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Re: Mk1 F4R'd Track Car Project [2010 Winter Rebuild] Au Revoir 172 ECU and one of the original 172-to-Mk1 Engine Looms! :) Hopefully will make the conversion easy to do for the buyer and carry on running for quite some time to come! :approve:

Crusing along at about 30mph in the slow lane just after 21a, lol.

An hour? It took more like three hours due to you moaning about your arms being tired from undoing the 4 beam bolts, LOL.

Re: Mk1 F4R'd Track Car Project [2010 Winter Rebuild] I was going to give you a call, but for the sake of what the subframe was worth I wasnt too bothered, thats why I didnt PM/call. Dont worry about it :) If the offer of the money back is still there thats cool, but if not no worries! Just...

You wanting cash though? I said he could have one of mine for nowt as they are in the f*cking way lol!

Tweeks are wanting £85 too. If you go back a page to the list of R888's it says Out of Stock for all of them, but when you click 195/50 it says In Stock... Might phone up tomorrow and see if they will budge the price for a large order.

Re: Mk1 F4R'd Track Car Project [2010 Winter Rebuild] Mostly, I dont really like welding to the shell because its about 0.1mm thick french tin, so a mate usually does it with his bigger/better welder. But anything else I will give a go yeah.

Re: Mk1 F4R'd Track Car Project [2010 Winter Rebuild] Been putting this job off for some time now - cutting the holes for the cage to pass through to the struts. A grinder and 70mm holesaw later... Cage bar in place, not profiled at either end yet but you get the idea... Diagonal...

Jigsaw on a bonnet? Oh dear.

He only had like 0.5mm side windows, if the same stuff was used it would just bow inwards lol

Still runs hydraulic buckets with shims between them and the valve stem

Burps running the saxo setup IIRC... DCI rack as a manual isnt heavy though either really, once you're past 10mph there is no difference really, easily drivable

Good work Are you going to be at Three Sisters on the 18th April? Il probably come and have a gander if so, only round the corner from me...

Ah cool! I wouldnt have bothered doing a custom bellhousing for a JC5 if I was going down that route, id find a better stronger box that could take more power in the future if thats what the plan was...Chris/Scoff with his O2J box is a good example, although custom shafts are then needed etc...

Ive seen it done once or twice...Andy has put F4RT pistons in an F4R block, running the F4RT head and turbo setup etc. Tapped a thread into the head for the F4R cambelt idler...then just bolted the JC5 box on and dropped it in..

Re: Mk1 F4R'd Track Car Project [2010 Winter Rebuild] It seemed to weld OK, I ground quite a bit off every joint where it was going to be welded...didnt get any funny reacting or blobby welds really... Doh! And seam welding the shell, not sure if I can be bothered considering everything is...

Re: Mk1 F4R'd Track Car Project [2010 Winter Rebuild] Picked up another (straight) subframe off Northy last night! It could be jigged, I know someone with stuff that can probably do it but it would never be right, and the car would never align properly again after it being bent that much and...

Re: Mk1 F4R'd Track Car Project [2010 Winter Rebuild] I dont know which cup car it came with, he just said it was on one that he had. The pink one or the white one northy is on about... If its the white one that was in a smash it has more than likely bent then, considering the rollcage was bent...

Re: Mk1 F4R'd Track Car Project [2010 Winter Rebuild] Possibly, had a few others message me on C16V. Im going to probably wait until mine is running again and Ive tested its not damaged anything, then it would not take long to make some up... I guess it must have, didnt know he had/did have...

Re: Mk1 F4R'd Track Car Project [2010 Winter Rebuild] Because he bought another, had someone seam weld it, then powdercoated and fitted it back onto his pink rally car....

Re: Mk1 F4R'd Track Car Project [2010 Winter Rebuild] It didnt smell nor did I have a headache, so im guessing it aint galvanised lol...

Re: Mk1 F4R'd Track Car Project [2010 Winter Rebuild] Yeah I guessed as much, probably been head on into a tyre wall. Only welded it all rather than just bits to get more practice lol.

Re: Mk1 F4R'd Track Car Project [2010 Winter Rebuild] I got it off Evogone, looked fine and he thought it was. I trust him but its just one of those things, all the time and effort wasted! Yeah, was told it was fine and came off a Cupcar, got it from Evogone as said above...weather he knew...

Re: Mk1 F4R'd Track Car Project [2010 Winter Rebuild] Decided to swap the subframes over today. Got the old one off the car in just under an hour, just left the hubs/driveshafts/shocks hanging. Was not in bad condition considering the amount its been driven... The rubber bush...

The 449 looks like its got a brilliant finish!

Re: Mk1 F4R'd Track Car Project [2010 Winter Rebuild] Il find the part number shortly Daniel.. Wookie - Nope, both front bolts and the N/S rear bolt are solid...the O/S rear has a random rubber bush and is 10mm lower than the N/S

Re: Mk1 F4R'd Track Car Project [2010 Winter Rebuild] Just finished the solid subframe-to-chassis mount. Started out as a piece of solid piece 42mm bar... Drilled an M12 hole through, then chopped into two. The height on top has to be 10mm, so it was machined down to slot into the hole on...

The (newer version) red one is quite a bit more bulky than the silver one in the PH link...my neighbour has one of those (from costco years ago) and its pretty much the same apart from being slightly different construction. Just noticed the box on the silver one says 24kg, the others weigh 40kg+ lol

You might have just disturbed the N/S gaitor that bolts to the gearbox when you fitted the coilovers Steve and had a bit come out. As if you take that off completely before draining the gearbox you will get box oil just pouring out...so there is always some oil sat in it.. Looks good at that...

Couple of people sell them on here. NWPerformance, Auto-Nation, etc. Check out the traders sections, think they are about a tenner each