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stan
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Joined: 07 Apr 2004
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Sat Nov 05, 2005 12:08 pm |
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Finally got it fitted today!
left to do:
lower rad mounts by 100mm
fit driveshafts
fit new track rods (R&L)
finnish engine loom
should be up and running this week
then once its up and running (and ive got some cash!) i will be buying wilwood 4-pots, and a air/liquid oil cooler (ive ditched the standard renault liquid/liquid one as its crap....VERY crap....more inaffective than crap!) |
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Chet T16
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Joined: 12 Feb 2004
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Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:16 am |
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i hear very bad things about wilwoods! |
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moggs
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Joined: 08 Sep 2005
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Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:38 am |
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Looks awsome mate. very envious!!!
You back in swansea yet by any chance?
Ian |
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stan
Gay Rights Activist
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Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:49 am |
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| i hear very bad things about wilwoods! |
i here bad things about alot of stuff.....but its often hearsay and uninformed bullshit....!
Moggs, not back yet, hopefully next month mate |
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Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:56 am |
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to lower it 100mm like I said you'll need to cut the cradle and it won't be happy!
Vegan tune? Non meat eating tuner?
Oil coolers aren't to dear matey. How you gonna plumb it in? |
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stan
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Sun Nov 06, 2005 6:07 am |
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im shifting it forwards aswell chris, so im only removing an inch thick "strip" along the length of the existing cradle to give clearance. the use thinnish flat bar to make a new, lower, cradle welded in place. its gonna be easy enough and wont effect the structure of the subframe.
oil can sort an oil cooler out easy engough for peanuts, as for plumbing it in just the usual sandwich plate and nice swaged fittings....maybe even "aeroquip".
Vegantune is the company i work for...name is from a commet that passed over years ago or something. a very well established company in its day....suprised you havnt heard of them. Lotus specialist mainly (but also caterham)....had their own Lotus twin cam engines...fully developed using in-house components. even made their own 16v engine...only 3 made, ever, and it was banned from the series cos it was too powerful! |
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stan
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Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:25 pm |
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quick clio update...being fully mapped on weds, so i will report with power/torque figures as soon as they are available. oh, and pics...and possibly a vid if someone can host it..... |
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Roger Red Hat
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Joined: 13 Oct 2004
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Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:28 pm |
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must have vid!
and a noise vid!
better sound sexy!
then bring it over to slough when your next down and let me have a butchers! |
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schakal
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Joined: 27 Jul 2004
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Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:37 pm |
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nice one stan ,i cant wait to see them pictures and the vid ,
alternatively pop down to schakals head quarters and lets see what this is all about  |
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bradharris
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Joined: 28 Oct 2005
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Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:00 am |
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i cant beleave i have just found this project thats quality that engin eis a piece of art work would be a shame to get it dirty on the rd |
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Chris H
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Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:02 am |
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stan what size of TB's are the castings you have? |
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stan
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Sat Dec 17, 2005 11:16 am |
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the spare ones? they are 40mm iirc
i'll dig them out later.... |
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stan
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Sat Dec 17, 2005 11:28 am |
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lol and an update....had it on the rollers for only 2hours....which wasnt enough time. the rollers i was using were a demo set brought round by a friend who is a rep for Dyno-dynamics. i got a little bit of mapping done but like i said there just wasnt enough time. on top of that the oil temp was soaring...probably due to the cheap oil i had for running in...ive just got an air:liquid cooler, but ivec ome home for 3 wks for xmas, so havnt had time to fit it.
im back in work on the 9th jan, so i'll hopefully have it mapped not long after that. in the mean time im tempted to source some wilder cams! |
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Chris H
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Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:55 am |
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should have point a hose at it to keep ot cool  |
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stan
Gay Rights Activist
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Sun Dec 18, 2005 6:08 am |
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LOL yeah i'll remember that one  |
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