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have to agree with whiteley if your putting buckets in a new car like that would have to be something like recaro pole positions or cobra suzuka's

Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project geesus give me a shout if foxy doesnt want the top mounts

Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread there a nightmare for getting stuck in the box,i always put copper grease on them

spotted today was working on the side of the road outside the pumping station,has v6 registration

obviously wernt all at once was it,i'm sure he had the car quite some time,things add up over the years

Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread surprised you havnt plated the sunroof,tiger seal is what you want its awsome

if you loosen the subframe bolts it will drop down enough to slide the gearbox out,which is quicker than pulling the engine out

he already has done mate,the bloke who's doing his machine work wanted to know for some reason

cheers

thats projects thing in pfc makes me laugh they say there doing the cars on a tight budget but spend a fortune,they bought a 205 gti for £450 and named it the credit crunch bargain then in this month spent £700 alone on new rear beam

yes mate i know the block was the same just wondered if there where any difference in bore/stroke compression ratio etc? cheers matt

hi all does anyone know the spec of the engine as in bore,compression ratio etc and was they the same in the velsatis ?

is that mira off the a5 nuneaton way on?can you go and watch?

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project i'd definatly get another crank instead of having that one reground,my mate used to work for one of the clio cup teams and he told me if they ever used to have a crank reground it never lasted long,

i'm not a fan of the boot mounted ones,you need the high level one to be legal as the lower ones block the back lights so by law require tail light board,the one i had pulled the bumper down on my missus fabia vrs

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project bit of a silly question but is it the 172 starter your using?

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project mite be worth turning it over with the king lead off first if that engine has sat long,too build the oil pressure

its only my opinion mate but i wouldnt have mounted those seats like that,them strips youve bolted to are quite weak and could rip through

thats just stupid, i wouldnt care about him hurting himself but hurting other people,theres a lad i know who had an s3 at 18 his dad is loaded his insurance was 5.5 grand and he wrote it off within a month he hit another car and injured the woman,his dad went straight out and bought him another...

fred your pm box is full i tried to reply about those pistons

its never the belt the breaks its always a tensioner/idler ?

your pm box is full dude

a new rear quarter would cost more than the car,i know a 172 quarter is about £500,lot of work aswell fitting a quarter

Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread gsf are normally pretty cheap on brembo's

Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread personally i'd get it powdercoated mate,the paint never stays on for long due to all the oil and grease thats been on it

Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread i'm with adrian flux and they have discounted me for my valver but ive got 4ncb only paying £300

i'm sure i seen this car yesterday going round the m42 island in tamworth had a couple of other 182's with you?

wouldnt it be worth just sorting the engine out for now and use it after the amount of money thats already been spent

Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread couldnt tell you,i left it to my mate to fit who's a welder/fabricator he never said anything

Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread i've got the same cage mate and i know there not brilliant but the likes of safety devices are £1200 so 3 times the price