dewismotorsport
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Well as Rich & myself have cars that eventually will be decent but are not ready yet. We decided to build ourselves something cheap and cheerfull that can be raped violently at trackdays without too many issues.
As we both know our way around a corsa b that seemed like the perfect choice to avoid to many issues (well we hoped)
the beginning idea was also that we would take this to germany for a nurburgring trip as neither of us have done that as yet.... no plans for this but this is still our intention.
Anyway onto the car
this is what we purchased..
this is worth at least a handjob :thumb:
we could not handle this power so we are planning on down grading
Within 1 1/2 hours this happened and a picture message sent to the previous owner showing what had happen to his car  msl:
This should not be used for any new adverts at PV James Middleton
one second earlier and dewis was doing is famous pose
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dewismotorsport
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Then we pretty much got onto adding all the track related parts
Spax suspension
Little service
then onto replacing and putting back together the badassness
suspension being fitted
new dash loom to be fitted as the engine loom had been wiried up different to either of us has seen before and my car neeeded a new dash/car loom so i had the origional and this car had the one that came with the engine
then onto getting the engine together, used my old gearbox which was minus the clutching arm and release bearing... we did not have the correct parts to hand but fitted the engine and box anyway as dewis said he could refit later on
Bearing was royaly ****ed so on with a new one
New ****ty exhaust gasket i found in my shed
Video of first start up.... minus the manifold - FLAMES ANYONE??
http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv292/dewismotorsport/7d8d5d72.mp4
Pics of engine in the car and looking more ready than it was
msl:
Radiator Fitted
Oil Cooler Fitted
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dewismotorsport
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New botom Ball Joints all fitted
amazing brakes????
Well at least decent pads
Thanks to Ash for the spigot rings he made
Got Rob to skim them on the lathe cause I was busy
All fitted and ready - bleeding was needed.... badly msl:
the rears gave a bit of a fight, especially when the bleed nipple broke and we needed a new rear cylinder
Cooling for extra coolness
one cool as **** wrapped standard manifold
one £68.99 exhuast
one shiney exhuast manifold... with a now dirty wrapped manifold
Read to rock
and roll
See you at Coombe
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dewismotorsport
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Cost to Build
Car
Shell £256 16.0%
Safety £46 2.9%
Engine & Conversion
Engine £400 25.0%
Conversion £200 12.5%
Exhaust £68.99 4.3%
Handling
Suspension £150 9.4%
Ds2500 £80 5.0%
Other
Delivery £175 10.9%
Towbar £90 5.6%
parts Sold £-25 -1.6%
Service & spares £120 7.5%
Labour(tyres) £40 2.5%
Total cost - £1601
Total Cost excluding Other £1200
Points to note when you see us at coombe
safety 2.9%!!! and thats the half roll cage we have not fitted yet
Handling 14.4% this is suspension and then pads
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dewismotorsport
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Time to build the car in man hours
Interior stip 2.5% 2
Engine Removal 5.6% 4.5
Car Loom Change 17.5% 14
Engine prep & fitting 20.6% 16.5
Running Gear 8.8% 7
Service & interior 11.3% 9
track related messing 33.8% 27
Total build in man hours 80
Total Build in actual hours 56
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dewismotorsport
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Project pikey racing strikes again msl:
Got given a tigra from one of my old bosses, so thought it would be rude not to relieve it of its 15" alloys, have manage to get some part worn uniroyal rainsport 2's for £10 a corner so will whip the tyres off these an get the new wet tyres fitted so if it pisses down at combe we have a back up plan 
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dewismotorsport
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Final update before Coombe
Rear brakes were dragging so gave them a clean and free'd everything off
Was too oily to get any other pics :-)
Then the temp gauge was not working so changed the sendor and it was jobs a gooden :-)
This had potential to fail to sorted out a temp fix
Then onto the bit I'm most pleased about :-)
Bit of a spray job on the wheels
Prepped
Primered
Sprayed
Comparison
Finished
Also picked this rental up :-) £40
Test load
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dewismotorsport
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Yeah car will be facing forward mate, that was just how the car was sat on the drive at the time :thumb:
Cheers guys :thumb:
Nothing like last minute mods, Ash put me on to guy who sells part worn uniroyal rainsport 2's for £10 a corner :clap:
So whipped off the ditch finders and set off to pick up the new tyres, bloke was mega sound and gave me 6 tyres for £40
So now we have decent wet tyres as Combe is looking like it could be wet :cry:
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dewismotorsport
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Well got to say the car held up really well on track today :clap: Neither of us had driven the car other than up and down the close so weren't sure what to expect tbh, but the car out exceeded our expectations
The first two sessions were wet so we were on the rainsport 2's which held up well on the very slippery track, but once it had dried out we did two more sessions but with the A048's and 888's and the difference was amazing the grip levels were outstanding and I felt we could really start pushing the car to its limits
We had no real issues with the car other than a oil leak and a slight knock on the drivers side (probably the driveshaft needs re torquing) so all in all a brilliant first outing :clap:
If anyone has any photos of the car on track can you please post them up :thumb:
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dewismotorsport
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During the second session our clutch decided to start slipping and was very hard to select gears once warm, managed to adjust cable until it stopped slipping but I think the gearbox fluid (free from work) was not up to the job so once hot made it differcult to select gears, so will drain that out and put some decent high temp stuff in
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dewismotorsport
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Taken at Combe, didn't take more cause at the time i didn't know it was you.
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dewismotorsport
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Few more of me at combe
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dewismotorsport
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Well an update at last :clap: Car has been sat there since Combe looking a bit unloved so seeing as I have a few more days holidays thought I'd kill half a day and start fixing the faults from the last track day, which were:
Bad oil leak from sump
Knocking noise from wheel area
Sloppy steering
Started off by draining the oil out and whipped the sump off, already had a 8v gasket which is a bonus and cleaned out the sump so I can take it to work and put a baffle plate in, while I was at it I cleaned out the pick up pipe and the relief valve, looked a bit scored so glad I gave it a clean as this engine hasn't long been rebuilt so was good to get the last of the swarf sludge out the sump etc
Poor iPhone picture
Also whipped the rocker cover off ready to do the breather mod to it as I noticed a few puffs of smoke out the back after hard cornering
Tighten the driveshafts up as they had worked slightly lose will try and make a shim as can't quite get 2 washers in there and a split pin.
Found that the passenger side track rod end has died causing our sloppy steering, I thought it was the rack at first so was happy to find it just a rod end
We've bought some spare knuckles in case any break and will eventually get round to doing the VAG bearing conversion
And finally fitted the harness to give it more of a track feel and obviously more safety and grip in seat
Just need to remove pretensioners and buckle as I didn't have a torx bit
Have also bought some ARP rod bolts just for piece of mind so will fit them next weekend while the sump is off :thumb:
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Mark.W
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What did you use to clean the sump out and the pick up pipe mate?
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dewismotorsport
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One of Riches dads old shirts ;-)
Only wiped sump out and carb cleanered the pick up pipe, pipe wasn't really dirty tbh just more out of habit to clean stuff while it's off
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Gary
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Love it. No messing.
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N7 THD
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epic goodness!
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SteveoBC
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you boys didnt hang about
good effort
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dewismotorsport
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Cheers guys it's great having the luxury of having a back up track car ;-)
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Rich_J_Williams
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tbh ive missed working on this car the last couple of months..lol
its such a rewarding car by keeping it quite basic making it alot of fun for not alot of money or ballache..lol
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dewismotorsport
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Small update, got given a SBD type c manifold as its a little worse for wear, so needs plenty of tlc and repairs
Fits on alright so that's a start (used to be on a rally car that had a smash)
Big thanks to 8 valve Craig very much appreciated :beer:
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possy
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as if you got a 583 pound manifold for free thats ace adam i am saving for one my self
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tom130691
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how i have never seen this thread i dont know but drove past you working on it a few times, im only down the road on tile hill lane
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Rich_J_Williams
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hello tom, is it you that stopped a couple of years ago with the caged mini etc?
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Rich_J_Williams
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ps thats becuase this has been on other forums for a while and we only realised the other week that we had not done one on here
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