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    Who's ready for pod....

    Whos ready for pod?

    As usual i have a list of jobs to do even though i have been trying to prepare since january!

    Put van back together as still in bits & keep fingers crossed the new gearbox is ok.

    Tune carb to cure bogging & turn boost up.

    Fix anything else that breaks(its bound to happen).

    Fit m&h tyres onto my banded steels & test fit, the rims still havent turned up yet! I have been assured they will be here by the end of the week

    Remove towbar/spare wheel/other random items to shed some weight.

    Anybody else going to have a busy couple of weeks like me?

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Nope. I have to pack the tent, pillows, booze and Adam...then I'll be ready

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Not looking good for me I need to tax, insure and MOT the 5 and build a carb that will take a good amount of boost. I'll probably just end up going in the 11......

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    bad news for me, mapped the car up to 10 psi and its running great... Then turnoed it upto 1 bar and the clutch is slipping! Gutted... Just have to run it low boost

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    The cars ready and feels quick. It just needs a driver to take it.

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Gotta up the boost from standard, get fuelling set up, re-fit sideskirt, oil and filter change and general clean and tidy up then fingers crossed, - be good to go!

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Engine done , electrics done ,will drop it in properly this weekend I hope .
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    See if clutch will disengage then plumb in the CC waterworks ....run in then try and get some fella down to map it as it'll be running lean on the new heads
    May make it ..may not .

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Cars all set up, need to give it an oil and filter change and bleed the brakes as they are going soft, might quickly flush the cooling system too.

    Only other thing I want to sort out is my Williams wheels, this depends on time over the next few weekends, I can't deck the car as wanted on my coilovers because of the 172's offset clashing with the adjustable plate / spring

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    I'm looking good for Pod day, engine is now in the campus just got to play with the carb so it copes with 25psi!

    Fix the slight gear oil leak from gearbox, dig the slicks out from the garage (may bring both sets), give car once over then its all ready.

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    My list is:-

    Fit fuel pump
    Fit new servo and mastercylinder(gonna be a nice job!)
    Seal petrol tank bung
    Wire in rev limiter
    Set carb up for more boost! (currently at 17psi manifold)

    Phew!!

    I have just been informed my brake servo and mastercylinder will be with me probs tmoz(cheers mike!) and so will the fuel pump, hopefully, although I was expecting that today

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    My list goes like this

    Make fuel pressure regulator bracket
    setup regulator
    port match new efi inlet manifold
    weld up unused connection on throttle body
    weld and tap new air temp sensor position on boost pipe
    Bolt new manifold on
    rewire crank sensor
    bolt engine together and setup new idle settings
    prey the map will be ok for abit of boost till I can get it mapped proper

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Wash the van, pack the tent... wave at the 5 as i leave

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    i just treated mine to 1 of these


    so will hopefully be there,
    not running tho would have been the perfect test and tune day for me as well

    also bought an itg air filter and hoses/ducting, so will have a filter for the first time.
    still waiting on a new clutch slave aswell
    now im off for a test drive and hope alls ok and the clutch holds out long enough.
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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    My list.

    Retrive car from body shop.

    Strip down engine bay find oil and gear oil leaks.

    Fix leaks

    Fix fuel tank

    MOT

    TAX

    BEER/TENT/FOOD/MINIBBQ/MORE BEER/SOME VODKA AND SKITTLES

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    I've got to pack the car, drive to the petrol station, fill up, drive a few miles, fill up with fuel again, drive a few more miles, fill up with fuel again, then I should make it there

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Plenty of room in that jap taxis boot for a full tent this time eh Bill

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Quote Originally Posted by Brigsy View Post
    Plenty of room in that jap taxis boot for a full tent this time eh Bill
    Ho ho ho!

    That must have been about 5/6 years ago, and it still gets bought up every year

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    was ready!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    blown headgasket!!!!
    guna try and get it built back up in time,

    hope and pray!!! really want to take it on strip, first time for car and me!!!

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    I've been a bit heavy handed with my gearbox and it's grinding when I shft from 3rd to 4th at high rmp, although it's always been a bit funny inbetween those two gears. The car is flying now though, that i've turned the boost up, it's a bit higher than I should be running...

    I'll be there giving it some rear wheel action

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Quote Originally Posted by Adam L View Post

    I'll be there giving it some rear wheel action
    While I stand at the side of the strip, watching you and rolling my eyes - Like this ---->

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Quote Originally Posted by D4WNO View Post
    While I stand at the side of the strip, watching you and rolling my eyes - Like this ---->
    just like Michelle

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Quote Originally Posted by JRP View Post
    SOME VODKA AND SKITTLES
    Good shout. Get it prepped a good week or so in advance so it settles nicely
    And never try it with Lambrini, it just shoots out of the top

    I still need to book the day off for the event. I'm so forgetful

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    I'm not doing my skittles Vodka again this year...I never bloody get any for myself!!!

    Sukhi, we do that because you turn into excited little boys when you get in your cars lol

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Now that Clio is insured for track days...she's going to love me even more...

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Me and Mrs bean will be there in the clio cheering all of you lot going up the strip and catching up with everyone else see you all there

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    my boss told me today that my holiday has been cancelled for training even tho its been booked for months
    so i may have to come down with some strange illness
    still gonna try and trailer the kart up as my 5 will never been done!

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Im hoping a little gearbox angel called Bric will deliver a nice manual box to me at Santa pod.

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    i'm ready

    well got to check fluids and give it some more scientific 'tests' around the derbyshire countryside first

    did oil and filter other week and sorted air leak with some shiny ptfe gaskets so thats the issues i had all gone!

    oh retrieve the roll cage from the bodyshop and refit it, altho i may leave it out till after pod for the weight save

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Need to
    put new wirring in
    new water pump
    pipe in all hoses, fill with water, intercooler and boost hoses, bleed
    fit new bumpers, wings and bonnet
    give it a general sort out and clean
    mot

    oh dear!

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Quote Originally Posted by gttjames View Post
    Need to
    put new wirring in
    new water pump
    pipe in all hoses, fill with water, intercooler and boost hoses, bleed
    fit new bumpers, wings and bonnet
    give it a general sort out and clean
    mot

    oh dear!

    come on James, thats a days job

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    [quote=GTphil;152547]My list is:-

    Fit fuel pump (done!)
    Fit new servo and mastercylinder (done!)
    Seal petrol tank bung
    Wire in rev limiter
    Set carb up for more boost! (currently at 17psi manifold)

    Also fitted a new fuel pressure regulator. However one of my rear caliper bleed nipples snapped couldn't get the brake pipe union off either to pikey bleed it.

    So thats two more jobs added to the list

    Fit replacement rear caliper
    fit new rear brakeline
    fit another handbrake cable (as i mullered mine removing the caliper)

    It's always the same, one job leads to another......then another..........then another ect ect ect.

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Made some progress finally.

    Put van back together as still in bits & keep fingers crossed the new gearbox is ok (done)

    Tune carb to cure bogging & turn boost up - (carb jetted needs testing)

    Fix anything else that breaks(its bound to happen) - Speedo no longer worky

    Fit m&h tyres onto my banded steels & test fit, the rims still havent turned up yet! I have been assured they will be here by the end of the week

    Remove towbar/spare wheel/other random items to shed some weight.

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    i will be there but no car again this year but will bring yards of booze to keep me company

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Somehow i cant see me doing a full VTS conversion to my white AX before the 21st like.. so 1.1 power it shall be lol.

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Ok so we bust the box on the civic, ive got a spare and should have the car back up and running, will be attending this event as we need to sort out so many issues we have at the moment, the cam wont be here tho just happy to get some nice consistancy from the car.. TDI northwest will also be join us for this one with buckos EP3... lets hope its an awsome day..
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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Mis-fire now sorted. Dodgy dizzy cap or rotor arm was the problem, even though looking at them there is nothing wrong now just need to get it MOT'd as it runs out 21st of this month could be interesting

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    i have a place near by that is very good on mot's if you know what i mean been going there for 3 years and never had a fail he knows the score with old classics

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Quote Originally Posted by asbo View Post
    i have a place near by that is very good on mot's if you know what i mean been going there for 3 years and never had a fail he knows the score with old classics
    Let me know if can sort it out during the week dont mind taking the laptop to have a much around with the fueling a bit if the emissions are not on.

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Quote Originally Posted by Bigfoot View Post
    Let me know if can sort it out during the week dont mind taking the laptop to have a much around with the fueling a bit if the emissions are not on.
    hope you pootle up in the car mate, want to pick your brains from first hand experience of the adaptronic on an F7P-T

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Ill be up that way either in the 5 or the 19 so no worries about that. Just fingers cross all is good this week and I can get it up there. Fancying seeing what it does up the strip at 1 bar of boost

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    sweet man, should be good, mine pulls 270bhp, 12.83@113 with 1.1 bar of boost in a clio shell and thats crap off the shelf chip

    if your not in r5 then pop over and give me a shout, i'll be in grey caged clio mk 1 with white superlegs

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Well spent abit of time this morning setting the campus up for friday, its up to 21psi now and fueling is good. Its little rich but abit more boost will sort that out. Will dig out the slicks this week and sort them out, will be seeing if the 22x9" tyres will fit under the campus archs, if not will stick my 20" tyres on for the day.

    Just got to change the gearbox oil seal then its tweek the boost little more, double check the fueling and thats it, its all ready for friday!

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Well Been practicing and timing myself for a civic gearbox swap if i ever need to do one at pod one day, 45mins ....

    Going to install the new hondata boost controller this week and should be ready to go.. even better news i mite my cam thursday ill be fitting that on they way to pod with the head on my lap...

    Considering to pulling out the near 100kg of balist weight we have had to add to our car so we can race in HKS.. be nice to get the car back to what it was like last year without having to run so much tune so the motor lasts..

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    I'm abit closer after a good couple of hours workin on it this morning.

    All I've got left to do is

    bolt the front bumper back on
    get it off the axle stands
    fill it with oil
    hook up the laptop and reset the tps settings
    tweak the ignition and fueling maps enough for it to drive (proberbly use the factory ignition map for now)
    And finally pray

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    I'm ready.
    Ignition and fuel map edited
    rev limit raised
    new plugs, batery, starter fitted

    then booom the bomb drops and I can't go
    as it's the birds b day an I've bought her a lap top,
    rendering me **** broke.

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    5 is now Taxed, MOTed and insured.

    New carb on and fueling seems better but still not happy. 11.6-8 at full chat @ 17psi

    Roll on Friday.

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Quote Originally Posted by Logg View Post
    5 is now Taxed, MOTed and insured.

    New carb on and fueling seems better but still not happy. 11.6-8 at full chat @ 17psi

    Roll on Friday.
    Carb spec ?

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Quote Originally Posted by Spooky View Post
    Carb spec ?
    1.25 main
    1.05 a/c
    1.4 E2
    2.mm needle valve

    Was hoping it'll be richer so I could run more boost. maybe a new fuel pump might help. mmmmm

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Quote Originally Posted by Logg View Post
    5 is now Taxed, MOTed and insured.

    New carb on and fueling seems better but still not happy. 11.6-8 at full chat @ 17psi

    Roll on Friday.
    High 11's is ok mate, lean her off a little with more boost My engine with same cam fitted was fuel hungry. If you want more go for .90 a/c & if even more go for 130 main.

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    Re: Who's ready for pod....

    Quote Originally Posted by Logg View Post
    1.25 main
    1.05 a/c
    1.4 E2
    2.mm needle valve

    Was hoping it'll be richer so I could run more boost. maybe a new fuel pump might help. mmmmm
    like brigsy just said try a 1.0 mm or maybe a 0.9 mm a/c...you should start creeping into the 12s...

    brigsy, bring the wideband...we can have a poke about

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