The runabout.. Staying standard. Well was.

[Gray]

FFS, proper gutting.

Are one of the sump bolts half undone in that photo?

 

[Dan@SJM]

Yes. The garage also drained the box oil to remove the sump. FLOL.

 

[Russ_16v]

Well you know my option from my text mate, still it means cracking on with the engine work now on both...

 

[SharkyUK]

FFS! Unlucky mate.

 

[Dan@SJM]

Well had a few spare minutes at the weekend, so decided to just bung the locking tools in and see if I'd gotten away with murder.

I hadn't. No compression atall. Ah well, nothing ventured nothing gained.

Whilst stripping it down I've found a few quite worrying bodges, which of course will be rectified before it goes anywhere near the road.

Had a good look around it, it needs 2 rear shocks, and some front discs, but ill run the pads out before replacing those.

Had a good chat with cooksport when he was down and I think I may run a set of his springs in the cup and a new set of cup shocks.

 

[Dan@SJM]

Well, started down here at 6am straight after a night shift.

Oil and filter changed.

Now into the wheel alignment.

Brake fluid change afterwards and then I can go home to bed.

 

[Chip-mk1]

Good stuff Dan, see you late tonight

 

[Jakey92]

Casually just reading this thread start to finish. Just shows how little knowledge I have when comparing to you guys haha. Well done with the 200 bhp and unlucky with the cup :/

Hmmm 20v 172 Cup

 

[Chip-mk1]

The 20v is going in the Monaco I think mate and the cup will just get the 200bhp f4r.

 

[Dan@SJM]

Aye. What he said.

Well cars all prepped, new super blue fluid, oil and filter, plugs, wheel alignment.

Throttle body, coil, leads, injectors all raided from the cup as spares.

 

[Dan@SJM]

Right well there has been a slight change of plan, I'm having to postpone the 20vt conversion. Reason being is the OH is selling her car, and will need a few months to save up towards her new one, so I suggested that I throw the engine from this in the cup as planned, take the suspension and exhaust with me. Then build an engine to go into this, transfer the cup suspension to the Monaco, and then she can use this as a daily.

So summary:
Engine/running gear/suspension from this to the cup
New engine for this
Gf gets it as a daily for a few months.

 

[Chip-mk1]

Sounds good to me mate

 

[BIGASH]

Yep sounds good Yours certainly looked to be going well at Bedford Dan!

 

[Dan@SJM]

Yep sounds good Yours certainly looked to be going well at Bedford Dan!

Cheers mate, it felt really good. Only let down was my lack of talent and the road tyres!

 

[Chip-mk1]

Cheers mate, it felt really good. Only let down was my lack of talent and the road tyres!

If you lack talent, I have a talent vacuum mate, lol

You were going well, the tyres were the only issue and you managed to drive around that pretty well too!

 

[Russ_16v]

Come get my spare shell, crack on with the 20v using my shell as a template, then it will be all ready to chuck in the Monaco when the time comes - plus with my shell you don't need to worry about cutting bits off as it will be scrapped anyway

 

[Dan@SJM]

Flol! Cheers, I'd be alot more comfortable if I'd done the track more I think

Come get my spare shell, crack on with the 20v using my shell as a template, then it will be all ready to chuck in the Monaco when the time comes - plus with my shell you don't need to worry about cutting bits off as it will be scrapped anyway

I've just got rid of 1 shell lol, don't think I'll be allowed to replace it with another lol

 

[Russ_16v]

Pffft, thats the perfect thing to replace it with

 

[Chip-mk1]

Pffft, thats the perfect thing to replace it with

I dont think his business partner wants the place to look like a scrapyard, lol

 

[Russ_16v]

Ah it's fine, it will fit in with the trike and the old tractor lol

 

[Dan@SJM]

The tractors gone lol!

Few pics from bedford:

 

[Nafoff]

looks good mate,

 

[George182]

Looks great!

 

[Russ_16v]

Pictures looks great mate, all down to it's awesome previous owner

 

[Dan@SJM]

Also..

1.2's new paint is fubard.

Got brake dust?

 

[SharkyUK]

Looking good, mate. The car I mean. Although Russ tells me you're a handsome fellow as well.

 

[pupster92]

Dan, Ive just read all of this thread and had no idea u were doing any of it lol, What are u taking to combe?

 

[Dan@SJM]

April Combe? I expect the cup, potentially both.

 

[Chip-mk1]

Looking good, mate. The car I mean. Although Russ tells me you're a handsome fellow as well.

Starting to look pretty buff lately with all the gym he has been doing, lol

 

[Russ_16v]

Whole lotta ghey going on here x

 

[SharkyUK]

Starting to look pretty buff lately with all the gym he has been doing, lol

Whole lotta ghey going on here x

I don't know... just going on what I've heard chaps. (( Hugs ))

 

[Russ_16v]

Poor excuse Andy x

 

[Dan@SJM]

Starting to look pretty buff lately with all the gym he has been doing, lol

FLOL!

 

[Greeny.]

What pads were you running Dan? I had that on my old CL5's

 

[Dan@SJM]

RC6's, so was expected really. But my LCR was running RC8's and had no issues like that.

 

[Russ_16v]

I miss your Leon So quick that!


Saying that, that engine in a Clio =

 

[Dan@SJM]

I miss my LCR too. Just need to get my finger out and buy another 1*2 for Vikki to have so I can crack on with the conversion lol

 

[Dan@SJM]

Hmmm...

 

[Bluebeard]

Are you down at SJ now??

 

[Dan@SJM]

No. Left about an hour ago!