Spiky

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Not sure if it will be ready, as I don't get much time. To work on car at mo with kids.

Chip

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Fair enough mate, family first

Spiky

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mrs popped out, so any chance i get i dive in the garage ...LOL
so little more progress




pulley is a little close, so looks like i have to take a chunck out of the front panel for safety

Chip

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PLEASE clean that engine bay, its such a cool engine now but it looks like pikey motorsport in there

Spiky

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Just because you gone all bufty on your track car lol

Chip

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Lol, its not a new thing me being bufty about engines, this is me 15 years ago:

Spiky

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christ

Chip

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Christ what??

Spiky

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too shiney to be in there,

would like to take my engine out and get a painter to paint it motorsport grey, and do the same inside the cabin

maybe will one day

Chip

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I thought perhaps you were surprised I once had hair or something

Yeah a grey bay would be good, but a rattle can of white would do for now, lol

I like clean engines as they are easier to work on and easier to see if you get a leak etc.

This is that one when I was timing the cam in for example, just so nice to work with:

Spiky

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i seen pic's of your hair before, bit mad seeing you with hair

it's not too bad in the engine bay, the clear pic above of the pulley is where i accidently hit it while taking the engine out last year, as i was on my own, will probably sort that as i need to cut a section out to give more clearance for the pulley, the other bad bit is at the rear of the bay where i have a brake fluid leak

Chip

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For the sake of an afternoon to yank the engine out and another to put it back in, surely its worth it to tidy it all up?

Spiky

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it wont be coming this year, unless i blow it up,

i will touch up and clean afew area's, but it isnt "that" bad at the mo, so will leave it, want to enjoy it, as it's be apart for far to long now

Chip

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Yeah fair point mate, definately not the sort of thing to start doing now, during the closed season makes far more sense than doing it now, I just meant at some point its worth doing now its such a "finished" car in so many other ways that its worth having a final tidy up

Spiky

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definatly, i rattle can'd the bay before and it was ok, until i have a brake fluid issue

defo want to get it painted

Chip

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White paint is a nightmare for showing up stuff like that too, like you say motorsport grey is a better option all round really.

Spiky

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had another boost pipe made, and this one fit's perfect,

just need to get one made for left hand side now

fezzajsy

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Spiky

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bought some more wheels now

bought two sets of these, one set came with some slicks

crumpet

gonna be lethal! i take it youve seen the sounds of silence xu10 turbo 205?

When i went on DP engineering i couldnt believe xu10's and j4 engines can take 300+bhp with a decomp plate ( 8:8:1) Well dp's own s16 205 is well over 400whp now on a gt30

Spiky

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Yeah, that's a nice spec car, hasn't he sold it?

crumpet

Not sure! knew it was v quick!

Your charger is a lynx kit isnt it? low boost?

Spiky

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Yeah and yeah

Spiky

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Matt Evans

Looking good Steve, love the speedlines mate!

Any idea when you'll be back on track?

Spiky

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i've booked donny for 23rd may open day

will be road legal for early may to make sure all is ok

on the list to do is bleed brakes and buy yet another hub

Matt Evans

Make sure you get some of your in-car video done again. It'll be good to see how well it romps on with low boost.

Spiky

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will do,

will hopefully have a camera in front grill and one on the clock's

Spiky

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Car is all ready for it's MOT next week
well apart from some road tyres as i dont think the slicks would go down to well

Spiky

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need a new mechanic, this one is always slacking

GaryHurn

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great work steve how does it drive with the SC on now???

Spiky

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cant really say, only driving around my estate, in 2nd gear, from about 3000 it absolutley took off , but was only a blip, will soon find out what it's like

GaryHurn

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best of luck with mot and look forward to seeing stuart H trying to keep up lol

tracktoy

can't wait to see it on track again

love the speedlines, they really suit the car

crumpet

a low boost lynx on a heavy as fook 1100kg gti6 is capable of high 5's to 60 with a good launch, Also get into mid 13's

so in a 840-880kg(guestimate?) 205 with decent tyres, suspension and brakes will be epic!

Spiky

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yeah should be fun ...lol or insane

i est around 840

it has full slicks, a048's and competition wet's, so in any weather it should have good grip

will take it to santa pod sometime this year for a laugh

crumpet

if you dont get a low 13 steve your doin somethin wrong

how much do xu10 205's go for usually on the 205 forums?

Spiky

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All depends on spec, 3rd-rally-slag is selling one right now

Spiky

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took the 205 for an mot today, and to say i was nervous was an understatement
it did seem to cause a little attention at first, well, as soon as the mot tester removed the bonnet ...lol
stayed with the car the whole time as i getting paranoid now
indicators decided to randomly stop working ...DOH, thankfully was was a wiring plug, so will remove that
he found a loose nut on the bottom rose joint... OOOPS,
but it Passed and what a relief,
went to post office and got it taxed
fully road legal now

took the mrs our and she crapped her self....lol so thats was fun
roll on the 23rd now

CraigoScott

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nice one mate, well done! how loud is it now?