180 track car project

Quadcam24 · 27-09-12, 06:39 AM

think i got 14 kilos sound deadening out of my hatch when i did it, i heated it up first so it scrapes off quite easy

stamford · 27-09-12, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Quadcam24

think i got 14 kilos sound deadening out of my hatch when i did it, i heated it up first so it scrapes off quite easy

It does mount up, when I was oval racing I too heated this stuff up and scraped it off, so much easier. Even the inner door skins have it, on hotrods this is not a problem as we de-skin the doors to save more weight and also fabricate the door bars so they enter the door and touch the outer skin.

Noobrider · 27-09-12, 04:53 PM

Yeah, I've been using the heat gun to scrape it, some of it comes off better cold, depends how well its stuck down.

However today the heat gun spat out a few flames and gave up the ghost.....

Plan B...lets decat it..

One decat kit

result...not the best but will do until be buy a new exhaust system

Noobrider · 04-10-12, 07:14 PM

Discovered an odd problem today...... I was continuing with the sound deadening removal, horrid job, when I noticed the gap between the rear passenger wheel and the wheel arch was quite high, so I measured it.

Wheel centre to wheel arch was 15 inches whereas all the other gaps were 13 and a half inches????

A good look at the shocks and springs didn't show anything and looking underneath the car doesn't show anything. I know the car has had a shunt in the rear, more toward that corner but there is no deformity in the shock mount area.... bit of a mystery at the moment.

Noobrider · 15-10-12, 06:23 PM

Not a lot of progress this week, still removing sound deadening but I have bought some expanding foam.....all will be revealed later.

I had planned to spend Saturday on the 180 but had a big job in - MG related.

I had been asked to fit an engine into an MGF...not just any engine though, a 270bhp supercharged 1.9 K Series. This proved a bit trickier than first thought and took until 8pm on Saturday night.....consequently the ZS didn't get touched.

Oh well...there's always next Saturday.

Dan1971 · 15-10-12, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Noobrider

Not a lot of progress this week, still removing sound deadening but I have bought some expanding foam.....all will be revealed later.

I had planned to spend Saturday on the 180 but had a big job in - MG related.

I had been asked to fit an engine into an MGF...not just any engine though, a 270bhp supercharged 1.9 K Series. This proved a bit trickier than first thought and took until 8pm on Saturday night.....consequently the ZS didn't get touched.

Oh well...there's always next Saturday.

Would love a go in that MGF ! How do you get 270 from a 1.9, but only the same from an SC KV6 ?

So what did you do with it then - just fit ? Was the engine all sorted for you or anything on your part in terms of fit or improvements ?

WalkerDnB · 15-10-12, 06:31 PM

MGF turbo sound loads of fun

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Originally Posted by Noobrider

I have bought some expanding foam.....;all will be revealed later.

Hmm are you planning to turn it into a amphibious car top gear style

Noobrider · 15-10-12, 07:59 PM

Dan, I'm afraid I just fit it, it was a VVC engine with forged pistons bored to 1.9 everything totally brand new. It has been developed with Emerald as it runs an Emerald ECu with variable mapping. The supercharger is from a Mini Cooper and the owner has designed and built an amazing intercooler set up.

Emerald have predicted 270bhp but to add to that he also has a 100bhp NOS kit. The engine has its own plumbed in fire extinguisher kit and there is a hydraulic rear airofoil on the boot that is connected to both the engine output and the brake system with a manual over ride.

The whole car is a developent projectand the owner is a very competant and accomplished designer/engineer/mechanic. We were only facilitating the build engine swap as we had the equipment and some knowledge. The owner will be completing the rest of the build up.

Fairly major job dropping the engine, gearbox and subframe - Ed China style - onto my toolbox, then using the ramp to lift out the engine. once out the subframe and gearbox were lifted onto the floor and the partially built engine was hoisted into the waiting subframe. Then the whole lot was bolted back into the car.

This was all made a bit more complicated as the F runs hydro elastic suspension which needed degassing for detachment and then regassing once complete. Plus all the other bolt ons, pipes for NOS and extinguishers, wiring looms for data logging etc.

He has promised to bring the car round once it is complete.

this is the engine

this is the engine in the bay

and Walker.....nope no surfing in the 180...guess again

Steve mead · 07-11-12, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Noobrider

Discovered an odd problem today...... I was continuing with the sound deadening removal, horrid job, when I noticed the gap between the rear passenger wheel and the wheel arch was quite high, so I measured it.

Wheel centre to wheel arch was 15 inches whereas all the other gaps were 13 and a half inches????

A good look at the shocks and springs didn't show anything and looking underneath the car doesn't show anything. I know the car has had a shunt in the rear, more toward that corner but there is no deformity in the shock mount area.... bit of a mystery at the moment.

Interesting that, I have the same problem.