good news rod would like to see the finished product next year are you going to central day

 

Fantastic news that Rod, looking forward to seeing the finished article

 

I was up at pete's today , and all is looking well , the bay is spot on , and only needs a few finishing touches .

 

Very nice mate

 

ive not seen this thread before rod but then i am new too passionford shes looking good lol not long now a!

 

will be good to see what this sticks out when its back on the road again, looking forward to seeing this next year, good stuff!

 

Welcome to a fellow Basingstoke man

 

Cant get down to see the car this side of Christmas so it will be January before i can get to Petes. However the Postman delivered a very large package today, at last i have my new ETT Turbo with the correct exhaust housing. Its been a long time getting sorted so im glad its arrived.

 

Get a pic up of the turbo then Rod

 

anyway rod have a good xmas

 

Could the postman carry it all alone

 

The 2nd picture shows the American style T4 Flange & the UK version & can see why it would not fit on my application.

 

Last report before Christmas, just spoken to Pete, the last part (Towing hook boss) is welded on, only Strut Brace needs paint so im declaring it complete.
Pete wishes you all a Merry Christmas as do Myself & Annie, have a great 2010 lads.

Rod

 

llok forward to seeing what next year brings for your car rod ,happy x mas


cheers james

 

good news rod, looking forward to what next year brings..

happy xmas, to you guys, have a good un

 

Yep i can confirm the towing hook is welded on as i was holding it at the time of the first tack weld .....lol, trial fitted the bumper with the towing hook and it looks spot on .
Seems i spend more time at spec-r than i do at my own work .

Big up to pete for all his hard work throughout this year , and his dedication to his work is 2nd to none , even if going over board with his fickleness at times .

Top bloke and all the best to him in the year ahead .....

Might even get to meet you one day Rod as ive seen enough of your car over the last few months .....lol

 

thanks fella im hopeing to get down tail end of next week, too much snow this week. .

 

Top news.That turbo is a bit big lol.

 

Good to you are still busy whit your car

 

Looking lovely this car, Rod when do you think you will be having a crack at the speed record again would love to watch this car in action ?

 

It will be before September 2010 thats about all i can say. Not sure what to do Mag feature, enter Vmax or set up a head to head if a challenger can be found.

 

has to be head to head with a veyron rod maybe even on tv! that would be a good way to finish

 

Rod, still have trailer and jeep if you need it picked up


Cheers

 

SNOW ! end of report .

 

Let him do whatever he thinks he can after a few runs

 

This is whats stopping progress on the car. Beutifull if dont have to leave home.

http://www.youtube.com/user/MADRod20.../0/Bk9m8qEJn0c

 

I know that garden

At least you don't have to go to work like the rest of us....

Russ

 

Wont be much to report untill this weather goes completely.
So lets have a look at whats in store, Mark heard a misfire on this aborted run its in the Vid section it scares me just looking at it.
We will have around 100 horses more, think the vid shows just how fast it will be. Thats 187 before halfway, dont think i can handle that much Power & im not ashamed to admit it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qqM_8lk1zs

 

Madness! Cant wait to see this finished going to be the most exciting ford of 2010 me thinks.

 

When was that vid taken Rod?

Halfway?

 

borg warner ftw!!
Well mine might be just about done then so we can compare turbos, ill be running the t6 rear end though, be cool to have a race against each other, ill be light(hopefully just under 1200kg) but you will have 100bhp more, depends which magazine covers it i suppose though

 

That was the first run using Nitrous 'push' & was some time back now but was packing about 900bhp that day.
Their is a right turn at the half way point down Brunters so Mark still had over 3/4 mile to acclerate, dread to think what the record would be if he had not thought he heard a misfire. 212+ I estimate.

 

rod do you know how much distance you actually travel on a run, i know the total length of the straight is 2miles but how much of that do you use, ie how much of it is full throttle about 1.6-1.7 of it?

 

Happy days..

 

The total length of Brunters is 1.7miles its a few years since it was 2miles theres now a car park at the bottom.
Mark likes to be able to stop before the tyre wall & enter the bend at the finish at a Leisurely speed, guess we get about 1.5miles ish on full throttle.

 

Thats a long time on full throttle when you sit back and think about it. 1.5 miles is quite a long way. Go for a drive and stop when you have done 1.5 miles and then imagine a poor old yb engine at full chat for that distance. Good jobMark knows what he is doing

 

On the other hand rich, although its a long way, its not a massively long time, less than 30 seconds for rod's car I expect, and some of that is changing gear so the engine gets a tiny bit of respite on the way where its not under full load.

Still far more than long enough to melt if anything is wrong though of course!

 

That was February 11th 2006, the penultimate run before the block let go. I was just past the right turn with Cossie Helen filming the runs. The final run sounded absolutely awsome. If the block had not let go on that last run I recon 213-214 was on, it was fooking flying!!

 

Cant wait to see it back out and running.

 

with there being a reduction in distance is woodbridge a little longer or only 1.7mile aswell?