Twins

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Nice one Marc

McCloud 85

Looking good as always Marc. I know all too well that welding on the edges like that is hard. Fair play!

sgracing

hope you cleaned off the pen mark on the inside ; ))

Glenn_

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Top fab work matey.

You defo dont want anything melting.

M K

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Acetone

M K

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DEI reflect a gold heat barrier fitted





Inside has some high temp extra strong 3m tape on to stop the DEI reflect a gold peeling from around the edges



Hopefully that's the last of the alternator wiring issues, but just in case I have the spare loom to carry as a back up

RUBY123

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what sort of hose clips are those marc

M K

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http://www.owendevelopments.co.uk/ar.../murrayclamps/

RUBY123

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thanks ive always seen them in your bay pics and wondered what they were

moondustka

Just for the record, I think that's cheap. I'm not sure I would TIG one up for that! Must take some time to make.

M K

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It was too cheap mate,

I have made a couple now and for a single side exit group a style is about Ł250

M K

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Not really done anything to the car lately as been busy with other people's work and welding stuff etc

But changed the pads all round as I didn't get on with the ds3000 pads so have gone over to Pagid RS29 on the fronts and APF404 on the rears and will also be changing fluid from super racing blue to Performance Friction 665 fluid so hopefully that will be a big improvement, just need to take it out and bed them in

Then hopefully next month time permitting I will go and get the boost fully mapped in the fiesta as well and get some proper power figures in car on the hub dyno

nigel b

where did you get the pagids from?

Caddyshack

Are you still going to get your Skyline box rebuilt or do you plan to just buy a replacement? If you go for rebuild will you go for OS Gicken standard or close ratio?

I was speaking to the geezer at gtbitz who do lots of skyline stuff and he said the R34 box can take 1000bhp and is 6 speed, I believe. He seems to think it is thinner than the R33 box and therefore would fit the tunnel and thought he had rebuilt the internals to fit an R33 before. The boxes go for big money though.

M K

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Ordered through a friend at relentless performance mate, front and rears delivered were about Ł430



Hi mate, i wont be going for any os giken upgrade or anything anytime soon, to start i will probably buy another good second hand R33 box and run that then i have 1 sitting about to get rebuilt whilst i still have 1 in the car

There is a fella on ebay selling full R33 box rebuild kits for Ł450, thats all bearings and syncros etc, but this kit does not fit the earlier r32 boxes as syncros and a few other things were different

OS giken kits seem very good but again they come in about 4k all built up so not cheap, the kits do not come with syncros etc and can be hard to come by especially if you have an r32 box

ajamesc

Now the oplinger box seems a good choice for big power 4x4's would you ever consider ditching the skyline box

Caddyshack

Hard to say, I love the active centre diff and 2wd option. It is just so adjustable but the option of 5 or 6 speed fit and forget oppliger is tempting....if he will even answer an email. I have messaged him so many times, face booked him, emailed him etc....you have to build that in with no reply. Best to buy via Bara imo.

ajamesc

Can you not get them via Mark? I see that powerful escort the mallard green one is using one

M K

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I have everything to put a cossie box straight back in tomorrow as i never know what i will be able to afford in the future but would definitely run an opliger seq box

COLEYST200

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To be fair I would never go near a oplinger gear box all iv ever herd is they jump out of second gear . And iv just finished helping my best mate Rex to do a full restore and he has put a oplinger gear box in and gess wot it jumps out of second . He has said if he was not Ł2500 into this box he would of got me to put a skyline gearbox in his car

flatcap40

Hi all,

I notice no one mentions these gearboxes.



Is it just a cost issue and do any of you run one?

Regards

Paul

COLEYST200

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To be onist mate it's the cost of this gearbox that would put most of us off . Very nice looking bit of kit let's hope your wife dose not find out how much it cost lol

ajamesc

Very odd I think m.a.d have fitted a few and jay has one never herd of an issue and looking at the vids he posts on Facebook they take some abuse

COLEYST200

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Hi mate if we are on about the same jay / exsport he had 3 kits and all of them jumped out of second . Bara has admitted that some of them have problems with second gear . This is just wot I no I'm not saying there all the same but I do no of 6 gearboxes that all had / have this problem .But next week I will pull a gearbox out that is jumping out of second witch had a full rebuild with lots of new parts and new gear kit and with in the first 100mt of the very first time it was used it jumped out of second .

ajamesc

Not good then I've not read on here before about people having issues I thought jay really rated his box.

Caddyshack

I spoke to Bara about the quaife, he said that they are expensive but when they need bits they are REALLY expensive, almost as if they sell you the box cheaper and then screw you if you need to rebuild it,

Not heard about the second gear issue, good to know.

flatcap40

Oh dear

15G
60G
87G

..............................I'll get mi coat!!

Caddyshack

I don't understand? Can you explain

flatcap40

I have these 3 gearboxes so I'd best start saving up!

Caddyshack

Ah, gotcha. That's a few quids worth

dingla rs

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I have a r&d straight cut box in my cosworth great bit kit

markk

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Even worse to get bits for, and you will need them.
Hope its the 5speed not the 6.

dingla rs

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Just been rebuilt 5 speed love it

M K

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Took the car out for a drive yesterday to a piston heads breakfast meet for a few hours not far from me, maybe a 40mile round trip, I wanted to do a nice drive to bed in discs and pads

Car received a lot of praise as usual












Only thing that puts me off road driving is the clutch as its horrible in any traffic so I'm looking for another clutch set up so I have the choice of either set up so I am after the flowing parts if anyone has them for sale

Cosworth AP updated clutch cover

Standard cosworth 4x4 flywheel

Let me know

Thanks
Marc

flatcap40

Looks absolutely mint that Marc.

M K

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Thanks

I have sorted a clutch cover and even a skyline paddle clutch disc thanks to Toby (Caddyshack)

So just after a standard flywheel to suit a standard single plate clutch

Thanks
Marc

Caddyshack

Looks fantastic in the pics, hope to see it for real some day!

I will no doubt be reading lots of praise for this on pistonheads later.

The Cossie Escos I watched being mapped by Mark Shead on Saturday made a crazy 700.8bhp and around 600 torques....your car sooo needs that!

ajamesc

Shocking power lol I bet that's savage

M K

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To be fair although that power is awesome my box and diffs would struggle,

I want a reliable 550bhp that can be used without worrying too much about box and diffs

Caddyshack

Yes, totally agree really. 550 is more than enough in our weight of cars. Just make them handle and make the reliable is all you need.