RobinJI Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Haha, I feel really quite sorry for you. I'm thinking of leaving about 9 to get there for 10:30 I'd leave a bit earlier, but I could really do with the sleep having clouted my head pretty hard today. Yay for turning around into a 4 post ramp! You'll all have a laugh at the cut and bruise tomorrow at least! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Personally, I just prefer the lazy sluggish power a diesel offers for a daily. Plus looking down at the dash computer reading 55mpg is always nice. I had a 1.2 petrol turbo ecomotive (or whatever it's called) 2011 Leon, and it was pretty pokey - easily as quick as the 1.9TDi Golf I had. But with fairly hard driving over a few thousand miles the dash computer showed an average of 35.5 mpg. Last week I hired a new 1.6 turbo diesel Leon, and over 800 miles of mixed driving (a fair bit of back country lanes) it was showing 50 mpg. I'm not sure what fuel prices are like now but at one point petrol and diesel were fairly similar, and they're only going to get more expensive... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 (edited) This guy must have to pay a second lot of council tax for his bollocks; they deserve their own f**king post code! Edited September 7, 2012 by Pashley26 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_seamons Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Saw that a while ago, what a legend! I'm en route to Coombe. I've done 45 miles, with 150 left, and I'm bored already, this does not bode well! To think I used to do this journey every other weekend for two years when I was with my ex. Nuts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 (edited) Has this been posted in here yet? Both walked away with nothing more than bruises. Edited September 8, 2012 by Greetings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 need less travel in the rear springs, the wheel rim still touches my arch in fast corners/bumps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 A few pics from our work day out... Me driving, Cap as passenger: Cap driving, Stan passenger: Stan driving, Claire as passenger: How not to do it (we all did this plenty of times, haha): Very nearly how not to do it! (Cap driving) Lots of filthy BMWs were there... And I have to drive this to work on Monday - cheers Cap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 harder than it looks isnt it. one corner easy, linking two together now thats a totally different game. looks liek you had an awesome day there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Yeah it's not easy - but very satisfying when you get it I think the most 'links' I managed was about 4 or 5... some guys were doing the whole damn track! Was a quality day cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete.M Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Nice. Was it a wet day? Or do they have some means of wetting the track? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Yeah they wet the track, was sunny all day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete.M Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 That's cool, I'm curious as to how they go about doing that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukasMcNeal Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 With water? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 (edited) Colin is staying. I must have had rose tinted glasses on when I looked at this 205 the other day. It's clearly been thrashed through a field over the weekend; it's gone from being immaculate to shit within three days. I snuck round to the blokes garage and checked it out in my own time. Suspect... Split in the floor bracing - Chassis rails all beaten in - I told him I need a years MOT on the 205, £500 and a tank full of fuel for the BM. Edited September 9, 2012 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawny Baby Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 Nasty french banger. get a good one or don't bother dude. What a long, but fantastic day I've had. An absolutely Massive thanks has to go to Bill and Tuffty at Badger 5, to put up with me for an entire day takes some extreme patience! I can think of very few tuners who would be happy to give up a Sunday to help a Prawn build up a new engine, but Bill let me come up today, with the original intention of me doing all of the work under the watchfull eye of Bill and Tuffty. What actually happened in reality is that with me in a strange place, not knowing where tools were, and a little lacking in confidence on my first 20vt build, Tuffty ended up doing the majority of the difficult work, with me doing the leg work and cleaning things and prepping stuff. I can't thank Paul enough for all his work today, and to Bill for watching over, it's great knowing that you've got so much experience making sure it goes together properly So, some pictures! I arrived at Badger 5 around half 10 this morning, and after a tea, we unloaded my donor engine from the my French Deisel Coupe, and bolted it up to an engine stand. I whipped the sump off, cracked the caps off the big ends, and we pushed the pistons out and onto the bench Paul removed the circlips, and pushed the wrist pins out of the old standard rods. When they were all seperated, we removed the old rings, and I got to work with the parts washer cleaning the pistons up: I also cleaned up the oil pick up pipe, which came up like brand new: With the pistons cleaned up, and the ring grooves clear of carbon deposits, the master PT began installing the pistons on my DM forged rifle drilled rods: 4 AGU pistons, now with forged rods Next, I got to work cleaning up my head a bit more using Bills parts washer. it came up brilliantly and looks almost like new! Whilst I was cleaning the head, Paul used the flex hone to freshen up the bores in my 108k block: He also gave the deck of the block a bit of a clean up too: With that done, the rings were gapped. This took a while as most of them needed a tiny bit taking off. This seems like a good sign though, as it would suggest bore wear is minimal. With that done (again by the expert PT) the rings were fitted to the pistons: Then the shells were fitted, ensuring everything is clinically clean before hand: With the rings aligned at 120 degree intervals, the pistons were slotted into the bores, and the big end caps torqued up. Interestingly, something I'd not read before, the big ends were torqued up to 55lbft, and released again 3 times to ensure everything was seated correctly. Another point that I'm sure many have missed not having the benefit of experience. The oil pump was fitted, followed by the windage tray, and then finally my new baffled sump, and the whole lot was torqued up, and the engine turned the right way up ready to recieve the head: Yes - the head gasket is up the wrong way round. I just dropped it on for a picture without paying much attention, and quickly got told I'm a muppet The head was dropped on, and the 10 bolts torqued up. what a HORRIBLE experience that was! 60Nm, then 2 lots of 90 degrees on the stretch bolts - most odd, but the correct way to do it! With that done, I fitted the new waterpump and tensioner damper, and we fitted timed up the engine and fitted the gates timing belt: And that's it done! I'm not able to work on it for a week or so now sadly, but I'll crack on with it next weekend and start bolting up the ancillaries. Had a really good day, even if I was most use in Danes roll as Tea Boy Thanks guys! And for those that didn't know previously, Tuffty is spelt with 2 Fs! I think I've been spelling it wrong for about 2 years! Ohps! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 I missed this, why you building a new engine? Finally looking for more power or you blow your current one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_seamons Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Why not read the thread Simon, then you won't miss it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Such a fanny George, I love it. Diet; he's got a 380bhp capable setup but can't take it above 300bhp because the rods on 1.8t's are pretty weak. That and his engines done over 210,000 and never even had the head off it. It's long over due lol He destroyed gearbox number 8 last week - So whilst my old man is building his new box it makes total sense to build then engine; he's had all the bits for a fair while now. Just waiting for something like this to make it viable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 After all that effort, are you not going to paint it red for more BHP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_seamons Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Orange is the new red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 And video... (Sorry about the random camera angle half way through! Forgot to shrink the clip, some was filmed in 1080 and some in 720...) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Definitely need me some of that fun at some point! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 You certainly do - in fact you can make money doing it. Buy an old MX-5, as long as it has tax and MOT that's all you need (£4-500 if you find someone who needs to sell quickly). You can make a couple of hundred quid when you sell it on, which will pay for your fuel and 'entry' for the day. Know of someone who has done this twice and made money both times! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Stop making it sound so accessible, I'll end up spending all day looking for a car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 http://www.mx5nutz.com/forum/index.php?showforum=51 http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Cars-/9801/i.html?Transmission=Manual&_sop=2&_dmpt=Automobiles_UK&_nkw=eunos&rt=nc&LH_Auction=1 Make sure you get the Eunos one (Jap import) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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