shoey
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Oct 23, 2016 20:13:05 GMT
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Hi did a little work on the g/box tunnel today,I'm using sprint one ,its a bit wider than a Toledo one  had to modify slightly to clear gear stick  small mod around bell housing   welded up  polished  removed these g/box remote brackets ready for powder coating this week. |
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ewokracing
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Oct 27, 2016 12:03:36 GMT
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re magazine, it's buried somewhere in a 40ft shipping container. I have to unload it in the next few months, I'll try and find it then and put some scans up.
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Boy do you get a lot more finished than I do!
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shoey
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Oct 29, 2016 17:48:16 GMT
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Boy do you get a lot more finished than I do! One of the perks of being divorced,plenty of spanner time!. |
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shoey
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Oct 29, 2016 18:19:11 GMT
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bit more done today  parts back from powder coating  used a heat gun to remove sound deadening materiel from original tunnel  came off quite well,this will be trimmed and used on the sprint tunnel   used this old speedo cable retainer and weld in thread to house the now redundant secondary sensor  g/box mount  remote mount fitted  secondary HO2S bracket fitted  rear suspension powder coated and Gaz dampers fitted  same at the front,all the rubber bushes have been replaced with supaflex poly  engine bays almost complete now. |
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Lovely tidy installation. That's going to go like stink. Great work going on here. Keep it up.
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14 Audi A3 Sportback - Easy driver
05 Audi TT MK1 3.2 DSG - Damn quick
73 Triumph 2000 - Needs work
03 Range Rover 4.4 V8 petrol. Had to get it out of my system.
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Oct 30, 2016 13:50:52 GMT
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Oofff that is very sweet! Great install and workmanship.
I had a Toledo when I was 16, before I could drive, very rusty, no idea how to fix any of it. Took the seats out and had them in my bedroom for a while for my mates to sit on while we played video games.
I'd love another one, especially with a modern power plant like yours.
Will be following with interest...
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Oct 30, 2016 19:45:43 GMT
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Great work.  I know of s2000 running gear for sale if anyone else is inspired by this build  |
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shoey
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Lovely tidy installation. That's going to go like stink. Great work going on here. Keep it up. Cheers fastblatt,yes it'll go like stink just got to figure out how to stop it ,picked up a set of sprint wheels yesterday so cant go massive with brakes. |
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shoey
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Oofff that is very sweet! Great install and workmanship. I had a Toledo when I was 16, before I could drive, very rusty, no idea how to fix any of it. Took the seats out and had them in my bedroom for a while for my mates to sit on while we played video games. I'd love another one, especially with a modern power plant like yours. Will be following with interest... Sounds familiar,I was given a dolomite 1850 on 17th birthday,no Idea what to do with it so spent years learning on them. |
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shoey
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 got tunnel back from sand blasting,going to spray up tomorrow  spent the afternoon fitting the Honda start button,removed choke knob  traced outline off s2000 mounting trim  marked out dash  drilled and filed out  will be changing the original clocks for ETB gauges,the plan was to try and fit the 1300 fwd dash but finding one in good nick is difficult,hoping the spark coming next w/end to start wiring. |
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ferny
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Lovely tidy installation. That's going to go like stink. Great work going on here. Keep it up. Cheers fastblatt,yes it'll go like stink just got to figure out how to stop it ,picked up a set of sprint wheels yesterday so cant go massive with brakes. I've the same issue with my Herald with its planned "power up". I too run Sprint wheels and although I'd happily change them due to their weight, for now they're staying. Plus I still have the funky rear end which necessitates the need for bigger sidewalls. Not quite sure how to get better brakes in a way I like. It needs ventilated ones, definitely. It's got asbestos pads right now and I've made those and Mintexx 1144 get hot enough to fade. |
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shoey
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Cheers fastblatt,yes it'll go like stink just got to figure out how to stop it ,picked up a set of sprint wheels yesterday so cant go massive with brakes. I've the same issue with my Herald with its planned "power up". I too run Sprint wheels and although I'd happily change them due to their weight, for now they're staying. Plus I still have the funky rear end which necessitates the need for bigger sidewalls. Not quite sure how to get better brakes in a way I like. It needs ventilated ones, definitely. It's got asbestos pads right now and I've made those and Mintexx 1144 get hot enough to fade. You could do the golf gti vent disc/sierra caliper set up,done that before worked quite well,there use to be a company in Australia called sprint parts who did the original ST tuning disc and calipers but seem to of gone bust,use to be able to wander round scrappies and measure stuff up till elf and safety.What about jigsaw racing?. |
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For Herald you can use re-drilled Capri (or Citroen) vented discs and Hi-spec alloy Princess 4 pot copies id you want to retain the original vertical links. You could also go up to the Vitesse/GT6 front end and get bigger wheel bearings as well. The discs and pads are bigger than Herald (as you know I'm sure) and with Ferodo DS2500 pads (more fade resistant than M1144 and nearly as much cold bite) have proved just enough to keep my 140ish bhp Vitesse in check. Upgrades from there would be to go vented (same disc choice as above) and space the Girling 16 series caliper to suit. There is a well-proven upgrade for Dolly Toledo that uses Ford Sierra parts developed by Jon Jackson. Some info here www.dolomitesprint.com/brakecon.htmNick |
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1996 Audi A6 2.5 TDI Avant (still durability testing)
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Can personally advocate the TrackerJack brake setup, they're extremely good! Sprintspeed are a UK based, Camberley actually, company that also specialise in Dolomite go faster parts...
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danb93
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Both my cars use Austin 4 pots and I can tell you they don't fit under Sprint wheels unless you space them a lot. The Sierra conversion does fit.
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shoey
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Thanks Fellas,have come across sprint speed before when I was experimenting with Ford R S wheels,they make some really nice stuff,they had a couple of interesting customer builds on their site last time I looked,used to deal with another firm called Sprint Spares late 80s/90s think they were down Rayleigh Essex
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ferny
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I don't particularly like the idea of re-drilling brake discs. The first being that you are weakening the disc, although by how much is certainly open to debate. But the other reason is that there's no chance of a quick brake swap when you're short of time on a Sunday and need the car the next morning. No matter what you do, any replacement needs machining. So far I've managed to make sure any service part on my Herald can be replaced with off the shelf components.
However, I've also tried to find discs which haven't been drilled for studs and they don't exist!
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shoey
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I don't particularly like the idea of re-drilling brake discs. The first being that you are weakening the disc, although by how much is certainly open to debate. But the other reason is that there's no chance of a quick brake swap when you're short of time on a Sunday and need the car the next morning. No matter what you do, any replacement needs machining. So far I've managed to make sure any service part on my Herald can be replaced with off the shelf components. However, I've also tried to find discs which haven't been drilled for studs and they don't exist! Yes its a bit of a hassle if you don't have a pillar drill at home,never had a herald but did have a couple of vitesses ,the front suspension looks very similar ,could you not bolt them on,seemed to stop ok even with that massively heavy engine up front. |
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shoey
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 picked these up from a nice fella in Sidcup,should look good with some sticky yokos on them  just to mention why the hole I cut out was star shaped,I'm using friction to hold button in place not the original spring clip  sprayed tunnel Triumph Jasmine yellow to see if prefer to Honeysuckle  loosely fitted in car to check fit, sound deadening glue on,  a bit tatty I know but its an early sprint one before they fitted the vinyl gaiter and plastic tunnel tray,think its a bit more Toledoie |
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