yellowcab
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| posted on 19/5/12 at 06:57 PM |
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knackered, tired, cold, itchy...
hashtag/ihateloftinsulationwithapassion
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yellowcab
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| posted on 19/5/12 at 07:33 PM |
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couple of progress pics of partial plaster boarding, the centre piece left as thats where generator & exhaust extraction ducting will exit the
garage
walls will be painted white same as flooring
bit left to do - taking longer than i anticipated but I wasn't originally intending on following the angle of the garage roof
and my car fits in with plenty of space - yay!
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yellowcab
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| posted on 23/5/12 at 11:04 PM |
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finally finished... feels like it's took forever
So after building some work benches, we decided to clear out because it'd be rude not to have a little photoshoot in the studio lol
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rb968
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| posted on 23/5/12 at 11:09 PM |
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Shangri-la mate.
Lovely photos as well. Not jealous at all 
Rich
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RK
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| posted on 23/5/12 at 11:32 PM |
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That is just rude. I'm sorry, but children are on here from time to time.
Well done all round! Fancy a trip to Canada to do mine like that? While yer at it, you can make my car look like that too.
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cosmick
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| posted on 24/5/12 at 07:16 PM |
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Judging by the colour of your tyres, i think you should have waited for the paint to dry before driving in to your new spangly garage. Your car looks
lost in there. Hang on, how did it get in there with no clutch?
If it can't be fixed with a hammer then its probably an electrical problem.
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cosmick
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| posted on 24/5/12 at 07:20 PM |
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I have seen these kind of photo booths before, All white with white walls to photograph cars in and so on. I don't think this is a garage at
all. I think this is a photo booth.
If it can't be fixed with a hammer then its probably an electrical problem.
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Proby
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| posted on 24/5/12 at 08:06 PM |
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Very  will be a shame to get it dirty in there!
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tegwin
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| posted on 24/5/12 at 09:06 PM |
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Nice garage. Are you going to insulate the roof? Seems odd to do the walls but not the ceiling :-)
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yellowcab
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| posted on 25/5/12 at 07:02 PM |
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the plasterboarding is purely for aesthetics really and being able to reduce echo, we only got the insulation because it was free... so the intention
wasn't trying to keep heat in as such... i hear what you're saying though, but wouldn't want to board the roof as it'll reduce
the little height even moreso
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Pat_T
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| posted on 12/6/12 at 09:28 PM |
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any updates? 
www.instagram.com/patroclueus
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maccmike
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 posted on 12/6/12 at 09:55 PM |
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I f'kin hate you!
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yellowcab
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| posted on 13/6/12 at 08:00 AM |
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Update is, clutch is fixed and put back together with uprated clutch springs.
Feels solid, very bitey, and clutch pedal even more stiff than before now - but have been advised by Mike that I need to move the fulcrum down towards
the floor (pivot) point in order to get a easier pedal, and more forgiveness on bite point...
That's just a 'for now' until I get a new clutch MC...
Other than that - efforts have turned towards the garage, it's pretty much done now )
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yellowcab
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| posted on 13/6/12 at 08:14 PM |
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most boring update ever - but i bought a 17" Longacre mirror, and got advised to make my own brackets, so I did lol
Not great, nor pretty, but it holds the mirror nice and secure... just need to file the undersides off to match the contour of the mirror sticky out
bits
these bits the lugs that hang down just need filing down
drilled a second hole in the mirror itself so it tilts slightly towards the driver, so i can see over my right shoulder
Like so... fitting it straight gives you lots of rear passenger viewing, but no rear drivers...
hashtag/thatisall
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yellowcab
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| posted on 13/6/12 at 08:17 PM |
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infact i'm going to remove the brackets, and make the holes elongated so i can pull the passenger side of the mirror out moreso
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cosmick
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| posted on 13/6/12 at 08:25 PM |
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You Tart!!!!! Men are supposed to scratch their balls when they sit in a car not do their make up or keep looking at themselves in the mirror. Well
done for getting the clutch back together and the car back on the road.
If it can't be fixed with a hammer then its probably an electrical problem.
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yellowcab
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| posted on 13/6/12 at 08:31 PM |
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All thanks to you Mike - thanks for your constant help and support - you still on the premium rate 0891 number?
You can 'just' see the air box in the pic from the back of the car looking forward )
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yellowcab
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| posted on 13/6/12 at 08:38 PM |
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Oh I've just found some dead old photos from doing the clutch
After spending hours and hours on the phone to Mike - I have it together again
Advised by the god himself to buy these clutch pawls from Radical - so I did... haven't a clue what they do - apparently take the
'ramp' out of the clutch, but I'm buggered if I can feel any difference
Misses popped to Asda, and asked me to watch the boy for a couple of hours, so he mucked in... 3 weeks old FTW
New dry sump pan from westfield at a bargain price from eBay
test run - pulled over to check for leaks, noises, leaks, leaks, leaks, noises - but there were none (note - air box mike)
that is all
[Edited on 13/6/12 by yellowcab]
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yellowcab
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| posted on 15/6/12 at 10:57 PM |
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So after meeting Mike (the god) at Stoneleigh, he advised me to scrap the air box construction idea considering there was a much simpler way of
sorting my induction noise out... fit a standard Busa air box, so I did
Finished the final de-taxi'ing of the car now, some might have liked the decals, I personally didn't, so yay - I'm "just
another yellow kit car" now
[Edited on 15/6/12 by yellowcab]
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cosmick
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| posted on 16/6/12 at 09:55 AM |
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The car is starting to look really good now and slowly ironing out all the little niggles. One point to share is the airbox is not Hayabusa but GSX R
with the same diameter intake rubbers. Cheaper to buy and same volume. Get the intake hooked up to the air scoop and have some ram effect next. Have
you done the clutch pedal mod yet?
[Edited on 16/6/12 by cosmick]
If it can't be fixed with a hammer then its probably an electrical problem.
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yellowcab
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| posted on 16/6/12 at 10:16 AM |
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Thanks Micky Blue Eyes... the car is 'slowly' getting to where I want it to be...
Pedal is on the agenda - along with some long awaited track days!
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perksy
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| posted on 16/6/12 at 03:51 PM |
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That looks very nice indeed
and so much better without the stripes imho
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Gti6boy
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| posted on 16/6/12 at 04:32 PM |
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I love your car so much 
I just purchased the same but chopped down the brackets to as small as they could go. The passenger side was cut 10mm bigger as I had the same
problem
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yellowcab
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| posted on 16/6/12 at 04:51 PM |
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Ahhh you're much posher than me with your proper brackets! lol
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yellowcab
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| posted on 21/6/12 at 06:26 AM |
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Finally after owning the car for 11 weeks, I've booked the first 'track' day
Off to RAF Barkston Heath on Saturday for their Autotest/ Slalom/ Drift day at an airfield, which is perfect for what I want in practising in the car,
and getting it setup to how I want.
I'd only get black-flagged at Donington for 'testing' / pushing limits, and the boys in blue seem also to have a problem if you do
it on the road - so seems ideal.
Myself, a friend in his drift MX5 and Col 'ReMan' are all going up to get wet! wahooo
So I managed to find some crabby wheels with tyres to stick on the rear for hooning around as I don't want to send my R888s up in smoke, it was
a gamble as I didn't actually know what setup was on the car already... so bought these Borbets for £30 with 3 tyres
They fit, so thats a bonus, but only on the rear - the front cycle wings are so tight around the 195-50-15 tyres at the front, that these 195-60-15
tyres foul - that doesn't matter, just means that I will run crappy tyres to trash on the rear
Fit OK, 4x108 stud pattern, ET40, 6J 15
Gave them a clean up - and getting one tyre removed, and putting my Maxi Tarmac rally tyres on two of them for when I want some rear wheel grip lol
Also bought a Go-Pro HD Hero2 Motorsport Edition camera, and then got ripped off by having to buy a roll cage mount lol - so I'll have some
footage of me not being able to to drive lol
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