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[Nev]

I mainly drive in the dry so need the wider wheels + greater grip that the 10"ers give me thanks.

Edited by Nev, 14 January 2013 - 09:06 PM.

[Boombang]

Out of interest, what is wrong with 10" wide in the wet, and why are 9" ok in the wet?

[rcvaughan]

Did someone say Joe should fit some bigger brakes...?





iPhone for size comparison!

[The Batman]

Should be with me soon

[Mangham54]

Out of interest, what is wrong with 10" wide in the wet, and why are 9" ok in the wet?

I can only imagine that it is down to spread the low weight too thinly, therefore not forcing the tyre to cut through the water and make traction.

[Nev]

Out of interest, what is wrong with 10" wide in the wet, and why are 9" ok in the wet?

As Mangham says it's to do with the weight/contact patch ratio. For wet conditions you generally want less contact patch to increase the pressure on the tarmac. That helps you break surface tension and get more grip. Also the larger the contact patch the harder it is to get the tyres up to working temp.

[The Batman]

so got a few parts in its now known as the vx220 room in my new house as the shed is full up of flat pack cardboard

anyways...

full fuel system refresh, as i have the Pro Alloy 48L tank with centre collect and return, it has -8 and -6 fixings for inlet and outlet so i decided to take advatnage of these and do the full fuel system



then lee pestered me to be a chav at autosport



then to finish off the interior i have a set of morgan carpets, but with an extra piece to cover where the parcel shelf bit

would be

then got a bit bored so will re design all my cc system and decided to fit this lightweight pump holder (over 1kg of weiight removed from it and that doesnt include the pump removal )





then thought why not fit a brand new cam cover, as i will be getting vocky to enlarge the breather pipe, then i will get it powder coated.





to go with the cam cover pipe i have the OEM cam cover pipe work

Edited by joe_589, 21 January 2013 - 03:49 PM.

[The Batman]

then onto bodywork

i have the exige rollbar reinforcing for fitting off a exige bootlid using oem hinges etc!



while we are talking about exige bootlids....



http://i586.photobuc...0ADB255666C.jpg

that should do for now....

[Exmantaa]

Is that a Saab oil breather hose or the US LSJ version. (looks LSJ to me) And to the fuel system; what quality fuelhose is that? And not talking about burst pressure, but is that minimal SAE 30R9 spec???

[The Batman]

its the lsj one

the whole fuel stuff was purchased from

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Torques-U-K

can email them for you if you like?

[Exmantaa]

It's not my car, but would hate to see it go up in flames due to a leaking fuelhose... And is that a special fuelfilter? Better spec than OEM??

[The Batman]

they are a highle recoomended company on tinterweb! making off the ends is very similar to making off armoured cable which i do thousands of a year so hopefully i wont cock it up

[Andrew aka Stuwy]

Ooooo shiney bits

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

dont forget your banjo and to put a bolt and nut through it joe

[The Batman]

[Baron Von Scubadaddy]

The banjo ........ worse is the sheath many a sheath sliced up the back and turned away from prying eyes !

[The Batman]

ah the shnood thats a proper bodge though! you disapoint me baron

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

The banjo ........
worse is the sheath
many a sheath sliced up the back and turned away from prying eyes !

I've never seen this done joe have you got a pic. Lol

[The Batman]

i havent actually seen it done! which is a suprise finished a job few weeks back that had to make 300 ends off very repetitive!!!

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

Not as bad as data cabling