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Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit
That thread title has made me smile!!
New exhaust too Paul ?
That thread title has made me smile!!
New exhaust too Paul ?
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Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit
Yes Paul - engine builder has fairly specific recommendations, so I'm having a custom made, 3" repackable system made. It was also needed as the new manifold points in a slightly different direction and i dont want to make any alterations that may negatively affect the engine investment....
Cheers,
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Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit
Me Likey
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Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit
Hi Paul could you put some pictures of the carbon switch panel up please ?Comment
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Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit
could be out in time for epynt 8/9 weeks away, now that would be good to see it go over some proper tar
hope its a snag free install mate
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Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit
More frustration! Too busy at work to make it to the Autosport Show (first time I've missed it ever I think), and planned engine installation went pear-shaped as the exhaust isn't quite complete yet
Maybe next week.........Comment
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Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit
I missed ASI as well..
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Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit
Hi Gary,
I know lots of people that didnt bother this year, and others who were there that said it wasn't as busy as usual.....
On a positive note, I now have a Mk2 Escort, a gearbox, and a shiny new engine all in the same location now
See you soon,
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Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit
You just need to get your arse in gear and put it back together
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Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit
Epynt in march then Paul?!Comment
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Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit
Chance would be a fine thing Paul. In America and Australia in February, so it'll be pushing it to have it properly sorted by then. Being realistic (and with New Zealand in March) I reckon April is more likely....
Only good thing about the travel is that I'll be bored and will no doubt start buying more Gucci bits
I'll try and get some pics at the weekend...
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Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit
Braved the cold this morning and had the exhaust, manifold, propshaft, dry-sump tank and gearbox out of the car. All being well, we'll get the dummy engine out tomorrow and have it replaced with the proper one
It might not be obvious to others, but now having a proper competition manifold, a custom made exhaust, and some subtle shell mods have made what would have been nasty jobs ten times easier - so I owe Tom at Fostek and Andy at Promotive big thanks
More updates soon....
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Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit
It's been a good week for the car - got the exhaust finished on Monday and dragged it home to get cracking on the big rebuild.
A new bellhousing - over 2kg's lighter than the previous one:
Here's some of the exhaust and manifold. The system is 3" bore as recommended by SBD, and the manifold is an SBD piece manufactured by B2B:
All ready to drop in:
The other side:
It fits!
Now the real work begins - will probably sort the fuel and oil plumbing first, then the water once we have the new water manifold that comes behind the block and down the nearside (instead of past exhaust manifold). It needs a new clutch and radiator, then hopefully the serious spending will be over.....
I'm thinking maybe a little shakedown somewhere then maybe put it to proper use at The Monteberg Rallysprint in Belgium.
More soon,
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Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit
Hoofing mate
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Gary
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