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Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
going to get down to my local one next week! drives well, pulls well too :)
yeah goes pretty well, going to put a bit of a video up later....
got a few other bits sorted today, fuel guage is now working again, tidied up a few other things too. Ph1...
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
its getting a full respray in body color inside when the cage is in dude!
Just put it together quick to get it on the road for this weekend :)
you can, there is a plugin for firefox that lets you do it IIRC
I have it on mine that gives me the [ URL = blah ] [ IMG ] blah [ /IMG ] [ /URL ]
edit: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/4771
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
www.plastics4performance.co.uk is just one supplier ;)
I got them off another mk1 owner who was selling them though!
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
clutch/gear issues all sorted....having a bit of a problem with the battery, not earthing properly so its not charging etc, need to sort that tommorow....Horn also fitted into the passenger arch, all working. Major priority at the moment is getting the...
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
yep....RAF Marham weekend.
Well, its on the road, tax'd, insured....drives pretty nice!
:D
...still, cant change gear properly, no wipers fitted, loads of little things....but at least it drives :cool:
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
if you look on the clocks end of the speedo cable, you will see 3 wires going to a white connector. yellow white and black.
splice into the black, and earth it to the bodywork somewhere, which is adding another earth...
not passing through mate, my...
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
update from today....
seat bars all welded in, few other bits tidied up. drivers seat fitted, standard seatbelt (gotta drive to get some eyelets for the harnesses, lol)...also swapped the alternator from the blue one to the hybrid, no more squeeking now :)...
Not my car, just posting on behalf of someone else. This is a 182.
When ignition is turned on to position 2, the fuel pump starts (like it should), but dosent go off, like it normally would. It just keeps on whirring and whirring and whirring indefinately.
Then, when you start the engine, the...
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
more done today....seat bars finally got level and to the right profile after a bit of playing around, just need welding now...
They are 3mm sheet steel bent to the shape of a channel, then shaped to fit...
Also, cheers to Winston for donating me a...
hubs/brakes/wishbones/driveshafts will fit onto the valver subframe no probs
ARB wont fit, subframe wont i dont think (not 100% though)
Gearbox will fit with a bit of modification, mount needs one hole drilling to fit chassis IIRC
also i think the speed sensor comes out of the gearbox and the...
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
Bit of an update, spent from 10am-7pm today on it....
Engine bay sorted nearly (Bar elbow for induction)...
As there is no wiring inside (mostly) now, the bits that are needed some through this grommet...
The extent of my 'custom' loom, about 4 runs...
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
ive no idea, pmsl.
I had a bit of a play with a fiesta ST before....he wasnt impressed an old clio was edging past him....after that its been tapping, then it got worse, and worse, and worse....and I managed to get it home.
Tried to start it again, took...
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
oh well the blue valver runaround just spat its dummy out and started playing up. Had to drive 20mph all the way home with a very loud clattering/racket going on under the bonnet....I thought it was a tensioner on the cambelt, but noway would that make this...
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
lack of updates yet again, but meh been hard at work!
Engine bay tidied up, ECU mounted, cables all tidy. Front bumper re-fitted, bonnet pins setup, etc.
Spent a while profiling the seat bars I had made (70x30x3mm channeling) to fit the floorpan, welder is...
Re: Valver Track Car Project Thread
too bad i couldnt get the thread out of the box today ;) guys off till next week too, so you wudda been farked with mine!