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Mk1 F4R/172'd Track Car Project [Year 3 - Engine and Chassis Rebuild]
maynard
ClioSport Club Member
ph2 172 track car
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
nice list there
ghey yours is broke then
I better get cracking with sorting the car out
May - Brands Hatch
June - FCS
July - Nurburgring
August - Cadwell Park
September - Oulton Park
And maybe another one in the middle somewhere.....cage needs welding in next, along with pages worth of other stuff ive wrote down!
nice list there
Mustang, S13, AX GT
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
Just drill your door skin and screw the speakers in there... it works
TVR Cerbera
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
just use the magnet on the back of the speaker to hold itself to the outer doorskin, easy removal too!
just use the magnet on the back of the speaker to hold itself to the outer doorskin, easy removal too!
Mustang, S13, AX GT
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
ah, fair enough. will the cable ties be going through drilled holes in the pillars aswell thenI wont have any doorskin, they are on the cut out list next
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
Well ive found a workaround that will fix the rev limiter (although now I wont have a speedo, lol)
Got a 172 ph1 gearbox speed sensor (Cheers ben), going to wire that in like it usually would be to the ECU, and I know this WILL fix it....but as said, I wont have a speedo on the dash
Going to wire it in and test what reading its putting out, then compare it to what Matteh is getting from the valver speedo cable, and see if they are the same....
Well ive found a workaround that will fix the rev limiter (although now I wont have a speedo, lol)
Got a 172 ph1 gearbox speed sensor (Cheers ben), going to wire that in like it usually would be to the ECU, and I know this WILL fix it....but as said, I wont have a speedo on the dash
Going to wire it in and test what reading its putting out, then compare it to what Matteh is getting from the valver speedo cable, and see if they are the same....
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
Buy a cheap Road Angel & antenna from eBay. Take it apart, then mount the LCD speed display in your clockset. Digital speedo
Buy a cheap Road Angel & antenna from eBay. Take it apart, then mount the LCD speed display in your clockset. Digital speedo
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
Just what I was about to say, pick up a cheap talex lite up from Ebay/ASDA. GPS speedo FTbricktecW!
Buy a cheap Road Angel & antenna from eBay. Take it apart, then mount the LCD speed display in your clockset. Digital speedo
Just what I was about to say, pick up a cheap talex lite up from Ebay/ASDA. GPS speedo FTbricktecW!
My trusty lil 182 :)
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
There was a gps head-up display speedometer in last months practical classics. Here's the details in case it's of interest:
http://www.autocaress.com/acatalog/GPS_Head-up-Display.html
There was a gps head-up display speedometer in last months practical classics. Here's the details in case it's of interest:
http://www.autocaress.com/acatalog/GPS_Head-up-Display.html
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
Picked up a complete Ph2 interior loom off Geesus69 earlier this morning, hopefully this will solve some of the problems, going to try it on the car shortly.
Also picked up some AST top mounts from him, seeing as the group buy failed. Off to fit them now, will update later
Picked up a complete Ph2 interior loom off Geesus69 earlier this morning, hopefully this will solve some of the problems, going to try it on the car shortly.
Also picked up some AST top mounts from him, seeing as the group buy failed. Off to fit them now, will update later
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
Few pics of the top mounts that I fitted the other day....Had alot planned for today to get done...Scuttle Induction, Look at brakes suspension, exhaust rattle, loads...but its been non stop rain Just nipped out inbetween to get a few pics, and tidy up my wiper wiring, as they were not working.....they do now though
Few pics of the top mounts that I fitted the other day....Had alot planned for today to get done...Scuttle Induction, Look at brakes suspension, exhaust rattle, loads...but its been non stop rain
Just nipped out inbetween to get a few pics, and tidy up my wiper wiring, as they were not working.....they do now though
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TVR Cerbera
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
Looking good!
Looking good!
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
yeah, the top mounts are set to the least amount of camber
the shocks are set to the maximum amount of camber (slotted holes)
thankfully it retains some negative camber to clear the arches, or i would have to adjust the top mounts slightly
yeah, the top mounts are set to the least amount of camber
the shocks are set to the maximum amount of camber (slotted holes)
thankfully it retains some negative camber to clear the arches, or i would have to adjust the top mounts slightly
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
1st time was original cable i think (130k, lol)...then the current one was from Winston, not sure how old, could be near 100k though!
Got a newish one to go on it, hopefully wont be a silly job
Not as of yet, turns out that this is one of the 'issues' with this conversion.....Beaniemoo and Andyrg are now running omex so it dosent affect them, Matteh is unsure what his is at due to his rev-counter not being calibrated/reading properly, so still trying to figure out ways around it!
The valver speedo cable is outputting the signal fine, and that signal wire is linked to the ECU (To the speed input pin), but it still dosent recognise it....so we think the valver signal 'format' so to speak is incompatible...
Hopefully will sort it soon!
1st time was original cable i think (130k, lol)...then the current one was from Winston, not sure how old, could be near 100k though!
Got a newish one to go on it, hopefully wont be a silly job
Not as of yet, turns out that this is one of the 'issues' with this conversion.....Beaniemoo and Andyrg are now running omex so it dosent affect them, Matteh is unsure what his is at due to his rev-counter not being calibrated/reading properly, so still trying to figure out ways around it!
The valver speedo cable is outputting the signal fine, and that signal wire is linked to the ECU (To the speed input pin), but it still dosent recognise it....so we think the valver signal 'format' so to speak is incompatible...
Hopefully will sort it soon!
'92 172, Lotus Elise
Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project
my rev counter is now fixed... 'calibrated' it using my valver as a reference point with a 950rpm idle and 7000 limiter
so when the final piece of the puzzle arrived i can slap it in and go for a hoon through epping forest!
if it limits at 6000 we're screwed
my rev counter is now fixed... 'calibrated' it using my valver as a reference point with a 950rpm idle and 7000 limiter
so when the final piece of the puzzle arrived i can slap it in and go for a hoon through epping forest!
if it limits at 6000 we're screwed
