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[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

will be at angelsey on the 24 April  

[Nev]

N/a 2 port turbo 3 as it has extra outlet for turbo water return All oem has brass inserts for ref Nev you pikey do some basic maintenance 😉 and sort that boot / air box setup it hurts my eyes Def another vote for use and abuse your cars 😊 DG

 

Thanks for the info. The airbox is a defining feature of the car, I can't get rid of it !  

[MAXR]

Great news Chris. I'm hoping a space becomes available for me too. ...mind you, if I don't, I won't have to make that hideous journey there & back with my trailer! It makes Oulton & Cadwell seem like they're just up the road from me.

[The Batman]

can you bring your trailer just incase

 

infact how about you just take my car up there and I can sleep in your pax seat

[Nev]

Hmm, had a change of heart and decided to try some slighter warmer running plugs, simply to help the warm up and chugging round town characteristics, so have ordered 4 * BKR8EIX.

 

Edited by Nev, 14 April 2016 - 07:29 AM.

[Nev]

The new plugs are in and it's a bit better behaved at low throttle now. The old ones were equally tired and looked like they didn't want to see a leaner mxiture. In practice, the tips were a bit more tan coloured than this photo shows.

 

 

Also, I've installed the adjustable alternator bracket, so the aux. belt doesn't squeal like a stuck pig at junctions.

 

After about a week of being on, I remeasured the ride heights and as expected the car had dropped about 2 to 5 mm. So I have remedied this, though I am now finding that I really need to take my front lowering brackets off and replace them with the OEM ones to alleviate me over compressing (pre-loading) the front springs just to get the front ride height up.

 

Since the spring rate reduction and bump setting increase the car has become considerably more compliant on the bumpy B roads I drive on. However, I've just had a violent tank slapper on a test drive, at just at 30 MPH on a sharp and very dusty 90 degree corner - worrysome as I've not had one of these for years. I guess my recent changes to the springs have had an effect on this and there might be other adjustments I need to do. Also, I need to fix the cross camber on the rear, I've been putting it off for ages but really needs sorting to equalise camber thrust.

 

I have just ordered some 1" mild steel pipe to make a new crank case breather pipe. It turned out that the one that I had welded together from sectioned old oily pipe had some pin holes, so had to come off after a test run. The brand new pipe will be far far easier to weld cleanly.

 

 

Dodgy welding!

 

 

Edited by Nev, 21 April 2016 - 11:26 AM.

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

What temp range are you running nev on plugs As they look like there running to hot to me Unless it's the colour

[Nev]

What temp range are you running nev on plugs As they look like there running to hot to me Unless it's the colour

 

I was running temp 9 plugs, am now trying out some temp 8 plugs for the first time.

Edited by Nev, 22 April 2016 - 07:16 AM.

[Nev]

Spent the morning in the garage. Today's job was fixing the mild camber difference between the left and rights sides, followed by a full and thorough string box session check with the car parked 180 degrees different to last time (to iron out any errors). This turned out to be spot on (no adjustments required), horah !

 

Yesterday, I returned to the corner of road where the car threw a tank slapper and had a good look at the road. It was by a horse/farm gate and was absolutely covered in mud & muck like a veneer on the road. I had mistaken this for dust when I initially drove over it, so no wonder the car threw a wobbly.

 

 

Edited by Nev, 22 April 2016 - 10:50 AM.

[ChrisS1]

Be careful out there nev, don't want to end up off the road somewhere!

[Nev]

Be careful out there nev, don't want to end up off the road somewhere!

 

You are wise obi-wan, I've had enough car, climbing, skiing, karate and kayaking accidents for one life.  

[ChrisS1]

 

Be careful out there nev, don't want to end up off the road somewhere!

 

You are wise obi-wan, I've had enough car, climbing, skiing, karate and kayaking accidents for one life.  

 

 

 

[hairy]

Spent the morning in the garage. Today's job was fixing the mild camber difference between the left and rights sides, followed by a full and thorough string box session check with the car parked 180 degrees different to last time (to iron out any errors). This turned out to be spot on (no adjustments required), horah !

 

Yesterday, I returned to the corner of road where the car threw a tank slapper and had a good look at the road. It was by a horse/farm gate and was absolutely covered in mud & muck like a veneer on the road. I had mistaken this for dust when I initially drove over it, so no wonder the car threw a wobbly.

 

 

 

Was that the same dust cloud that we went over weekend before last?

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

 

What temp range are you running nev on plugs As they look like there running to hot to me Unless it's the colour

 

I was running temp 9 plugs, am now trying out some temp 8 plugs for the first time.

 

 

are you running NGK plugs ? if so shouldent you be going hotter not colder ??

 

as the pics you posted show the plugs looking like there running hot 

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

*When a spark plug is referred to as a “cold plug”, it is one that transfers heat rapidly from the firing tip into the engine head, keeping the firing tip cooler.

 

   *A “hot plug” has a much slower rate of heat transfer, which keeps the firing tip hotter.

 

 

more detail here for ngk plugs 

 

 

https://www.ngk.com/...tor---do-i-need

Edited by CHILL Gone DUTCH, 22 April 2016 - 08:02 PM.

[Mopeytitan]

*When a spark plug is referred to as a “cold plug”, it is one that transfers heat rapidly from the firing tip into the engine head, keeping the firing tip cooler.      *A “hot plug” has a much slower rate of heat transfer, which keeps the firing tip hotter.     more detail here for ngk plugs      https://www.ngk.com/...tor---do-i-need

Good read that didn't realise so much went into choosing spark plugs �

[Nev]

 

 

What temp range are you running nev on plugs As they look like there running to hot to me Unless it's the colour

 

I was running temp 9 plugs, am now trying out some temp 8 plugs for the first time.

 

 

are you running NGK plugs ? if so shouldent you be going hotter not colder ??

 

as the pics you posted show the plugs looking like there running hot 

 

 

Hi Chill, I think it might help if read some my postings a little more carefully as I have mentioned the reasons. In summary, I have made a careful and slightly nervous decision to get a warmer plug for reasons above and am monitoring them. I fully understand plug temp ratings, having read around the matter and even rang up a highly technical NGK engineer about 7 years ago before I made a decission. His advice was to install as cold a plug as possible and then move up a step of warmness if the car isn't running as well as you like at low/partial throttle - that is exactly what I am doing, abeit cautiously as I am aware of the heat risk in my engine.

 

If I detect any signs of plug breakdown I will swap back to 9s (which are the coolest plug they do in my form factor). I had my initial look at them yesterday after 150 miles and they still looked brand new, so it's far too early to make any sort of decission.

 

Also, if I were doing a track day where the power demand is a lot more, I'd swap the plugs to 9s for the day, but on the road you clearly don't use all the power all the time, so the engine temps will be lower on the whole. Though having said that my engine coolant temps didn't get about 92 degrees when I was at Llandow circuit, though I suspect localised in cylinder temps were a good deal higher than normal.

 

Anyway, the matter is in hand

 

 

Edited by Nev, 23 April 2016 - 06:34 AM.

[siztenboots]

I swap between 6 and 8 for winter / summer

[Doctor Ed]

Im not sure you guys know what the temp range of the plug is referring to?? it simply refers to whether the plug is able to clean itself, and not get too hot doing it. once youve establised a tune and a power output, the plug is a fixed variable.

 

Nev... your plugs look like theyre already running a touch hot, and if anythig you could go a colder plug. if theyre a bit more tanned coloured than you say the pic shows, then leave them alone. i wouldnt think itd be wise to go hotter.

 

fwiw, there should be absolutely no reason to change plug heat range based on some seasonal variation

 

http://www.ngk.com.a...nge-explanation

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

Im not sure you guys know what the temp range of the plug is referring to?? it simply refers to whether the plug is able to clean itself, and not get too hot doing it. once youve establised a tune and a power output, the plug is a fixed variable.   Nev... your plugs look like theyre already running a touch hot, and if anythig you could go a colder plug. if theyre a bit more tanned coloured than you say the pic shows, then leave them alone. i wouldnt think itd be wise to go hotter.   fwiw, there should be absolutely no reason to change plug heat range based on some seasonal variation   http://www.ngk.com.a...nge-explanation

I agree this is what I thought when I saw the pic of plugs