Mr & Mrs Exocet Build

[squiddy1981]

Aug 2, 2015 16:21:34 GMT welshy1 said:

Its free for passenegrs just got to sign in that's all. I be there all day so if your free pop over for a chat and a look around mine.

Cheers mate, see you there. What time does it start?

[welshy1]

Aug 2, 2015 16:46:23 GMT squiddy1981 said:

Aug 2, 2015 16:21:34 GMT welshy1 said:

Its free for passenegrs just got to sign in that's all. I be there all day so if your free pop over for a chat and a look around mine.

Cheers mate, see you there. What time does it start?

Kicks of 9.30 for the morning sessions then opens up around 12ish, lunch from 1-2pm then back out till 5.

[squiddy1981]

Had another busy day today treaded the prop shaft to a wire brush and a lick of paint.


Then started on the diff, I tried to get the driveshafts out but I gave up and cleaned them as one. Used the rust protection paint from lidl at 3 quid a can it has excellent coverage and a tidy finish.



Now most of the big bits are done its time to start on the bucket of smalll things, luckily ive got a new toy (the cabinet not the boss) to help, had a right bargain from ebay £61 delivered.



Had a go at the upper wishbone came up pretty good.

[jgilbert]

Looks a good result, did you mask the ball joint? Getting grit in it isn't a great idea.

[squiddy1981]

I didnt mask the balljoints, ive got a nice new shiny set from v8 roadster. They look well engineered shame that no one sells them in the uk.

v8 roadster upper balljoint

[squiddy1981]

Had a great day out at llandow yesterday thanks to Chris and Derek even with the black flag lol, Got my first ride in an exocet. Anyway got home feeling inspired and pulled out the shot blaster. Cleaned the caliper carriers and painted them with lidls best.
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"4 caliper carriers hanging on a rod, 4 caliper carriers hanging on a rod"

Yeap you guessed it when I moved it they all fell off. All fixed now though.

Next week time to clean the uprights and press the new upper balljoints in.

[welshy1]

Glad you enjoyed yourself black flag was a bit of a bummer but was a great day anyway.

[squiddy1981]

Been busy over the last few weeks but yesterday we hit a bit of a milestone. We finished all the blasting, grinding and painting .






Even got a visit of Darth Vader






So now everything was painted, decided to have a go at the timing belt. Never done one before but read plenty of threads/guides and im pretty sure we've got it right (even if it was second time around after refitting the old belt by mistake oops).


Pretty happy with how it turned out. All the grinding and blasting almost seems worth it now. Next Job is to press in the IL Motorsport bushes. (Spot the deliberate mistake, Thermostat housing is 180 out)


Fixed Now Lol.

[gwnwar]

Valve cover looks good.. Did you take apart the breather unit on the under side of the cover after blasting it..

[squiddy1981]

Thanks, it's not brilliant but ok for a first attempt. I didn't blast the cover, just used some good old elbow grease and some wet and dry. Read some horror stories of people finding grit years after so didn't fancy that.

[welshy1]

Looking good there,coming on good. Catch you up on sunday got a new set of tyres to try out and there is something like 7 mx5 all together in just one group.

[squiddy1981]

So I've just ordered my new rad from japspeed and some shiny hoses from freaky parts. During the strip I thought I had religiously labelled everything, well the fairy have been in the garage and taken some labels off.


Am I right in thinking this is part of the charcoal canister system?

Do I just need to blank all three pipes off?



Sorry it's a 1.8 mk2

Thanks in advance.

[welshy1]

Bin it and blank of the pipes on the inlet manifold. Its not needed for the iva or anyting in the uk for tha matter.

[squiddy1981]

Thank you been scratching my head all day. Fixed the wing stay yet?

[welshy1]

That's this weekends job along with fitting the new steering wheel.