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barney1.6sport
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10th Apr 11 at 08:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
that engine looks savage! cant wait to see what bhp you get out of it!!
corsadonk
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quote:
Originally posted by Mike B
You beat me

Looked like it was going well, good to speak to you again


Yay, I did.

The last session, was the best, with clear track.

Good, that you got sorted.
corsadonk
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quote:
Originally posted by barney1.6sport
that engine looks savage! cant wait to see what bhp you get out of it!!


It's 188BHP at the flywheel, not a massive amount, but it's still pretty quick, I'm very impressed with it.

Thanks.
barney1.6sport
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wow bet that puts u in to the back of your seat!!! what happend with the original engine ? :S they dont usually burn oil ? i thought it was a 1.6l..... lol
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The Hippy that had it before me, didn't put any Coolent in the water, and it froze when in the winter, and cracked the block, and heater matrix.

So I bought it cheap.
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I had a cracking time, at Castle Combe on Saturday, I did three sessions in the end, by the 3rd one, I was really getting to grips with the car.

I broke my duck, and overtook loads of cars, which I've never really done before.

I've taken a few mm off the R1-r's.


As you can see, I've got way too much movement in my engine mounts.

I've ordered a set of Nova ones, it's only the front gearbox mount I can't use, which I'll fill.
The cam cover has also been rubbing on the inside of the bonnet, it must be moving loads under load.
barney1.6sport
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quote:
Originally posted by corsadonk
The Hippy that had it before me, didn't put any Coolent in the water, and it froze when in the winter, and cracked the block, and heater matrix.

So I bought it cheap.


LOL what a tit. Surprised the engine still ran =\
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13th Apr 11 at 18:30   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I know, for a tenner why not.

A picture from the weekend.
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i spy me in the car aswell?
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Yeah.

What happened to the video?
spankyjames
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If you send me your number I'll send it over to you or give me your email address and I'll email it you
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u2u'd
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Thank you James.

Fly by from Combe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow3jCOYg9k8


[Edited on 14-04-2011 by corsadonk]
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Well I set about getting my air filter to fit with the trumpets on. So I had to cut a load of the bulkhead out.

The metal I removed.

Then next door said I had a parcel turn up. Which will be the mounts I ordered. I wish I had left them till next weekend, because I didn't expect them till next week.
They didn't have any bolts with them, so I could only fit the rear mount.

Once I got it bolted to the floor, and pissed about trying to get the long bolt, which wouldn't line up. Anyway I got it started, then set about giving it a tap with the hammer, to knock it home. But it went in wonky, and I didn't check. The mount ended up looking like this.


So I had to take the mount off Smokey's gearbox.
While it was in bits, I trimed down the nut on my linkage, which hit the steering rack sometimes.

Anyway after all the hassle it still jumps out of gear, when you lift off. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
These are the other mounts that came with it.


On a lighter note, I found these bad boys in a scrap yard.
spankyjames
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What scrapyard do you go to, to get all these bargains
corsadonk
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Boader's in Ludgershal is a good one, a mate of mine got a C20LET, F28, and ECU. For £200.

Rayner's is also pretty good, near Wootton Bassett.
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Went to rayners on the weekend very cheap but no corsas
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Yeah, they haven't got much in, at the moment. They did have a GSI, I wanted the head for my Sport but didn't bother
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Being on call this week, I can't get much done, but I had a go at fitting my other engine mount that came in the kit.

Because of the bolt, it won't sit straight, so it looks pretty wonky.

I also took the rear gearbox bracket off today again, and made the slot longer in it, so it fits better. I didn't get any pictures.
I also realined the gear linkage, I still haven't driven it, but I'll have a go tomorrow morning.
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Oh dear at the wonkeyness of that mount, won't last long like that, I'd space it out with some washer between the rubber mount and the mount on the engine at least to give it a chance.
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The only way I can see to fix it is to elongate the holes in the top, so I can bring the rubber mount away from the chassie. Because it's the head of the bolt, behind it is stopping it from siting flat. Or threading the hole, so I can get screw it in like the normal mounts
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Ah I get you, with my comp mounts I had to drill a hole for the screw head and assemble it off the car.
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I also throught I could make a hole in the plate, which is mounted to the chassie.

Are the alloy ones threaded then?

I filmed this earlier.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7xsr9CenXA
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No the alloy ones aren't threaded either.
Yeah I just drilled a hole in the chassis mount lol.

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