AK
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eeeeekkk, think i need to rob a bank 
see http://www.trackscotland.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=180
I was just writing down what we need to do for TimeAttack (or what i'd liek really).... Some of it is to meet regs, other to improve car. Havent even touched on suspension, but it was a major outlay about 8months ago  it can just wait.
Plans...... things that need to be done, and then wishes
PREP
Fit bonnet & Boot pins
Fit new belts and seats
Fabricate firewall for boot/interior
strip more weight out
Buy battery box
Buy small gell battery
Perspex windows
PERFORMANCE
Buy/Fit ECU
Fit 820cc injectors
Fit fuel system
Get it mapped
Bigger brakes front/rear
AERO
Rear Diffuser
cannards on front
larger rear wing
Thats my hopes for this year....
wishes
Flat bottom the floor, leading to rear diffuser
large front splitter
rear diff and gearbox cooler mounted in car (rear) with NACA ducted vents cooling them.
More substatial cage, with stiffners and stich welded shell
GRP doors/Bonnet/Boot
oohhhh.... the list is endless
Also informed Toyo that we'll be requiring 2 sets of tyres (cut slicks) per round.... so I expect to be over run by part worns mid summer Anyone use 255/40/17's?
Also... I'm going to be away for the first TA round at Donnington on the 6th April.... anyone be around to fix the car for Fee and be her pit monkeys?
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Fee
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quote:
Also... I'm going to be away for the first TA round at Donnington on the 6th April.... anyone be around to fix the car for Fee and be her pit monkeys?
hehe
I don't know if I'll get away from work before then
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Ian
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I would offer but I'm actually no use to you.
How are you getting the car there? I assume it has to be road legal?
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Fee
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the car is currently road legal, but we're hoping to get a recovery truck before then
it's not fun to drive on the road
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AK
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The car is road legal but we're chopping in the alfa to buy a recovery truck and bring the 911 into daily use again
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willay
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some  plans
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AK
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some of the wishes will prob be just that
might look into widening the track too, or just sourcing wider wheels. We have 2 sets of 9" wide rims and 1 set of 8" now...
I'd prob be happy binning the 8" for some 10-12" hehe
oh... and speed holes... lots of weight saving 
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Tom
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Speed holes again
Sounds quite a lot to do, be well worth it to compete in TA will have to try and get along to one to watch 
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Tom
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BTW what's going on in this pic (front wheel)?
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AK
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a bit of fence wire i think...
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Fee
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tyre fell off
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loo_goblin
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a wee bit of advice, your getting yourself into a whole world of hassle if you buy a truck, trust me as someone who has lived with trucks all his life, your better off getting a trailer.
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Tom
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I thought it was a magic transparent tyre
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jr
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Plans are intresting, be nice to see how they make an improvent if they are done halfway through etc (allthough not ideal)
id go to donnington, but have no idea how to fix datsuns
are they similar to nissan bluebirds ?
[Edited on 24-01-2008 by jr]
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Fee
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quote:
Originally posted by loo_goblin
a wee bit of advice, your getting yourself into a whole world of hassle if you buy a truck, trust me as someone who has lived with trucks all his life, your better off getting a trailer.
In what way?
We're trying to decide between the two.
Trailer cons - we don't have a licence for them, and I find them impossible to reverse
Truck cons - when we're dumping the car at a track at night we don't have a car to get us to a hotel etc
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loo_goblin
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you will need a seperate license for the lorry aswel
the lorry will cost alot more to run, tax, insurance, fuel, parts. all adds upto alot, my dads mate who runs in the super rallycross class started off witha recovery lorry as he has one for his buisness, but has swapped to a land cruiser with a trailer due to the cost of getting all the way to knockhill from down here in the south.
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Fee
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I think we can drive a truck on our licences but just under 7500kg
I wouldn't have thought there would be much difference in petrol between the two
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AK
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you have to tax and run a tow car though does no one realise that 
3.5t is fine on a car licence.
I'm not adverse to a 4x4 and trailer, but I know the issues Fee would have parking it Plus i quite fancy another rangeRover to pimp about in
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loo_goblin
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no lorrys are classed under 7.5 tonne
also you going to have to shell out for an MOT once a year, which even tho the actual MOt cost is less than a car, the way they have to be presented specially, most average horse box mot bill coems out between 900-1500 pounds.
They always go wrong, for example i have just sent out a breakdown crew to a vehicle at tescos, that needs a boost start after the driver has used the taillift and the batteries have drained
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loo_goblin
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3.5 tonne is only a iveco daily van
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Fee
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ach, we'll just get one with a year's mot....we only really need it for a year!
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Fee
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oh...and transit flatbeds are 3500kg
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Fee
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hmmm....just thought though....then you have to add the car weight onto that as well
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AK
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they are classed to 3.5ton....
The truck wont weigh 3.5ton.
Why didnt he just keep it running a flat battery is hardly the end of the world
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Fee
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I don't know....this one says gross vehicle weight 3500kg
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ford-Transit-beavertail-recovery-truck-2003_W0QQitemZ200192394438QQcmdZViewItem
I know they will all be different, but it's something we'll need to watch out for.
Maybe best just sitting the extra test
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