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Post by Paul (madeye) on Aug 26, 2012 19:25:16 GMT
do you have a pic of your steering setup from above ned? im interested in the angles you have, did they mention anything at RTR when you took it down?
if you have a nice pic under the bonnet could you post it up mate?
where did you find the bearing? ill need it tuesday as im getting ready to drop at powder friday and have a lot of work to do..
cheers, paul
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2012 10:07:38 GMT
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Post by airforceone on Aug 27, 2012 10:11:26 GMT
Check Ebay Paul.
There are literally hundreds on there, any size you want and most include postage.
That's were I got mine.
I don't have any other pics of steering column unfortunately. I covered it in trunking
anyway so that there was no snagging hazard for the IVA.
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Post by Paul (madeye) on Aug 27, 2012 14:54:23 GMT
seen the bearings, but need it tomorrow, going to go to my local place in the morning hopefully.
paul
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Post by Paul (madeye) on Aug 30, 2012 15:26:58 GMT
not much done this week which im a little disapointed about as i was hoping to make it to powder on friday but that wont happen now. mounted the rad now and cut the firewall and bulkhead, started the sides but the gas ran out on the mig. done loads of drilling and tapping mind.. well boring, lol. but will be better than rivets.    hope to do more in my next week off.. |
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Post by Paul (madeye) on Sept 2, 2012 22:46:10 GMT
sat thinking about the suspension, my mind flicked to the crush tubes, the state the steel was in etc. so i grooved it with the 1mm disc, then got kai to rub them up with the scotchbrite disc, then on the polishing mop. the groove is now very smooth and should just transfer a little grease along it to underneath the polybush, just incase of rotation and squeaking. the bracket next to the tube is just showing what the tubes surface looked like before. (i had finished them all before i took a pic)   |
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Post by scar on Sept 3, 2012 6:27:08 GMT
Just be careful what grease you use as some poly' materials will not tollerate petroleum based greases. You should check with the manufacturer or only use any lubricant supplied with the bushes.
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Post by Paul (madeye) on Sept 5, 2012 20:58:35 GMT
yep we had a massive debate on it an it came back to silicone grease
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Post by Paul (madeye) on Sept 7, 2012 21:56:11 GMT
nothing on the car done as such, but the engine has been stripped.
a few issues were hit but overcome..
update with pics tomorrow
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Post by Paul (madeye) on Sept 8, 2012 7:59:34 GMT
to that end i may have a good 2.0 mtx 75 (non LSD) for sale if anyones interested,
and also a gasflowed blacktop head, complete with valves, cams and pulleys.
A 2.0 solid flywheel and clutch pressure plate, can have the friction plate too if its any good to you
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Post by Paul (madeye) on Sept 9, 2012 9:51:53 GMT
as a bloody afterthought, im going to need an RS starter motor too now as the pinions are different on the flywheel. god i must love making more work for myself..
I hope its all worth it in the end..
anyone need a 1.8, 2.0, st170 starter motor? ill add it to my sales bits
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Post by Paul (madeye) on Sept 9, 2012 16:33:08 GMT
ok, with the power im after i was wanting something a little stronger in the motor, i cant really stretch to about £800 for forged kit so i went half way. I have gone for ST170 pistons and rods, they are sinter forged, which is the middle ground really. they have a valve pocket machined out of the piston crowns for extreme cams if required. the rods are quite strange, they forge the complete rod, then split it for the big end. i wasn't too sure on this so had to do some research as i thought they were broken. i weighed the assemblies ready to balance them and was a bit worried about one of them.. more research required.. weights painted onto the crowns..   |
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Post by Paul (madeye) on Sept 11, 2012 16:04:02 GMT
Yesterday was spent up to my elbows in degreaser or in the kero parts cleaner. i have chemical burns all over my hands and arms. marigolds juat are not enough..lol but a lot of heavy degreasing done now, so its just about ready for vapour blasting and powder. today i did a little fibreglassing to fill the big holes on the reynard and tried to get a little shape in it. Its a good job i like the nostalgia idea because the unit is a bag of $hit up close like all race machines.. lol   |
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Post by Paul (madeye) on Sept 11, 2012 16:14:34 GMT
also got my 2.5m ally sheet yesterday so ill cut the floor tomorrow and start drilling and tapping it. oh dear.
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Post by Froggy on Sept 11, 2012 17:11:22 GMT
A long way to go paul but looking cool! nice one!
keep it up pal!
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