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picked up most of my of rest of my suspension parts from Mocom yesterday, only waiting for the alloy arm adapters and a replacment bolt.
Superflex have sent me a replacement bush free of charge too
took both the wings off last night, totally changes its appearance
saves almost 6kgs too
put my front shocks together too
but mostly so far this weekend I have been avoiding putting the rocker cover on! I've spent hours cleaning all the sealer from both the cover and head, I really don't want to have to do it again
its all cleaned up and ready to go...
Superflex have sent me a replacement bush free of charge too
took both the wings off last night, totally changes its appearance
saves almost 6kgs too
put my front shocks together too
but mostly so far this weekend I have been avoiding putting the rocker cover on! I've spent hours cleaning all the sealer from both the cover and head, I really don't want to have to do it again
its all cleaned up and ready to go...
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last update for today, attached the drop link replacements and unfastened the lower control arm...stuck hard though so I'll be applying WD liberally tonight and hopefully they will come off easily tomorrow
Thought I'd find out the weight difference between the wishbones...
Just over 2kg's a side can't be bad
Thought I'd find out the weight difference between the wishbones...
Just over 2kg's a side can't be bad
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with the aid of a couple of scaffold poles and a Scott to hold them in place they came off easily
Hopefully the last few bits will arrive very soon, then I can finish putting it back together. I sprayed my OEM rear wing and once its gone off I'll lacquer it...pleased with the results so far.
Hopefully the last few bits will arrive very soon, then I can finish putting it back together. I sprayed my OEM rear wing and once its gone off I'll lacquer it...pleased with the results so far.
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rubbed down the wing and lacquered it...looks OK but I won't know until tomorrow how its going to look. As I seem to have amassed quite a lot of shiny blue stuff I thought I'd strip my bells and see if I can deal with the bling. We shall see how long it they stay blue
got tomorrow off, I have to get it running tomorrow because its booked into Mocom for a geometry set up on Saturday morning
got tomorrow off, I have to get it running tomorrow because its booked into Mocom for a geometry set up on Saturday morning
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just weight reduction as far as I know...off to Mocom in a mo so i will ask if they know of any other reasons. I definitely didn't just change them because they look cool. i definitely wouldn't do that
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be good to say hello in person
fitted my repainted wing, not the best quality but acceptable for WIP
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replaced my engine mounts today, had to jack the engine up quite a way...looked like a hot rod
I ended up re-using the OEM mounts plates as they were identical to the Group N mounts but had had heat shields welded in place.
Pretty straight forward job except one fixing...it was an absolute bugger to get at
still all the hardship is forgotten now they are in...all I need do now is find out why my struts sounds like its try to escape from the turrets.
I ended up re-using the OEM mounts plates as they were identical to the Group N mounts but had had heat shields welded in place.
Pretty straight forward job except one fixing...it was an absolute bugger to get at
still all the hardship is forgotten now they are in...all I need do now is find out why my struts sounds like its try to escape from the turrets.
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so all finished with the engine mounts now, which means everything is back together! I only have two things left to do before I can drive it again
1. Let Mocom sort the Geometry out.
2. Let Mocom sort out a little issue I created by being lazy and using an impact gun to fix the last gearbox cross member fixing. It should look like this;
but now after my fettling it looks like this
I'd like to apologise to Zak and Luke in advance for being a ham fisted **** wit and thank them for coming to pick it up and trailering it back to their premises to un-Ian it With a bit of luck and a tail wind I might even be able to drive it at the weekend
1. Let Mocom sort the Geometry out.
2. Let Mocom sort out a little issue I created by being lazy and using an impact gun to fix the last gearbox cross member fixing. It should look like this;
but now after my fettling it looks like this
I'd like to apologise to Zak and Luke in advance for being a ham fisted **** wit and thank them for coming to pick it up and trailering it back to their premises to un-Ian it With a bit of luck and a tail wind I might even be able to drive it at the weekend
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doh, forgot to post the pics of the gearbox mount it was a tight sqeeze
with the supporting members removed you can see the mounting points that the mount is fixed to the gearbox housing.
new one in place.
everything back together. I can turn the computer off now
with the supporting members removed you can see the mounting points that the mount is fixed to the gearbox housing.
new one in place.
everything back together. I can turn the computer off now