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[flybikeslee]

couple of additions over the weekend, removed 10mm rear spacers and replaced all wheel nuts. CG lock installed, couple of chips touched up

 

 

Dash trims has been wrapped green, silver looked grubby so did them satin black

 

 

little ride out for a drink...prime parking position haha

 

 

[flybikeslee]

Carpet set ordered from Fred on the forum,

 

looking forward to a warmer darker cabin. Picture pinched from another member for reference 

 

 

 

[flybikeslee]

my rear lenses have a few cracks so will be replacing with some new oem quality ones this weekend hopefully!

 

 

 

[flybikeslee]

Carpet set fitted over weekend, still a few bits to tidy up and stick down but has made car much nicer to be in

 

 

made some new rear decals for another member, will replace mine with silver, easier to clean and mines on the p*ss anyway.

 

 

bought a spare wheel to send for retrim, undecided on finish as of yet.

 

 

Also booked on Oulton at weekend to put it through its paces.

 

[Griffin]

Great looking car, the colour really suits it.

[flybikeslee]

Did oulton on 17th, did a session myself in the morning and then let my mate have a go.. came back with no brakes..pedal to the floor gone... no loss of fluid. Identified the sticky caliper, pushed piston out and cleaned them up but one side was not going back in.... removed pistons to find this!

 

 

 

 

 

initially thought it was a seal but turns out its a bit of heatshrink.... how it got there is an absolute mystery! Will be stripping system down one weekend and checking over the others. Just glad it never happened on the road.

 

Met the previous, previous owner at oulton too! (Ben) who owned it a couple of years back. 

 

Anyway... put back together and didnt miss a beat for the rest of the day. Out drove a lot of 'faster' cars. Just lacked top end speed. Handled really well for a standard suspension. Think i'll be looking into freshening them up or going down the nitron route. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Nev]

Maybe that black thing is a lining sheath from inside the brake pipes perhaps? If not, it's fooking hard to imagine how heat shrink would get in there. Mind you many of these cars have so many dimwits working on them, nothing much surprises me any more.

Edited by Nev, 20 November 2018 - 08:51 PM.

[flybikeslee]

thanks Nev, it did cross my mind but its just not the right material and the hose could of bulged/split by now with no lining? 

 

 

 

better picture of the interior carpeted out

 

 

bought a spare wheel so will be sending it off for the royal steering wheel treatment. Decided on alcantara, never had one before and for the amount the cars driven it shouldnt get battered.

 

Removed old cracked rear lenses

 

 

 

cleaned old silicone off

 

 

applied new butly tape, heated em up

 

 

Taped up and left for good measure

 

 

Walla

 

 

Noticed on of the fronts occasionally mists up so will reseal that at some point.

 

Plenty more to come

[turbo boy]

Definitely worth blacking out those lense covers “turbo style” while you are there.

Nice to see the attention to detail and keep up the good work.

Jon

[flybikeslee]

i did think about it jon but there's a few silver accents on the car which set them off and will probably and up on silver wheels at some point. 

[flybikeslee]

small update, Ross is trimming my spare steering wheel. Gone for half leather / alcantara with green stitch.

 

Also....

 

Batmans on with piecing me together a stage 2 charger kit, will be dropping with him some time over january, cant wait! Also having some braided lines fitted for piece of mind after the oulton episode. Think i'd be more than up to doing it myself but a business venture is taking my time this year so more than happy to leave in his capable hands.

 

 

 

WEEEERRRPPPPPP

 

 

[vocky]

Not many green SC vx's, so will make yours even rarer   

[Aerodynamic]

Very nice car indeed. This charge cooler radiator. will this sit under the main radiator?

 

If so you get warmer air to the main radiator on an Engine that needs to be even more cooled?

 

Br, Per

[gertje]

Yep chargecooler mounted under thé main radiator. Many SC speelster/vx220 ride this setup. Cooling thé engine is no problem. But you need to make a space/insulation between mainrad and chargecooler

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[smiley]

The engine coolant is warmer then the coolant for the SC, so it's efefct is even the other way around.

Hence the advice to seperate the 2, and certainly not bolt them on top of each other.
Also the discussion of air flow, to remove 1 of the smaller fans, or for a track car to even remove them completely.

 

[Aerodynamic]

That I agree with smiey, I don´t understand all these cooling fans ppl are using.

I have one tiny fan on my car, and it´s enought in a cue in low speed to cool the engine.

In high speed no fan must be far more effective then 2 big fans.

 

Br, Per

[The Batman]

I know of a few people that are just running 1 fan now

[The Batman]

Standard is 12” and these are 9” each

[flybikeslee]

Dropped with the main man 

 

[flybikeslee]

progress

 

 

 

 

 

New chains, waterpump, tensioner, oil/filter change, and braided brake lines whilst its in too.