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 Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 5:51 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
Posts: 3617
Trade Rating: +9
Location: Under your bed
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Ok, so I've been through a few (number 4 now I think..), I've settled on this one as my new project car.
It's terribly dirty at the moment as I drove it back the 150 miles in the tipping rain from Yorkshire.
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60k miles on old engine, 15 miles on a brand new recon engine that's not even been run in yet (with all new internals, only the block has been used)
Dbilas inlet manifold and Pipercross induction
Full Milltek Sport Exhaust
Resprayed in White (obviously) only 2 small areas of chipping
Standard wheels in Black (I'm removing these asap though)
Drilled/Grooved discs
MMG rear diffuser
Rear Turbo Lip Spoiler
Interior sections finished in white
Re-trimmed leather seats with centre white band
New engine block:
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Last edited by Seb on Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:22 am; edited 2 times in total
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 5:51 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
Posts: 3617
Trade Rating: +9
Location: Under your bed
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Coming to a track near you.
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 5:53 am |
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Joined: Oct 05, 2010
Posts: 1105
Trade Rating: +4
Location: West Sussex
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This has a lot of potential ! Will be interesting to watch 
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 6:00 am |
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Joined: Feb 04, 2010
Posts: 1409
Trade Rating: +2
Location: Clipping the Apex!
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When do we start? Drop me a text homo
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 6:02 am |
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Joined: Feb 12, 2010
Posts: 4308
Trade Rating: +62
Location: Partying with the Info Shufflers
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What a cracking motor Seb! Im sure weve yet alot to see from this beauty and your skills
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 6:02 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
Posts: 2194
Trade Rating: +2
Location: Bristol & Leicester
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Looks good mate. Drastic engine plans again with this one?
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 6:11 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 1730
Trade Rating: +9
Location: Northants
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Looks amazing.
Wish i had the cash
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 6:34 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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Trade Rating: +9
Location: Under your bed
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I am planning to keep it N/A for the time being. But doing some small jobs like a full suspension refresh, all the bushes, ball joints etc are being replaced. Wishbones to be powdercoated. Sticking some decent adjustable dampers on it. New wheels and tyres (16/17 combo as I had before). Then getting out to a few tracks this year, when that all dies down later in the year, possibly around September, I'll be looking at moving forward onto a full forged 300bhp supercharged engine, when I have more time to do it.
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:07 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
Posts: 2379
Trade Rating: +6
Location: Finding Dr. Robotnik
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Looks well nice, the plans sound good aswell
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:13 am |
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Joined: Mar 25, 2010
Posts: 2670
Trade Rating: +11
Location: Ipswich
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Thats awesome they look like great cars!
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:17 am |
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Joined: Mar 15, 2010
Posts: 384
Trade Rating: +9
Location: Kent,
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Hey seb,
looks good man, how come you keep getting these?
I kept seeing you buying/ selling these, i always wondered. i mean they look pretty sweet and everything but what draws them to you? are they for racing? speed? quite light i would guess?
Are you building your dream racer and finally found the right base after a few false starts?
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:45 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
Posts: 3617
Trade Rating: +9
Location: Under your bed
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My first one was a great car, but had to sell due to moving house, the red and blue were both owned by close friends who needed to get rid, as is the Elise. It was never really a plan to keep them, just fix up/MOT/Tax and sell them really.
I had some very specific criteria for my 'own' car.
I wanted under 60k, new engine or new paintwork (engine is being rebuilt anyway and I wanted something that was aesthetically clean), mostly standard or only mods that I would be doing anyway (for instance the diffuser). It will be a half racer half 'nicely finished' car.
Evidently they are so light that adding small things won't make any difference and there's practically nothing you can remove from them anyway to make it worth your time, unless you're entering time attack or something.
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:02 am |
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Joined: Jan 24, 2010
Posts: 4493
Trade Rating: +4
Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info Code
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Oh my it's white.
Oh my I jizzed.
That is all.
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:49 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
Posts: 3617
Trade Rating: +9
Location: Under your bed
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I've driven it about 200 miles so far, just took it out on the dual carriageway to open it up a little and it's the quickest N/A I've driven, the Dbilas manifold/induction makes a stupidly loud roaring noise on WOT
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 4:32 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
Posts: 3617
Trade Rating: +9
Location: Under your bed
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Spent some of the day sorting a few niggles.
Masked off and sanded down/filled/sanded the rear lip spoiler as it has a bit missing and was finished in matt black (badly) so I aim to repaint that soon.
Wired in a fan cut-in switch into the centre console as a temporary solution until I get the top hose and adjustable fan controller put in.
Bruised hands and many cuts later and I de-lensed and masked up the light units for spraying tomorrow.
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