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[p@blo]

No definitely not tempted by 2118's mate! Never been a fan tbh.

You're such a heathen.

They've been acid dipped mate so bare aluminium atm. They'll be done in whatever process my mate does them! Lol! He does them that cheap it's pointless me even wasting my time.

Fair play, makes total sense. Mind if I ask what he charges? Can pm if you like.

 

[NorthloopCup]

You're such a bell end. :wink:

EFA there. Lol!

He charges £170 to remove the tyres, acid dip, repair where necessary, paint and refit & balance the tyres mate. His work is outstanding as well tbh. My 15's were done by him.

 

[Panda]

[QUOTE="He charges £170 to remove the tyres, acid dip, repair where necessary, paint and refit & balance the tyres mate. His work is outstanding as well tbh. My 15's were done by him.[/QUOTE]

Is that in any colour and does that include centre caps ?

 

[NorthloopCup]

Is that in any colour and does that include centre caps ?

If it's in a funky colour it's more, but for the majority of standard colours its £170. My green for instance is classed as a 'standard' colour. Includes centre caps mate too.

 

[p@blo]

EFA there. Lol!

Flol!

He charges £170 to remove the tyres, acid dip, repair where necessary, paint and refit & balance the tyres mate. His work is outstanding as well tbh. My 15's were done by him.

Seems a fair price for an end to end process including light repair work. Be good to see how they turn out.

 

[NorthloopCup]

Flol! :smiley:



Seems a fair price for an end to end process including light repair work. Be good to see how they turn out.

Yeah his work is outstanding mate tbh.

 

[Jaff.]

Supers rule!

 

[NorthloopCup]

Supers rule!

What are yours? 15's or 16's? The 16's weigh less than my 15" turinis. Lol

 

[Jaff.]

16's.

They're dirty now

 

[NorthloopCup]

16's.

They're dirty now 😧

From brake dust I hope!

 

[Jaff.]

Yup. So used to seeing them clean lol

 

[Martin.]

I like the wheels. Interesting that your're going against the norm and getting 16s. Will these be just road wheels or track wheels too?

Are you planning a sexy caliper upgrade too at some point by any chance ?

 

[Cub.]

This needs to be running. Chop
Chop bumnugget. X

 

[bozothenutter]

Nothing to update on the dairy milk progress, I couldn't be arsed today. Thought I'd show off my latest delivery and I fully expect it to divide opinion.

My track wheels are 15" turinis and tbh I think the car looks better on 16's. I know it's not about looks, but as with the engine, I like to go against to general consensus!!
I've bought a set of 16" superleggeras that will be painted in the green that adorns the inlet manifold and other items on the car. The wheels will be wrapped in a tasty set of 205/45 kuhmo V70a's in medium compound.

Time to try something different!!View attachment 127708

More to come!

just set my car tp the 40mm drop the rollcentrekit is designed around, and I remember you stating somewhere you were running lower than that.......how the ^%^%$$# do you keep your wheels from rubbing mate
Just the spring rate?
or no archliners or something?

 

[NorthloopCup]

I like the wheels. Interesting that your're going against the norm and getting 16s. Will these be just road wheels or track wheels too?

Are you planning a sexy caliper upgrade too at some point by any chance :tongueout: ?

These are going to be my track wheels mate. 16" turinis for the road and 16" superlegs for track.
No plans for caliper upgrades either. Means you have to run spacers, of which I'm not a fan.

This needs to be running. Chop
Chop bumnugget. X

I'm on it! Can't rush perfection though! Lol

just set my car tp the 40mm drop the rollcentrekit is designed around, and I remember you stating somewhere you were running lower than that.......how the ^%^%$$# do you keep your wheels from rubbing mate
Just the spring rate?
or no archliners or something?

Yeah it's don't on the spring rates mate. I still run arch liners too! The main area of issue is is the bumper brackets. Cut them off and shave the bumper edges and wing mounts. I had to do this on @Cub.'s car too. It's only plastic so it'll cut nice and easy.

 

[NorthloopCup]

Finally had some free time today so I've managed to get the gearbox built up and ready to throw in the hole. Few pics for anyone that's looking in on the thread:

All shafts in along with selector shafts:

Then on with the outer casing:

On with the shorter megane 5th gear:

And finally, on with the end cap:

So there we have it, one fully rebuilt quaife diffed jc5! If I get time this weekend I'll throw it in the hole, but it all depends on what the fun police has pencilled in.

More to come and still plenty left to do!

 

[Gus]

Genuinely astonished by your skills. Seriously impressive build you have going on here.

 

[NorthloopCup]

Genuinely astonished by your skills. Seriously impressive build you have going on here.

Thanks! :smile:

 

[sonny172cup]

Coming on nicely Mark.

 

[NorthloopCup]

Coming on nicely Mark.

Cheers. Yeah it's starting to take shape nicely now.

 

[M.C..]

Looking good now, but get a bit of black paint on that linkage arm (or what ever its called lol)

 

[NorthloopCup]

Looking good now, but get a bit of black paint on that linkage arm (or what ever its called lol)

Lol yeah I forgot to paint the selector lever! It's a bit late for painting it now!

 

[The Beardo]

Tell the "fun police" to do one and get busy filling that hole!

 

[NorthloopCup]

Tell the "fun police" to do one and get busy filling that hole!

If only it was that simple mate!

 

[497adam]

Looking good

 

[NorthloopCup]

Looking good

Cheers!

 

[bozothenutter]

If I ever need a new gearbox I'll give you a call!

 

[Mr R.]

I'm going to try and break something on the scooby just so I can give it to you to fix.

 

[NorthloopCup]

If I ever need a new gearbox I'll give you a call!

Lol! I can deliver it as well if I'm heading over to Germany for a ring trip!

I'm going to try and break something on the scooby just so I can give it to you to fix.

Ha ha ha! I'm always up for a challenge mate!

 

[Chambers_RS]

I'd a thought you would of gone with a gripper diff rather than quaffie?

Looks really good tho, be good to see it fired up.

 

[NorthloopCup]

I'd a thought you would of gone with a gripper diff rather than quaffie?

Looks really good tho, be good to see it fired up.

Yeah I would've done mate, but @Tony Hunter did me a good price on his old Quaife so it was a no brainer for me really.

Cheers, there seems to be a fair few looking forward to seeing it run. Myself included!

 

[rich83]

Cheers, there seems to be a fair few looking forward to seeing it run. Myself included!

Too right, I need to see if I should invest in some R3 cams!! Though I'll be very keen to see where your idle is at with them. Simo on 197.net says his is 1400rpm with them, not sure that'd get through an MOT?

 

[NorthloopCup]

Too right, I need to see if I should invest in some R3 cams!! Though I'll be very keen to see where your idle is at with them. Simo on 197.net says his is 1400rpm with them, not sure that'd get through an MOT?

Lol! I ain't worried by those minor details tbh mate. Friendly mot tester ftw!

 

[rich83]

Fair play, makes life alot easier! Tbh I am disappointed that my 403's don't sound lumpy Def should have gone 404's from the catcam range at least.

 

[NorthloopCup]

Fair play, makes life alot easier! Tbh I am disappointed that my 403's don't sound lumpy 😧 Def should have gone 404's from the catcam range at least.

Yeah just from looking at the profile of the R3's I know it's gonna be a lumpy tickover!

 

[rich83]

Did you ever find the stats or measure the lobes?

 

[NorthloopCup]

Did you ever find the stats or measure the lobes?

No mate nothing definite and I forgot to measure mine.

 

[rich83]

proof is in the idle and power/delivery anyway

 

[NorthloopCup]

proof is in the idle and power/delivery anyway :smile:

Boost if all else fails! :wink:

 

[rich83]

Boost if all else fails! :wink:

No, sacrilege! Don't become a boost bandit!!

You'd probably want to stick low comps in anyway if you did that, plus R3 cams probabaly have too much overlap so you'll be wasting a lot of time and money to setup it up on boost properly. If all else fails..... ITB's (you know it's only right )