trials owns Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Yeah, Its the exhaust manifold. Cheers guys you've made it alot clearer! I will get him too drill out asap! Theres plenty of room to get too the stud on the car (i hope so anyway) due to the turbo etc that has been taken of already, There was some loose bolts getting it off haha and what appeared to be 3 layers of gaskets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 The genuine gaskets are a three layer compression gasket I think. Same as a head gasket. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Nasty crash from yesterday's comp captured on video It's the first clip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TROYston Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Nasty crash from yesterday's comp captured on video It's the first clip. video There is a chap at work selling 3 Fiat 125 things like on this video, still on polish plates needs registering in uk. Is it worth buying one for £600? Idea will be slam the to the floor, bolt on arches, wide wheels, maybe a bike engine (have a BMW bike engine in my garden, but seen hyabusa conversions) I have only got night pics so no point in thrown them up unless anyone is interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 bloody hell, that's impressive!! In SkozeNews™, i'm currently excitedly waiting for 9am tomorrow to see what Flux can do for me on this; Genuine 3.0 S, it is mint as hell... Full history from the factory and not a spot of rust on it from what i've seen of the very very extensive set of photos he's sent me. Awww. Yeah. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 There is a chap at work selling 3 Fiat 125 things like on this video, still on polish plates needs registering in uk. Is it worth buying one for £600? Idea will be slam the to the floor, bolt on arches, wide wheels, maybe a bike engine (have a BMW bike engine in my garden, but seen hyabusa conversions) I have only got night pics so no point in thrown them up unless anyone is interested. I don't know much about 125p's. You can check the prices here, just divide it by 5 to get the price in GBP. That should give you an idea of the condition/price of the one you're thinking about. If you're talking about a 126p (never heard of people putting a busa engine in a 125p) then Revolver used to have one or still does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Think they are fiat 126s. Inspired driving form the guys, I've driven one in the dry and they are quite frankly horrible. Can't imagine how unstable they are in the ice. It's like a pendulum around the front wheels, and there is absolutely no communication as to what the car is doing underneath you. It just lets go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TROYston Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 (edited) Maybe not them then, its the thing around 2:14 plate PWY4569. What ever that thing is. Cba to take a butchers at mog. EDIT: its a 126P the one at works plate is BGR6715 not sure how polish plates work though. Edited April 7, 2013 by TROYston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted April 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 That is crazy, the road looks slippery as hell! You guys love your small Fiat's The WD40 one pulls a pretty slick move haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Spent this morning playing with my mate's 126P trying to get it running again, it's got such little compression in one cylinder there's not enough power in the other for it to run for more than 5 seconds, poor little thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted April 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Dude that Capri is gonna be amazing. I've always had a soft spot for Capri's - shame there's not many left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 That is a little bit stunning, good find! Fingers crossed insurance won't be too much of a sting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 (edited) Tell me about ti! Good ones are few and far between - i feel a little guilty about effectively destroying a pretty desirable model, but it's the perfect base for the build and one that's not going to disintegrate like most do. We'll see what happens. I'm looking forward to the 250 mile drive home in it if it does work out, though EDIT; that's where i'm hoping the situation's going to work in my favour - it's going to be a show car and Flux are the ones giving me the cash to buy it. It'd look pretty bad if they didn't help me out in any way to actually drive it Gonna call 'em up 9am sharp tomorrow and speak to whoever's in charge, do some sweet talking. Edited April 7, 2013 by Skoze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Normally I'd be a bit against using such an original example to build a special, but there are other decent standard ones out there. Not like it's a 2.8i anyway. (Which I believe to be the best Capri to have in standard trim?)Looks like a perfect base for the project mate, hope it all goes to plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Yeah man, part of me feels bad, but then again i want this to be utterly flawless and with that, it will be. Dad's was based on a 3.0 Ghia, so it's a pretty close base. I've also still got a set of stage 2 heads for an Essex V6 in the garage! I'm sure there'll be a group of people wanting to lynch me, but i think there's still just enough clean original ones to offset this. Spoke to my uncle earlier, looks like i'm going to be using parts from the same guys dad did, so it's nice to be following the footsteps so close. Also learning all sorts of little bits and pieces about it which i didn't know before, so it's gonna be spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted April 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Anyone going to GTI Springfest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_seamons Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 I'm getting an R32 front arb this week, so if anybody wants a 19mm LCR front arb, hit me up. Looking for £55 posted (its bloody heavy!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Phil Miller. Message him on bookface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_seamons Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Cam you pass it on to him? Facebook is retarded and hides messages from people you aren't friendswith. Hopefully then he'll know to keep any eye out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Re; insuring two cars. Is there anywhere that'll do them both on the same policy? There is no way i'm paying 4 grand for the pair of them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Apart from getting some sort of fleet insurance (which I seem to remember you need to have at least 5 cars for?) then no I don't think there are. Admiral do that multicar policy with 10% discount, might be worth a shot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Other than a day to get the car home, have you got enough space to take it off the road for the duration of the build? Far from ideal and not half as fun, but may give you a little longer to both sort the car and find a decent quote too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 I do, yeah - just a total fanny to sort out. I'm gonna chat to Paul from Pistonheads later and see if he's got any ideas - just can't see it going down well with them that there's gonna be nothing in the way of driving content for a year! Maybe when my renewal and no claims comes up it'll be considerably cheaper... We'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Front it, job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Fun day at Donington on Saturday... Here's my vid from Race 2.Started 4th in a bunch of 6 similarly-paced cars, again cocked up the start, then messed up in the race quite a lot and finished 7th.I was chuffed with my pace (qualified on pole, and fastest lap in both races) but I was too inconsistent and made too many mistakes in the races, which was pretty diasppointing.Video 'highlights' are as follows:0:30 - Messing up the start by being too far back from the car ahead when the lights went out, then being too cautious throughout the first half of the lap.1:05 - 3 abreast through Craner2:33 - Tom closing the gap fairly forcefully 3:25 - Good run on James, passing into the chicane with Rodders up my inside - left him room but didn't come through3:58 - Let Rodders through the inside and expected him to disappear into the distance...4:17 - But nearly ran into the back of him at Old Hairpin! (He was in a borrowed car)5:49 - Good speed through Old Hairpin, carrying the speed to pass Tom up the inside at the next right hander8:10 - Good run on Josh out of the chicane, easy pass8:55 - Getting cosy with Chris9.38 - Good exit from chicane again...9.56 - But screwed up again and lost both the places, dammit!10:20 - Pass Josh up the inside again11:42 - Oversteer down Craner, then Sam getting twitchy through Old Hairpin12:27 - Good run on Sam... But overcooked it in quite a big way 14:50 - One handed drift through Old Hairpin, allowing Tom to pass me15:30 - Slipstreamed him to make the pass... but screwed up again16:23 - Too hot into Old Hairpin, gave it up and went grass-tracking17:15 - Alan outbraked himself into the last corner, sat in the run off before the chicaneAfter the race I realised one of my front pads was down to the metal - that may have had something to do with the lack of retardation towards the end of the race! (Racing Driver Excuse #457) Did anyone see the TV footage? How was it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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