Well unfortunately after 4 years of very very hard work, huge amounts of time and money the car is no longer with us.
:-(
it's been fun.
Well unfortunately after 4 years of very very hard work, huge amounts of time and money the car is no longer with us.
:-(
it's been fun.
Last edited by stu21t; 29-07-2009 at 15:24.
Originally Posted by stu21t
Oh no was looking forwarding to seeing this in the flesh, has it been sold on complete?
Who, what, where, when, why, how?!?!?!
Nooooooo!!! ..where's it gone? that was a monster!
Had you just had enough Stu?
or was it anything to do with eventually getting it running right and wet roads?
Nooooo!!
I remember seeing it ND 07, the car definetly got the attention it deserved, amazing calibre of work on the car Stu
I remember seeing that aswell, was a great idea for it and loads of potential, what has happened with it??
Definately not been sold. No way Any1 else was going to enjoy my hard work.
Last edited by stu21t; 29-07-2009 at 11:46.
So what colour is it now?
Stolen? Put off the road? Blew up for the last time? What's happened man?
Either its a different colour, been blown up 1 too many times, crashed, different engine or you've stripped it for parts, so come on, what ya done
re-spray me thinks...
Well you guys are no fun.
It's been painted.
I've spent the last few weeks doing bodywork on it and it's now
Ford Frozen White.
The brightest White you can get.
It's not finished yet, i've still got to flat and polish it but my god it's better.
I always thought the body was in good condition but in a bad colour, well once i stripped it and started to prep the shell I realised just how bad it was.
I've filled, smoothed, meshed and vented the bumpers and it was stripped to a bare shell with all panels removed and had a proper job.
When putting it back together I fitted new headlights, new indicators, new front grill, compounded and polished the plastic windows, cleaned all the trim, polished rear lights, new numberplate lights.
It looks the dogs, even if I do say so myself.
Oh and I had it on the rollers a little while ago
380bhp @ 1.55bar boost, 351lbs/ft trq. That's 320 bhp at the wheels!
but the fuel pressure wasn't rising properly so couldn't do anymore, and the actuator wasn't holding the boost,
now got a -34 actuator so it should hold 2bar all the way now.
And I think I've fixed the fueling so will get it back on the rollers for a check asap.
I hope to see 400-440 bhp
s*** the bed that thing is going to be rapid......
Good man!!! Sounds awesome ... can't wait to see it. Will it be making an appearance at Mallory?
It bloody better be or in the words of Heirflick of Gestapo "or you vill be shot"Good man!!! Sounds awesome ... can't wait to see it. Will it be making an appearance at Mallory?
Cool can't wait to see it in the flesh at national day!
Are you going back to see Iain at powers for the final set up?
Don't really wanna go back to powers, wasn't too impressed to be honest, I might go abbey motorsport. There's no setting up to be done, just check a few things, and I can do that myself.
And yes I hope to b at nat day weather permitting.
Bit off topic but what do mean by "I've got to flat it"?
in the term where hes using flat i presume he means to flat back the laquer to give a glass like appears. (using a high/fine grade wet and dry to remove uneven areas on the surface).
Look forward to seeing this car.
He's referring to giving it a very light sand with wet & dry paper before he polishes it.
pics plz
Thanks, that's what i thought though was unsure if it was the paint or laquer that was "flatted" (after a decent finish on my wheels)
Sorry for the brief hijack.
depends really mate, you can flat paint back before laquer to remove any runs etc, and then laquer to give a super glass like finish.
Rub the paintwork down with some 2000grit wet and dry paper, there's a bit of orange peel on the bonnet as that wasn't sprayed in an oven, then compound the bodywork to bring the shine out.
That's a scary prospect, i'm getting fairly handy with the DA but the thought of taking sandpaper to the paintwork....................Nah.
Cheers for the replys
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