Monaco 172 Track Car

[Brigsy]

Speedlines look great, rare set with the embossed logo.

Not a bad list of jobs to do.

 

[Louis]

You had way more to do last year in comparison!

 

[Mr Trailer Man]

Replace my EVOL dogbone mount @Louis

Is that Replace my EVOL dogbone mount, Louis

Or Replace my EVOL dogbone, mount Louis 😂

 

[dann2707]

Is that Replace my EVOL dogbone mount, Louis

Or Replace my EVOL dogbone, mount Louis 😂

BOTH

 

[Krarl]

Is that Replace my EVOL dogbone mount, Louis

Or Replace my EVOL dogbone, mount Louis 😂

It was a tag for him not to forget I want it off his car

But I'll probably mount him anyways

 

[Louis]

 

[Krarl]

The spanner check has escalated somewhat

 

[Yarp]

The spanner check has escalated somewhat

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Just as well you checked mate. The box should be fastened up a bit tighter than that

 

[leeds2592]

Just as well you checked mate. The box should be fastened up a bit tighter than that

 

[Krarl]

Just as well you checked mate. The box should be fastened up a bit tighter than that

Well I think the gearboxes internals need spanner checking... and possibly swap out the Quaife for a Gripper... 😂

 

[RSRowe]

Gripper is gonna blow your mind (on the assumption you’ve never had one before)

 

[thecrim22]

Gripper is gonna blow your mind (on the assumption you’ve never had one before)

Think he's talking about the diff in his car not jess

 

[Krarl]

1 out

1 in

This one is considerably cleaner than the last🤣 The trailer is up on the jockey wheel so don't whine at the rake

 

[Krarl]

One for all the Clio weirdos

I've bought, scrapped and sold loads of clios. This is the first one I've owned that still has an original Pilot Exalto tyre. There can't be many of these tyres knocking about these days

 

[RustyMojo]

One for all the Clio weirdos

I've bought, scrapped and sold loads of clios. This is the first one I've owned that still has an original Pilot Exalto tyre. There can't be many of these tyres knocking about these days

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They’ll go again bud

 

[Clart]

send it @Krarl

 

[Myfanwyi]

One for all the Clio weirdos

I've bought, scrapped and sold loads of clios. This is the first one I've owned that still has an original Pilot Exalto tyre. There can't be many of these tyres knocking about these days

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Like unicorn poo them.
Crusty!

 

[Krarl]

I got my gearbox back from @NorthloopCup

Rather than stick with the Quaife and the 089 final drive Mark talked me into getting a Gripper... and then the 4.28 final drive... 💲+ 💰= 🕊️ 👛

Saturday morning I got my helper to give me a hand

Gearbox in

Then she came back after the hard graft had been done and I was just about to put the subframe in

I got as much buttoned up as I could on Saturday, but because it was sweltering, I gave up at about 16:30. In bolting the rad in place, I disconnected the upper rad support and didn't put it back in properly...

So I had to break into my own engine bay, thankfully I've done it enough so I know where the bolts are for the rad support

Which led to...

Fanfuckingtastic. Just what you need 1 week before the car needs to be on track, yet more work

So those broken bolts turned into

And then

And then putting in rivnuts

Which meant cutting up my bent rad support and painting it with a bit of Monaco blue

It bolted up lovely and was sturdy as chuff. I tried to get it bent back into shape but I think it's a bit too far gone. Which is great because I have a spare at work from the car I just broke...

Except I checked this morning and I don't because I lobbed it in the back of the shell before weighing it in... FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKK



Continued...

 

[Krarl]

Bolted the panel back in to see what it looked like. Adjusted the catch and...

Yeah it still looks like the bonnet is open 😡 I think @Louis has one from his car, hopefully that one isn't bent like the owner WAHEY

In other news, all of the tacks on my driveshaft broke from where I blebbed a bit of weld on it last year

So @OEM Battery Nonce kindly welded it up good and proper. I don't fancy that coupler coming loose and eating into my diff seal again

I wish I'd have got a pic before he ground the welds and painted it because he got some proper penetration, he firmly grasped my shaft when he slathered it with hot ropes of sticky stuff 🫦 😩 🥰 I'm starting to think he might be 🌈

A legend nonetheless

My list currently looks like this

 

[Brigsy]

Nightmare with them slam panel bolts! Gripper will be a mega improvement over quaife.

 

[Myfanwyi]

Getting there mate, can't wait to see how this goes at CSF.
Swaps for a few laps?

 

[Louis]

Bolted the panel back in to see what it looked like. Adjusted the catch and...

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Yeah it still looks like the bonnet is open 😡 I think @Louis has one from his car, hopefully that one isn't bent like the owner WAHEY

In other news, all of the tacks on my driveshaft broke from where I blebbed a bit of weld on it last year

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So @OEM Battery Nonce kindly welded it up good and proper. I don't fancy that coupler coming loose and eating into my diff seal again

I wish I'd have got a pic before he ground the welds and painted it because he got some proper penetration, he firmly grasped my shaft when he slathered it with hot ropes of sticky stuff 🫦 😩 🥰 I'm starting to think he might be 🌈

A legend nonetheless

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My list currently looks like this

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[Krarl]

Getting there mate, can't wait to see how this goes at CSF.
Swaps for a few laps

You'll have to pry me out of this if I make it

I will be kicking the f**king things head in for all the s**t its given me

 

[Myfanwyi]

You'll have to pry me out of this if I make it

I will be kicking the f**king things head in for all the s**t its given me

I'll tempt you out with a cookie and a hand shandy 😘

 

[thecrim22]

I f**king knew jess was a cat!!!

 

[NorthloopCup]

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I f**king knew jess was a cat!!!

Don’t look impressed either way.

 

[Krarl]

Aye she's got a bad case of the resting b**ch face

This was the other week, she went to jump on top of Jess' car and s**t herself when she saw me sat in it

 

[thecrim22]

Aye she's got a bad case of the resting b**ch face

This was the other week, she went to jump on top of Jess' car and s**t herself when she saw me sat in it

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No wonder the bloody mails always late when jess is on the outside