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Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread
Aye I love the seats, glad I spent a bit more and got what I did. Not the lightest I could have got, but I'm happy to trade a bit of weight loss for them. Just need the cage to turn up, get that welded in, interior painted and then I can get them mounted.
YB Racing = crap!
Aye I love the seats, glad I spent a bit more and got what I did. Not the lightest I could have got, but I'm happy to trade a bit of weight loss for them. Just need the cage to turn up, get that welded in, interior painted and then I can get them mounted.
YB Racing = crap!
Rb182cup+s2 rallye
Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread
they have to order them from omp in italy then they have to make them and send them out to you, it takes time having a cage for everycar would need a f**king big place to store them so you shoudl expect a little wait.
lucking il got mine second hand unused for half the price of a new one haha.
they have to order them from omp in italy then they have to make them and send them out to you, it takes time having a cage for everycar would need a f**king big place to store them so you shoudl expect a little wait.
lucking il got mine second hand unused for half the price of a new one haha.
TVR Cerbera
TVR Cerbera
ValverInBits
Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread
pics of whiteboard essential
Loving the thread whiteley.
Remember to paint those wheels black, realise they don't suit 449, then sell em to me
I've got a lil update, check my Facebook. Valver engine's coming out saturday and being picked up by ben linday monday. i've got no time work on the new purchase tho
pics of whiteboard essential
Loving the thread whiteley.
Remember to paint those wheels black, realise they don't suit 449, then sell em to me
I've got a lil update, check my Facebook. Valver engine's coming out saturday and being picked up by ben linday monday. i've got no time work on the new purchase tho
Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread
Is Ben putting it in his mk2? Good work and very different if so!
The wheels are staying, Ive always liked dark wheels. Will maybe do another set silver but I dont really fancy white. £10 a refurb and it doesn't really matter anyway!
Will have a look at yours, get it sorted!
Is Ben putting it in his mk2? Good work and very different if so!
The wheels are staying, Ive always liked dark wheels. Will maybe do another set silver but I dont really fancy white. £10 a refurb and it doesn't really matter anyway!
Will have a look at yours, get it sorted!
Trophy #473
Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread
Great progress!!!
Cut them impact bars out the doors, they weigh loads
Great progress!!!
Cut them impact bars out the doors, they weigh loads
TVR Cerbera
Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread
We know, took them out today
Great progress!!!
Cut them impact bars out the doors, they weigh loads
We know, took them out today
ValverInBits
Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread
they are both on 'the spreadsheet' I hope.
6kg each
they are both on 'the spreadsheet' I hope.
Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread
Big progress today, very pleased. Thanks first of all to Daz and JB for the help, much appreciated Team!
I'll maybe type a few bits as we go, but ive got no end of pictures uploading so I'll try and let them explain.
THE whiteboard:
Troops arrived
Old (actually new) bushes out of the wishbones to make way for powerflex poly's
Tweaking subframe slightly
Degreased and cleaned up subframe
Took the already cut out n/s door off and set about removing the heavy impact bars. Cut it in the middle, drill out spot welds both ends, unstick sticky stuff, done. 6kg each, easy weight!
And back on
Exhaust off
-JB- removing rear seat brackets. Spot welds drilled out again
O/S door removed now and i set about stripping it down and cutting it out to match the other side i'd done previously. Me on the grinder again
Done
Rear seat brackets gone
Heater matrix out
Steering column re-welded. Not the best of jobs by whoever did it previously
Quickly growing rubbish pile
Opie oils goodies
Doorless O/S
Both door bars out now, 12kg between them!!
New rod ends on willy rack
Old cambelt off
Alternator belt tensioner made
New parts
Impact bar-less door
Mess
New belt on having checked and double checked timing
Bible
Possibly the most expensive tensioning stick ever!? Haynes quoted something like 22lb should see 3mm of movement in the belt, so we worked that out to be almost 10kg and made something up to suit. Improvisation at its finest. £14 litre of gearbox oil and £36 of engine oil mated to a door bar, mintage!
Rather pleased with the creation
Williams steering rack on
Powerflex poly bushes
Outer sleeves tacked onto the subframe to prevent them turning
Door back on
Low temp fan switch on
Grotty old thermostat out, need a new seal before the new low temp one goes in
Wishbones done
New rod end again
They fit
Powerlex inner ARB bushes put in with new clamps. What a ball ache they were! Hammerite kurust on the subframe too in preparation for some touchup paint
Loop pipe swapped over from the valver rack
And that was todays work
Chris
Big progress today, very pleased. Thanks first of all to Daz and JB for the help, much appreciated Team!
I'll maybe type a few bits as we go, but ive got no end of pictures uploading so I'll try and let them explain.
THE whiteboard:
Troops arrived
Old (actually new) bushes out of the wishbones to make way for powerflex poly's
Tweaking subframe slightly
Degreased and cleaned up subframe
Took the already cut out n/s door off and set about removing the heavy impact bars. Cut it in the middle, drill out spot welds both ends, unstick sticky stuff, done. 6kg each, easy weight!
And back on
Exhaust off
-JB- removing rear seat brackets. Spot welds drilled out again
O/S door removed now and i set about stripping it down and cutting it out to match the other side i'd done previously. Me on the grinder again
Done
Rear seat brackets gone
Heater matrix out
Steering column re-welded. Not the best of jobs by whoever did it previously
Quickly growing rubbish pile
Opie oils goodies
Doorless O/S
Both door bars out now, 12kg between them!!
New rod ends on willy rack
Old cambelt off
Alternator belt tensioner made
New parts
Impact bar-less door
Mess
New belt on having checked and double checked timing
Bible
Possibly the most expensive tensioning stick ever!? Haynes quoted something like 22lb should see 3mm of movement in the belt, so we worked that out to be almost 10kg and made something up to suit. Improvisation at its finest. £14 litre of gearbox oil and £36 of engine oil mated to a door bar, mintage!
Rather pleased with the creation
Williams steering rack on
Powerflex poly bushes
Outer sleeves tacked onto the subframe to prevent them turning
Door back on
Low temp fan switch on
Grotty old thermostat out, need a new seal before the new low temp one goes in
Wishbones done
New rod end again
They fit
Powerlex inner ARB bushes put in with new clamps. What a ball ache they were! Hammerite kurust on the subframe too in preparation for some touchup paint
Loop pipe swapped over from the valver rack
And that was todays work
Chris
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clio 1.6 16v
Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread
Nice project, but be carefull, that's not the original gearbox fluid, i don't know what's the information you got mate, but i know many guys who crashed gearbox's because they thought the only thing that mathered was the viscosity level's.
I think that's the competition one from motul, but that can be incompatible with the sincronizers, make sure of that.
Good luck on the rest of the work.
Nice project, but be carefull, that's not the original gearbox fluid, i don't know what's the information you got mate, but i know many guys who crashed gearbox's because they thought the only thing that mathered was the viscosity level's.
I think that's the competition one from motul, but that can be incompatible with the sincronizers, make sure of that.
Good luck on the rest of the work.
M
mini-valver
Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread
Good update fella! Love the doors, really tempted to do mine but it's *just* returnable top standard or a state that I can make it sellable, lol.
Subframe looks good too, bushes much of a slut to get out??
Good update fella! Love the doors, really tempted to do mine but it's *just* returnable top standard or a state that I can make it sellable, lol.
Subframe looks good too, bushes much of a slut to get out??
3.2 V6 4KEV, 944 Cab, 172
Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread
Yours sellable? Never! I want to get hold of some edge trimming type stuff to make it look a little neater, but I dont think they look too bad as they are. Just got to sort the door pulls as I obviously have no handles now.
Standard new bushes came out easy enough with a hammer.
Yours sellable? Never! I want to get hold of some edge trimming type stuff to make it look a little neater, but I dont think they look too bad as they are. Just got to sort the door pulls as I obviously have no handles now.
Standard new bushes came out easy enough with a hammer.
Yosemite Sam
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread
Wicked thread, and you are clearly a very talented guy.
But that was a proper nobby thing to say.
Wicked thread, and you are clearly a very talented guy.
But that was a proper nobby thing to say.
ValverInBits
Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread
FFS it's only a valver gearbox, it'll be fine on that oil. and even if it isnt, a valver gearbox is all of £50 or 80quid these days.
The GBox oil will be fine.
I Great progress whiteley. Also interested to know about the wishbone bushes, eveyone else seems to resort to either breaking tools or taking them to be pressed. How bad were they?
oh and
All tooks tip top mate
FFS it's only a valver gearbox, it'll be fine on that oil. and even if it isnt, a valver gearbox is all of £50 or 80quid these days.
The GBox oil will be fine.
I Great progress whiteley. Also interested to know about the wishbone bushes, eveyone else seems to resort to either breaking tools or taking them to be pressed. How bad were they?
oh and
You mean tacked to wishbones right? and why did you decide to do that? never seen it done before.whiteley said:
All tooks tip top mate
Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread
Cheers Mark. Sorry, wishbones yep, it was late last night!
The 2 wishbones I have are actually different makes; 1 pair of outer sleeves were a fairly loose fit and the other took a bit more effort. Welding them keeps all the movement in the bolt/inner sleeve rather than that staying still and the whole bush rotating in the wishbone. I've read it in several places, cant think where off the top of my head though.
Getting the old(new) ones out was easy. Support around the bush underneath and hammer out.
FFS it's only a valver gearbox, it'll be fine on that oil. and even if it isnt, a valver gearbox is all of £50 or 80quid these days.
The GBox oil will be fine.
I Great progress whiteley. Also interested to know about the wishbone bushes, eveyone else seems to resort to either breaking tools or taking them to be pressed. How bad were they?
oh and
You mean tacked to wishbones right? and why did you decide to do that? never seen it done before.
All tooks tip top mate
Cheers Mark. Sorry, wishbones yep, it was late last night!
The 2 wishbones I have are actually different makes; 1 pair of outer sleeves were a fairly loose fit and the other took a bit more effort. Welding them keeps all the movement in the bolt/inner sleeve rather than that staying still and the whole bush rotating in the wishbone. I've read it in several places, cant think where off the top of my head though.
Getting the old(new) ones out was easy. Support around the bush underneath and hammer out.
Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread
Got a little more done today. Having treated any rusty parts of the subframe last night i painted it today. I originally planned on just touching up certain areas with hammerite, but that looked crap so I painted it all!
Got hold of a thermostat seal today and replaced that and bolted the housing back on
Lick of hammerite on the steering arms while I had it out too
Painted the tops of the struts that I missed when doing the engine bay previously
182 missing the attention!
Lower cambelt that I was given doesnt fit, need to try and find another one
Waited a while for the subframe to dry, then bolted that back on
Got a little more done today. Having treated any rusty parts of the subframe last night i painted it today. I originally planned on just touching up certain areas with hammerite, but that looked crap so I painted it all!
Got hold of a thermostat seal today and replaced that and bolted the housing back on
Lick of hammerite on the steering arms while I had it out too
Painted the tops of the struts that I missed when doing the engine bay previously
182 missing the attention!
Lower cambelt that I was given doesnt fit, need to try and find another one
Waited a while for the subframe to dry, then bolted that back on
TVR Cerbera
Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread
Subframe looks loads better.
Subframe looks loads better.
