..

Going to make it properly out of Ali when i re-do the dash. 

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