Some of you will have seen this already but as she has evolved thought i\'d get some pics up.
Stock-ish when bought:
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Not good enough for my liking, URAS ordered and delivered,
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Trust Ti-R fitted too:
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Something missing??? by by 13B
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HELLO:
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OS Giken fitted
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Nitron Dampmers
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20B subframe and bump steer
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Now the plan was to go with an N/A set up but then Carl goes and tells me he has a GT42 in his workshop that would sit lovely in my engine bay... so a few days pass and:
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test fit to see where it wil fit!
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Turns out after the Mircotech was fitted that the 20B rear rotor had no compression at all. Tips had seized in the rotor.
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Hours later and clean. Fortunatly not damaged
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Turbo manifold on T6. This did raise a few concerns as the outlet on the T6 comp housing is a huge 5". WAY OTT for the wheel size. This has since been swaped out for a T4 housing 1.12A/R may even go down to a 1 A/R depending on responce.
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Time to get into the booth give her a new lease of life:
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Now i felt the white was too white so time for abit more colour, paint i mean no stickers for me thanks
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Bloody hell, that is awesome!
Quote from: stew;715302Bloody hell, that is awesome!
What he said!
And if you\'re in esher you\'re only just down the road from me (worcester park), wouldn\'t mind coming and having a very envious gawk at some point :cool
Si
Good work mate, when will this be out to play?
Quote from: smarts;715337What he said!
And if you\'re in esher you\'re only just down the road from me (worcester park), wouldn\'t mind coming and having a very envious gawk at some point :cool
Si
She\'s in my workshop in near caterham at the moment but more than welcome to pop by fella. Only half hour/40 mins from esher.
Quote from: Kieron;715338Good work mate, when will this be out to play?
Not sure got to get the Peripherl port FC done first. I\'m doing small bits here and there on this one but no rush really.
I do have more pics of other bits doen will have to get them up. Tonight.
Good work mate. Hurry up and finish it so we can all dribble over it :p
Adam
Quote from: Ada7;715353Good work mate. Hurry up and finish it so we can all dribble over it :p
Adam
SIR YES SIR!
Some more pics to bring the build a little more up to date:
Some slightly more trivial bits to start
Chopped fuel rails and fitting with -6 fittings for bigger fuel lines and fuel system
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Section taken out of the lower inlet manifold so i can close the bonnet!
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I don\'t have any pics of the finished ports but here is a comparison between the ones on the 20B and stock half way through the job.
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Enigin shifted back a few inches. As much as the standard engine bay will allow. I\'m debating wether to move the block back further and cut the bulk head to allow it.
before
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after
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Are you going to get the block painted or anything?
What difference would it make to having it further back in the engine bay?
Adam
Diffuser:
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Exhaust system
3.5" down pipe into 3" mid pipe and centre silencer then dual 2.5" exits. I\'ll be honest i don\'t usually use Magna flow boxs (refering to the centre box) but i had it lying around the workhop hey why not use it!
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Still needs V-banding but there on the way,
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Test fit:
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Fuel cell with built in catch tank and baffles
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Quote from: Ada7;715489What difference would it make to having it further back in the engine bay?
Adam
The problem with many 20B conversions is they sit the engine too far forward, thus having it plonked up on top of the rack rather than behind it. Which buggers up weight distribution, component clearance and loads of other stuff.. The trouble is that you need to massage....oh, all right, brutalise :Giggle the bulkhead rather to get it far enough back/low enough down for the optimal engine location.....then you have new problems of altering propshafts, PPFs etc.
Looks like a good build, James, it\'ll be interesting to see how you get around the issues that crop up. Paint looks lovely, and that manifold is a work of art :mmmm
wow, where is the 20b frame from ?
Shaun
Quote from: Ada7;715489Are you going to get the block painted or anything?
What difference would it make to having it further back in the engine bay?
Adam
As Nik da Greek said dude, its for better weight distribution. Keeping the wight behind the front wheels instead of on top of them helps the handling. Its also been dropped aswell slightly.
Quote from: shaunwil;715537wow, where is the 20b frame from ?
Shaun
The frame was a Hinsdon Super Cars item. I have since modfiied it so it can accepted the engine sitting further back.
I think i did kinda know that already. Was having a dumb moment :o
So all you\'ve got to do now is put some fuel in it and your ready to roll? ;)
Adam
Wellcome to 20b world. Nice job..It took me one year to build mine... I was pushing arround 700bhp out of it but then there were some more modifications which needed to be addressed, So the car is back at super7 autos...coming out next month
best of luck with your development
Quote from: Ada7;715546So all you\'ve got to do now is put some fuel in it and your ready to roll? ;)
Adam
I wish :chat
Quote from: Mir;715561Wellcome to 20b world. Nice job..It took me one year to build mine... I was pushing arround 700bhp out of it but then there were some more modifications which needed to be addressed, So the car is back at super7 autos...coming out next month
best of luck with your development
Yes had the car for well over a year but the 20B for about a year and a half. No time is the issue. Have to do bits a bobs when i can around customer cars. No time ot spend on my own ones! I have no real aims in terms of power. Will fuel her up dyno and see what happens.
where do you work?
Amazing skills you have and the go faster strip, i think are very hard to pull off these days, but you\'ve done it and very well to!
your work really is car porn!
Quote from: RobMatthews;715735where do you work?
Amazing skills you have and the go faster strip, i think are very hard to pull off these days, but you\'ve done it and very well to!
your work really is car porn!
Cheers for the comments, I have my own workshop near Caterham.
damn , i\'m following this one :)
That\'s the money shot right there -
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Good skills and good luck with it though.
Damn! thats some nice work on the car!
Oops.
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Double OOOPS.
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woow that is far behind !! what is the reason ?
or is it for a v mount ?
Some nice work there...you gotta love the 20b
Due to my recent involvement with James McCarthy I feel that I must comment.
I feel that James McCarthy should be paying off the £1400.00+ awarded to me by the Courts before funding projects like this.
Take a moment to consider how you would feel in my position upon seeing his post and reading praise for him and his work knowing you will have to wait 5 years to get paid a Court Judgement against him at £25.00 a month, being all the poor hard up guy can afford.
Full details here
http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68246
Quote from: Rx_sam;736349woow that is far behind !! what is the reason ?
or is it for a v mount ?
To keep the 50:50 distribution, should handle well.
Cant wait when its finished should be a beast loving the exhaust
QuoteDue to my recent involvement with James McCarthy I feel that I must comment.
I feel that James McCarthy should be paying off the £1400.00+ awarded to me by the Courts before funding projects like this.
Take a moment to consider how you would feel in my position upon seeing his post and reading praise for him and his work knowing you will have to wait 5 years to get paid a Court Judgement against him at £25.00 a month, being all the poor hard up guy can afford.
Full details here
http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forum...ad.php?t=68246
What he said :2Mad
Mods you are polluting this project thread and abusing your authority, there is a seperate thread where John has told us about his dispute with James and it should be left at that, not spam every thread that James posts on, you are abusing your position, and with Johnf editing Gurj\'s post is futher proof.
You should stick to your policy of raising the thread on the issue and closing it , which you have done and leave it at that.
personal grievances aired, can a neutral mod delete appropriate posts and let the build thread carry on
Under review.
Quote from: johnf;736487Due to my recent involvement with James McCarthy I feel that I must comment.
I feel that James McCarthy should be paying off the £1400.00+ awarded to me by the Courts before funding projects like this.
Take a moment to consider how you would feel in my position upon seeing his post and reading praise for him and his work knowing you will have to wait 5 years to get paid a Court Judgement against him at £25.00 a month, being all the poor hard up guy can afford.
Full details here
http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68246
Hi John,
Slightly off key i feel in the rather deliberate attempt there to smeer me there. However i see your point in your comments and take on board how you may feel pee\'d off after seeing this thread up. I will draft a responce together for your above post/thread as i feel it miss\'s a few key points and actually how i was unware that the thread indeed even existed. Once i have done that then people can dicide for them selves weather the charactor assassination is just or unfair.
What i will say here in responce to "funding a project like this". I have been doing this car for 2 and half years. And once in a blue moon get a chance to work on it. I Think if "funding" (your term) it was readily available i think she might be a little further along than this. I have no shame in admitting that buisness is slow and finacially in general at the moment im not in the best place.
As above i will indeed draft a responce to your thread and submitt it so people can indeed make up there own minds. I have no intention of comming to blows on the thread dispite the clearly antagonistic nature of your post. These threads are about the cars not personal grievances.
Quote from: BlitzBoy;736536Mods you are polluting this project thread and abusing your authority, there is a seperate thread where John has told us about his dispute with James and it should be left at that, not spam every thread that James posts on, you are abusing your position, and with Johnf editing Gurj\'s post is futher proof.
You should stick to your policy of raising the thread on the issue and closing it , which you have done and leave it at that.
rules change to suit who its about i thinks:Hammer
on another note. this thread is awesome. and its in the fastestestest colour
Enough.
I\'m locking this thread until I get home and it can be sorted properly, rather than just reacting to all the posts.
My inbox is ready to receive complaints! :wave
Regards,
Brett
Unfortunately this thread being resurrected has been seen as inflammatory toward a full club member who had been wronged and so responded on this thread after permission was sought from the moderators section to make just one extra post.
This was a situation never encountered on MRC before in that in this instance was a proven case, with a guest then flouting the continuation of his project despite owing an MRC member a large sum of money.
This was why this resurrection was deemed as inflammatory and also this had gone way beyond a “normal dispute" which is why an exception was made for a full club member with the fact that he is a moderator becoming irrelevant.