im all ways looking for parts for this motor toby and there is good news and bad . The list of parts is getting smaller but price of the parts are going up ☹️☹️
And as I had the Volvo XC90 off you Toby I just wonted to say this car still amazes me . I did the road trip in it today approx 260 miles round trip and I was getting 48.7 mpg out of the old girl well happy with it .

 

well wot cone I say he is a top man very perlite and the help and advice he give me was fab . I would recommend him to any one
after seeing his work and some of the engines he is working on

 

Glad to hear it, it is a good car, I have had a Range Rover, 330d BMW and another Range Rover in the time you have had that and that tells you something, we had the Volvo a while.

 

Good news on block I mite get paid now it's all good lol 👍

 

you never no mate you might just get payed on day lol
you no me mate I will pay my dets . Sorry iv not finished your top mount rings yet but there on the top of the list for when I get home from you no ware 😉😉

 

I mate only messing ! No rush grad to help out

 

More parts have turned up for the new motor




And my new oil has all so turned up

 

Just a small update we did a Javlin trackday yesterday at kendrew baracks and we had a top day . It was a airfield track that had not been used for 6 year and at the end of the day we said we would be happy to go back there again. This video is from the car / subru that had a play with me in the rain

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tnYj86gc2tA

 

Right iv booked up my next trackday witch will be at Bedford on the 1st July with MSVT.
and as I'm struggling with tyres not gripping iv made my mind up to try it on some slicks . Well how could I not when they was free from my old boss .





And as it's a bit loud is the car when we are on track iv decided to install a intercom in and into the helmets

 

Nice

I want to add a peltor intercom into mine soon

How's yours for noise? Last time I went to Bedford I was kicked off after 1 lap in my old fiesta for failing drive by limits, was gutted

 

What grip are you not getting? Is it wheelspin under power or cornering?

Get an instructor to demonstrate and teach trail braking if it is cornering / understeer.

 

i hit about 96db on static sound test and I have a db killer I carry with me all the time just in case I have a problem

 

hi Toby it's Corning that I'm having problems with .
And ye this is why iv book a instructor for Bedford to see if he can help me with some of these problems I'm having

 

Are you checking tyre pressures hot? After say 5 laps?

 

yes mate I keep a eye on them but on a plus side iv not got air in them iv got oxigen free nitrogen in them witch I do my self as I do air con for a living 😁

 

Bit of a update iv been and picked up my 200 block this morning and I'm over the moon with his service.

 

Looking good Ian

 

Not much going on at the mo apart from the new engine block has been steam cleaned and all the oil ways flushed out .
And as we have got Bedford trackday coming up on the 1th iv decided to give a set of slicks a go .




And I must say I like the way the car looks with on 😁

 

What width rim are you using mate? Are you changing the geo to help get heat in the tyres?

 

hi mate I will have to have a look and come back to you with the info and as to tyre temps it as seemed good

 

Well a bit of a update we was at Bedford yesterday and we had a very good . Well not
with out some problems all was going well till
about 11am when I was booked in with one of the instructors for a 30 min lesson well all went well for 10 min . And as we come into a left hair pin I went into 3rd gear a bit hard and as my skyline gearbox goes into 4x4 under braking we had a very loud Bang under the car . So we had to come in . On the plus side Alex said if I got it fixed he would go out with me again witch was good of him . Any way we did fix it by removing all the front drive shafts and the skyline prop shaft and running the car in RWD and with the slicks the car was stunning well it was like a go cart . Well that was till the sinceos went in the gearbox so that was the end of the day for me

 

gutted for you mate, was it a drive shaft or prop letting go? Slicks will find the weak spot!

 

at this mo mate we can not tell but we think it's the diff so if will come off in the week to check over but at the same time the gear box will becoming off and going to gears in Blackpool . I can not mone about the gearbox as I just fitted it and give it death all the time and it's taken it for two years or more

 

Fair enough, things will break when drive hard

 

Gears are in Southport, similar seaside town lol

So many people have trouble with synchros on the Skyline box. There is a fix, (before you bust them mechanically).
What ecu you on?

 

i did speak with andy at gears before about the box so ye it will have the uprated parts fitted.
Engine ecu L8
gear box Ecu. MAPDCCD

 

No uprated parts will make any real difference if you are munching synchros, the way to ease the gear selection you can't do on L8 sorry.

Just one question, do you have a quick shift fitted?
If so, take it off.

 

hi im using the standard gear stick as they are none to not like it . And as to the synchros it's them that there is a upgrade for
/ for 3rd and 4th
and as this gearbox has all ways crunched a bit in 3rd and some times in 4th I can not moan .
I would love to put a straight cut gear set in it but I think it will cost to much but I'm going to make some enquiries about cost

 

Oil is critical, friction is required, not synthetics.
The problems are, driver, too fast on the shift, large gears create large inertia force, trying to slow the box down for the next gear needs sticky synchros, but, often then just can't.
Double and triple synchro cones would help, but they aren't fitted in 3rd/4th on this box.

Approx Ł7500 for a 5speed sequential, handles over 1100nm torque.
I'm looking at one for mine, so is Marc Kinsey for his fiesta. Get in on a group buy for the end of the year, got to be cheaper if we buy 3 kits.

The gears that takes the most to slow down are 1st and 2nd due to their size, most manufacturers use double or triple synchronisation now for this reason.
Very rare you will come down to first quickly in a track car, we do in rallying, in and out of first/second all the time. Mine selects no problem, you have to get the engine to lose power really quickly during gear shift.
You can't add shift strategy on L8 though.
Saves the box brilliantly.

 

Out of curiosity let me know what the box repair is on yours with all those updated bits your on about as from what I've seen and read the boxes are expensive to overhaul

The fella on eBay now does to full syncro and bearing kits for them for about Ł600

 

I should no wot it will cost roughly by Tuesday

 

O well that's the front diff killed properly. So I'm on the lookout for a replacement 3.9 front diff if any one nows if one

 

Chewed that up nicely

I just got a price from Bara for a gripper front diff, thickwall casing, full re build and dyno test Ł2300 roughly inc vat

 

is that a 3.9 front diff from a 2.0L sapphire 4x4 non cosworth?

 

Trouble is that you will break another standard part and an upgrade adds a fresh slippy diff which adds more load.

 

I believe so mate

 

Well a bit of good news tonight iv tracked down a replacement front diff . Witch I will be picking up Satday 👍🏼
Then all being well it will be going up to GEARS to be updated

 

Good news on the diff. I have one of those std 3.9 ratio diffs going into my escos track car with skyline box and supra rear diff just like your setup.

 

Last weekend I got my hands on a replacement 3.9 front diff for a very good price .



And today I got a phone call from the office to say that my 4x4 sump had turned up .

 

I can't see the pic where I am but are you going to make it big wing?