It certainly sounds 'different' mate!it sounds like a monster mate..... I need to see this in the flesh :smile:
Any time mate, text first as its ether at mine or my dads depending on what's getting done to it.....Nice work Craig. I might pop up one day to have a gander.
Un decided Cally, weathers meant to be great so possibly in the drive working on the car....You up at the hill tomorrow???
I have a battery that weights 0.8 kg Tom, I'm getting an alloy cradle manufactured for it just now mateDitch the heavy battery and ECU mount. Save 10kg easily
I'll get you one when its all mounted up mate. the Subaru guys on track are using them and they are heavily modified so if it starts and runs one of them I'm hoping it will run my little bucket 🙈Need pic of this super weight saving battery :laughing:
Nice read mate i enyojed it and also gòod looking car as well......last email for now
The winter break is a terrible thing and boredom generally means sitting on Cliosport, looking for advice and things that can be done to improve, modify or generally make your toy a little different from others………….. and so development goes on!
I know it’s just a track car, but I do like things to look right, so the car went to the body shop to get the rear quarter repair improved upon.
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One other thing I noticed was that the Trophy has had the roof done too, no damage to the roof in the accident, as you can see the inside now the interior has been removed. As the quote was a little expensive for the roof repaint, noting it was a track car, I opted to add a few stickers to take your eye away for it. This shall generate mixed opinions, but I like it and when you’re not on a step ladder taking pictures in the grey dark with the flash making them glow, they don’t stand out that much…..
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So other than the body work and roof sticker kit the Trophy has been treated to a complete Powerflex Black series upgrade, all wishbone, front ARB, inner & outer (@MarcR thanks for size clarification) and rear beam bushes have been changed, as well as the dog bone mounts and steering rack bushes. Vibrotechnics upper and lower engine mounts and since the sub-frame was dropped, the sump gasket was also changed just to ensure no more leak issues.
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I’m hoping that these changes shall make a huge difference next year, these coupled with the new PMS shifter Kit that I toyed with for ages, but finally purchased last month. I haven’t used the car on track yet but can’t wait, as a quick test drive around the block shows it’s transformed. It felt great before, but it feels like a different car now.
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hoping this will make for a great 2015 season and having purchased a trailer it will let me push it a little harder this year and also let me take it to a few outings down south and possibly further.
I think the coming year will bring possibly a Polycarbonate window kit, which would mean a new door card kit and possibly the interior paint, but I really want to have another year of enjoying it before I do anything else to it. I do have a cup alternator and bracket set up to allow me to remove the air-con etc. and shed a little more weight from it, but work is pretty busy just now so I think that shall be later in the season or through the winter.
If all goes well this year, I think the engine will be the next ugrade, funds dependent! I really struggled this winter in passing on the cams, Jenvey’s and ECU that @Fraser.J. had for sale, spent a good few nights negotiating with him! So I was really relieved when @-Danman-bought the lot, as knowing everything was lying in a box with my name on it was torture!
I hope I haven’t bored you guys too much with the ongoing project and I hope to catch up with a lot of you at Knockhill and any other circuit I make it to this year.
I’ll update as things change.
cheers - Craig
Your most possibly right Andy. I sit that low in it usually when on track, I have never noticed it... Usually look for red or amber lights not green ones. I only noticed tonight as it was dark and I was propped up putting it onto the ramps..... I won't lose too much sleep over itLooking good mate
As for the green shift light... it was permanently on on both of my ITB builds. I just ignored it
Hi mate, sorry i missed this..... Yes its a JMT Lithium Ion battery.......... £59.95 delivered so if it doesn't do as required here then no major issue, as i can use it on the Fireblade:up:loving your new small battery which it probably Lithium Ion, next to the old one which said Lion and isnt :tongueout:
What brand of battery are you using?
Yeah, probably heavier too! Its wierd when you pick it up, you know have it in your hand but it just doesn't compute !I think I once had a mobile phone with a battery bigger than that
Yeah its for a bike, but seems to have start amperage..... I had spoken to a company that makes race car batteries, spec they gave me was very similar to this, but theirs was £290 plus delivery, so I'll see how this one holds upI like that battery! Is it a bike one then?
Had thought that, but checked levels and all seems fine, with no leaks showing.... I'll keep an eye on it though.Oh the gearchange light can mean low gearbox oil
I know the feeling mate..... Injector or coil pack is away.... Changed the plugs and it seemed to work, but fired it up yesterday and running like a bag of bolts....Cracking through your to do list nicely mucka.
Mines getting longer and going backwards completely. Waiting for parts is the worse thing in the world.
Old injectors doing more work = failure. I'd just replace them with like for like personally.I know the feeling mate..... Injector or coil pack is away.... Changed the plugs and it seemed to work, but fired it up yesterday and running like a bag of bolts....
Its intermittent and as I want reliability, injectors shall be ordered and a new coil pack, cant be bothered with the hassle of turning up at the first track day and it playing up after 5 minutes! First year lead melted an hour in, second year clutch went 3 laps in and looks like this year I'll be misfiring driving it off the trailer....
So feeling your pain with to do list, mine is getting longer again.
Trying to work out if I should upgrade the injectors, pico or the like, or just replace with cheap and cheerful standards, any comments on this from anyone?
Your most possibly right mate, its seems to run perfectly. Any comments on what make? I see the genuine Renault ones going for £25 each just now or aftermarket for £12...Old injectors doing more work = failure. I'd just replace them with like for like personally.
Personally I'd get the genuine ones mate. Big advocate of buy cheap, buy twice!Your most possibly right mate, its seems to run perfectly. Any comments on what make? I see the genuine Renault ones going for £25 each just now or aftermarket for £12...
Cant say I disagree mate. I wasn't sure if the genuine & the cheaper ones might have have been one in the same thing.... Made at the same place and put into different boxes!Personally I'd get the genuine ones mate. Big advocate of buy cheap, buy twice!
They could well be tbh mate. Original injectors are magnetti marrelli I think, but can't be certain.Cant say I disagree mate. I wasn't sure if the genuine & the cheaper ones might have have been one in the same thing.... Made at the same place and put into different boxes!
Take it the same goes for coil packs?
The listing has disappeared from ebay mate. but it was from bikeaholicscouk. I cant access the spec from work, but it was the same as the Racing Batteries RBF400 but the start up current was 240A vs their 250A......Just read through all of this and I'm very impressed. Do you have A link to where you got the battery from or the specs?
Yeah I like them mate, very neat, the aero catches suit the bonnet, but every time I see a set in the bumper I think they look clumsy, its why I've held off so long in fitting them, I have them for a year now!! 🙈@-D4N- Had some on he's old ph2 172 track car and they loved really good, although I think he got he's from America. The ones in the link are pretty similar tbh.
That would be good if he comments.I know exactly what you mean. They look too big and they don't suit the bumpers, like the do on the bonnet.
It's @Barron car in the bud, so he might be able to shed some light on the pitkings too.