Long overdue update on this, I've been working on the car when time permits
first up is a VDO dip fuel sender with a Motorsport Tools VDO boss, had a local company tig weld it for me. Its so nice having a fuel gauge now.
New wheel for this year, second hand set of 13" R500 wheels with Avon ZZR tyres, turns out these are a pain in the ass to fit.
They don't fit over the sierra brake caliper's the wheel hits the hand brake arm but that was an easy fix, I have bent the arm down so it
runs closer to the caliper. While they were off the car I have refurbished them. Next up the wheel then hit the rebound adjuster on the shocks. I used
10mm spacers with longer wheel studs to get around that problem
New wheels
I picked up a sandblaster from eBay for £60
Finished of in the oven when the Mrs was out with some B&Q enamel paint
I've also replaced both Wilwood mater cylinders because they were sticking when the car wasn't used for a week or more.
Two nice torques fittings
and some new bonnet clips, these shouldn't come undone like the rubber ones I had before
You can get a spring which is one coil shorter than standard on the Sierra calipers. Then those wheels fit perfect!
A forum member was selling them a while ago.
The car has also had an initial corner weighting session which showed up a problem with the front springs being too soft. Not knowing what rate
springs were fitted I went away with the car and returned once they had been replaced.
when corner weighting the car we encountered a problem when trying to balance the cross weights.
The best way I can describe the problem is, when the front of the car is pushed down the springs are not strong enough to fully return the car back to
a consistent ride height. In other words if I was to lift the car up it would almost stay at that height and not return back down fully and vice
versa, if you push down hard on the car it will not fully return back up to a consistent height.
I have now fitted some 175lb springs which has resolved the problem.
Weight of the car with half tank of fuel and me in it came in at 542kg
I can't recommend Steve at Dover Cambelt Centre enough, don't let the name "Cambelt Centre" put you off. Steve really knows
his stuff and was incredibly helpful. The car is amazing to drive now its completed transformed
Steve @ Dover Cambelt Centre
2-3 Ethelbert Road, Tower Hamlets, CT17 0DR, Dover, Kent
01304 448878
07973 304038
quote:Originally posted by Ben_Copeland
About time. Will you be braving it to Stoneleigh?
Hey mate,
I'm defiantly coming up this year, not sure which day yet but ill be there in the mondeo lol
quote:Originally posted by daniel mason
You can get a spring which is one coil shorter than standard on the Sierra calipers. Then those wheels fit perfect!
A forum member was selling them a while ago.
Ah that would be good, i'm relying on the internal spring at the moment which seams ok at the moment but smaller springs would be good
Finally got the oil pressure gauge working from the oil cooler bolt
I picked up a nice aluminum radiator from the stoneleigh kit car show on Sunday made by
www.coolexperts.co.uk, it was brilliant to meet other MNR owners just a shame I couldn't stay for
longer
I've also installed my flat shifter properly and it works a treat
quote:Originally posted by Angel Acevedo
Glad to know, but curious to know what were your findings and course of action.
Best regards.
AA
It was just process of elimination really. We couldn't find any binding problems and with the springs not being able to support the weight of
the car that was a giveaway, they could just be worn out they are properly original to the car
After the Apex Festival I have decided to give up on the pedal shift setup. I just can't get on with it, I have tried all different spacing to
try and get it more comfortable / less fatiguing on my hands ( I know I'm a big girl lol )
After seeing Austen's MNR Race car at Stoneleigh I went off to B&Q to get some steel bar
Boom, I'm really happy with how this has come out my tig welding is getting better all the time, its so much nicer to use and my down shifter
are a lot smother and better timed
quote:Originally posted by daniel mason
Interesting shifter!
I wanted something like what the BTCC car's have, the gear lever up high next to the steering wheel. It seams to works really well.
quote:Originally posted by adithorp
Certainly different but so please solution without having to make a whole new linkage... and easily referable should you change your mind.
Yeah this seamed like the easiest solution and like you have said I can refit the paddles at any time which is good.
quote:Originally posted by TimC
I didn't realise that Austen had followed suit; I think I'm claiming this idea.
Appreciate that it's a large image - sorry.
[Edited on 28/5/15 by TimC]
That looks nicely made Tim, I like the wooden grip
