400bhp home build /Drive

Post Tue Dec 10, 2013 2:14 am

I thought you guys would be able to appreciate/relate

Kid done good IMO

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Post Tue Dec 10, 2013 12:07 pm

Love this YT channel!

400hp is pretty awesome as well. That thing is QUICK

Post Tue Dec 10, 2013 8:51 pm

its alright seen it before nothing overally special

Post Wed Dec 11, 2013 9:09 pm

Cool vid!

Dont know if id be comfortable with someone else ragging my car like that..would be like lending my mrs out for the night and watching what happens

lol

Post Wed Dec 11, 2013 9:28 pm

Using turbos is cheating!!

Post Wed Dec 11, 2013 9:30 pm

All well and good saying don't slate him for having shit brakes but does anyone else think the kids a moron for doing it that way?

I found the standard brakes lacking at times when I only had m20 power

Post Wed Dec 11, 2013 9:33 pm

spot on ross when i done mine knowing full well what sort of power i was going to be running that was one of the first things i done
nothing worse than nailing it coming up to a roundabout or another car then having massive brake fade thinking s*** i aint gonna stop

Post Thu Dec 12, 2013 3:25 pm

What brakes you running at the moment? Loving your build

Post Thu Dec 12, 2013 6:32 pm

I've got a set of 4 pots from Keri and used my own bells and rotors I already have

which build you mean the new engine one ? lol

Post Thu Dec 12, 2013 6:52 pm

Nice brakes

Post Fri Dec 13, 2013 12:10 am

Same callipers I'm using. Fancy some 2 piece bells.

Indeed, the v8 one

Post Fri Dec 13, 2013 5:54 am

I got them quite cheap of eBay

yeah not touched the old girl for a few weeks had to sort other things out but it will get done at some point

Post Fri Dec 13, 2013 8:35 am

respect to all snail builds

Post Fri Dec 13, 2013 10:42 am

That's made me worry watching that. Spent far too much on 4x100 coilovers not too long ago, but the brake upgrades are so much cheaper when you swap to 5 stud.

And the rim choices are so much better for 4x100!

Post Fri Dec 13, 2013 5:02 pm

magpie wrote:respect to all snail builds

Yes indeed.. I think jimbob named (coined) it 'armchair builds' once..

Post Sat Dec 14, 2013 6:14 pm

G-Bear wrote:
magpie wrote:respect to all snail builds
Yes indeed.. I think jimbob named (coined) it 'armchair builds' once..

armchair builds how does that work then i grafted on mine every night and day and made near on everything for it it was all custom work done by me far from armchair

Post Sun Dec 15, 2013 9:30 pm

ross2009 wrote:
G-Bear wrote:
magpie wrote:respect to all snail builds
Yes indeed.. I think jimbob named (coined) it 'armchair builds' once..
armchair builds how does that work then i grafted on mine every night and day and made near on everything for it it was all custom work done by me far from armchair

Doesn't sound like you're in that category... The term was actually ..'arm chair restorations'.. and it was from jimbom30cab

From this thread...

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... sc&start=0

Its a good build with some solid work..

Post Sun Dec 15, 2013 9:33 pm

ops, sorry guys, in "armchair restos" i was actually meaning just reading about other restos dreaming of having the time to do one !!

remember the old days of buying "pratical classics" and reading about the resto jobs ??

Post Sun Dec 15, 2013 9:38 pm

o I see how that could have been misinterpreted

Post Sun Dec 15, 2013 9:45 pm

Oh well.. I quite liked how I thought of it... Some old boy who gently researches his project through books (laptop) whilst sat at the armchair. Then heads out and chips away another days work on it. Silly me.

Never mind its all good work from all threads involved.

Ross, apologies if I offended you and your hard work..