bit more on the project

[mpk490p]

got the wheels fitted and the cars booked in for a mot in a couple of weeks just waiting for the mirrors and nose cone to come back from the spray shop so might just make it to RSIII yet!
Gonna wait untill after then to fit the lowered springs just want to get some miles on the clock first

[Dominic]

Mark, are those 15" wheels? What width are the tyres? I\'m on the stock 14" alloys and Yokohama A539 195/60/R14 tyres.

What springs are you going to fit? I am looking to reduce the ride height at the rear of the car. Will probably leave the front otherwise I\'ll start eating speedbumps.

Hope you make it to RSIII, looking forward to meeting some of the crew.

Dom

[mpk490p]

Mark, are those 15" wheels? What width are the tyres? I\'m on the stock 14" alloys and Yokohama A539 195/60/R14 tyres.

What springs are you going to fit? I am looking to reduce the ride height at the rear of the car. Will probably leave the front otherwise I\'ll start eating speedbumps.

Hope you make it to RSIII, looking forward to meeting some of the crew.

Dom

Thought standard size was 205/60/14
Mine are 16\'s but you can run 18\'s if you want big, I decided on 16\'s as its gonna be quite low on the ride so more for comfort really, I\'ve got 215/40/16 on the front with the arch taken out of the wing and spacers with extended studs and 225/40/16 no modification needed
Think there springs were racing beat, that\'s what\'s on it at the mo but I have another set which where modified to let the car sit a lot lower, I ran them on my other 7 and they were good as long as there arnt any speed bumps around which is why I\'m gonna see how the standard lowered springs are (if that makes sence) :chat

[Dominic]

Have gone for 195\'s at the front to reduce the heaviness of the steering at low speed/when parking etc. Still on 205\'s at the back but they are a bit worn, think i\'ll try and get some new 205 Yoko\'s or Toyo\'s at the back. Those Toyo\'s you have are very good value, presumably they will be even cheaper for 14" wheels   . Have just sent my wheels off for refurb at Pristine Wheels in Milton Keynes, will do a post to show the outcome in a week or so.

Have seen some Racing Beat race springs that feature a deadwound section which you can chop away at to get the required ride height.

[mpk490p]

Just follow the link I put up if you want the toyo\'s
I probably have a good set of original alloys got about 10 rims with tyres remember seeing some real good ones there but it will be good to see the results, milton keynes is only down the road from me and I\'ve heard there very good, look forward to seeing the results

[Dominic]

Got any pics of the good ones? Would you be interested in parting with them?

[mpk490p]

Got any pics of the good ones? Would you be interested in parting with them?

I will sort them out and get some pictures up I have around 10 so we should find a set of 4/5 no problem don\'t want much for them glad to see them go. :Thumbsup!

[Dominic]

Cheers Mark, I\'m only after 2 cos I have 2 BRAND NEW wheels that have never even had tyres on them! (and am building up quite a collection of spare wheels as well), so would only really be interested if yours are in very good nick/like new (i.e. lacquer still on and not scratched) so that they match OK. Think this may be asking too much though. No worries if not cos Pritine Wheels have given me a very good quote of around £45 per wheel for chemical cleaning, bead blasting, powder coating, diamond cutting, and lacquering.........and shipment back to Protyre near where I live! I\'ll hold off the job until I hear back from you as to the condition of your wheels.

Thanks

[Dominic]

Mark, here\'s a pic of one of the new wheels that I\'m trying to match.

Cheers

Dom

[mpk490p]

Mark, here\'s a pic of one of the new wheels that I\'m trying to match.

Cheers

Dom

Ok i think you may want to send them off to be refurbed as mine are clean not \'NEW\'
a set of mine would look fine but i think your gonna notice the difference
Mark

[Dominic]

Roger that,

Gonna send them off today then.

Over and out.

[mpk490p]

after having trouble getting the car to pull after 3000rpm and playing with the timing even though the car would start first time, i found the problem,
Many thanks to carl for his advice i defentaly feel it helped, a bit of oil in the secondary butterflys in the carb and off i went for a quick spin round the block it pulled a little at first and then pow off she went before i knew it i was doing 90, i think it just needed a good run after all the shell hadnt moved for 7-8 years and the engine hadnt been driven hard for a good 4 years, now i have a grin on my face again so again thanks carl
the mot is booked in for a week on sat (tomoz) so im hoping to make it to rsIII
cant wait to get the weber fitted now!!

[mpk490p]

Car went staright trough the mot without a problem got to say im kinda relived i went on line to tax it and it said the car was last taxed 10years ago,
my painter has left me down by painting the nose cone and mirrors the wrong shade of yellow so ive got the old mirrors and a blue nose on it at the mo but hope to get it sorted for RSIII
going on the Monday so i hope most of you will still be around
thanks again to all who have viewed and helped me trough the build
\'its been emotional!\'
Mark

[mullins]

Well done mate. Excellent to hear you got through the hard part (MOT) so easily. It shows the quality of your workmanship! I\'ll look forward to seeing this up close at Rotorstock!

[Dominic]

Darn, going to RSIII on the Sunday.

Good to hear its coming together so well, bet that engine sounds good.