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« Reply #25 on: July 09, 2008, 07:48:48 PM » |
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oh yeah, need to sort the earthing out as well where I moved the battery behind the seat, as now if you use the horn while braking it fires the ABS!  Easy fix though. |
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« Reply #26 on: July 09, 2008, 10:00:03 PM » |
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Well done that man, nice feeling when they pass after lots of work   |
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« Reply #27 on: July 10, 2008, 05:36:20 PM » |
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Well done Mark, nice to see it's on the road for another year.
I still want a go in it sometime, pretty please, just for old times sake!!!
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« Reply #28 on: July 10, 2008, 10:33:48 PM » |
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No worries chap. Its errrr, a bit different now though! Stiffer suspension, interiors coming out etc.
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« Reply #29 on: July 11, 2008, 07:32:23 AM » |
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wicked, glad to hear it mate. Very nice man.
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« Reply #30 on: July 11, 2008, 07:47:26 AM » |
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Advisories on
-evidence of fuel leak, but no fuel leak LOL
Had this on mine once, checked underneath, found it was a loose bolt where something or other goes into the fuel tank (Good bit of technical description there!), only showed up when the car was running... |
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« Reply #31 on: July 11, 2008, 07:42:59 PM » |
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No worries chap. Its errrr, a bit different now though! Stiffer suspension, interiors coming out etc.
In other words it'll be pretty much the same as my GSi!!!! Which means i must test fully to compare the two!! |
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« Reply #32 on: July 16, 2008, 07:35:10 PM » |
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Still seriously WIP. Some will like. Some will hate. I dont care      |
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« Reply #33 on: July 16, 2008, 08:01:14 PM » |
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Need a blue light on that mate, like we saw at Billing, only six quid...  |
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« Reply #34 on: July 16, 2008, 09:28:44 PM » |
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deff different, are those saab wheels?
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« Reply #35 on: August 14, 2008, 08:25:12 PM » |
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Yup saab rims mate  UPDATE: Righty, bit of a catch up....... Went to the Ace Cafe..... had fun..... top night! (Retro night)  Then yesterday, did some skids..... and the anti-invisibility paintwork actually works!!!     Was a fun day apart from an intermittent top end rattle. Booking another one, either 27th Aug or 10th Sept or both! Need to get my welded difff in ASAP though. Lots of other pics from the day here....... http://s111.photobucket.com/albums/n152/MrC_011/Drifting/DWYB130808/?start=allCheers Andy C from Driftworks for taking the pics! |
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« Reply #36 on: August 15, 2008, 11:13:48 PM » |
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this is what mad max should have had ... wont be long before you have tiff needle or viki wanting a go in that colonel , she sure looks the dogs danglies. |
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« Reply #37 on: August 16, 2008, 06:26:50 AM » |
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The mohawk's gone then, Colonel? Kinda went well with the car, I thought! |
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« Reply #38 on: August 18, 2008, 08:24:16 PM » |
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heh I actually wanted to keep it except it gave me a headache with the hair pulling at my scalp and my boss would gone bonkers LOL Vauxhalljohn.... she had a few people driving her at the drift day! (including new member GmasterT) and they all loved her Shes got a hairline crack in the rad now though (random!) and the water pump is juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust starting to weep. Other than that, all tickety booo |
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« Reply #39 on: August 18, 2008, 09:05:07 PM » |
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heh I actually wanted to keep it except it gave me a headache with the hair pulling at my scalp and my boss would gone bonkers LOL Vauxhalljohn.... she had a few people driving her at the drift day! (including new member GmasterT) and they all loved her Shes got a hairline crack in the rad now though (random!) and the water pump is juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust starting to weep. Other than that, all tickety booo Got a radiator!!! |
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« Reply #40 on: August 18, 2008, 09:07:50 PM » |
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ah cool chappy. how much you want for it? Should of known you'd have a spare or 3 hehe |
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« Reply #41 on: August 18, 2008, 09:16:31 PM » |
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ah cool chappy. how much you want for it? Should of known you'd have a spare or 3 hehe I think i've got 4 or 5 spare rads!! I'm sure most of them are auto ones, but i may have a manual one still. Auto ones are fine though, my track car still has an auto rad & that's been manual for ages!! |
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« Reply #42 on: December 08, 2008, 09:57:59 PM » |
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This thread needs updating! New rims    I'm so stupidly happy now I have dish! I don't need drugs, just wide wheels Just gotta fold the lips on the rear arches and shes a peach to go, as its currently rubbing the arch on the RIM, not the tyre! DOH! Fronts too high now though, but I cant drop it anymore until Ive done the downpipe properly (grounding out atm) Those with sharp eyes will have also seen the car in..... Total Vauxhall - Billing show report..... front on view though so kinda missing the point! LOL Retro Cars - Retro Rides Gathering report Retro Cars - Ace Cafe Report Performance VW! - Ace Cafe Report Shes just a mag tart now! LOL. Amusingly the most press she ever got (at RAF Marham trackday over a year ago.... half a page in Total Vauxhall!) was when she was standard LOL Got some TOTALCARLTON.COM stickers to go on the sideskirts when I finally fix them on properly. Speaking of Marham.... went and had an excellent day! Car behaved all day long, even with continuous drift abuse. I didnt get any grief from the marshals either so they must of been happy I was in control. Johnny A was there having a great time too..... pics....   Thats my friend who came along, Johnnys car in the background. Oh yes, after my cooling woes I got hold of a 2" thick aluminium one destined for a nissan S14. The width and height looked right and the pipe connections were roughly in the right place so I gave it a go. She seems better behaved on temperature now, although it wasnt a direct fit. Had to make new mounting points and also the slam panel needed 'fettling'. 2 pipes needed adjustment too. Will get pictures of it up at some point |
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« Reply #43 on: December 08, 2008, 10:04:58 PM » |
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« Reply #44 on: December 08, 2008, 11:00:11 PM » |
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those rims could not of been cheap!
I love that look of the Senny.
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« Reply #45 on: December 08, 2008, 11:30:30 PM » |
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« Reply #46 on: December 09, 2008, 12:18:20 AM » |
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Fronts too high now though, but I cant drop it anymore until Ive done the downpipe properly (grounding out atm) Advice Go see some powerflow place - tell em to Cut the downpipes just after the manifold Extend the twin pipes (primary) to just under the car bodyshell (smaller diameter pipes can sit closer to the shell (snug) Join the two pipes there for more clearnance and extend the lambda wires so you can keep the sensor The primarys are way too short I have the exact length somewhere from Exhaust valve to primary end but thats pretty much where it should be and a few inches either way won't make much difference Third gear drifts might not be so much of a problem then |
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« Reply #47 on: December 09, 2008, 08:39:03 PM » |
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hadnt thought of that BC! top thinking! thanks for the kind comments everyone The rims were excellently priced IMO, esp as they had brand newish tyres (still with the remnants of the stickers) and were advertised on a mainly FWD vauxhall forum where they wouldnt easily fit anything |
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« Reply #48 on: December 09, 2008, 09:52:51 PM » |
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Those rims are so nice.  What size are they? |
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« Reply #49 on: December 10, 2008, 05:55:55 PM » |
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fronts are 8.5x17 et19
rears are 9x17 et22
I may have the offsets the wrong way round, cant remember! The rear archs needed a tiny bit of fettling to make them fit. Not too bad at all.
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