M4DRST "The Trolley" - Ford Fair 2013
10-11-2007, 07:36 PM
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Hi matey, just sat and read the whole thread, have watched your car at a few track days this year and have been suitably impressed!
Certainly went well and looked the part mate! Will be brutal with a 16v in it!
Any chance you can PM me details on your GT30 please mate? Where from, how much, front and rear housings etc etc...?
Thanks and keep up the top work!
Certainly went well and looked the part mate! Will be brutal with a 16v in it!
Any chance you can PM me details on your GT30 please mate? Where from, how much, front and rear housings etc etc...?
Thanks and keep up the top work!
11-11-2007, 02:32 PM
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We have slight progress......
Had a good weekend so far of progress so thought best to log it on here for all to see.
After few weeks i can finally report the gearbox mount(main one) is all fitted and welded into place. the mount in the car is looking like this...
The enigne in the pic is the mock up engine. As you can see the gearbox is failry narrower than standard box but the bulkiness i mentioned earlier is visable here, so much so the brake servo/master cylinder has to be lost.
The picture only shows the mount in its intial trial fitting, its now all welded and painted.
With the sale of the autometer gauges i was under the pressure of thinking of a new way to bring back some creature comforts in the car.
When i first set out to build the car, weight was key to the whole package.
I proved to myself and others it could work and that the weight could be shed with it tipping the scales at a little under 800kg.
The only downside which i found to not as much annoy me but more bug me was the practicallity of the interior.
In the summer with the poly windows it was like a bloody green house and when out in pitlane or on track it was almost umbearable, you would sweat like a pig and come of track a good two stone lighter and feel like passing out.
Something neede to be done... The adding of the air ducts on the poly sun roof helped but was not the definitive answer.
The gauges themselves were not as acurate as i would have hoped they looked pretty but this defeats the object, function over fashion comes 1st.
Decided now to go the digi dash route, not 100% yet as to which but a stack or Aim display will be fitted.
Saturday i headed to the scrapies and collected a dashboard tre to find a black one rather than the norm grey one.
Bingo.... With weight key to the car i attacked it with the grinder and lost the glove box and fuse box holder, basically cutting the lower half of the dash .
Pretty happy with the look and was able to retain the air vents for some summer time cooling,and winter heating too. The new stack/aim should fit nicely in the dial area too. Nice carbon centre panel to house all the nessecities too.
Next was to remove the dash from the car, 4 bolts later the stainless bar was removed along with 5 mins taking the steering wheel and stalks off.
Trail fitting lined up with the cage i drew what needed to be lost.
With about 8 attempts and as many cutting sessions the dash fitted snugly to the cage.
Happy with that now
The vents should just about work with room to hook the vent pipes up later.
Still as yet to clean the dash up but im undecided to go flocked or keep the dash as it is. with a good clean and polish to come....
Only thing i found with the last bits i had flocked they get fluffly and dusty easily..
Overall picture of new dash set fitted... Im happy with it just need to get it all finished of and the new digi dash ordered up and fitted.
Had a good weekend so far of progress so thought best to log it on here for all to see.
After few weeks i can finally report the gearbox mount(main one) is all fitted and welded into place. the mount in the car is looking like this...
The enigne in the pic is the mock up engine. As you can see the gearbox is failry narrower than standard box but the bulkiness i mentioned earlier is visable here, so much so the brake servo/master cylinder has to be lost.
The picture only shows the mount in its intial trial fitting, its now all welded and painted.
With the sale of the autometer gauges i was under the pressure of thinking of a new way to bring back some creature comforts in the car.
When i first set out to build the car, weight was key to the whole package.
I proved to myself and others it could work and that the weight could be shed with it tipping the scales at a little under 800kg.
The only downside which i found to not as much annoy me but more bug me was the practicallity of the interior.
In the summer with the poly windows it was like a bloody green house and when out in pitlane or on track it was almost umbearable, you would sweat like a pig and come of track a good two stone lighter and feel like passing out.
Something neede to be done... The adding of the air ducts on the poly sun roof helped but was not the definitive answer.
The gauges themselves were not as acurate as i would have hoped they looked pretty but this defeats the object, function over fashion comes 1st.
Decided now to go the digi dash route, not 100% yet as to which but a stack or Aim display will be fitted.
Saturday i headed to the scrapies and collected a dashboard tre to find a black one rather than the norm grey one.
Bingo.... With weight key to the car i attacked it with the grinder and lost the glove box and fuse box holder, basically cutting the lower half of the dash .
Pretty happy with the look and was able to retain the air vents for some summer time cooling,and winter heating too. The new stack/aim should fit nicely in the dial area too. Nice carbon centre panel to house all the nessecities too.
Next was to remove the dash from the car, 4 bolts later the stainless bar was removed along with 5 mins taking the steering wheel and stalks off.
Trail fitting lined up with the cage i drew what needed to be lost.
With about 8 attempts and as many cutting sessions the dash fitted snugly to the cage.
Happy with that now
The vents should just about work with room to hook the vent pipes up later.
Still as yet to clean the dash up but im undecided to go flocked or keep the dash as it is. with a good clean and polish to come....
Only thing i found with the last bits i had flocked they get fluffly and dusty easily..
Overall picture of new dash set fitted... Im happy with it just need to get it all finished of and the new digi dash ordered up and fitted.
12-11-2007, 12:50 AM
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m4dyeti- i think its about Ł130 to get ya dash done, but as you've cut a fair chunk of yours away i can only presume it would be alot less. Just read through the whole thread and must say how impressed i am by the car and your determination through the bad times like the floding. best of luck finishing the car
14-11-2007, 03:45 PM
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Just got back to work and i had a lovely package awaiting for me today...
1 x GT30 for the Festa.
Hoooly shite its huge, im going to need a shoe horn to squeeze it in the engine bay.
I shall hopefully bolt it up to the manifold tonight and see if all fits into place.
Big big thanks to Matt from Turbo dynamics for all his help too, always responded to my confusiing emails
just need to source the 5 bolt exhaust flange - v clamp fitting.
Any one have a source for these please
Dash is of for flocking at the monet so hope to have this back shortly
1 x GT30 for the Festa.
Hoooly shite its huge, im going to need a shoe horn to squeeze it in the engine bay.
I shall hopefully bolt it up to the manifold tonight and see if all fits into place.
Big big thanks to Matt from Turbo dynamics for all his help too, always responded to my confusiing emails
just need to source the 5 bolt exhaust flange - v clamp fitting.
Any one have a source for these please
Dash is of for flocking at the monet so hope to have this back shortly
14-11-2007, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by smitsturbo
nice, good to hear your getting a propper dash as i wasent realy a fan of all the gauges but i didnt want to say 
coming allong tho
coming allong tho
I tried the gauges, looked pretty looked different, didnt work, so binned
14-11-2007, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by m4dyeti
Originally Posted by smitsturbo
nice, good to hear your getting a propper dash as i wasent realy a fan of all the gauges but i didnt want to say
coming allong tho
coming allong tho
I tried the gauges, looked pretty looked different, didnt work, so binned
Mate, the gauges looked good imo. Do a job don't they?
Same setup as my mate matt's celica gt4 (Redline Cover this month)
Also, bet your excited about the gt30
14-11-2007, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by staffi
Luke, just catching up with it all, great work mate, GT30 will be off it's head..
Can't wait to get mine done..
Who's mapping the car for you mate??
Can't wait to get mine done..
Who's mapping the car for you mate??
As for mapping im going to use my trusted friends at JKM in Portsmouth they mapped the last engine and i trust them 110%. They are all kitted with out the latest Dyno Dynamics gear so fingers crossed we should see a good BHP figure..
14-11-2007, 05:53 PM
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Very nice Luke you are mad!! going to be a tyre killer with your power!! Cant wait to see it though, think you doing the right thing with the dash, flocked is the way to go.
Pete is that you in FF this month with Stu?
Pete is that you in FF this month with Stu?
15-11-2007, 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by m4dyeti
Dan
Yeah Doug is doing the dash, sent it of tuesday, really nice guy to deal with.
Yeah Doug is doing the dash, sent it of tuesday, really nice guy to deal with.