K20 powered 172

[1985michael182]

I'm not on facetube cant be bothered with it. All you do is scroll through pages of shite you dont really want or need to look at.
The forum I find is generally for the people who are into their cars and build them their selves rather than just a Facebook image basically saying
LOOK AT ME I WANT ATTENTION!!

I have plenty of time on my hands m8 I took 2 days to ready Chambers one on and off so yours will be next. I haven't actually read Mark's with his hybrid creation yet so that's on the cards

 

[NorthloopCup]

I haven't actually read Mark's with his hybrid creation yet so that's on the cards

I’m going to delete it so you can’t read it lol

 

[1985michael182]

Miserable old b*****d

 

[NorthloopCup]

Miserable old b*****d

Yes that’s me! 😂

 

[1985michael182]

You locked down with plenty of gearboxes?

 

[1985michael182]

Cheers guys

 

[NorthloopCup]

You locked down with plenty of gearboxes?

Nah. Can’t get any parts

 

[Chambers_RS]

Placed one part of my carbon fibre dash In to try and think of a way to mount it with out it vibrating.

Bolted on the actual pedals to pedal box, grip tape not stuck on yet.

Also repainted my headlight blanks as I dripped brake fluid down one.

Little bits being done.

 

[Chambers_RS]

Whipped the windscreen out to make life a little easier.

Dash is 90% done. Just waiting on some black bolts and rubber strips.

Got some exciting parcels turning up soon aswell.

 

[Krarl]

Dashboard rattles only add to the raw nature of a track car😉

Mines rattles like a smackheads jaw when they're on a comedown

 

[Louis]

Dashboard rattles only add to the raw nature of a track car😉

Mines rattles like a smackheads jaw when they're on a comedown

Mine started buzzing since I had it off last time. Proper irritating

 

[Krarl]

Mine started buzzing since I had it off last time. Proper irritating

Mastic solves everything 👀

 

[Chambers_RS]

I don’t mind it rattling so to speak, as I probably won’t hear it over the engine/mounts 😂 but can’t do with it flexing or moving whilst driving 😂

 

[1985michael182]

Use something like felt between the dash and the body. Light weight and cheap. That's what oem do

 

[1985michael182]

Whipped the windscreen out to make life a little easier.

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Dash is 90% done. Just waiting on some black bolts and rubber strips.

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Got some exciting parcels turning up soon aswell.

You fitting digi dash n fancy ECU?

 

[Brigsy]

Carbon dash p**n build looks great. How do you find the Hydraulic clutch? Ive been looking at making a similar setup to replace the crap cable on my Extra.

 

[Chambers_RS]

Been busy with the car but haven’t got much to show for it lol.

I’m having to reposition the fuel and bracket hose running along the exhaust tunnel.
Only thing I’ve achieved recently is fitting the coil pack and leads 😂

hopefully get an update with progress soon.

anyone got any tips on removing this dash bar mounting bracket on the exhaust tunnel

 

[Chambers_RS]

Carbon dash p**n build looks great. How do you find the Hydraulic clutch? Ive been looking at making a similar setup to replace the crap cable on my Extra.

thanks bud 👍🏻
I haven’t got round to making the hose to link both cylinders yet but hoping it’ll do the job nicely. The brackets etcfrom PMS are really good as you can imagine

 

[Krarl]

anyone got any tips on removing this dash bar mounting bracket on the exhaust tunnel

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Hammer/grinder

 

[1985michael182]

Been busy with the car but haven’t got much to show for it lol.

I’m having to reposition the fuel and bracket hose running along the exhaust tunnel.
Only thing I’ve achieved recently is fitting the coil pack and leads 😂

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hopefully get an update with progress soon.

anyone got any tips on removing this dash bar mounting bracket on the exhaust tunnel

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Use a spot weld drill bit to drill the spot welds without damaging the floor pan and itll pop straight off

 

[Chambers_RS]

Use a spot weld drill bit to drill the spot welds without damaging the floor pan and itll pop straight off

Is spot welded in? That’ll be good if it is.

 

[1985michael182]

Is spot welded in? That’ll be good if it is.

Yea 99% of cars are spot welded together with a little bit of mig, brazing, panel bonding and rivets along the way.

That panel is 100% spotwelded, if you have a grinder that will work too it's just a rough way to do it that's all. The idea is to minimise damage to the panels you are keeping.

 

[1985michael182]

Pardon our interruption...

Cheap but it will work. Centre punch the spot welds and the us your battery/air drill at a slow to medium speed to drill the spotweld. If you drill too fast you burn them out. Only drill as deep as the bracket not all the way through the floor pan. If you've drilled it and it's still holding on a bit use a chisel and hammer to pop it off. Easy as that.

Just dont get carried away with it or you'll end up like this!!

 

[Chambers_RS]

I have spot weld drill bits just couldn’t see any spots on that bracket. I’ll look again, maybe hiding under the paint as it’s been repainted.
Thanks 👍🏻

 

[1985michael182]

I have spot weld drill bits just couldn’t see any spots on that bracket. I’ll look again, maybe hiding under the paint as it’s been repainted.
Thanks 👍🏻

Bit of sand paper will show you where they are m8

 

[1985michael182]

@Simon_16v your not far away only in selby. I'm out Malton way.

That van was a Bodyshop owners van he bought cheap with the full side bent. He bought a full shell minus the front as a donor then I removed the full roof and side as a job lot and fitted all in one peice making sure joints were over lapped correctly and not a cut and shut.

He still runs it now like 8 years on. It's his service/tow vehicle for his mk2 escort rally car.

 

[1985michael182]

Sorry for the thread bomb @Chambers_RS

 

[Chambers_RS]

Trying to tidy up my garage as waiting on parts to continue what I’m doing on the Clio. Seems to be coming together nicely.

Only updates I’ve got is I’ve fitted the ITG filter and fitted the Tilton fluid reservoir.

I’ve put the car back together aswell so I can make a start on tarting the inside of the garage up

 

[Mickb]

Where did you get your dash from?

I'm tempted in getting that pedal set up but not 100%.

 

[Nafoff]

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Where does the wiring for the rainlight go? Up through the tailgate to the hinges and then into the car?

 

[1985michael182]

Where does the wiring for the rainlight go? Up through the tailgate to the hinges and then into the car?

Magic

 

[Chambers_RS]

Where does the wiring for the rainlight go? Up through the tailgate to the hinges and then into the car?

It’ll take that route yeah. Like The OE wiring routing.

 

[Chambers_RS]

A Peek at what’s slowly happening here.

 

[1985michael182]

s**t just got real

 

[Nafoff]

That dash set-up mate 👌

 

[NorthloopCup]

Do you plan on reaching the epas adjuster when you’re strapped in?

 

[Chambers_RS]

Do you plan on reaching the epas adjuster when you’re strapped in?

Yeah of course. I can reach it strapped in, I’m lanky with long arms. I’ve thought it through and planned it before drilling any holes 😂😂 I cant cut the stem of the switch down tho lol
There’s the rain light switch the other side aswell.

 

[Chambers_RS]

Got a new toy instead of an ECU 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

Santa Cruz V10 2018 6.0 👌🏻 Well specced one.

Any one else into MTB?

 

[497adam]

Got a new toy instead of an ECU [emoji2359][emoji23]

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Santa Cruz V10 2018 6.0 [emoji1305] Well specced one.

Any one else into MTB?

Very nice ! Not done much this year but I like mountain biking.


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[NorthloopCup]

Got a new toy instead of an ECU 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

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Santa Cruz V10 2018 6.0 👌🏻 Well specced one.

Any one else into MTB?

Nice mate! Yeah I’ve gone back to being a man child and playing with mtb’s now. This is mine:

Orange alpine 6 enduro. Keep looking at building a 224 evo up, but that’s as far as it’s got so far. 😂