R5 GTT
Can't keep the 5 down for long back up and running
why did you give up the 172 project in favour of the 1,4 turbo?
Thought you sold this :S Good to see it's still going Don't drop it too much mate. You need to keep the rear slightly higher than the front idealy, and suspension travel is a must imo.
Was for sale but couldn't let her go at the last minute LOL.
At the mo the car does sit exactly level (pic was taken on a slope) but as you say the front does need to come down. But been having a few clearance problems with the front tyres catching on the outer wing lip that sits under the bodykit arch so need to do some butchering with the angle grinder to sort this out so i can lower the front some more also awaiting some stronger and much stiffer springs to arrive to enable me to go lower on the Spax RSX. The 5 literally sits from the bottom of the side skirts to the floor there is 85mm. The real problem is the fecking side exit centre box hits small bumps LOL and I have it pretty much now touching the underneath of the car I may have to look into a staright pipe to put in place .
lol straight pipe with no rear silencer would be epic loud. Early morning drives wont be very popular with the neighbours :race:
Nice work - glad to see it was still going!
How are the liners held into the block out of interest?
Cheers matey, I was planning on tracking it at RTOC national day this year but as the engine I am going to be using is all brand new within I am not going to destroy it just used LOL
With ref to the ole C1J engin - They are merely wet liner, so bascially have a large rubber o ring at the bottom around the liner which keeps the coolant from mixing with the oil and vice versa so they sit in the block in special seats and then the head once bolted and torqued down keeps it all in place.
Have you thought about fitting a modern 16V engine rather than running that museum piece?
Have you thought about fitting a modern 16V engine rather than running that museum piece?
so are 550lb springs the way forward?
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your bloody everywhere james lol, looking good in some of pictures, tried looking at one of your photo bucket video's and it tells me I need a password ?
still looks very good james...still makes me giggle thinking about the day you bought it of bod.
Seriously James, when are you going to lower the car then?