180 track car project - Page 3

theboynoz · 26-09-12, 09:13 PM

Nice! Good buy there too, wish i could spare the cash as i am approx. 20 mins up the road from Donny! But don't have the cash, it all goes on the fam and keeping the Zed on the road lol. Though i may strip it for a few months to see if the MPG changes....And i could find the leak....

Noobrider · 26-09-12, 09:17 PM

Not even started on the engine yet, the 50 mile return journey from buying it certainly saw the petrol gauge drop....didn't measure how much though.

Mind you MPG isn't top of our list

Have some friends in Burton on Trent and have done Donny a couple of times.

theboynoz · 26-09-12, 09:25 PM

Yeah good point, i guess tracking it throws MPG out the window lol.

Might have to get to Donny sometime soon, will see.

Noobrider · 26-09-12, 10:56 PM

The track we will be testing on will be Blyton Park. Its a relatively new track based on an airfield. It's fairly quick an not too technical , almost a mini Silverstone. The best thing is its cheap at £99 for a full open pit lane day. Its a bit narrow but overtaking is OK.

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

Captain Peanut · 15-10-12, 08:08 PM

That sounds like an immense project

Noobrider · 05-11-12, 06:46 PM

OK a few bits on order, nothing special but things to keep me focused in the job. Set of bonnet and boot pins, OMP Suede steering wheel and boss kit - seatbelt harness - eyeing up a seat.

Booked it's first track day for 28th December at Blyton Park.

Noobrider · 07-11-12, 06:55 PM

Fianlly some bits arrived - I fitted the harness today, albeit to a standard seat lol but its there....

Today my OMP suede wheel and boss kit arrived along with 2 sets of bonnet pins, one for the bonnet one for the boot. Hopefully I may get some time tomorrow to fit them....pics will follow.