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Post by deanohonda on Jun 8, 2014 16:18:41 GMT
Glad you said what we where all thinking steve :-)
Cant say to much mine is taking longer than planned lol at this rate we will both be doing winter mods befor it see any road use :-)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2014 17:09:51 GMT
Glad you said what we where all thinking steve :-) Cant say to much mine is taking longer than planned lol at this rate we will both be doing winter mods befor it see any road use :-) Yours should of been driving up/down the private road by now  Can't wait for that footage;) legally of course. |
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Post by Paul (madeye) on Jun 8, 2014 18:48:41 GMT
Indeed steven you are correct, 51 pages to mount the floor. Good going me thinks.  you can see the bead i ran to act as a rubber vibe damper, it was only a couple of mm then crushed it up. Should just negate any annoying metallic vibration/noise. ill cover it with the rubber matting next weekend and re-mount the steering on the new spacers. I also fitted the caliper spacers i had turned to 21mm and bled the brakes and clutch up. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2014 6:37:31 GMT
Not long to go.. should be running shortly!! Hopefully some more rockets IVA'd soon! |
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Post by hightower on Jun 9, 2014 11:00:55 GMT
Been told few delays with iva at min quite a back log.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2014 12:36:36 GMT
When is your finish date? I suspect the battery you bought off my is caput now? Unless you have had it on trickle charge.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2014 17:40:23 GMT
I reckon, those tires are nearly bald, what with all that moving around you are doing  Surely it's nearly finished? Are you going for the minimalistic look? , all cabling is under the floor isn't it?  |
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Post by Paul (madeye) on Aug 12, 2014 21:14:41 GMT
Right, I'm off of work again for a couple of weeks. Nothing big today, but made a blanking plate for the breather under the exhaust headers and fitted it with a AN-6 angle to feed to the catch tank. Then thanks to Delano, confirmed where my air reservoir will be located and started a little fabrication.    |
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Post by deanohonda on Aug 12, 2014 22:05:33 GMT
Who is this delano chap then? lol
looking good dude
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Post by pocketrocket on Aug 13, 2014 0:32:56 GMT
So, I got the fan on today, mounted with the through radiator mounting pin kit. A good idea on a product made in the last few years of new materials, not so great in a 20- odd year old new-old stock copper item. just pushing through the pins broke a few fins out of the back. proves ill need a nice alloy one in time to come. I just hope the core is ok.    if its watertight, then im happy with how it is. Just looking at these pictures mate...... it doesn't appear as if you have an opening behind the radiator. Air will flow through the radiator, have no where to go, then build up in pressure behind the radiator, until no more air can flow through the radiator. |
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Post by Paul (madeye) on Aug 13, 2014 9:37:51 GMT
How do you mean mate?
It has that entire cavity. Hundreds of cm3 more than the focus radiator allows.
The steering rack does block about a 1cm strip right along the length but I accept that.
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Post by mawdo81 on Aug 13, 2014 10:17:23 GMT
I think the issue is how/where does the air go after the space behind the rad? The Focus has an open floor plan to the engine bay so the passage of air under the car would reduce the pressure behind the rad. Are your sides perforated or are you relying on the exit through the bulkhead for the cooling pipes and a bonnet vent?
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Post by deanohonda on Aug 13, 2014 10:25:04 GMT
Paul move the video over from my build its easier to show than explain
Paul has the same venting as mine only difference is I have put mesh in my upright mount
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Post by Paul (madeye) on Aug 13, 2014 11:11:49 GMT
 URL=http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/litregixer/media/20140813_111316_zpshb5xgw6t.jpg.html]  [/URL]ust got the fuel tank back again. Happier with the mounts and support now. |
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Post by pocketrocket on Aug 13, 2014 12:30:39 GMT
i'm just concerned that once the air flows through the radiator, its then trapped in the arear between the radiator & the bulkhead/firewall. As stated, production cars vent the air through the bottom of the engine bay & out under the car. You have, what looks to be a full floor, so it cant escape there. You have a bulkhead/firewall, both sides closed in & a bonnet. This seems to be just enclosing the area in. Whatever air is flowing in through the front of the radiator has to be able to flow out as well.
Another example/explanation would be:
hold a bucket out the window while driving, with the open end facing forward. The faster you go, the more chance you have of losing your grip on the bucket, because the air pressure is building up inside the bucket. It cant flow out. Now drill a bunch of holes in the bottom of the bucket & do the same test. The problem will be greatly reduced
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