Well if you got the codes wrong I will be driving to your home land (probably in a pink car) to insert a large garden Gnome into youWeeman wrote:You hopenorthloop wrote:997GT3 RS orangecrossie wrote:what colour is it going to be??
Update on my track car build
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Went to visit the old girl on Saturday. It's at the painters and will stay there till my mate returns from holiday in 3 weeks. In the meantime the colour will be on and baked
At the moment not much has changed. The roof is full of filler to try and sort out the mess I made of removing the sun roof
While I was there I had the chance to drive a friend Capri 280 brooklands. It brough back good memories from years gone by. The car is for sale if anyone is interested.
At the moment not much has changed. The roof is full of filler to try and sort out the mess I made of removing the sun roof
While I was there I had the chance to drive a friend Capri 280 brooklands. It brough back good memories from years gone by. The car is for sale if anyone is interested.
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Nice old beast those 2.8s, mine was my 1st RWD car
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No, all the chest wigs went to the Supra owners clubWeeman wrote:Chest wig an optional extra lol
I havent seen the old girl in the flesh yet, but other than a couple of minor issues that the painter will put right once we have finished rebuilding, all is good.
I am very pleased with the result.
The paint is 997 GT3RS orange and apparently takes loads of coats and is a pain to apply
The interior is the same colour but in matt. Once the black seat, black flocked dash, black wheels, black anti slip floor, black trim is on it will look fine and dandy..... Well I think so anyway
Oh and the chrome bits will be black too
I am very pleased with the result.
The paint is 997 GT3RS orange and apparently takes loads of coats and is a pain to apply
The interior is the same colour but in matt. Once the black seat, black flocked dash, black wheels, black anti slip floor, black trim is on it will look fine and dandy..... Well I think so anyway Oh and the chrome bits will be black too
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Wow nice result, cannot wait to see the complated car..
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I love the orange - just the best...There was a tourer done in it errmmm ah here it is..it's Davyw in Argyle Zone Member
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I'm thinking of a budget option on mine using Dulux weather shield and a roller..
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The Isle of Man: No National Speed Limit, No Gatso's, No Nanny State, a disused airfield track 1.5 miles long, the best mountain road to drive on...Come and Play!
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Looking forward to seeing the finished car.
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Northloop - The word on the street is that orange cars are really pulling the birds, top models too, in fact I think I spotted your new squeeze driving yours the other day.... 
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The Isle of Man: No National Speed Limit, No Gatso's, No Nanny State, a disused airfield track 1.5 miles long, the best mountain road to drive on...Come and Play!
.....she'd be alright in a crash though 
Spent another day working on the old girl yesterday. It was my first chance to see it after the paint job and I have to say I was really happy with the results. There are a couple of minor issues but the painter has agreed to sort those plus any other marks we put on the car during the rebuild.
First up I had the chance to chat to my friends who were on their way to the ring. It was Jasons first chance to drive the supercharged Exige on track and he was looking forward to it.
My initial impression on the colour was that it looked good, even when in a not greatly lite garage.
Another friend Nick arrived to say hello and scowl at his Mk2 golf. Alot of money has been thrown at it in the last year or so and he has had nothing but bad luck. The latest engine has been found to have a crack on the sump so it may have to come back out again. Probably the 10th time in the last year that an engine has been put in or taken out. This one is running a safe boost and producing around 250bhp. Not bad for a 900kg Mk2 Golf.
A couple of random pictures of the old girl prior to us starting on the trim re-fit
Side trim cleaned and fitted
Gareth putting the door pins, locks and handle back in place
Nick turned back up without the kids this time and took the Mk2 for a spin up the road. Spin being the main word....... Nail it at 50mph in top and it spins the wheels Sooner him than me
Next up we fitted the rear window. A pig of a job but it went in eventually
The heated front window was another git of a job, but we got there in the end
Next up it was time to fit the plastic windows made by a local glazing company. We had pre-fitted then several months back so knew they all fitted. Always worth doing.
Finally we started thinking about spraying and fitting the under window trim. Chrome just doesn't cut it so we are going for black as shown here.
Next visit should see the rest of the window bits finished, other than we have to come up with a cunning slider for the drivers window for access to the ticket machine at the ring. With a bit of luck the bumpers will be cleaned up and fitted too. Once that's done and the other chrome blacked out we can move inside and start with the dash etc.
Loads to do still .....
First up I had the chance to chat to my friends who were on their way to the ring. It was Jasons first chance to drive the supercharged Exige on track and he was looking forward to it.
My initial impression on the colour was that it looked good, even when in a not greatly lite garage.
Another friend Nick arrived to say hello and scowl at his Mk2 golf. Alot of money has been thrown at it in the last year or so and he has had nothing but bad luck. The latest engine has been found to have a crack on the sump so it may have to come back out again. Probably the 10th time in the last year that an engine has been put in or taken out. This one is running a safe boost and producing around 250bhp. Not bad for a 900kg Mk2 Golf.
A couple of random pictures of the old girl prior to us starting on the trim re-fit
Side trim cleaned and fitted
Gareth putting the door pins, locks and handle back in place
Nick turned back up without the kids this time and took the Mk2 for a spin up the road. Spin being the main word....... Nail it at 50mph in top and it spins the wheels
Sooner him than meNext up we fitted the rear window. A pig of a job but it went in eventually
The heated front window was another git of a job, but we got there in the end
Next up it was time to fit the plastic windows made by a local glazing company. We had pre-fitted then several months back so knew they all fitted. Always worth doing.
Finally we started thinking about spraying and fitting the under window trim. Chrome just doesn't cut it so we are going for black as shown here.
Next visit should see the rest of the window bits finished, other than we have to come up with a cunning slider for the drivers window for access to the ticket machine at the ring. With a bit of luck the bumpers will be cleaned up and fitted too. Once that's done and the other chrome blacked out we can move inside and start with the dash etc.
Loads to do still .....
Spent another day with Gareth and the guys today.
Gareth was pretty busy so we didn't get much done, but we ticked off some of the jobs we needed to
The chrome on the windows has been blacked out
The lights back in
The internal wiring taped up
The ignition plastics swapped for the ones from the donnor car.
Cruise removed
Next up we had a look at the bumpers. I am amazed at how much they weighed. Closer inspection revealed and outer and inner bumper. The decision was taken to try to remove the inner.
This was achieved. You can see the heavy inner in the foreground
That complete we set about cutting the part of the inner we needed to retain out
I would suggest this saved us at the very least 6KG's. It also gave the others the chance to watch and laugh while I worked up a sweat. Yes GAW GUS George is eating a Kebab
When we trial fitted the front bumper we weren't sure about the look. We decided to take out the bumper strips to remain black. The rest will be painted Orange
The cold air feed was trial fitted. I like the look alot
The next steps are
Get a guy to touch up the interior paint and cover the areas missed during the main paint job.
Fit the driver window slider
Fit the 5th Bonnet pin
Fit rear door locks.
Sort the wiring and fit the dash
Seats
etc etc
Comedy moment of the day. Jimmy was having his alignment checked. I said he needed that doing for ages
Gareth pain stakingly set the equipment. He asked Jimmy to do something telling Jimmy to be careful of the equipment as he passed it. ''yeah yeah'' came the reply. What could only be 5 seconds later Jimmy kicked the lot over It made my day as it deflected the Bollocking I got all day for a while
Another great day guys
Gareth was pretty busy so we didn't get much done, but we ticked off some of the jobs we needed to
The chrome on the windows has been blacked out
The lights back in
The internal wiring taped up
The ignition plastics swapped for the ones from the donnor car.
Cruise removed
Next up we had a look at the bumpers. I am amazed at how much they weighed. Closer inspection revealed and outer and inner bumper. The decision was taken to try to remove the inner.
This was achieved. You can see the heavy inner in the foreground
That complete we set about cutting the part of the inner we needed to retain out
I would suggest this saved us at the very least 6KG's. It also gave the others the chance to watch and laugh while I worked up a sweat. Yes GAW GUS George is eating a Kebab
When we trial fitted the front bumper we weren't sure about the look. We decided to take out the bumper strips to remain black. The rest will be painted Orange
The cold air feed was trial fitted. I like the look alot
The next steps are
Get a guy to touch up the interior paint and cover the areas missed during the main paint job.
Fit the driver window slider
Fit the 5th Bonnet pin
Fit rear door locks.
Sort the wiring and fit the dash
Seats
etc etc
Comedy moment of the day. Jimmy was having his alignment checked. I said he needed that doing for ages
Gareth pain stakingly set the equipment. He asked Jimmy to do something telling Jimmy to be careful of the equipment as he passed it. ''yeah yeah'' came the reply. What could only be 5 seconds later Jimmy kicked the lot over
It made my day as it deflected the Bollocking I got all day for a while Another great day guys
The white coloured inner part has been removed. The only bit which remains is the area with the brackets. That will be bolted to the car and used as the bumper securing device. The impact bar with spring that goes from the car to the bumper is next for the chop.
It's been nearly 8 weeks since I last worked on the BMW so it was a bit of relief to get to Gareths and make some progress on it today.
JImmy and Gareth were both in attendance, Jimmy polishing Gareths new BMW
I thought I should do the most important job first and fitted the rear number plate
After that I started on fitting the rear door panels while Gareth checked the electrics to make sure we were safe to put the new flocked dash in.
I showed my true engineering skills by bending one of Gareths drills
and moments later I broke another one in half. I decided perhaps it was time for me to have a walk round the yard taking in the exotica on show
The dash in, the seat was refitted and the steering wheel dummy fitted.
That done I got on with doing the front door panels. No more broken drills, thankfully
We decided that we would keep the std intrument panel and make a few mods for our switchgear. Hopefully that will keep things neater. Heater controls etc need to come out and new stuff going in. A little homework for me.
Finally Gareth made up a couple of door handles that we fitted.
Part way through the day we were able to run the car. The first time it had turned a wheel outside the confines of Gareths garage in the last 13 months. It may have only run 300 yards up and down but it was good to try it out.
The initial impression was good, a huge grin spread across my face. Traction was almost impossible. A combination of a greasy track, 170bhp and a very light rear end made for a couple of interesting runs. Loads of wheels spin in first second and third.
Then it was Gareths turn to have a go. He almost didnt stop at the end of the track and dented it before we got it on the road. He also got out of the car with a smile on his face.
It's never going to set the world alight with 170bhp but if the first run is anything to go by it will be blooming good fun to learn and get set up properly. Anyone got any concrete blocks I could put in the boot :whistle:
A little video footage of it moving for the first time in 13 months
http://media.putfile.com/BMW-first-run-out
A porsche track car he is working on. I think the exhaust may struggle somewhat My phone sure did. My ears havent stopped bleeding yet
http://media.putfile.com/porker-exhaust
JImmy and Gareth were both in attendance, Jimmy polishing Gareths new BMW
I thought I should do the most important job first and fitted the rear number plate
After that I started on fitting the rear door panels while Gareth checked the electrics to make sure we were safe to put the new flocked dash in.
I showed my true engineering skills by bending one of Gareths drills
and moments later I broke another one in half. I decided perhaps it was time for me to have a walk round the yard taking in the exotica on show
The dash in, the seat was refitted and the steering wheel dummy fitted.
That done I got on with doing the front door panels. No more broken drills, thankfully
We decided that we would keep the std intrument panel and make a few mods for our switchgear. Hopefully that will keep things neater. Heater controls etc need to come out and new stuff going in. A little homework for me.
Finally Gareth made up a couple of door handles that we fitted.
Part way through the day we were able to run the car. The first time it had turned a wheel outside the confines of Gareths garage in the last 13 months. It may have only run 300 yards up and down but it was good to try it out.
The initial impression was good, a huge grin spread across my face. Traction was almost impossible. A combination of a greasy track, 170bhp and a very light rear end made for a couple of interesting runs. Loads of wheels spin in first second and third.
Then it was Gareths turn to have a go. He almost didnt stop at the end of the track and dented it before we got it on the road. He also got out of the car with a smile on his face.
It's never going to set the world alight with 170bhp but if the first run is anything to go by it will be blooming good fun to learn and get set up properly. Anyone got any concrete blocks I could put in the boot :whistle:
A little video footage of it moving for the first time in 13 months
http://media.putfile.com/BMW-first-run-out
A porsche track car he is working on. I think the exhaust may struggle somewhat
My phone sure did. My ears havent stopped bleeding yethttp://media.putfile.com/porker-exhaust
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Love the vid, he's grinning from ear to ear
When lightened you do get loads of wheelspin - my 325 is 1020kgs and spins in 1st 2nd and 3rd unless on warm Toyo R888 tyres
Great Work - keep us updated
When lightened you do get loads of wheelspin - my 325 is 1020kgs and spins in 1st 2nd and 3rd unless on warm Toyo R888 tyres
Great Work - keep us updated
The Isle of Man: No National Speed Limit, No Gatso's, No Nanny State, a disused airfield track 1.5 miles long, the best mountain road to drive on...Come and Play!
A few small updates, no pictures i'm afraid.
Gearbox has been taken out and the new clutch fitted.
At the same time the braided brake lines were fitted and the brake bias plumbed in.
The slight exhaust blow has been traced to a broken manifold stud. No suprise there then. We have made a decision to run the car at Bedford and see how it gets on. No point taking the head off to sort the stud then blowing the engine and having to do it again.
R888's on order.
Induction kit bought and we have a nice sheet of titanium lying round to make a heat shield from.
Bought my brakes today, went for EBC yellow pads all rouond with new standard (ish) discs. Used this set up to good effect on the 205 so i'm hoping for the same. Worth a try at £187 all in
That's about it for now ..........
Gearbox has been taken out and the new clutch fitted.
At the same time the braided brake lines were fitted and the brake bias plumbed in.
The slight exhaust blow has been traced to a broken manifold stud. No suprise there then. We have made a decision to run the car at Bedford and see how it gets on. No point taking the head off to sort the stud then blowing the engine and having to do it again.
R888's on order.
Induction kit bought and we have a nice sheet of titanium lying round to make a heat shield from.
Bought my brakes today, went for EBC yellow pads all rouond with new standard (ish) discs. Used this set up to good effect on the 205 so i'm hoping for the same. Worth a try at £187 all in
That's about it for now ..........