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[Johanmini]

yeah, flamethrower in tha house!

funny I received this video in my mail through youtube yesterday, allready thought this was a formiliar car...

[2lrminivan]

that is mental cant wait to see it at combe again, thats if your going ?
hope to have a better lens for my camera so should get even better pics this time

[cptkirk]

sounds sweet but looks like that exhaust gets a tad warm

Thanks, Yer I was surprised to see just how much heat showed through.

That baby out to scream.

It was pretty freekin loud in there, and whilst holding the camera I had no spare digits to stick in my ears.....

yeah, flamethrower in tha house!

funny I received this video in my mail through youtube yesterday, allready thought this was a formiliar car...

Gotta love a big ole flame shooting out your pipe.......

that is mental cant wait to see it at combe again, thats if your going ?
hope to have a better lens for my camera so should get even better pics this time

I aim to be at Combe again this year, it was a good day out last time. I will post up if I am going, look forward to it, come find me and say hi if you have the time...

[cptkirk]

I finsihed of my rear parcel shelf and the car is going for its MOT real soon, I am Goodwood this Saturday afternoon for a track day, well looking forward to it.

Any Hoo, here's a few snaps fo the new viewing window parcel shelf, I have to raise it due to the new height of the Supercharger and Throttle Body:

[#shropshire]

Purely awesome.

[e11evns]

hi andy how much was camcoat ?

[cptkirk]

Claudio, Camcoat was £270 in vat & P&P. that was to coat inside and out. I'd had the pipes sandblasted before I sent them up as well.

[e11evns]

Thanks for that Andy, just need to decide wether to go your route or full on plasma sprayed but its 300 sheets more expensive, ouch !! but it will keep it a little cooler, i hate it when the ice in my Jack Daniel's starts to melt !

[e11evns]

there's a classic and sports car action day at castle coombe week saturday if your interested, same setup as the mini action day i'll be there.

[cptkirk]

Hey Claudio, thanks for the heads up on that, is that the 30th June? Unsure right now if I'll make it but if I get the green light I'll let you know. Cheers.

Edited by cptkirk, 21 June 2012 - 07:06 AM.

[e11evns]

yeah 30th of june, weathers not looking too good though !

[cptkirk]

I am also watching the weather as me and the misses are at the Festival of Speed at Goodwood on Friday, friday doesnt look to bad but Saturday looks proper dodgy right now, fingers crossed for better weather for the both of us. Get some footage of you can on Saturday (weather permitting) and get it up on here, would love to see what that thing goes like.

[cptkirk]

I got a still from the video of the car on the dyno, looks pretty sweet:








On a slightly different note I developed a rattle, pulled the parcel shelf last night and found something a little more than loose, I only have myself to blame for it but are super thankful it didnt make more of a mess considering its proximity to the fuel line.


OK, look at this pitcure and see the cowling on the idler pulley:








and now look where it is, no wonder I could hear a rattle, one more thing to fix........:

[cptkirk]

TYRES

I eventually accepted the fact that the rears (Toyo R888 205/60 R13) had seen better days and were likely to land me 6 points if I got stopped by the Police, so I opted for two new Toyo R888 225/45 R13's. I should probably take this time to say that I get a discount on Toyos and had I not I would have opted for Kumho 235/45 R13's

I offered them up against the old tyres and was quite surprised as to just how much smaller the new tyres were in height. The extra width looks good but now I have fitted them I believe I could have gone wider, next time.....

First impressions of the tyres are good, less roll for sure and makes the car feel a bit more nimble. The ride comfort hasn't been affected by any great amount. The acceleration will be improved and now I have to get new acceleration timings, just waiting for good weather.

For those that are interested here are a couple of photos of new and old for comparison.

Edited by cptkirk, 02 August 2012 - 07:20 AM.

[e11evns]

Hi Andy see you gone for lower profile it makes a huge difference you will love it, you'll feel a lot more confident in the car, question for you, I'm having all my cooling redesigned and and remade would you be interested in my alloy radiator ?