2 comments on the car today....and some tuning

[Mr Sam]

well for some reason i was on a go slow just pottering along at 50

 

decided to pop into halfords......as i jump out one of the halfords spanner monkeys approaches me and starts chatting about the car saying how coll it looked so i showed him my excuse of an engine and told him all about its race pedigree.....he was well impressed and his mate has a white one

 

 

 

then i pop down the tip with some scraps of carpet before i get chance to ask where to put them 'thats in good nick mate' i was waiting for 'we dont take cars here'

 

anyway in halfords i bought one of those thingys to get valves out the head.....so i can port/polish it

 

 

the manifold so far

 

 

 

whats everyone else been upto then

[Slik 50]

Are you running in the second round Sam?

Keep it up mate and you will be in 18's

 

Burns better pull his finger out

[Mr Sam]

fingers crossed could do with a new clutch in before then though

[Jimsiss]

the manifold is the easy bit, the head is harder, its made of steel and the port has quite a steep bend in it so it takes ages to improve the flow, it took me 2 days to get the angles right when I did it on work experience, then I had to do another one!

[Pipster007]

Go on Sam, thats dedication to the drag championship

[Twinkle]

get in there bernard

[Mr Sam]

got a webber sitting on the shelf still gonna have to have another go with that me thinks

 

the fiesta boys say porting the manifold doesnt give noticable gains but upgrading to a webber carb will

 

also bidding on a timing gun on ebay so i dont have to pester the likes of Ron Harris todo my timing in the pits

 

also got some suspension compressor thingys on the way so i can put a decent set of shockers on the front or even some XR ones try cut down on the front lifting and spinning, also toying with the idea of those rubber bung things for caravaning if i stick some on the top of my rear springs to jack the rear up and keep the weight over the fronts for grip.....will this work

[Baz.]

you will soon be in the 13,s

[Burns]

Burns better pull his finger out

 

it's under control

 

just got matching wheels for a start

 

i've got a few things in the pipeline and might be ready for round two

[Mr Sam]

what carbs on yours dude?

[fiesta_dan]

wen ii was at the pod a few years bk wiv the gold h.p.e fiesta we raised the bk end n lowered the front it was so much better n he gained sum time