Graceland
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 posted on 23/8/04 at 05:31 PM |
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lets get this party started :D
back to it lads - ordered my materials today for the chassis
a nice spendage of a astonishingly low £55 quid for 8 lengths (6.5m length) of 1"x1" 16swg - cant wait till it gets ere on wednesday,
gonna be busy busy busy in't garage for a few nites methinks, hehehe
roll on the new webby which will be up and running shortly aswell 
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JoelP
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| posted on 23/8/04 at 05:43 PM |
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the joys of chassis building!
i'd almost forgotten how fun it was/is!
i'll be working on a new chassis in a few months
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Graceland
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| posted on 23/8/04 at 05:56 PM |
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i enjoyed building the chassis last time - thought it was a right laff
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andyps
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| posted on 23/8/04 at 08:00 PM |
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I think you said last time, but where did you get the steel from - that looks a really good price and I hope to order mine soon.
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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Graceland
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| posted on 23/8/04 at 08:07 PM |
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got it from K-Steel at Lockwook, huddersfield
the biggest stockholder of mild steel in the area, only thing they dont do is seamless steampipe  - no problem tho
should have a chassis by monday all being well.....
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locoboy
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| posted on 23/8/04 at 09:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Graceland
should have a chassis by monday all being well.....
Lazy git, i want an engine running and fitted at the very least.
ATB
Locoboy
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Graceland
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| posted on 23/8/04 at 09:33 PM |
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i've gotta find my donor car yet - that could take a month
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James
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| posted on 23/8/04 at 11:34 PM |
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Hadn't realised you'd sold that DOHC engine you had.
Was looking forward to seeing that run as it's first one I know being put in a Locost.
You gonna go for same thing again?
Atleast that month will give you time to sort that mouldy garage of yours out! 
Lick of paint here and there!
Cheers,
James
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Graceland
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| posted on 24/8/04 at 04:55 PM |
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lol, going the V6 route this time Joel
the garage has recieved 1 coat of white paint on 1/2 a wall lol, couldnt be bothered to do the rest
and it aint mouldy - its lovely lol
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JoelP
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| posted on 24/8/04 at 07:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Graceland
lol, going the V6 route this time Joel
twin zx9 i tell you! whats the point of an easy build?! gotta have some fun en route...
[Edited on 24/8/04 by JoelP]
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Graceland
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| posted on 24/8/04 at 07:16 PM |
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i like my ford V6 lumps tho - get complicated and use a 2.5 duratec lol
or easy and 2.9 cologne
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ChrisW
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| posted on 25/8/04 at 01:47 PM |
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Which one are you using Paul? I have the 2.8 Cologne in my Viento and wondering about a 2.5 Duratec for another project...
Chris
My gaff my rules
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Graceland
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| posted on 25/8/04 at 03:34 PM |
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am gonna be sinsible chris and use the cologne
that way i know it'll run, hehehe - duratec is unknown for running on other ecu's bar the standard mondeo one and that has the PATS shite,
could use the 24v cosworth ecu from the granada tho, but it'd need a chip to adjust the ignition timing and injector pulse timing
aswell......12v it is hehe
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ChrisW
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| posted on 25/8/04 at 06:41 PM |
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The PATS being the anti theft system isn't it? Can't be that hard to get round can it?
If I did it I'd be using the megasquirt ECU and slapping a T25 on each side like the one in the Noble
Chris
My gaff my rules
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Graceland
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| posted on 25/8/04 at 07:16 PM |
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pats is a load of shite - if you unplug the instrument binacle then the engine wont start even
go MBE management - its one of the best aftermarket managements out there - easy to work with aswell
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ned
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| posted on 26/8/04 at 08:45 AM |
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i've seen a 3ltr jag duratec running tb's and mbe kit, very nice, about 330bhp n/a (race engine) by mount tune
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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