yellowcab
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| posted on 15/10/13 at 07:34 PM |
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Some footage from Mallory Park earlier on in the year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cgPMhHJL5c&feature=youtu.be
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stevio73
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| posted on 16/10/13 at 06:12 AM |
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Just taken me two days to read through all your posts. Fantastic work, given me plenty to think about on my build.
I'm still fairly new to this building thing despite having rebuilt a few escorts and the likes 'back in the day' when I was younger
and dafter.
Points I can think of that May or may not be useful to you going forward from a complete outsider view.
On numerous videos you've posted you appear to drive 'one handed' ie one hand on wheel and one on gear stick. Might I suggest a
paddle shift or maybe button shift. I get the feeling you'd enjoy the 'feel' better.
I'm not über convinced your rear uprights are ideal in the 'post procomp' setup. Can I suggest a solid spacer and bolt in the hole
where the upper wishbone was, now it's up with the lower shock mount. Remember when you had the old upright crack, a spacer etc would stiffen
and provide support.
Either that or a redesign along the fabricated 'Haynes' route.
Like I said, it's just a layman a point of view and in no way criticism. I'm a long way behind you on my build but I've picked up a
whole load of ideas.
One question though...... Why when you had all the front end down and messing with the clutch master etc didn't you go for an adjustable pedal
box?
Quick as a flash...... Nothing happens!
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yellowcab
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| posted on 16/10/13 at 07:49 AM |
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Good morning Stevio, thanks for your reply and some very good points to bring up on each subject!
You're observant, I like it.
You're bang on the money with my rear upright, Matt @ ProComp had also advised me to put a spacer in where the wishbone used to be to maintain
the rigidity & strength, I'm the spacers up tonight!
You're not the first to notice my one hand on the wheel driving, it's just a bad habit which I could do with losing lol
There is no need for it, nor should I do it lol I considered paddleshift but not had enough seat time to get 'used' to it as yet.
When I had my car stripped down, I was talking to Andy Bates quite a bit, I asked about pedal box & bias, and we came to the conclusion that even
if I was to have the adjustability, you'd end up setting it in the standard 70/30 split anyway. So other than not spending unnecessarily
that's the main reason.
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stevio73
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| posted on 16/10/13 at 09:04 AM |
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Good point about the pedal box, I just went that way because it seemed a quicker fix. (Not that it's made anything move quicker with my build.
Time and money are the biggest limiting factor)
As far as bad habits go, there's a lot worse. Perhaps wire the lever to a coil just to spark a reminder!
Quick as a flash...... Nothing happens!
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loggyboy
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| posted on 16/10/13 at 09:09 AM |
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The gear stick habit stems from the Nova days - its the natural position for any Boyracer! :p
Mistral Motorsport
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scudderfish
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| posted on 16/10/13 at 09:15 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by stevio73
As far as bad habits go, there's a lot worse. Perhaps wire the lever to a coil just to spark a reminder!
And a switch on the clutch so you can actually change gear 
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stevio73
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| posted on 16/10/13 at 09:22 AM |
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I was going to post a pic of how little progress my build has made just to make you feel better, but iPhone copy and paste doesn't appear to
work. Any ideas?
Quick as a flash...... Nothing happens!
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yellowcab
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| posted on 16/10/13 at 09:57 AM |
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LOL about Nova days, it's just a really comfortable position to drive in with one hand on the stick lol
Don't think I ever did it my nova looking at the videos lol
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daveb666
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| posted on 16/10/13 at 10:06 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by yellowcab
Some footage from Mallory Park earlier on in the year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cgPMhHJL5c&feature=youtu.be
Ha, so glad you can't tell in the video how scared I was 
2007bc Photography - Commercial and Wedding Photographer based in West Yorkshire
http://www.2007bc.co.uk / http://www.huddersfieldcommercialphotographer.co.uk
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yellowcab
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| posted on 18/10/13 at 09:43 PM |
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Went out for a spirited drive to test the mic... the GoPro sticky mount came off the cycle wing, smashed the case on the floor, camera flew possibly
100 foot up the road, was well chuffed when I found both items, until the camera read 'NO SD CARD'
Spent an hour looking, can't find it anywhere, so decided to get my camera out instead lol
[Edited on 18/10/13 by yellowcab]
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yellowcab
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| posted on 19/10/13 at 05:37 PM |
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Just testing new external mic...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQQuI3v-ZZQ&feature=c4-overview&list=UUCpP5dFARRhF0vlmAKtEF4A
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yellowcab
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| posted on 19/10/13 at 05:42 PM |
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More trailer progress... just cleaning it up a little
I'm lying, I didn't do any of the work
New mic from Amazon for £9.12
New skeleton front case with side removed so it can be plugged in
Picked up a Healtech Speedohealer
Popped in to see Pat_T and his ultra sexy carbon fibre prop shaft and sequential box to bolt to his 200bhp XE (well jell!)
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Pat_T
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| posted on 20/10/13 at 03:45 PM |
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good vid footage mate.
In the last camera angle though (from 5min onwards), your helmet is not far off bumping on your roll cage bar! I would deffo recommend fitting some
padding around the closest areas, especially for trackdays.
www.instagram.com/patroclueus
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yellowcab
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| posted on 20/10/13 at 03:51 PM |
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Good point - never realised just how close it is!
I might infact remove my seat runners, thus making me about 3 inches lower (not to mention the weight saving...)
Yes I know its not a race car 
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yellowcab
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| posted on 25/10/13 at 04:34 PM |
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So I took the trip up to see the lovely Jon Ison and nab his 13" Laser wheels & Yokohama A021R wets, whilst I was there I decided that I
needed some carbon in my life, so took them away too.
Got back home, and unfortunately wheels didn't fit as straight forward as one would like, despite knowing the offset was et19, instead of the
ideal et35, I thought with the rims being only 6J, I thought my current 15s were 7.5J, so I thought the difference would be negligible, however my 15s
are 6.5J - doh!
They 'appear' to bolt on, however they aren't - they foul the brake caliper, and even with 5mm spacers on (and losing the self
centring hub nut) they still caught
Offset being over an inch sticking further out...
Peekaboo
On the upside, they were going to weigh less - the Lasers with 185/60/13 weighed in at 13kg, and with 205/60/13 weighed 14kg, so would have saved me a
total of 10kgs across the car of unsprung weight.
All is not lost however, as I'm keeping the tyres
Laser with 185/60/13
Laser with 205/60/13
15" rim with 195/50/15
Carbon CSR front wings, the right ones this time lol
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yellowcab
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| posted on 25/10/13 at 04:37 PM |
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Oh hello cheeky, bit the bullet and bought new lol
Much betterererer
Clear with not alot of space, but a gap is a gap lol
Not without a slight (but expected) hitch... the rears don't go straight on... lol
I need new rear calipers anyway, as these have seen better days, but the hook that holds the end of the handbrake cable fouls the inside of the
wheel
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Pat_T
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| posted on 25/10/13 at 04:56 PM |
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are you sure it's the hook and not the spring itself mate?
I had to buy smaller springs from a guy on here to get the 13s over Sierra callipers. I'll try and dig out his details...
wheels look good though! just a reminder you will need to calculate the change in ride height/gearing!
www.instagram.com/patroclueus
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yellowcab
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| posted on 25/10/13 at 05:12 PM |
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It seems to be both hook and sprung that fouls :-(
Thankfully the rolling radius of the 205/60/13 tyre is 180cm which is the same as my old 195/50/15, that's on te rear obviously.
The front 185/60/13 rolling radio us is 174.5cm
I actually think the centre cap is te same distance from the floor too come to think of it, around 27/28cm from the ground
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fege
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| posted on 25/10/13 at 06:29 PM |
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Both the spring and the hook fouled my rims as well.
I simply removed the springs, cut the hook off and rewelded it a bit further forward.
Se7en MNR R1 2012
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGX4w6Luh1A4tRKNuOBDWcg/videos?view=0&flow=grid
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yellowcab
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| posted on 25/10/13 at 06:40 PM |
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Ahhhh thanks for the tip mate :-)
I'll have a lookie
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daniel mason
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| posted on 25/10/13 at 07:39 PM |
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always take 1" off the wheel width measurement. they dont allow for the bead on a rim when measuring. eg a 6" wide rim will be 7"
wide
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yellowcab
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| posted on 12/11/13 at 02:28 PM |
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I've now received my shortened rear Sierra caliper handbrake springs from RJK350, thanks pal.
Now all I need is a pair of rear calipers as mine have seen better days
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yellowcab
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| posted on 13/11/13 at 05:54 PM |
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Bit of an situation this morning.... I went to my car to put my camera kit in the boot... to find that someone has left me some wheels?! Haven't
a clue how they got there.
Well, thats what I've told the misses, whether she believes me or not is a different story
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 13/11/13 at 06:02 PM |
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Not a chance!
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yellowcab
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| posted on 13/11/13 at 06:03 PM |
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Divorce for yellowcab *raises hand*
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