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Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread
There are holes and captive nuts in the cage and footplates, so I may aswell add them and weld it aswell rather than leave a load of open holes.
Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread
I agree :cool:
Yep, not very good considering what it costs. Will get there though.
Thanks mate :)
Be fine! Got some more bolts today too.
I'll do my best, coming together now though.
Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread
Bit of an update. Cage arrived earlier this week having taken SEVEN weeks to come from OMP through YB Racing. I'd avoid YB for anyone looking at cages, spend a little more and by from somewhere that has a phone number, comms were CRAP.
Anyway, plan was to...
Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread
ASAP, but without rushing things! First trackday will more than likely be Marham at the end of March/start of April. Want to get plenty of road miles on it first though as I'm yet to properly drive a Mk1 at all. Hope it's good :o
When you start the car it defaults to being turned on, and the light is off. When its interfering it'll flash at you. When you press the button and the light comes on all the time, that's when it's turned off.
Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread
Made a bit more progress last night, coming along well now.
Random picture confirming black Willy wheels and 449 work, IMO of course.
Got some new Wishbone bolts from Renault and new nuts from work and got those bolted on. Cleaned up the support arm...
I had sportrac 2's on my old 1.4 and 182 briefly while I was running those wheels, good tyre. Mine seemed to almost give up when I got to about 3/4mm of tread though.
Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread
Thanks mate :). If you sold them to a lad in Grimsby then that'll be them. Its turning into a bit of a mission trying to disguise that huge chunk missing!
I had a look on some of the dialogies about that front cross member and it just shows that the...