MK1 Racer (ALL BROKEN PHOTOBUCKET PICS FIXED) - Painted and out of the bodyshop....

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49lbft what thread size were they Tony? I have one had an cap head bolt head fly off, that was an aluminium bolt and I think the cap hex had been machined to deep leaving hardly any meat.

 

Hi Tony,

The bolts had just worked themselves loose. My first thought was that they had sheared but after inspecting them the threads in the lugs on the caliper are clear and undamaged. They were tight as checked them quite a few times while bleeding the brakes but as the lugs are alloy I didnt want to over torque them.

The caliper has some damage but really only cosmetic. The pads also have some damage where the disc was rubbing while it was jammed between the wheel and outside edge of disc but I think I will re-use all of them as they do very little braking as pretty much all the bias is to the front anyway and the pads have not really any significant wear.

 

Hi Ali ...

Congratulations on getting `out there`

 

The last race should be on Motors TV (Channel 447) just now

 

As others have done before, I've just read through this whole thread over the last few days. I genuinely don't know how to comment on such an epic thread.

Awesome car, awesome build, great photos & vids! Will be keeping an eye on this

 

Lol, that's disgracefully fast! Loved that video.. Hooligan wheel spins all down the straight!

Epic.

 

I saw video posted of this on FB... and got sent the build link.
Epic sir..

Enjoyed watching your in car.. I was cheering you on! haha

What power and rev are you using.. there's a hell of a lot of wheelspin going on..

 

any new video's? love to see more of this beast!

 

Really like this car. Fantastic thread. Let me know if you want to ever sell your wheels

 

How is this car going? any more vids maybe?

 

Ali, has been last seen hooning around on track in his E46 M3.
Have not seen the MK1 in a while myself.

 

Have been busy with M3 this year but hope to be out in the MK1 next year.


Lots of small changes and it should be into approx. 790 kg ball park once finished. I want to put down a lot more rubber also... as a result it is much wider and track width is also modified...
















Time has been an issue but hope to get more done in the coming months.

 

Time is certainly and issue for many of us these days.
Good to see you still got plans for it. I miss the videos of it hooning around!

 

Very nice to see it is still alive and even evolving!

 

The car was 'finished' about a month ago and now completed the last two events of the year and has secured 2nd place in the class A championship for SLS.

Some minor issues to address over winter but looking forward to being back out in it next year.


Using flywheel power and weight excl driver, the car is now at 507 bhp/ton!


Posted pic just as a test as heard the forum now supports the pics. Will upload some detailed pics of the build over winter

 

Wow!!

 

[video=youtube;99kqJgrz-UU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99kqJgrz-UU[/video]


Best lap so far is a 55.5 sec lap, which puts it 3 secs behind front running BTCC laps. Not bad for a 1981 hatchback, built in a single garage and running road legal 245/40/15 tyres...

 

Hi Ali ... long time !

Great news

 

Impressive lap!

 

Hi Andrew, yeah, its been a while to get it finished!! Worth it though.

Hope your well.