Wasn't Expecting to have to do that today

[sideways danny]

Off to the Ring for a few days at the end of the week, so set aside a couple of days to prep my mates 200sx. First things first, the radiator was well past it's best, so out it came.........oh f**k

That's the main cross member between the front chassis legs for anyone who's not familiar.

So after the initial thoughts of "what shall we buy to go to Germany in?" I decided it was fixable.

Chopped that out

And got this ready to replace it

Snug fit, proving to be surprisingly easy

Well pleased with that from a borrowed welder and a non-reactive mask (not used one of those in about 8 years :dead: )

All finished. Should fix the aweful brake judder as the track control arm is attached there.

 

[Bluebeard]

Good work Daniel-san! Nice welds too!

What about the oil leak???

 

[sideways danny]

Yeah that was the other big job. Sump is off with a load of de-greaser soaking in it at the moment. Back on tomorrow with some proper sealer that will actually set (not useless hylomar someone else had used)

 

[Bluebeard]

Is it a track focused 200? Or just a snotter you're taking to thrash about?

 

[DB.]

There is always knockbacks and complications when working on cars! I imagine you deal with alot more than that though! lol!

Any pics of the actual car?

 

[sideways danny]

Is it a track focused 200? Or just a snotter you're taking to thrash about?

Neither. It's his daily, has been for 2 years.

Really frightening thing is it passed an MOT a months ago

 

[sideways danny]

This is his track car

 

[marinemackay2003]

cool as fk^ imo

 

[Bluebeard]

We deffinately need more info on that Dolomite! That is superb!!

 

[sideways danny]

[YOUTUBE]bpKEyqUfasQ[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE]mLpVi781n9g[/YOUTUBE]

Enjoy

 

[MaLicE]

lol 13's and rust... its moved from the bootlid to the crossmember!!

cills etc allright?

saying that i saw a mates 14a with rot holes around the front and rear subframe to chassis mounts!

 

[Bluebeard]

That is beyond cool. Arthur Fonzerelli isn't cool enough to drive round in that Dolomite. FACT.

 

[sideways danny]

lol 13's and rust... its moved from the bootlid to the crossmember!!

cills etc allright?

saying that i saw a mates 14a with rot holes around the front and rear subframe to chassis mounts!

Rest of it's pretty decent. Not perfect, prob need the rear of the sills doing next year but they're not hard.

 

[sideways danny]

That is beyond cool. Arthur Fonzerelli isn't cool enough to drive round in that Dolomite. FACT.

Some stupidity about selling it was mentioned recently.


This was veto'd

 

[hughesclio]

did he turn the key the wrong way when he went to switch it off in the first vid?
dolomite is utter coolness
40/45s best sound ever in my book

 

[Christopher]

That Dolly Sprint is awesome!!

 

[BIFCAIDS]

dolomite and 200 look awesome

 

[_Tom]

200's just loooove to rust

 

[sideways danny]

did he turn the key the wrong way when he went to switch it off in the first vid?
dolomite is utter coolness
40/45s best sound ever in my book

LOL, think that was me.

There's short clip of it going up Prescott somewhere, but i can't find it. Just sounds like pure WIN

 

[Leeshez]

Stunning.

 

[sideways danny]

well we made it there and back. Car did 6 laps of the ring, 5 of them pretty hard, and got us home with only a slight misfire that we couldn't sort with onboard spares. Not bad for 156k and £300,


tiiiiiiired now