little bram

ha its not to bad but i have got some escort cosworth calipers but need to get some discs. ive had them about 2 years just never put them on

little bram

Thanks mate was a good day and nice to meet you and the wife. Is her offer still open for posing on the bonnet of my car for some pics

little bram

Well abit of a update on the car as am hoping its going to come out soon so i best sort some bits it needs. Ive been making a new down pipe because when i fitted the turbo the down pipe had to be cut and moved abit to get it to fit but it was hitting the starter motor and was'nt a good job really. So thought i would make a new 3" down pipe.









Also made a new alt heatsheld (Not finished)




got some more jobs i want doing then it should be back out and ready for a check up on the rollers up sitech.

whizzisat114

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Looking good

Gary_Hurn

did you let simon work his magic on the head after???

little bram

No mate havent had the money to get it done yet and the money i did have i thought was best spent on bits that needed doing like new brakes. I think there is a little more to come out of the engine the way it is with abit more time mapping. The head will be getting done tho.

wilsonrs

Good work mate, gotta love a mint s2

-beefy-

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Fucking shite !!!





Ain't forgot that money mate , just skinned ATM , sort it at wknd . Xxx beef !!!!

little bram

thanks mate

little bram

No probs big man have you got them fitted

-beefy-

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Not yet mate , tring to sort the new garage to get everything in , there still at dickos at mo lol

Portugal

indeed a good sleeper

Glenn_

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Top progress matey.Nice bit of welding.

little bram

Got some more work done. stripped the front down cleaned the hubs and fitted new bearings and fitted some new brakes because i only had standard brakes on and they where finding it abit hard to stop the car






Also ive been having some problems with the coolant/ the engine getting to hot and air locks in the system, so i got a new thermostat housing, so has the float to sort the air locks out and new thermostat. Ive also move my water temperature sensor beacause where it was it was melting and was to close to my exhaust manifold.






ive got alittle more to put on later
am getting there tho

martin willetts

some nice bule paint their mate and some top welding race on soon with the big man in the tvr then.if mam does not find out????????ha see ya soon we i can put my shoe on xx

Canada1

Looking great !

Glenn_

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Top progress are the cossie calipers Lil Bram.

little bram

Thanks boss nice to see you are talking to me again ha. yeah il give the tvr ago, it will good to see what happens.

little bram

Thanks mate yeah got them off my mates escort cossie. he rebuild them before i got them and had them powder coated blue and fitted new seals and sliders and because they where powder coated i didnt want to get them done again.

little bram

Ok a few more jobs done when i fitted the turbo the actuator rod was bent at the end to get it to fit to the turbo but i did'nt like the way it was and to me it would'nt work as good as it could. So i got a longer rod and made a new braket. I also fitted a bung to my down pipe for my afr sencer and wraped it too.





lee

little bram

Well after getting that bit work done i took it to ford fair and out a few times after but then the car started to smoke bad but when driving it would but ok. So after doing the normal checks and finding nothing we pulled the head off to see what was happening. Ill let the pictures show what we found.









So you can see that the bronce valve guides are badly worn so am putting this down to the smoking. I did'nt think these would wear as fast as they have. Am ordering some more to get the car up and running for next year.

Canada1

Any updates?
What valves were you using with bronze guides?

Hansenturbo

awesome build your have done with your rst m8 :-0

little bram

Yeah mate ave took another head up to sitech to get ported. I think am going to try staying with standard valves. Yeah the worn guides where bronze mate. hows your build coming along?

little bram

Thanks mate

LIMITLESS

Awesome build mate

little bram

thanks mate

Beach

Looking good

Shame about the engine just comes back stronger the next time round

little bram

Ok little update got my head back for sitech ported with standard valves looks good just hope it works aswell as it looks





more to follow

thanks
lee

little bram

Now after getting the head on the car still smoke badly but when driving the car was ok so off come the turbo and off to cr it went. Got a call for them saying it was dead but they could sort me a garrett t38 instead of the turbo technics t38 so I was happy with that.
Old tt38


and the new one on just in time for York race way but my boost controller started playing up so I had to put a bleed valve in to set the boost but could only go to 20psi instead of the 26 I normally run so was down on power.




had a good day out at York and was the first time I had ran the car and didn't really sort the car for the day so was on road tyres (Pirelli p6000) but I give it a go anyway. I did 4 runs
1st 14.7
2nd 14.3
3rd 14.1
and 4th 13.9
just couldn't stop the car from wheel spinning till I got to the end of third gear but was good day anyway

lee

Glenn_

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Cool update. Them times are ok too. Are the brakes much better then.

little bram

Thanks glen yeah brakes are much better they did well on the way to croft when we where having abit play on the way down with my mates one in a focus rs and anther in a saff. How's yours getting on?

BRAM

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Just need to get the boost up further than it was before now and some new tyres.

You haven't put the update about your new gearstick too.

little bram

Yeah il get some pics up when I get them sorted. Am going to try and get a video up from York.

little bram

Update time
Got a pic from the day at York


Still having a lot of problems with how hot the car is getting and the pressure is the system. When I got back thought id try some waterless coolant.

The car still runs hot all the time and very hot when sitting in traffic but now with this in there is no pressure at all in the system so am very happy with that but going to try some ideas to get the temp down

Glenn_

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So is that waterless coolant as good as people say it is.

little bram

Yeah Glenn when I was at York wait to go on the strip with the temp high there was loads of pressure in the system but when I changed to waterless coolant at the same temp these no pressure at all. Good stuff mate.

little bram

Wile I was changing the coolant I also fitted a bigger 90a alternator



also got a turbo blanket off my mate so I thought id try it.

little bram

Glenn_

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Cool. I might have to get some of that coolant shit.


What are these turbo blankets sopose to do.