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People wet+dry/sand them and have them polished... I know mine is at least as I ground part of the back of it out...then blanked it off

Nice update Was going to say its metal too

I hope not, I had to pay for one last year when mine was in!!!

Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project Ive seen some of your (Hillclimb?) videos I think, Rainbow Warrior? dosent half hang about! :approve:

j8t0tud1Qh8 YccjIP9Qlsc etc, lol.

Re: 551 bhp renault 5 It was his engine for 2009, far from standard. forged steel rods. Spoke to him about the engine for quite a lengthy amount of time at Nat Day back in August

Re: 551 bhp renault 5 considering it snapped a rod a few months back, has blown crank seals, and quite a bit more in 2009, you better check your info ;)

True.....should have taken a £5 deposit per person to confirm that you were going to turn up then £30 on the day, then you have a pretty much certain list/number

When I spoke to him the other day he said 30-35(max) is do-able in the day

Re: 551 bhp renault 5 Yummy.

Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project Im at 810kg-815kg with NOTHING left to remove, lol. Admittedly the cage is circa 35-40kg, but still thats only, 770kg, which would be dangerous without a cage (specially removing door bars etc)... Beaniemoo with the fiberglass doors/bootlid/bonnet is only...

Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project Sub 700kgs? lol

Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project ^ Too many of them now! ITB'd 172'd Mk1s are wayyyyyy too common LOL.

Stop polishing and get it to Oulton ;) Looking good as ever.

Yeah, il PM you mid-week!

Mostly any color, internal or external, whatever size you want....

I have my own supplier who is round the corner, id have to start messing with postage to Ady, etc. Would be a couple of quid probably

Ford are 105 yeah 98 is Fiat and Alfa iirc from when I looked into it back then

I can get them, still have the vector file... but im not going up there until mid-late in the week.

I had a number of copies made and sold quite a few on here a while back

As did I too! Cost me a cambelt :(

Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project Quickly put together a new version of the previous video (6 months ago) to cover the past year, tons and tons missed out but the idea was to give an idea of whats been done/where its been. (Done on request of a few people asking, who didnt want to read the...

Yeah, everyone who's tried to sell them that i've seen in the past year have said, 'oh itl be ok just use wobbly bolts' .....which is hardly ideal, especially if they were being used on a track car!

To anyone that reads this - DO NOT BUY, THEY ARE 4 X 98 I used to own these over a year ago, and found this out when I bought them....took me a while to get my money back from the seller too, even though I returned the wheels. It seems every time they come up for sale, they are being...

Myself and a few others have 'DIY'd it for cheap, using the head from a tripod and an exhaust clamp or two round the bar, solid as a rock, its worked fine on all the trackdays ive done!

Vectra Diesel on track? Mint!

Your 197 wont match 320ft/lb tbh ;)

Add the underlined bits onto the 4k and it wont be far off 6 I bet....so the estimation wasnt too far out :sleepy:

He wishes it was a 2 litre too lol! Facts fail ;)