Continued...
The trackday didnt go as planned to say the least lol...
Went out for the first session Oil got upto 140degrees after 1 warm up and 1 full-on lap, was pretty gutted tbh so i just thought itd be best to come in and let the car cool down and see what it was like next time...
when i came in and lifted the bonnet noticed coolant pissing out all over the gearbox from the thermostat housing, so took the thermostat housing off, re-siliconed the gaskets then refitted it, also whilst the coolant was drained i previously blanked off the bottom part of thje thermostat housing to save running a hose right past the exhaust manifold and to the lower rad hose, but then i thought it could be building up pressure so thought so then as i tooka load of coolant hoses and jubilee clips luckily had a T-piece too i added in that extra hose then bled all the system, happy days no more leaks..
then i noticed oil on the floor.. form where my breather hoses were pointing and kinda pointing towrads the nearside wheel arch, then i looked and noticed oil EVERYWHERE in the wheel arch, was pretty annoyed at this point considering i only done 1 full on lap in the first 2hours of the day,s o then got a 1liter conatiner to act as a catch tank, thanks to mark for that, so that sorted that out...
so after 2-2 1/2hrs of pissing about i headed out just before dinner, but still can only do 2 laps max before the oil temperature was creeping the red on the gauge, so just had to keep doing that all day...
after i came back in after that session looked in the catch tank and noticed it had 1/2 a litre init already after like 2 full on laps, maybe just down to the temp of the oil and how thin it got or what but still 1/2 a litre after 5mins hard driving!?
so as i said only managed probs 6-7 full on laps all day as i thought i wanna drive home tonight so next ont he list is an oil cooler and some thicker oil, thinking of some 10w40 would be ideal...
Had some fun having a play with the tyre pressures and damper settings tho learnt abit more about my car, and the R888s are awesome but not worth 80quid a tyre imo!
also weighed the car, it had 3/4 tank of fuel in (so around 25litres/25kgs) and wioth the r888s on which are around 5kgs a tyre heavier than your normal road tyres... the car weighed in at 768kgs which i thought is pretty light lol...
some more pics from the day -
Bought a baffled sump off ebay the other day that arrived this morning -
also ordered a Mocal 13-row oil cooler and a thermostatic sandwich plate etc, should be here ealry next week..
going to go to ford to collect the new sump gasket then go halfords to get some new oil shortly
fitted the baffled sump yesturday...
so Drained the oil, then disconnected the exhaust system -
then disconnected the battery and disconnected the starter motor, exhaust manifold then removed the sump -
then disconnected the battery and disconnected the starter motor, exhaust manifold then removed the sump -
then fitted the baffled sump which was an absolute nightmare cos of the baffle plates they kept hitting the pick up pipe so i ended up having to disconnect the alternator to get the clearence, all fitted and back together -
removed the bumper ready to mount the oil cooler -
so picked up the oil cooler etc etc last night so just fitted that...
so take one piece of meccano -
one mocal 13-row -
Sanwich plate and new CVH oil flter fitted -
piped up, was a nightmare but got there in the end with pushiong the fittings on once putting them in boiling water -
Then started the car check the sump gasket and all the fittings etc etc, not one leak im proud to say altho when i started the car there was a loud ticking noise and all of a sudden the dipstick shot up, so pulled it out and it was bent at the end and mustve hit the baffle pplate and was fouling the crank when the engine was running, so chopped abit of the dipstick off so not i have no dipstick below minimum lol -
random pic of the bay -
then chopped the rest of behind the bumper out using a hacksaw blade -
and how it looks all fitted and back together -
My bad luck hit me again last sunday night
going down a dual carriage way braked for the roundabout and locked up, so i lifted off to stop them locking up to try and free them and they stayed locked up couldnt do anything about it and just slid into the kerb on the right then kinda bounced to the other side of the road, hit that kerb then went into the kerb on the roundabout
really dont see how the brakes locked up and wouldnt free up thats the scary part, f0xy recons its cos i never pressed the clutch in and the box locked!? but it is natural reaction to try get the wheels to free up then slow the car down with the brakes...
pic sof the damage anyways
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at the same time as the accident another coolant hose burst so carbs off -
hose that had split right just before the heater matirx -
so i went round to brens, pinched his ZS hoses which we took off his car on the weekend and made one of them fit, system all filled up and bled again, jobs a good un' (for now
) as i dont know whats causing the high pressure in the pipes as its all plumbed in EXACTLY how zetecs are in mondeos/escorts/fiesta etc..
found a rear beam on xrtwo.com so went and collected that on thursday and also went to collect my spare Pepperpot too form f0xys dads factory...
friday i planned on fitting the new beam, so old one vs new one -
i used my drums and wheel bearings so just swapped everything over fromt he old beam after i took this pic
fitted it all finished at 8.30 friday night lol, luckily everything just about lined up, re-bled all the brakes and fitted the wheels on with the R888s for now till the new road tyres arrive -
drove it round the block, need to bleed the brakes again as theyre spongy and also need to redo the tracking slighlty but it all drives absolutely spot on, well chuffed!!
Just ordered some new Toyo proxes CF1s they should be here by wednesday and also cars booked in for 2.30 on thursday at pipewerx to get the exhaust sorted, manifold welded, flange instead off a sleeve joint on the manifld and a smaller flexi
To be continued...