dann2707 Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 I thought about that too much, when you said matador I thought you were joking as hes holding the front of the car like so: haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Looks very much like a Scammell, saw a very similar looking body (well, minus 2 wheels) on a Unipower chassis last weekend in Bristol. Awesome all the same, the scale's just insane. Managed to get some welding done on the joint between my sill and floor pan on the Scirocco at the weekend. Repeatedly being jacked on the seam had lead to the floorpan side of the seem getting a bit crusty, then I tried using the factory jack and part of it bent causing the head to go through the floor pan. I was bloody pleased to find everything under the side-skirt to be in order and looking completely solid. I'll need to do the other side sooner or later though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boumsong Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 This might be a dumb one..Do you HAVE to use car seats in the front of a car? Could you maybe..Substitute a sofa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azarathal Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Why not just make a motorised sofa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 I just accidently a hybrid turbo oops 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_seamons Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Yes son! Let the slippery slope begin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Matador? Scammell? Scammell Explorer. Got a 10 litre diesel in it, will hit 35 if you're lucky, returns 2mpg at a push and has enough grunt to pull a house down. Cool as f**k. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrayvon Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 I just accidently a hybrid turbo oops Good lad. You aren't wasting any time are you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 What sort of figures are you looking for with the hybrid, Dann? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 It's good for 220bhp Luckily my injectors can handle 240 so I don't have to upgrade them. Will get pics later 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Clutch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Had it replaced 1k miles ago and now running a smf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Is anything detrimental going to happen to my engine / economy if I fit the hybrid without getting a remap to suit straight away? I'd probably get it mapped in around 4 months time or so Will I even feel any difference without it getting mapped? this is it: It's a GT1749VC based rebuilt hybrid, from a pd170 I think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamWood! Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Your injectors going to be ok running at 95ish percent? I'm in a bit of a dilemma myself, some of you may remember I was turboing my civic. Well it happened, but it all came off again because the shell I thought was too rotten. A friend of mine was meant to be buying it to break and keep some for himself (standard car) but he has pulled out. So I'm stuck with it, but unsure what to do with it? Do I: A, Break it myself B, Try to sell it as a whole to someone else and more than likely lose money on it, Or C, Do the arches, weld in new ones, get it painted, then carry on as originally planned with the turbo route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Depending on where on the arch the rust is there's always another option: D, Buy wider wheels and bolt on arches, cut off the rusty arches and pretend you didn't want those bits of arch anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Robins option is best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamWood! Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Robin, like your idea but im afraid the rot is just too bad to cut it out and cover it with bolt on arches, id have no rear quarter left unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) Really wide wheels, and REALLY big arches? A bit of welding's surely less work than reshelling/stripping the car? (Then I would say that, I like fixing things, and don't like giving up on things, even if it is silly.) Edited October 22, 2013 by RobinJI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamWood! Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 I will see if I have any pictures on my photobucket so you can see the extent of the problem. 1 minute mate. This shows how thick the filler is: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) Scammell Explorer. Got a 10 litre diesel in it, will hit 35 if you're lucky, returns 2mpg at a push and has enough grunt to pull a house down. Cool as f**k. Awesome. See these big scammell things all the time on the motorway, transporting big power station stuff up and down from goole docks. They are f**king huge. Enough torque to pull down old Trafford Edited October 22, 2013 by bing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) Looks like previous accident damage and a bodged repair on that quarter. Trying to resolve it propperly won't be cost effective.. cobble it together with p40 and ebay that sucker Edited October 22, 2013 by f**megently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TROYston Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 So my diff is welded, interior stripped, momo steering wheel On, rack spacers on, just need an z4/3 rack now. Slidey Times ahoyhoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamWood! Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Looks like previous accident damage and a bodged repair on that quarter. Trying to resolve it propperly won't be cost effective.. cobble it together with p40 and ebay that sucker It's on both quarters mate, EK civics are well known for rotting on the arches, they are twin skinned and water sits in between the skins and just rots from the inside out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Twin skinned? From the pic the quarter (bare metal) looks lower in profile than the plastic trim, that added to plenty of filler usually means accident damage repair, I suppose whoever repaired the rust before could have knocked it in a bit to get a level. Welding repairs are kinda my thing so I thought I'd share my thoughts with you earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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