Back in an MG again
 

Introducing "Project ASBO" :clap2:

It's been a long road to finish this one off without anyone finding out about it. It had it's first night out up at Knockhill on Thursday and even although it was just a shake-down session it scared a few big cars (Evo 8 FQ300 anyone? lol)... until the clutch cable broke :hmmm:

Keep an eye on the website in my sig for another upcoming project, this time a biggie :D


Big thanks to Paul, Claire and Brian Luti of Dreadnought Racing for helping me out with some issues that almost ruled me out at the last minute.

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Hounding that FQ300.... he wasn't getting away on the straights anyway!

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Decided to have a bit of a fight with my mate Chris in his tweaked ZS 180. This is the car that ended up with most of Andrew Morrison's race engine when he switched to the Judd unit.

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but made short work of that in the corners, but it was neck and neck on the straights :D

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Goldie's rapid Metro... best check the back bumper for orange paint after that 2nd lap hair pin incident :sorry:

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Telling Mr 911S to hurry up a bit

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Paul Luti had his mental ZT520 out for a spin. I managed to blag a run in it and holy c*** it likes to drift

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and some of the other stuff on track

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Nice. So what's the spec? Must have done something special to the suspension for it to make short work of a ZS in the corners! ;) :tease:

Great pics and looked like you had fun, surprised a few of the others I expect.:smile2::smile2::smile2:

Has anybody noiced that the Dreadnoughts ZT has site stickers on the front corners?

Looks like you had fun Ross

wow great pics, looks like a load of fun (to coin a term used by my ex ;))

That zt looks like an absolute animal !!!

Love it Ross. Whats the spec?

And any more info on that ZT? :D

Mental! Fantastic photos aswell!

Just noticed the 'racethemg' website on your sig, thats very interesting...

saw a thread on rovertech of that orange zr been built up!! nice car!!

cheers guys

yes it was a total blast until I broke the clutch cable. This time out was just a shake down event anyway to see what fell off / needed changed... turns out a few things

I did indeed buy it off Rovertech... but it was in a fairly bad way and needed alot of work to finish it off. I've already had to replace the brake system totally, finish wiring in the T16 properly as half the gauges didn't work and sort out a stack of other little niggles

I'll get a spec list fired up in memebrs motors when I get a chance... but for comparison that Evo FQ300 only *just* got past me on the main straight... then held me up in the corners!

As Kev has spotted the ZT does indeed have site stickers... mine has a small one on the back window and a large one on the lower grille splitter bit... but being white on orange you can't see it very well.


The ZT was one of the very few race shells produced by S&R, and has a hand built Mustang 520 engine fitted to it. Putting it on the trailer at Dreadnought the only way I could desribe the noise is a bit like a Nascar with an MG body on it.... the ground shakes!

It's just had an engine re-build so it was out on track to put some miles on it and to scare willing passengers senseless lol

It's off to do some promotional work at Silverstone at the weekend and it'll (Hopefully) be at Fast and Modified for a drifting demo. I'll try and get some more pics of it next time I'm up there.


As pointed out check out the link in my signature. We're trying to get Paul into the BTCC next year but it's going to be a very up-hill struggle to get enough money together to make it a reality... BTCC aint a cheap sport to get into. So far WSR and a few other big names are on board so it's looking good.

Get yourself on the site and check it out... and you too could have your name on the car!

looks like a great track day.
What spec is the t16, id expect it to muller an fq 300 on the straights :confused:

Dave

I was struggling to get it to change gear properly... I think the clutch cable had stretched so that it was still dragging slightly. Eventually broke so we'll see next month what it's like with the clutch working as it should

Sounds like you had fun...

nice cars and pics mate

some more updates

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Some drastic progress has been made recently

The results from the second test run at Knockhill are in... and it's not good :cry:

First off I fitted a new clutch cable with cleared up all the gearbox issues from first time out, a fantastic start.... but not for long.

The battery had gone flat since it had been sitting for just over 2 weeks without moving... nothing too unusual there... and that rear calliper had totally seized again - but I have a new one waiting to go on during the winter re-build (£60 for stupid little rear calliper!)

Started with the jump pack no bother, moved it into the garage... did some work on it, discovered all the alloy valve caps are seized solid so I can't check tyre pressures, fitted standard rear lights as the Motobodge ones are a bit ugly in ASBO Orange IMO, finished off the full-beam unit cold air feed pipe and went to move it back out again... *click*, *whrrrr*, *spark spark BANG!*

Starter motor decided to blow up in spectacular fashion. taking with it the fuel gauge (which is now stuck on full constantly) and frying some aspect of the SRS system so that the light constantly pulses on and off like a flickering light bulb!

Managed to bump start it and get it onto the trailer... only to whack one of the tie hoops and take a chunk out of the wheel


So anyway at Knockhill I bump it again and head out onto the track. About 20 mins into the session the fuel gauge is still stuck, the temperature gauge is off the scale again and the engine is starting to sound like a bag of mixed broken spanners... Then to top it all off it starts raining - and the wipers refuse to park. They just stop when you let go of the lever - then not paying attention I totally miss the braking point for the first corner and end up drifing round it in a huge arc ending up in a gravel trap (luckily just some stone rash on the alloys and a crack to the rear bib are all the damage sustained) ...fantastic

So I come into the pits to let "old clunky" cool off a bit. Cue huge steam explosion and much hissing from the expansion bottle - this time it has actually over heated.

Oil check.... ah there appears to be next to none and it's scalding hot - that can't be good

To top it all off, I get black flagged for sounding like I'm about to blow up



Back at home base and the cause of the oil departure becomes clear. The sump has a huge chunk missing and the down pipe from the exhaust looks like it's been driven full speed into a kerb at some point.... most likely speed bump damage - resulting in a crack next to the drain plug. The gearbox oil seal is leaking and the oil return feed to the turbo is loose because the bolt holding it in is too long and has bottomed out

Good job the engine is coming out soon anyway to fit a new ZR 160 gearbox... because there's a stack more to do to it now!


On the up side, I stripped out the dash today and started prepping it for the carbon custom one I'm making up. Since most of it didn't work anyway it made sense to loose the weight. The heater box wasn't connected to anything and half the loom was either butchered or not plugged in... so it's all in the skip now

I couldn't believe how much the dash alone weighed, and how HUGE the heating system is.... that's all ripped out now too The cabin looks massive now

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The standard clocks will also be going and being replaced by aftermarket ones including a rev counter in the middle, some temperature and pressure gauges and various switches for the few electricals that remain. 90% of the harness is now redundant so I might attempt to take that out if I have the time... but likely it'll stay in to save hassle

I also fitted a couple of new toys, including new DTM mirrors (because the standard ones kept moving!) and some graphics

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So that's how it stands so far. I have a new gearbox and starter sitting ready to go in next time I'm back onshore, the ZS180 brakes are nearly all here.

Ordered the rev counter and some of the gauges today

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Getting a drawing made up for the new alloy dash template over the weekend, then once that's made up it'll hopefully be getting made in carbon fibre

fuel gauge ordered

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I have an FIA battery isolator switch in the post, so that will be fitted when the battery is moved into the spare wheel well

Right another update on the monster since it's not had much action recently

Finally got it booked into the garage to have the engine taken out in the next few weeks... but it'll be the same one going back in due to funding issues.

So basically it'll be stripped right down, all the worn out bits replaced and the cooling system given a good going over and clean out.

Going to try and get a better clutch in there too, so if anyone has any suggestions let me know! They need to be good for 300bhp or there abouts.

After that it's going to my mate Rab at rab's Bodyworld for a full XPower stylee respray. After attempting to touch up the Porsche orange a failing I've been royally hacked off with it. Black should be simple and easy incase of any "incidents"

The straights I bought are now black and will be fitted with my old R888's for drag strip action, while the Addendums are being fitted with a fresh set for the next season of track nights.

After that who knows, depending on how it runs - and more importantly how close to me they start selling Bio-ehanol - it'll be re-mapped with a bigger fuel pump

The custom dash is well on the way and all the gauges, switches, LEDs ect are ready to go in... plus the battery will now deffo be going in the boot thanks to TJ's extra long positive lead


Anyway... thats the plan!

Another little update today, just bought this little bad boy for capturing all the action

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Went for the HD version so the quality should be good since it's the same gear Motors TV uses!

Bought a few other toys to go with it, and it was still half the price of the same system from Veecam... who wanted £750!!!!!

The best forum for T16 info is www.rovertech.net.

I'm on there already, since that's where the original owner had it up for sale

Well a wee update on ASBO

Finally got the engine out, only to discover it was near enough knackered. Get the gearbox out and found that the Rover LSD had sheared the output drive - causing the terrible noises on the last track night and not the gearbox thust bearing as was originally suspected.

I finally got royally pee'd off with it and decided to break all the good bits off it and start again

RIP ASBO, it's been fun while it lasted!

come on Ross, i think it's time to spill the beans and i don't mean on the toast.:morepics:

isnt it a rebuild engine from rsm your running? or is that an old engine your on about

lol, I think that you may have something rather more pleasing to the eye than that wee shed of an ZR you had eh Ross?

asbo eh!!!

No it was the original engine he was going to get one from RSM but because ASBO was not as good as first though he has dicided to break it and build another one.

Watch this space

So what happened to the rsm engine? Is it still avaliable?

there is another one available, but it's still in a Tomcat Coupe

The one I had set aside is now in line for the next project. That is underway but still needs a shed load of work done before I'm going to post it up.

So those who do know what I'm up to, keep it to yourselves lol

want a 620ti ideally, Will keep an eye out for your new project! :)

sorry right enough, my mistake