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Cheers fella  The Etch primer job is still a bas7ard  and I cant face doing it at the moment so I am busy in the engine bay instead The weld / grind /weld thing is strangely therapeutic especially when thinking of the end result...... Not terribly exciting photowise though   More holes filled, more welds ground back   The metalwork has now all been cleaned back again with the grinder/fine flap wheel/wire brush combo, and treated to a coat of that Purple stuff to stop the surface rust coming back, there is a new headlight panel going in as well, the headlight has been split apart so I can finally get that "German look" to them as I have sussed out how they do it ;D None of which I have photos of though as it was 11pm by the time I packed up last night to drive back down to Essex Some other shots for Hollywood Barn in all its Glory   See no Pandas And the rear Axle showing the reason I wanted some shorter Shafts  Ideally I want to lose about 20mm from each side between the Hub and the Bearing...... Cant see it happening though so will probably mean Split rims instead to get the (Inner) Arches filled while remaining inside standard Bodywork Looks possible to get a 9" wide rim inside with an 8" wide tyre which should be plenty of grip for now Cheers Dom |
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Jan 28, 2008 16:25:39 GMT
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9j under stock arches will have the chevettes.com lot frothing *n |
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Top grammar tips!
Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated
Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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Jan 29, 2008 11:41:25 GMT
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9j under stock arches will have the chevettes.com lot frothing *n Just trying to work out if I could get Stuizz` 9x16" Borbets under there or the Shmidts  Think I would have to arch it to do that which is not on the list for this year ;D |
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Well front inner wing repair metalwork is done And got some nice shiny parts delivered too New flywheel has arrived !!! ;D ;D All steel and very light - 4.25kg complete with Crank trigger ring and Ring gear pics later Cheers Dom |
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Fix photobucket then  Flikr is sh1t  Nope you`ll have to wait..... doesnt want to work *edit .. grumpy sod  ... just remove the ?v=whatever from the end  |
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Last Edit: Feb 5, 2008 19:44:44 GMT by HoTWire
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Thank you "all knowing one" ;D don't get this "geeky compootrrickery" stuff Have some more then ;D    The purpley/black stuff is a kurust type thing just until I can get it all ready for paint, it was cleaned back to bare metal before applying ;D just stops it flashing with surface rust again Mmmmn New billet flywheel clutch side:  Trigger wheel side:  It weight 4.2 kg complete with ring gear ;D and cost less than machining 2kg off the standard flywheel would have cost Exige Stack Dash:  which will go into standard Binnacle |
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I never knew there was such a thing as a sexy flywheel. Or is that just me... |
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I never knew there was such a thing as a sexy flywheel. Or is that just me... It's not you.... trust me that is very very sexy |
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I never knew there was such a thing as a sexy flywheel. Or is that just me... It's not you.... trust me that is very very sexy My sentiments entirely ;D And a Billet steel Flywheel for £200 Inc VAT and Delivery I thought it was very reasonable too ;D He does most stuff, and to suit race/special clutches too BC it would make the Monza spin up lovely ;D |
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Loads of work you are geting done Dom, and great garage.
That flywheel is pure engineering sexx
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My sentiments entirely ;D And a Billet steel Flywheel for £200 Inc VAT and Delivery I thought it was very reasonable too ;D Bargainious - Cost me £300 for the last one I had made and it's 9kg BC it would make the Monza spin up lovely ;D I don't think I can go much lighter than 7kgs - the tickover is close to unstable now and the pull away is tricky enough as it is Slightly OT Three of us "Norfolk Monza Mafia" are building 3.7 L 24V engines for Monzas during this year - just ordered 3 sets of pistons and we all have LC cranks, Rods and good C30SE blocks/heads as a base for the engines - all will need custom flywheels later in the year so I'll talk to you in April about the guy you are using |
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That flywheel is sexy pants...keeps me imagining what life'll be like when I can get to putting stuff together rather than stripping it to fund some kind of existence.
Bay's looking good and must be fun to be getting on with lightening this and tightening that. Hope to swing by the garage some time and have a closer look see.
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flywheel looks amazing and that exige dash does look the business doesnt it!!
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flywheel looks amazing and that exige dash does look the business doesnt it!! He does them for XE`s as well you know ;D And I`ll send some money up with Andy for you, for the dash.... doubt I will make it to Cadwell on Sunday now too much to do  |
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cheers mate that will be great, and as much as i would love a flywheel like that i think i would rather have the car on the road first so a standard one will be fine for now, ive got a spare engine for rotation rebuild purposes anyway |
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Fix photobucket then Ooooooo, if i had a handbag!!! Ha!! How's Snow White and the other Dwarves getting on Grumpy!!!!! ;D ;D ;D Pure clockwork/watchmaking stuff! Superb again, i've you booked to finish the Magnum for me by the way........ |
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Fix photobucket then Ooooooo, if I had a handbag!!! Ha!! How's Snow White and the other Dwarves getting on Grumpy!!!!! ;D ;D ;D Pure clockwork/watchmaking stuff! Superb again, i've you booked to finish the Magnum for me by the way........ LOL !! I was having a proper bad day yesterday  Cant see me fixing anything 4 wheeled for a while after this 2 wheelers next - got a BSA Goldstar to restore and Janeys Flattracker to finish Goldie:   Janeys "Work in Progress" 350 Goose  They will be keeping me busy for a while I suspect ;D Cheers for the vote of confidence though ;D |
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Goldie: Oh maaaaaaaaaaaaan, that is superb!!! Why do things attract me so much when they are all in bits and rusted out!!! U gotta keep me up to date on this - i would love something like that to play with |
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I`ll put a thread up in the "Other Mods" section, but its a 1954 BSA 350 Gold Star.... complete, one owner from new, with competition history ;D And its Achingly cool ;D |
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and I cant face doing it at the moment so I am busy in the engine bay instead
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