l33th3tr33's 172 cup

[Mendizmo]

That's a lovely pic mate, it looks great! May I ask what you've done with your door strips & bullets? The strips don't appear to be matt like mine!

 

[l33th3tr33]

That's a lovely pic mate, it looks great! May I ask what you've done with your door strips & bullets? The strips don't appear to be matt like mine!

Sorry, I hadn't seen your reply, I haven't done anything to the strips, they're matt. I'm going to get them laquered at some point to blend them in a bit better, and as for the bullets, I just gave them a blast with some silver paint and went over the lettering with a small paintbrush. They're still purple for the time being but I'll be redoing them black when I get the chance.

 

[l33th3tr33]

So since the last update I've swapped the eibachs for cooksports (what a difference!), replaced a front shock, changed the throttle body, did the burpspeed mod to bring the gearstick closer and got some carbon rear door cards.
The gearbox is dying so that needs to get rebuilt asap, and the immobiliser kicking in has come and gone, nothing detected by clip, which is odd but it did throw up a throttle body fault. While not starting one day I poked my head under the bonnet and the throttle body was buzzing like mad so I hit it with a spanner and it stopped, and then it turned over first try so that's why it got changed.

Here's some recent pics.

 

[BoatNonce]

Lovely shots mate - I don't think I saw that second to last one before, is that over by the fishmarket in Sutton Harbour?

 

[l33th3tr33]

Lovely shots mate - I don't think I saw that second to last one before, is that over by the fishmarket in Sutton Harbour?

Cheers mate, couldn't tell you to be honest but there was a ferry that docked over from where we were if that helps?

 

[Ed.200]

Yeh nice photos. Might steal the locations and looks like ferry port, just down from the car park.

Didnt know you were running cooksports now, must say felt comfortable but not jarring.

 

[BoatNonce]

Cheers mate, couldn't tell you to be honest but there was a ferry that docked over from where we were if that helps?

You were in the red light district then.

 

[l33th3tr33]

Yeh nice photos. Might steal the locations and looks like ferry port, just down from the car park.

Didnt know you were running cooksports now, must say felt comfortable but not jarring.

Yep, had them for about a month now I think, WAY better than eibachs. Get your car down and get some pics!

You were in the red light district then.

Ah right, I haven't got a clue if I'm not in torquay lol

 

[Gibbo4k]

Car looking good mate. What's this burspeed mod I'm sure I read something about it a while ago moving the gear stick back ? Didn't see how it's done tho.

 

[Ed.200]

Yep, had them for about a month now I think, WAY better than eibachs. Get your car down and get some pics!

Ah right, I haven't got a clue if I'm not in torquay lol

It's coming. Will be around Friday Saturday Sunday next week if there's anything being organised. Might put a few feelers out and see.

Ah yes Torquay, that means you know dogging sites instead

 

[BoatNonce]

Car looking good mate. What's this burspeed mod I'm sure I read something about it a while ago moving the gear stick back ? Didn't see how it's done tho.

Cutting down the linkage to make it shorter, which makes the gearstick lean back towards the rear of the car more. There's only a certain amount you can cut off though, can't remember the exact figure.

It's coming. Will be around Friday Saturday Sunday next week if there's anything being organised. Might put a few feelers out and see.

Ah yes Torquay, that means you know dogging sites instead

Plymouth meet. Definitely.

 

[l33th3tr33]

Car looking good mate. What's this burspeed mod I'm sure I read something about it a while ago moving the gear stick back ? Didn't see how it's done tho.

You need to cut the gear linkage down, no more than 25mm but I cut 17mm off and it's perfect.

It's coming. Will be around Friday Saturday Sunday next week if there's anything being organised. Might put a few feelers out and see.

Ah yes Torquay, that means you know dogging sites instead

Good man, it's about time! And dogging goes further than torquay lol

Cutting down the linkage to make it shorter, which makes the gearstick lean back towards the rear of the car more. There's only a certain amount you can cut off though, can't remember the exact figure.



Plymouth meet. Definitely.

Yeah sounds good, we'll have to go to the royal William place, there's loads of good spots.

 

[l33th3tr33]

RIP. Hit a deer on the way home from work, repaired the damage and found out the box was pissing out oil so it's getting scrapped. Engine is strong so I'll be keeping that for a winter project.

 

[Kyle 86]

Jesus that looks nasty. I remember writing off a van years ago due to hitting a deer

 

[NorthloopCup]

Jesus that looks nasty. I remember writing off a van years ago due to hitting a deer

I had to go out to a truck one night that had hit a deer, and poor old bambi was in the engine bay! Lol! It got recovered in so one of the lads gutted bambi and we got a fair few venison steaks out the job. Winner winner! Venison dinner! :up:

 

[l33th3tr33]

Lol @ taking the deer back for dinner, unfortunately this one was a full size bugger.

Still, I drove it back home the remaining 15 miles, and it didn't skip a beat. (until I fixed it and it shat itself)