Mk1 F4R/172'd Track Car Project [Year 3 - Engine and Chassis Rebuild]

[Ali]

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Foxy take note!

 

[f0xy]

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Day 160

Current state of the car...

Decided to have a play with the angle grinder on the bonnet today, wanted to completely remove the second skin, just keeping the top layer. For one to save some weight, and two make it easier to fit the aerocatch pins Im going to use...

Glue on fire, lol...

Growing pile...

Went a bit too far on the last cut...doh

And this is how far I got today...got the bottom bit to do another day, then cut the holes for aerocatch pins, and tidy it all up...

 

[jams]

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FAIL. Ahh well could have been worse. Car is looking a bit sorry for itself but it won't be soon hopefully :evil:

 

[Winston]

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Sparks..... remember i told you they go in eyes

 

[Guppy]

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Pulley looks a cool litlle touch Jord!

Like your way of thinking on the bonnet. Whats the weight of a stripped mk1? Light im guessing and with a 170bhp motor this thing will fly!

 

[Daniel]

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Beanimoo weighed his at 780kg's iirc?

Although he had carbon roof, FG doors and bootlid, polycarb windows etc.

 

[Guppy]

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Gonna need a run out in yours Dan when yours is done!

 

[Daniel]

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Gonna need a run out in yours Dan IF IT EVER GETS FINISHED!!

No probs son!

 

[Winston]

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Pulley looks a cool litlle touch Jord!

Like your way of thinking on the bonnet. Whats the weight of a stripped mk1? Light im guessing and with a 170bhp motor this thing will fly!

About 820-840kg stupidly stripped without a cage

695kg ftw

 

[Guppy]

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About 820-840kg stupidly stripped without a cage

695kg ftw

I think i whey more than your 5 tbh mate

 

[mini-valver]

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Pmsl at the grinder hole!! Need to weigh mine soon, wont be anywhere near as skinny as this but would be pretty pissed if it's not under 950!

You running any PAS system or just keeping the dry rack?

 

[f0xy]

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been running dry williams rack since put the williams engine in ages back, manual is the best way so keeping that

 

[BRUN]

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want me get you a quote mate to sort the bonnet with the lads at work ?

 

[f0xy]

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yeah can do mate, after a spray over both sides ideally, im going to clean up the inside before though

 

[Ali]

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Get some glasses on you plonker! My oldboy lost in sight in one eye because of grinding!!!!

 

[f0xy]

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I did after a spark hit me in the face :dead:

 

[.GAZ.]

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lookin good jord!

 

[nick.]

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I have finally read all of this thread m8y. I know this has been sed before but great project m8y. The amount of work that you have done is untrue .

 

[Ali]

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Fo real tho! Only one set of eyes! Careful!

 

[.GAZ.]

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Get some glasses on you plonker! My oldboy lost in sight in one eye because of grinding!!!!

never knew that sweet cheeks

 

[Ali]

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never knew that sweet cheeks

Got about 10% vision in his left eye - Got a donor Cornea Graft done 10yr ago.

 

[f0xy]

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Day 161

Cleaned up the throttle body earlier, as I pained it earlier in the week so it didnt look stupid on the fresh inlet manifold...

Then started to clear coat the inlet manifold, but the paint on the lettering reacted with the clear coat

It looks kind of ok, but im not sure if im going to re-do it yet...will have to see...

Fitted the other bits to the engine May aswell make use of the paint if I paid for it lol!

Im also going to pick an Aux belt up from Winston shortly

More soon...

 

[BRUN]

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lookin good

 

[Limca]

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ace work

 

[jams]

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The engine is looking ace mate, now get it in the car and all running. I can't wait for this to be done! Do you want me to come the factory sometime this week and give you that loom wrap because I want it out of my room lol.

 

[f0xy]

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ha! yeah can do if you want, il either be there or at home got quite a bit on the list for this week

 

[drunknmunky]

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No doubt ill be up sometime this week, Jord it looking minted dude

 

[172bagss2]

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No doubt ill be up sometime this week, Jord it looking minted dude

OH F**K! Who let Chunky-Kev back in?? :S

 

[Chrisjk]

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Looks nice, crackle black on the lettering, what kind of paint on the plenum. Looking for ideas for my new ph1

 

[Christopher]

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Engine looks p**n!!!

 

[drunknmunky]

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OH F**K! Who let Chunky-Kev back in?? :S

Why dont ya keep comments like that to ya self Paul?

 

[Naith]

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the engine looks great, that the paint u had left over from last year

acid yellow?

 

[SkidMarx]

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Engine looks mint mate.

Good to see something a bit different.

 

[f0xy]

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Looks nice, crackle black on the lettering, what kind of paint on the plenum. Looking for ideas for my new ph1

The lot is Hammerite 'Hammered' Black...yellow is Acid Yellow renault color, just mixed paint....crackle happened when the hammerite got laquered :S

the engine looks great, that the paint u had left over from last year

acid yellow?

Acid yellow yeah, bought some more!

 

[BRUN]

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yeah can do mate, after a spray over both sides ideally, im going to clean up the inside before though

both sides of the car ?

 

[jams]

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The lot is Hammerite 'Hammered' Black...

Hammerite is really funny stuff, you can't paint over it for a few weeks after you applied it because it doesn't stick. You can after a few mins but anything after it's started to dry it just f**ks up. That might have something to do with why it has reacted. I thought you were going to use normal black paint lol.

 

[172bagss2]

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Why dont ya keep comments like that to ya self Paul?

Sh!t, you had the rest of your sense of humour removed too?? Damn...

 

[Brett]

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Good updates jord. The engine looks amazing, almost too good to put into the car and get dirty again.

 

[drunknmunky]

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Sh!t, you had the rest of your sense of humour removed too?? Damn...

My Sense of humor aint gone nowhere Paul, its still here

 

[172bagss2]

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My Sense of humor aint gone nowhere Paul, its still here

Clearly not mate! :slap: