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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:52 pm    Post subject: ser 3 16v 33 mods to make trackday car Reply with quote

Hey guys, I need some help on my proposed mods to make my car more track day orientated. It will be a trackday / fast road car and needs to be road legal.
If I drive to the track I will have the cat on it, if it is trailored I will have a decat silencer, Db is 93 atm
Have I missed anything?

Gearbox
I HAVE SOURCED A SER 2 SUD 1.5 GEARBOX

Engine
Oil cooler
Oil temp gauge
Baffled sump
Live rolling road mapping

Wheels & tyres
7J ET35 with 4mm spacers = ET31 Smile toyo 888 195 50 15, will this put too much stress on the bearings? I may be able to remove the spacers due to my adjustable panhard rod.

Suspension
The softest Class F springs, so I can still use it on the road.
The car already is fully polly bushed with powerflex, Koni sports shocks and Eiback springs

Steering
Removing the powersteering rack and replacing it with a ser2 non powersteering rack, I will get the steering arm bushes pushed out and get some powerflex bushes made so I can use the ser 3 adjustable arms on the ser 2 rack.

Brakes
Larger disks with the same callipers or larger callipers.
Braided hoses.
Ferodo DS2500 / 3000

Interior
Remove the sound deadening
Bucket seats
Rollcage.

I have just eamiled my insurane company to see how much / what I can do, fingers crossed Smile
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wahoo, I just got a call from my insurance who has no problems with all the mods Smile
Now I have to wait for pay day lol Smile
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Of course you already know that your panhard rod will break and you'll be killed to death again Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lol, you say that, I think the clonking is comming from my panhard rod, I have another one comming from Alax.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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lol, you say that, I think the clonking is comming from my panhard rod, I have another one comming from Alax.


Is that the cracked bent one he showed me the other day?????
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lol he showed you something with a crack in it that was bent ? Smile
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 11:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Interior is out, only 1 seat, ready for restoration / welding, dropping the car off tomorrow where I will remove the headlining, sound deadening and carpet.
I can't believe how high the rear sits now lol.
It will be interesting to see how it goes without all that weight in, the sub alone was 18Kg
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 8:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow, what a job that was, not something I want to do again in a hurry. I did all but the stuff on the bulkhead and roof, with the help of my restorer, how much is on the roof?
As expected there is more work needed.
Anyone got any original sills?
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sills are ok
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 2:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Things that need doing
N/S front shock turret


boot floor


drivers seat


drivers footwell



work been done


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PostPosted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shocked

Was your 33 on any kind of accident?


Why there's so much rust on it?



All series 3 were galvanized...



Is that common in the UK?
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 10:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Only minor ones front and rear, not by me. Front one was caused by a council truck reversing into the grill and there is a repair job on the driver’s side rear quarter.

That is hardly any rust for a 33, there was a dent under the drivers seat, my bodywork guy thinks a mechanic has just jacked it up there, not on the jacking points.
If the spot welds for the floor come apart and cracks appear on the underseal, water gets in and prizes the floor away from the body.

Yes, most 33’s rust big time
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:00 am    Post subject: car Reply with quote

i wil put pics of what need doing on mine as well soon.
mine need weilding on the floor and both sills need doing.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BigAl wrote:
Only minor ones front and rear, not by me. Front one was caused by a council truck reversing into the grill and there is a repair job on the driver’s side rear quarter.

That is hardly any rust for a 33, there was a dent under the drivers seat, my bodywork guy thinks a mechanic has just jacked it up there, not on the jacking points.
If the spot welds for the floor come apart and cracks appear on the underseal, water gets in and prizes the floor away from the body.

Yes, most 33’s rust big time

Here in Portugal they dont rust that much, maybe because of the diferent weather conditions...

Still they were galvanized, they shouldnt rust that much...
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have seen far worse, I was expecting much more, you guys are lucky with better weather, we only get about 2 weeks of sun here lol. Even though its still cold the british are out with there shorts Smile
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Update,
Front



Rear
This is what it went in for.




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PostPosted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was at the workshop on Wednesday, removing both wings, one is being replaced as it is rusty at the bottom and the other is being removed for access to the top turret for welding.
I hate captive nuts, the OS wing took most of the morning to get off, did it without removing the bumper, the NS 1/2 the time.
The car had to be turned around and driven onto blocks of wood to make it easier to jack up, started first time Smile. When I went to drive up onto the blocks, I went backards straight into a stack of wheels, DOH!!! I thought the blocks were behind the wheels:o Needless to say my restorer guy was a bit confused, I was all hot and bothered and rather embarrassed. I managed to put a small dent in my replacement wing as well DOH!! At the end of the day I found the funny side.
I was hoping to get the rest of the sound deadening off but didn't feel comfortable doing it with the car on 2 wheels

I got some pics today

angle grinder & wires don't mix






angle grinder & wires don't mix




wing prepped, took longer, thanks to me making more work for him!

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The word klutz comes to mind Al Wink
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A lot of tack welding on the underside there Al.... you want to get them to do it properly mate.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 11:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tell me about it Ian Embarassed

I thought the same thing, I will ask him about it, it looks as if the inside is where all the welding has been done.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 5:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bobbber wrote:
A lot of tack welding on the underside there Al.... you want to get them to do it properly mate.

What has been done is legal for MOT, he's been doing it for years. You can't get into the sill section to clean the welds, all you can do is wax oil it, so if you seem weld it it will rust from the inside.

More pics today








He will be busy this week, might get time to paint the wing and then I have to remember how things go back together.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 7:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You'll have a pretty sorted car after all this is done Al.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 8:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am worried that I wont remember where things go, so I started putting nuts and bolts back where they came from, loose though.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 10:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Its ever so rusty under there Al and when you next go on track it will fall apart and you will be killed to death Laughing
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 10:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

By the way Lee made me say that Rolling Eyes
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