new monster v8 no 4.0 here !!! Start up vid on page 28 :)

[manse73]

I bet you are grinning from ear to ear now. Not so deflated now now keep going Ross nearly there now well done

[ross2009]

Spark blowout? Due to little spark?

na mate just a cheap shit dizzy lol prob cross firing and alsorts

[ross2009]

I bet you are grinning from ear to ear now. Not so deflated now now keep going Ross nearly there now well done

dam right kev been trying to sort it out since you was here finally done it

[cypriot_boy_2k7]

Well done dude. Strap them turbos on there

[ross2009]

one already on mate just waiting for the other one to come bk

[ross2009]

well not much to update really
fitted the new electric fans
most of the engine bay is done now , and I've found out why the engine wasn't running right the dizzy was faulty
swapped it and it is now fine, so ordered a new one which will be here Monday hopefully,
prop shaft has been ordered and is in the process of being made
bleed the brakes and the clutch and were just about there

I actually pulled her out gave her a wash today gonna clay and polish it tomoz but here just a couple of pics from today











and the bonnet still fits ;)

[Speedtouch]

Looks great - what a mean beast.

[ross2009]

Looks great - what a mean beast.

certainly is different mate

[Speedtouch]

What's the car lurking under the tarpaulin?

[ross2009]

What's the car lurking under the tarpaulin?

on the left or the right ?

[Speedtouch]

Either/both.

[ross2009]

lol on the left sorry to dissapoint but its a trailer tent lol and on the right is my dads ford falcon

[Speedtouch]

Ah, I guessed it may be an old Ford of some sort.

[ross2009]

its the yellow yank one i posted a while bk

[manse73]

How's it looking captain claybar

[appletree]

Great work, what's the plan regards getting it run in / mapped / next step then?

Is it time for the wallet to have a rest yet then? Bet its still smoking after the speed of this build lol

[ross2009]

thanks dude, plan is basically to run it on the carb for now put some miles on it then over winter I'll swap
it all to efi and run it on standalone
I've still just spent a grand this last week lol
so yeah think I need to cool the wallet situ down for a bit lol

[ross2009]

well doesn't look like I'm going to make santa pod now , as I've got gearbox issues and running out of time suppose there's always next year

[Speedtouch]

What's the problem with the gearbox?

[ross2009]

it seems to be locking in direct drive when in nuetral, I've had to take it out again and it's now in bits on my bench I can't find nothing wrong with it
one thing I have noticed this is going to be a little hard to explain but the input shaft is seperate to the main shaft, the outer bearing isn't holding the input shaft in place as it has a big circlip that stops the input shaft from falling into the 2-3 gear syncro Hub , there's play in the input shaft so it's falling bk on to the shift keys or sliders and locking it in to direct drive even tho it's in neutral it's abit weird, I can't figure out how it's done it or how to remedy it

[Speedtouch]

Blimey, not what you want, putting it in neutral and finding it's still driving, particularly with a twin-turbo V8 up front!

[ross2009]

exactly lol

[ross2009]

and after posting that I've fixed it

one of the syncro rings was jammed on a gear
not allowing the sliders to go bk in to the syncro hub thus locking it in what seemed to be a gear

[appletree]

does that mean Pods back on then?

[ross2009]

fingers crossed, I'm gonna have to really put some hours in but I'll try my hardest

[ross2009]

all bk together

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[S38B38]

Totally mindblowing

[ross2009]

Totally mindblowing

thanks

well i did make it to pod after all everythng was against me but i wernt going to let it beat me , we ended up towing it i dont live far from pod anyway towed it to the gate and i drove it in first time its really even been driven
have got a few little niggles and problems to sort out now like sump is nearly touching the floor exhaust one side is way to low etc etc
but im sure it will be fine

now just have to crack on with getting the efi sorted over winter now ready for next year

roll on 2015 !!!!

[manse73]

Updates

[ross2009]

Not really touched it kev only been doing little bits that needed doing most are done now , although the turbo that was rebuilt is now smoking already not even done 20 miles yet
Rad still needs modifying as that top hose is still near to the exhaust

Apart from that not much to do

I'm debating wether to even put it on the road now as the weathers getting crap , and I normally take it off the rd in winter so will just be a waste of money putting on the rd and only using it once or twice

I dunno mate

[ross2009]

Well I havent done any up dates lately as the car is off the rd now for winter
But I have been doing a few little bits I now have a new set of wheels for it and a new front brake set up and currently collecting bits for a 5 stud conversion

Ordered my intercooler too




So here's the new brakes for the front
There 6 pots and 330mm discs compared to my old set up







And the rears









And my new rimzzzzz







I'm not sure on the gold tho so thinking of changing it it another colour or get them polished still in 2 minds at the mo

[glenn]

nice rims ross.....
i have a set on their way to me as we speak....

i'm sure i saw yours advertised when i was looking...did you get them from london..?

[ross2009]

nice rims ross.....
i have a set on their way to me as we speak....

i'm sure i saw yours advertised when i was looking...did you get them from london..?

cheers glenn

youve got a set of hartges coming ??

yes mate there were in poland but i picked them up from london yes

[glenn]

youve got a set of hartges coming ??

yes mate.

i thought i recognised the 5x112 re-dilling from the pics that were used.

you had them for a good price bud

[ross2009]

youve got a set of hartges coming ??

yes mate.

i thought i recognised the 5x112 re-dilling from the pics that were used.

you had them for a good price bud

yeah thats the only bad bit about them really
but i couldnt say no not at that price cos there worth alot more

i really dont know what to do with them tho they need either repainting cos hes done a crap job on them or get them polished