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Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
Day 131
Made a bit of progress today, drove 450 ish mile round trip to pick up a bargin 172 engine I found for sale. Set off early doors heading for Hampshire, was originally going to use a van, but ended up going in the Valver. Engine went straight into the back with a...
Yeah, i have 'timing' tools for a Mk1, DIY style ones LOL ;)
Mk2 ones are slightly diff, and I wouldnt want to time it wrong and something else go wrong etc...
Its an easy job if you have the correct tools....but see what birchdown say first :approve:
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
Yeah, he PM'd me yesterday about it
Got nowhere to put the hybrid never mind a 3rd car as of yet, plus not even got that much to buy a 3rd car either way as of yet, lol
Looking into putting a new system together, this one seems to be getting quite 'out of date'. I used to follow the changes in processors a long while back, keeping with the latest etc, but ive no idea at all what is around these days.
My current system is: Pentium 4 @ 3.0Ghz, 2.5Gb DDR3200, ATI...
DIY it, small 12v bullet camera...Small little metal bracket made to hold it here...
Then I used to plug it into a video camera and hit record...
http://www.vimeo.com/833604
Quality was originally miles better, had to compress it to save space for vimeo...
Had a good day out at autosport, didnt take many pics though, was too busy looking at everything really...
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Then we spotted a CS members picture on one of the public internet terminals as the desktop? Tons of people walking past looking to see what was going on...
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
Day 127
Not got much done over the past week, as the weather has been bad and I've had tons of other stuff to do. The blue valver now has my black Williams wheels on it, and the hybrid has two steels and two axle stands.
The white williams wheels have now been sold...