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Well done, dare say not an obvious find!
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Originally Posted by frayz
(Post 10663605)
Dude, despite what people say to your face all new builds have teething issues. Anyone that does this amount of work on a car will encounter problems in the early days.
Look at what you've done, stand back and realise what a massive achievement you have accomplished so far. Chin up, tiny fuel issue is nothing in the grand scheme of things. I think you should be very proud, well done. :) + 1 on this. The car is a dramatic transformation from when I saw it last !! Glad the issue has been rectified - cant wait to get the right performance from this for you :thumb: |
Cheers Duncan just goes to show the little things matter aswell , just waiting on Carl davey for new injector seals .
Looking forward to next visit with you at RCM let's hope we get the figures you want and reliability aswell. |
Stack boost gauge , oil temp gauge,volt gauge and just waiting delivery of oil pressure and fuel pressure gauge then complete.
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Had a relaxing morning on the car this morning,everything seemed to go to plan!
Moved the boost gauge to triple pod and wired in all guage's to come on and go off with kill switch . Re-tapped 16mm adapter with 1/8th npt female to take stack solid state sensor for oil temp gauge . Fitted new injector seals and slightly bent the fastening lugs to manifold to get a better seal and re tapped out holes in manifold to m8 with 1.25 pitch thread , re instated all fuel lines and intercooler pipework checked everything before start up primed pumps and pressed start button she fired first time but revs shot up to 3000rpm ! I text Duncan and explained the situation and he said Idle control valve needs adjusting or simply map adjusting. It's a good sign that it is noticeably different though. So already for map on Thursday at RCM just need to get it on the trailer wednesday evening for drive over to Hinckley . |
Great stuff.
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The only thing I didn't do yesterday was remove the bung in gallery 3 to re fit the temp sender unit , after stripping away all pipework above to get to it it unscrewed pretty easy , after fitting thus and connected up that's the guages now done for now.
On to fitting roof trims and front and rear window trims as I didn't have enough yellow , white and grey trim clips decided to blob mastic on and fasten it that way as I didn't want to spend £60 odd on genuine clips turned out spot on . http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17...s/a8ab74b4.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17...s/ccf5b0e2.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17...s/fcf9d8a5.jpg All ready now just one small job to do and that's to attach the 3 gauge pod to dash and then ready for Thursday Stress free !!! http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17...s/1f9142f8.jpg |
Great stuff, best of luck for Thursday. I'm sure once she's all systems go then Dunc will get the most out of it for you.
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Cheers frayz ! I'm sure he will should be out at Blyton park testing soon should be interesting !
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Just entered the Mazda sprint series at Blyton on the 6th July
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Nice classic, hope your tracking soon!
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Brilliant car. I've been reading this thread weekly for ages now. Glad to see it finally finished and can't wait to see some photos/videos of it on track!!
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Car now on trailer ready for the early start , back with Duncan at RCM for final map then out she goes on the 6th at Blyton park il let you know tommorow how things go .
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Official figures which I'm very happy with after a tweak today with Duncan who yet again has excelled himself are after a few runs was up to 357bhp but better run was 354bhp 430lb/ft torque
A big thank you to all at RCM and of course Duncan the man is a genius and a gent ! |
i love reading these sort of threads, thats an awesome looking track car you have created.
well done fella! |
:thumb: well done mate. Hopefully bump into each other on the track :)
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Originally Posted by GezP
(Post 10675701)
:thumb: well done mate. Hopefully bump into each other on the track :)
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Nice one, well done! :thumb:
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Congratulations, superb power and torque.
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Great track pppwer/torque:)
Enjoyed mapping it Lee :D |
Some cracking figures - I'd like to be anywhere around those figures when I fit my VF34 but I suspect the torque will be quite a bit lower:wonder:
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Congratulation Lee:thumb:
Jura |
Thanks guys hope to see some of you out on track soon,
It's been emotional but loads of fun too ! And I suppose this is just the beginning not the end of a fantastic experience for me , started off as a scary thought into the unknown learnt a hell of a lot about these cars and with a lot of help from friends it came a reality now time to enjoy the summer ... When the sun finally comes out to play ! Thanks to all involved Lee |
Fixed small oil leak today which was my fault as I never used liquid ptfe on my temp sender adapter into block and a small leak was found when coming off the rollers yesterday , all sorted now as I had intercooler pipes off I decided to hear rap my downpipe turned out well .
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Very tidy job, cleaning mine over the weekend too - or at least the wheels, arches and brakes.
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Not sure on the forecast for tommorow but I bet it rains if so she'll get a bed bath !!!
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All I can say is wow what a transformation this car has taken it now pulls like a train amazing job Duncan had done the vf48 is fantastic il get some in car video when I'm out at Blyton in a few weeks.
Just a couple of all jobs done today one of them was to secure the electric pull cord to a bracket thanks for the idea Duncan works a treat http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17...s/a8630216.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17...s/5a7dc066.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17...s/4d1ccf0c.jpg Next was a bit of heat tape on the inside of my bonnet http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17...s/3a609aae.jpg After a good clean and a few decals all ready for the event at Blyton in 2 weeks |
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Really enjoyed seeing this come along. It's a real credit to all your hard work
Congratulations again fella :thumb: |
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