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i want my car back :dapprove: lol be worth the wait, jon still hasnt had a look at the head yet to see if it needs skimming or not, hope not tbh then i should be getting it back tmoz with abit of luck :D

Dropped the car off with jon earlier so now its in his hands, hes gonna start on it tmoz... Jon is also going to order me some 20mm spares between the bodies and trumpets so then i'll be able to fit the filter properly with the back plate and then will effectively make the trumpets 65mm long...

my car is being taken to shawspeed on friday evening to get engine all rebuilt to the spec i want :D

nah cba with that, baffles sumpo should do the job espoecially if i keep my eye on the oil after every session or just not have as long sessions as i been out for about 20mins when the bottom end gave up dropping down the gears

exactly mate plus its a not as easy as it sounds just swapping the pistions over from the bottom end thats in now and the new bottom end thats gonna be going in... ill try and get them and and get a mate to have a look at them and make sure there not damaged then ill sell them on :D and yeh...

getting sortid this saturday and sunday i think... heres a pic of the baffled sump ill be getting -

no less serioulsy The ss4 cam is slightly milder so no need to run pocketed pistons so im gonna try and sell them and im getting a complete bottom end with a baffled sump and already fitted with HD ARP big end bolts :D also ditching the SS3 means i dont need to bother with verniers in the...

i am swapping my SS3 cam for a SS4 with jon from shawspeed so then ill be running both Shawspeed SS4 cams so no need for verniers and hes gonna supply - a less than 10k bottom end already fitted with HD big end bolts, 400quid... Baffled sump, 140... cambelt and slave cylinder, 250ish... ill...

pics thanks to f0xy - love the camber on that last pic

Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project diff has gone/seized (im not very technical lol), jord did well/was lucky to save it crashing into the tyre wall as when it went he was doing 100+ out of the first corner, sure he'll post the vids up later...

Just got back from a weekend away at mallory park on my first trackday yesturday... sure f0xy and adam will post the vids and pics up later on... absoloutly mint!! loved every minute of it until... dropping down the gears into one of the tightest if not the tightest hairpin in the country...

all ready for tmoz for the convoy down to mallory park for the RTOC national day, looking forward to it, gonna be my first outing on track just hope it passes the noise limit test as its 98db at mallory iirc...

i recon 975 :D mid 800s

INSANE!!!!!!!

Got home today to find that my 10mm spacers have arrived, makes a change using a reliable company for once as demontweeks said that the hoses would be here within 2-3days here we are 7 days on and still no hoses lol, anyways as Zippyracing said next day delivery, so went out and fitted them...

I went to B&Q on the way home for some 100mm aircon ducting for a cold air feed as the engine bay is ridiculously hot when the engine is running so this is needed tbh - and yesturday took a few more pics showing the new wheels off after i lowered the front by another 3 turns... Fill...

have done already ;) as alrrady said a few pages back... iirc it weighed in at 878kgs with 1/3 of fuel in... if i weighed it now id hope for 870 with the same amount of fuel in :D

160bhp @ 8000rpm, 115lbs ft. @ 6700rpm, 0-60 in 6.3... go back a few pages and youll see the graphs from when i had it mapped... cam timing needs sorting with a set of verniers then it should be more :D

the clearence on the old wheels with 3.5mm wheels spacers - new wheels with no spacers - also yesturday i sprayed the caps black - and to compare, how the bay was when i got the car - to how it is now

yep, sh!tty GTNs not a pussy at all just thinking about the lower strut brace not hitting anything and my wheels not rubbing the arches lol 3rd set y0 not at all lol, hate them tbh cheers, yep alot wider stance :D, need to either roll the rear arches out or get some smaller axel...

yeh jord said it was on its last legs

looks kool mate, cant wait to see it next friday/saturday

?? yeh, all the people behind the counters are sound just the peolpe who are hands are are little dopey to say the least haha

painted them caps black to try and keep them subtle, will alos get pics of them later on

too late to get a ZSOC stand pass so cba goin in my car, sorry lol

lol picking up my new wheels and tyres and was getting a cut-off switch for f0xy... did you see the wheels ive chose, been trying to keep it quiet lol, will post pics up later :D

leave it as it is, looks mint!!

get some chrome spinners from halfords

thinkin about comin trax, but not in the car, as a passenger probs if i can be arsed going lol

cheers aye flames FTW waiting for red ones to arrive as we speak lol, believe you were in the focus behind me as we pulled out haha anyways updates of today so far... Removed the rear arch linings - then sanded and primered - then paint - then the drums needed doing...