Dan@SJM's 1720v

[Silent_Scone]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

er, are you mad? LOL. Your brakes cost a bomb

And yeah, just had a read at yours. Astounded mate at how some of that has come to pass :/ but say no more.

 

[BIGASH]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

Yes but i'd still swap lol

Yeah tell me about it Can't wait for Oulton now!

 

[Silent_Scone]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

I bet, I was well pleased to hear you had a good day last time, you must of been hysterical lol

 

[BIGASH]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

Thanks yes mate! Been grinning ever since

 

[Dan519]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

er, are you mad? LOL. Your brakes cost a bomb

so did the rest of the car......didn't make it good

 

[BIGASH]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

so did the rest of the car......didn't make it good

Haha love it

 

[Silent_Scone]

Lol can't argue there

 

[Silent_Scone]

Cruising around Florida in mah rx8 bruv.

Gimmi a 172 any day tbh

 

[Silent_Scone]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

Car at BTM having the head checked over currently, possibility of a head gasket failure which would be just my luck, but I'm not too fussed as it's always been a bit of a tapper, and contemplating fitting some harsher cams anyway.

In the meantime I've got a steel bonnet I'm shredding in order to fit at a later date and paint body colour. Just how much of the under skin you can get away with shredding remains to be seen, not really looked on here to see. But I'll take my chances

 

[Rob]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

Why a steel bonnet and not ali?

 

[Silent_Scone]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

Because if you cut the underside of the ali bonnet up it'll be like paper mate. I'm having to cut the skin mainly to fit everything under there nicely more than just for any kind of weight saving. If it were just a case of weight then I'd be fine fitting an ali one

 

[Rob]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

You need to do this for? The ITB's?

Surely an ali, not cut bonnet, would be as light if not lighter?

 

[Silent_Scone]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

The bonnet is a lot lower on the front on a phase 1, so the bonnet pushes down on the filter, and really needs to be cut as I don't fancy wrecking the trumpets and my valves either. Smaller filter is a big no as I want it to be spot on, and you'll just strangle midrange torque.

I've done this on the carbon bonnet but where I've thinned and refibre glassed the underside where it's been getting hot it's actually sunk from underneath and is starting to melt. And being an anal tard, I'm binning it

 

[Cup_Phil]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

I've recently done the same on my bonnet - it presses down on the filter. Chopped the ribs off the underside and it's fine now. Plenty of room for 120mm trumpets now

 

[Rob]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

Cut out a vent, it'll look badmanz.

 

[Silent_Scone]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

lol, I was doodling a few weeks ago trying to come up with a subtle scoop but the ph1 is a very certain shape and as soon as you put anything that isn't supposed to be on it, it looks extremely bad manz. Unless you want to give RS Fabrications a s**t load of money there isn't really a lot of options if you want decent runner length.

 

[Rob]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

I think a subtle bonnet scoop right near the front could look all right.. ish.

 

[Silent_Scone]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

Yeah I'll pass lol

 

[Rob]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

A little bit MCS like?

 

[gex23]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

How about something along the lines of the Williams bonnet intake?

Or is that completely stupid?

 

[Silent_Scone]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

lol it would have to be located right at the front. I think I'll stick to what I've done already and just raise the bonnet slightly on the catches

 

[gex23]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

I assumed there was a reason it wasn't mentioned - apologies

On a side note - LOVE the colour

 

[Rob]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

I'm telling you, it'd work.

 

[Silent_Scone]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

lol not convinced

 

[BIGASH]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

Saw the car at Fred's the other day when I was visiting! I'm sure it will all be perfect in no time I really do love this car

 

[Silent_Scone]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

lol I used to love it too. Now it's a love hate relationship

 

[BIGASH]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

Aren't they all mate

 

[Silent_Scone]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

Truth lol

 

[Silent_Scone]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

New engine time. Head gasket failure, I'm not willing to spend anything else on a scrap yard engine so trying to think of the best cause of action. Besides burning it

 

[Rob]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

How'd that happen?

Ask Ant to buy Luke's old Trophy engine? lol!

 

[Silent_Scone]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

lol, well there are many working theories but I'll leave it to Fred. I think it cooked on the dyno when the alternator failed personally, it was fine before hand. It was pulled from a scrap ph1 so it's not like it was anything super. Just my luck

Thinking of doing a scratch build this time, which was my original plan 2 years ago LOL, but this time with the right bloke doing it.

 

[Nafoff]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

i have an engine sat on a pallet in my garage....but you already know this....ha

 

[Silent_Scone]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

Gimmi lol

 

[Craig.]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

Gutted to hear about your engine problems mad that of all things it could have been its the head gasket that's gone :S

Are the red wheels your summer wheels? Or it staying on silver all the time?

 

[Silent_Scone]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

Nah silver mate, I sold the other set

I know, I've had rotten luck but the engine that I got BTM to throw in wasn't really what you'd call amazing. I honestly think it cooked on the dyno, I'd have to ask Matt really what he saw happening when the alternator failed. But it's irreverent really!

Got slightly alternative plans this time round.

 

[Wick]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

New engine time. Head gasket failure, I'm not willing to spend anything else on a scrap yard engine so trying to think of the best cause of action. Besides burning it

Gutting.

HGF is a sh*tter.

New engine.

Or bin the bodies and get Fred fit a low mileage 225 engine. But that defies the point of having an epic sounding NA.

 

[Craig.]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

Aww i loved the red f1s.

You going for a forged engine this time round or is boost on the agender?

 

[Silent_Scone]

My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

It's all up in the air at the moment but it will be FI

 

[Nafoff]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

i said to him i would go meg lump or VAG 20v Turbo

 

[Silent_Scone]

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner

Easy there Boner lol - running before I can walk there probably. Unless BTM fancy a bit of a challenge