Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

[105Ian]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

Great to see the new engine in place Paul , hope the rest of the engine bits go nice and smoothly and be sure to keep us all happy with lots of pics

[Paul C]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

Looking good Paul.

Why do the injectors go underneath on the inlet manifold theses days then?

[PaulAlex]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

Thanks for the kind comments guys

I think the injectors underneath is purely an aesthetic thing - just keeping the loom and fuel lines out of sight. I guess it'll make the car look better, but its going to be congested under there by time we get the electric water pump and laminova plumbing in place.....

Here's another shot - showing a little of the funky front panel:



Cheers,

Paul.

[Paul C]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

Your just a tease Paul! Come on what else have you got planned?! New bonnet hinges i see?

Monteberg will be good - i've probably asked this but have you done it before?

[smiffy1972]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

Looks right at home in there mate

[PaulAlex]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

Hi Paul,

There's still a long list of jobs:

New clutch
New radiator
Electric water pump
New lightweight oil lines
Water plumbing
New splittable dry-sump tank
Wiring
Wheel speed sensors for launch control
New fuel tank
New seats
Gearbox tail-housing mod

.....and after that I'm going to look at suspension options.

I've never done Monteberg, but it sounds like a fun event and repeating the stage will let me have a good comparison between setup changes. I have done Tour of Flanders a couple of times previously - won the Ka Championship out there one year, then binned a 106 the following year.....

Cheers,

Paul.

[PaulAlex]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

Looks right at home in there mate

That's down to Fossie's efforts mate. I reckon if there had been a swear box in the car we'd have the budget to finish it off by now

[Paul C]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

Hi Paul,

There's still a long list of jobs:

New clutch
New radiator
Electric water pump
New lightweight oil lines
Water plumbing
New splittable dry-sump tank
Wiring
Wheel speed sensors for launch control
New fuel tank
New seats
Gearbox tail-housing mod

.....and after that I'm going to look at suspension options.

I've never done Monteberg, but it sounds like a fun event and repeating the stage will let me have a good comparison between setup changes. I have done Tour of Flanders a couple of times previously - won the Ka Championship out there one year, then binned a 106 the following year.....

Cheers,

Paul.

Shit! Thats still a lot of "new" bit to replace then Paul. Whats wrong with the seats and tank then?

[PaulAlex]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

Seats will be out of date mate, and the Belgiums don't like sight gauges

So, if anyone wants some mint carbon fibre Corbeau's, or a Ralloy foam-filled, baffled, fuel-injection fuel tank, make me an offer.......

[Retromotorsport]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

Looks fantastic ..

[PaulAlex]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

It will be the car I promised myself one day Gary...

........when you doing me a cage?

[Retromotorsport]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

lol

[PaulAlex]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

I think the injectors underneath is purely an aesthetic thing - just keeping the loom and fuel lines out of sight. I guess it'll make the car look better, but its going to be congested under there by time we get the electric water pump and laminova plumbing in place.....

I lied - extract from SBD website:

"As you can see the injectors are mounted underneath the throttle body, the steep angle not only improves the mixture charactistics, but has been carefully worked out to allow for a simple flat air filter back plate".

[mista weava]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

Looking good, but you need to get head down and arse up to be ready for Monteberg mate

[4parajon]

Re: Paul Alex's character building, pain-in-the-ar5e, bufty money pit

I might be interested in the seats Paul, but it will depend on the size of them as Gary made my escort very snug (havent a clue how Dave ever fitted in as hes taller than I am)