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| Avar |
Posted on: Sunday, August 17th, 2008, 2:43:25pm
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Although it's nothing like some of the Cappo projects on this forum i thought i'd post some pics of whats being done to my lil rocket.
Firstly the repairs, chassis rot in the rear passenger arch. My mechanic mate did this repair to show me how it done. |
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| Avar |
Posted on: Sunday, August 17th, 2008, 2:44:48pm
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Then i did the repair in exactly the same place on the drivers side.
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| Avar |
Posted on: Sunday, August 17th, 2008, 2:46:24pm
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| Then there was the rot on the front strut mounts, which i grinded out and welded in a 2m thick plate and then smoothed thedges with filler and painted in Hamerite. |
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| Avar |
Posted on: Sunday, August 17th, 2008, 2:47:04pm
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| And again on the other side. |
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| Avar |
Posted on: Sunday, August 17th, 2008, 2:49:30pm
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The camera and mount, it's hard to see but it's a simplebullet cam in a simple aly pipe clip, the original cam mount is still fixed to the rear of the cam, i'll remove it later when i can be arsed  To make it a snug fit there's some white card wrappped round the cam. |
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| Avar |
Posted on: Sunday, August 17th, 2008, 2:53:08pm
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| One other repair made to just in front of the rear drivers side arch, it's not that pretty but it will be covered by skirts eventually. |
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| Avar |
Posted on: Sunday, August 17th, 2008, 2:54:52pm
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| My DIY guage pods fitted to the steering column. |
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| Avar |
Posted on: Sunday, August 17th, 2008, 2:56:15pm
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| Engine bay looking sorry for itself. |
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| Avar |
Posted on: Sunday, August 17th, 2008, 2:59:11pm
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The reason it's looking sorry, engine closest to camera is my original and the one on the hoist is my first replacement which has developed a water leak on the core plug  |
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| Avar |
Posted on: Sunday, August 17th, 2008, 3:05:02pm
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| Now the engine bay looking a little more cheerfull. |
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| Avar |
Posted on: Sunday, August 17th, 2008, 3:06:04pm
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| And another |
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| Avar |
Posted on: Sunday, August 17th, 2008, 3:07:20pm
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| An empty rear arch. |
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| Avar |
Posted on: Sunday, August 17th, 2008, 3:10:00pm
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| And the reason for it, the shocks had got a little grubby and i couldn't adjust the height at the last trackday. |
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| Avar |
Posted on: Sunday, August 17th, 2008, 3:16:17pm
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| Avar |
Posted on: Sunday, August 17th, 2008, 3:28:14pm
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The turbo, the side that connects to the cat pip. This turbo has only seen about 10,000 miles was reconditioned at 1,500 miles due to crap in the oil, you can see a crack coming from the wastegate. I assume this is due me over tightening the wastegate actuator arm  |
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| Dean_Shields |
| Posted on: Sunday, August 17th, 2008, 3:29:02pm |
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Looking great Marc ,You will beating the caterhams soon then again you already was |
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| Avar |
| Posted on: Sunday, August 17th, 2008, 3:29:18pm |
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More to come next week, once the engine is running.
One of these days the catterhams will be shakeing in their lil rubbber boots.
The main target is already close to being acheived though, the Lotus elise has about 215bhp on a 900 kilo body. With the new engine i hope to be getting 130 ish bhp on a 650 kilo body not far to go. |
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| capgun |
| Posted on: Sunday, August 17th, 2008, 3:39:45pm |
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Good work! You are certainly putting the hard yards in  |
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| ThePorko |
| Posted on: Monday, August 18th, 2008, 5:38:39am |
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| grant4561 |
| Posted on: Tuesday, August 19th, 2008, 6:21:01am |
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| Working on gravel must give you the sh_ts. |
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| Leddicoat |
| Posted on: Saturday, August 23rd, 2008, 10:54:09am |
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Nice camera rig!
Lot of hard work going in! |
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| Avar |
| Posted on: Sunday, August 24th, 2008, 7:15:15am |
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Good work! You are certainly putting the hard yards in
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Don't say that to my OH she already thinks i love the car too much and that she should only be getting the hard yard
Yeah gravel is a pain in the a*se, although being a builder i usualy have boards close to hand which i try to lay under the car.
I am very happy with the cam rig, there's quite a few vids on youtube now so you can see the view it gets. |
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| jaik |
| Posted on: Sunday, August 24th, 2008, 11:34:17am |
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Don't say that to my OH she already thinks i love the car too much and that she should only be getting the hard yard
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Ahahahahahahaha
Car's looking good, looking forward to your opinions on the engine. |
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