AdamR
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 posted on 8/2/11 at 11:24 PM |
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V8 monster - first drive
OK, so only a little drive around the garden, but did manage to get in a few power slides!
 
First movement under own steam
 
First opposite lock!
In case you're wondering, yes, that is opposite lock you see in the 2nd picture. Just couldn't help myself.
What an amazing feeling it is to have finally reached this milestone of the thing moving under it's own steam. The random pile of steel and
aluminium that has been my expensive obsession for the last five years has just become an actual car! And what a noise it makes - half TVR, half
Harley.
 
Mechanically complete at last
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blakep82
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| posted on 8/2/11 at 11:26 PM |
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never mind the opposite lock, thats a garden?!  its like a field!
i can't even get a motorbike round mine
well done though! i'll hopefully be there myself in the next few weeks 
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carpmart
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| posted on 8/2/11 at 11:31 PM |
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Good man, backing it around the garden!
You only live once - make the most of it!
Radical Clubsport, Kwaker motor
'94 MX5 MK1, 1.8
F10 M5 - 600bhp Daily Hack
Range Rover Sport - Wife's Car
Mercedes A class - Son's Car
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keith777
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| posted on 8/2/11 at 11:34 PM |
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Some garden ! Well done looks awesome.
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Madinventions
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| posted on 8/2/11 at 11:42 PM |
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Nice workshop too! Could do with some insulation though? <brrr...>
Ed.
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AdamR
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| posted on 8/2/11 at 11:57 PM |
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Yeah, I live in a flat in London that can only be described as "bijou" - I'm incredibly lucky that my parents have a bit more space
that I can use, even if it is a 3 hour drive away.
Happy to put up with the inevitable bollockings for covering various family heirlooms in grinding splatter etc in order to have space for the project
and my growing collection of associated junk.
[Edited on 9/2/11 by AdamR]
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scudderfish
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| posted on 9/2/11 at 06:24 AM |
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Excellent!
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 9/2/11 at 08:24 AM |
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Fantastic, well done. Wheres the video though? 
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 9/2/11 at 08:47 AM |
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Well done that man!
Just hope I'm not too far from that point myself, and we live on a farm (with no farming! ) so should have a bit of room for 'trying it
out'
Now just need to get crackinig on that engine cooling and ignition
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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nick205
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| posted on 9/2/11 at 09:42 AM |
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A truly great moment when it moves by itself!
Is it a scratch built chasis or a Viento?
Now get it finished!
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AdamR
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| posted on 9/2/11 at 09:56 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nick205
A truly great moment when it moves by itself!
Is it a scratch built chasis or a Viento?
Now get it finished!
The chassis is scratch built, based on McSorley +4 plans but an inch higher with some of the "cymtriks mods" that were much talked about a
few years back. Much smaller than a Viento.
To finish I just have to:
- Sort an engine tuning issue (it's hunting at idle when cold - I think the AFM is screwed)
- Finish bodywork
- Add the lights
- Make much quieter (despite those long silencers it's far too loud)
- IVA - hopefully early summer
Really enjoying this "putting it all together" phase of the build after literally years spent endlessly fabricating and then refabricating
stuff.
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Triton
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| posted on 9/2/11 at 10:35 AM |
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Sideyways in the garden.....wahey
My Daughter has taken over production of the damn fine Triton race seats and her contact email is emmatrs@live.co.uk.
www.tritonraceseats.com
www.hairyhedgehog.com
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Irony
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| posted on 9/2/11 at 10:46 AM |
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Ohh nice mate, can we have a video? Looking forward to the day I can do the same. Am also wondering what gauges you used?
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AdamR
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| posted on 9/2/11 at 11:53 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Irony
Am also wondering what gauges you used?
I picked up some Autometer Sport Comp gauges on a trip to the 'States.
Very bad iphone pic (doesn't show tacho or speedo which are not yet properly fitted):
 
Gauges
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Tipster69
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| posted on 9/2/11 at 12:02 PM |
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Jenson, shouldn't you be testing the MP4-26?
(You look more like JB than JB does)
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A1
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| posted on 9/2/11 at 12:18 PM |
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is it just me who wants to hear that go?
come on! gies a vid!
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AdamR
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| posted on 9/2/11 at 12:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by A1
is it just me who wants to hear that go?
come on! gies a vid!
I *do* have a couple of vids but the sound is disappointingly rubbish. The engine noise has been totally cut out by my girlfriend's camera
which I guess has a very compromised microphone. Will see if I can get the vids up on to Youtube anyway.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 9/2/11 at 12:37 PM |
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well cool
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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blakep82
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| posted on 9/2/11 at 12:46 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by AdamR
quote:
Originally posted by A1
is it just me who wants to hear that go?
come on! gies a vid!
I *do* have a couple of vids but the sound is disappointingly rubbish. The engine noise has been totally cut out by my girlfriend's camera
which I guess has a very compromised microphone. Will see if I can get the vids up on to Youtube anyway.
less excuses more video!
as you should know by now, if there's no video, it never happened. anyone can set up their car in a garden, turn the wheel the wrong way, and say
it was opposite lock, when they never actually moved 
 
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powersliding round yor garage, sort of...
[Edited on 9/2/11 by blakep82]
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