Recent content by MAXRUNDOWN

Got the bottom end stripped today, no horror stories, the bearings show minimal wear and other than a bit of oil varnish it's all pretty clean, got the crank polished and pistons and rods cleaned.. annoyingly I've managed to lose a gudgeon pin circlip so if anyone has a dead 1*2 bottom end they...

Dropped my gearbox off for a refresh this morning, then took the head off this afternoon.. I'm fairly happy with how it looks, there's a couple of light vertical scratches in the bores but you can't feel them with a finger/nail, I'll measure the cylinders once I've stripped the bottom end...

I've used platers before on other projects, there's a lot of fasteners, brackets etc I'd like plated for my 172 but I don't really fancy sending the plater a load of stuff and getting it back in one box all mixed up to sort out, so I'm thinking of doing it myself this time.. anyone got any...

Got the gearbox off, engine onto the stand and tidied the garage this morning, I've arranged to drop the gearbox and new diff off to @NorthloopCup next time I'm home. Ideally I'd like to get some use out of the car this year so I'll try to progress things as fast as possible with limited time...

Progress on this has been slower than glacial drift, due to being at sea for nearly 200 days last year, then back straight into winter.. I've run out of excuses and with four days at home for Easter I've got the engine and gearbox out Took about 5hrs all in, first time taking the engine out...

I've seen a few of that Josh Gresswell's videos, he seems a likeable guy and looks like he does alright work. Alex on the other hand comes across as a smug, smarmy little c**t and is immensely unlikeable, to the point where the sight of him is irritating, he's like a poverty Shmee... You...

I find them infuriating, it's like they deliberately go out of their way to ignore the plethora of off the shelf solutions and make things hard for themselves. Yeah feeding solder through a 3d printer and fannying around with Arduinos makes for watchable content but it's proper Heath Robinson...

Spotted on the slip road off the A1 in traffic today, really clean looking 197 on Cup 2 tyres, anyone on here?

I'm really not a fan of those fire stick extinguishers, you have to get pretty close to the fire to smother them and there's no cooling effect either. For occasional track use I'd want a 2.4L AFFF extinguisher as a minimum, for something that's dedicated track use then I'd go plumbed in and...

Got my wheels back from powder coat yesterday, gave them a coat of Gtechniq C5 today so I can get them back on and get the car off axle stands over the weekend. Spare calipers are back from Cerakote too, so I'll get them built back up at some point I've ordered some more new parts too, wheel...

Maybe another 5-10 years? Maybe never.. the 205 is a much better known car, pretty much anyone remotely interested in cars knows what one is, lots of people have no idea what a 172 Cup is.

Been a long time since I've updated this.. I've been away working for most of the year so the Clio has been under a cover getting started occasionally by the Mrs, now I'm back I've got round to fitting the plates I bought last year Other than that I'm just collecting parts at the moment...

Spotted a tidy looking inferno 182 on team valley yesterday, anyone on here?

I had the rear bumper, side strips and door bullets painted on my 172 cup this year, painted off the car so inc labour for removal/refit. £280 all in. I painted most of my bike myself, its no cheaper than paying someone if you've got to buy everything from scratch, once you've got a stock of...

I recognise the username from DucatiForum.. that's a class paint job on the Arai there (y)