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graham March 9th 2016 00:06

Now that colour choice :eek:

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Once agin thanks Darren for the cage paint, climbing in and out of the car with the paint gun must of been bloody hard work .

graham March 9th 2016 00:13

Last two pics

http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/...j.jpg~original
[IMG]http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/...6.jpg~original~original[/IMG]

Now I've just got to keep it looking that way. I am thinking about wrapping it in 3M helicopter tape. Anyone got any other suggestions ?

72marinablue March 9th 2016 02:19

Gorgeous! Not sure if its available on your side of the atlantic but check out xpel.com. I work in the car care product industry and its definitely the best clear protective film on the market and will let the true color and flake in the red to come through.

graham March 9th 2016 08:35

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Originally Posted by 72marinablue (Post 90206)
Gorgeous! Not sure if its available on your side of the atlantic but check out xpel.com. I work in the car care product industry and its definitely the best clear protective film on the market and will let the true color and flake in the red to come through.

Hi Thanks for that I will look into it.

rioprelude March 9th 2016 15:54

That's awesome, love the car! I'll hopefully get a full roll cage installed in my project soon.

Steve C March 9th 2016 17:55

nice colour

graham March 18th 2017 01:52

Time for a long overdue update.

Had tons of issues to sort out but it's slowly getting there. The engine is in and running. Next I need to fit some bigger pink injectors to suit the larger turbo. Unfortunately life is in the way at the moment and work has had to stop for a couple of months. But I just thought I needed to update this thread.

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The coilovers seen here in the pic are from LA performance and made by AVO. If you mention the word AVO to the majority of people who have track cars they normally laugh. I wish i'd done some more research before I brought them. Parts of them rusted on the car just from airborne moisture and When the car was taken off the ramp one of them collapsed and stripped the thread on the adjustment ring. If you are running these you need to keep a serious eye on them. There are lots of reports of the poor build quality of these and brakages. I have now ordered and fitted a pair of Protech shocks. The built quality of the Protech's looks very impressive. I looked at loads of different coilovers and pound for pound they came out on top. [IMG]http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/...k.jpg~original~original[/IMG]

graham March 18th 2017 02:10

I can't upload any more pics to Photobucket for some reason :( argh I'll try some other time.

ricola March 18th 2017 15:27

That front suspension looks familiar!

graham March 19th 2017 14:22

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Originally Posted by ricola (Post 90611)
That front suspension looks familiar!

I pilfered the idea off someone on here :p :lmao:

graham March 19th 2017 14:23

Hows you and your car Rich ???

graham March 19th 2017 14:40

[IMG]http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/...x.jpg~original~original[/IMG]

You can just see the top mount for the rear coilovers are now tied into the cage in double shear.

ricola March 20th 2017 16:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by graham (Post 90613)
Hows you and your car Rich ???

All good, boringly reliable but now a bit more driveable and faster courtesy of an RCM header and Harvey Smith up-pipe, I also added a splitter in the bellmouth downpipe!

graham March 21st 2017 15:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by ricola (Post 90615)
All good, boringly reliable but now a bit more driveable and faster courtesy of an RCM header and Harvey Smith up-pipe, I also added a splitter in the bellmouth downpipe!

Faster :eek:that must be a blast :D

ricola March 21st 2017 17:11

I'm mostly enjoying the improved drive-ability and smoother idle, haven't properly put my foot down yet as I want to check the fueling correction table and do some logging


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