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Starlet looks great Pete. look forward to seeing it closer to completion!

Correct. Only did it on track though, I could never replicate the fault on the road... Could also be the H/G just bare in mind.

Pushing Coolant to overflow and not drawing it back properly.

No worries man. I got mine from Demon Tweaks :)

I use a 1.2Bar Cosworth item on my track GT. Found the stock cap and even the stock 1.2bar cap on the chinese civic rad just simply wont do the job on track.

Truely Stunning! Best of luck with the sale!

Im going to make it this year yes :)

Great shots these dude!

Ok! So I finally have a racing seat in the car and have removed the Recaro SR3. Best thing ive ever done too! Took a trip to Motordrive seats, they are amazing and did a fantastic job making me a tailor made seat! Then took the car to see Sam @ ARC Autosport and got him to weld in some mounting tubes and get it in the car. Still using it with the stock seatbelt at the moment. However, even with that it really does hold you in place! I also fitted a Quick Release Steering Wheel Boss & DS3000 Front Pads. So with Blyton Looming! A good wash. Then off to Blyton with some mates again we went! The extra tyre size, the brake pads, the seat. All came together and transformed the car! The thing is on chuffing rails! You can litterly throw it around and it just grips, doesn't want to wobble or oversteer or try and kill you, its very controllable at the limit. So impressed with it! Cant wait for the next one :D

Much prefer those wheels! Looks mega dude! Nothing wrong with getting to a spec your happy with and maintaining it!

Rotten luck about the sill man. If these cars have been over here long enough it can happen to them! Such a shame youve had nothing but bad luck so far too, these cars are usually pretty good. Rear brakes look great now! Keep it up!

Alot of dickheads on FB too haha. Welcome back along!

Cheers lad. Glanza is parked up (fully working tho lol!) at the moment, needs some bits improving I haven't got time to do yet. It'll get sorted tho, it isn't going anywhere! The above headgasket/ARP Bolts fixed the issue. I didn't think it was the gasket, as I sniff tested it, compression tested it and couldn't replicate the fault on the road. Only on track. But now.... Drive it hard all I want, in 25 deg ambient. Water gauge didn't move from 82c (the thermostat temp). A triple core civic rad seems to be enough cooling capacity for the mean time anyways.

So! Onto Cadwell! With new bigger tyres on the front, the old ones had done 5 track days And new brakes, disks were warped big time after the late braking at Blyton last time, so new disks and inspect the pads.... Another day in them yet :p...... (which there was lol!) So off we went to Cadwell, this with a good handful of mates. Think there was 4 EP3s, Dc2 & Mk5 Zetec S Fez too. My good friend Joe, (Red EP3 with black lip) again had some good fun on track with him as you'll see in the video.... Didnt go so well for the Fez tho! He lost it through hall bends :s Anyhoo, was a mega day! Car performed Amazing all day. Only used low boost again all day, it really was enough! Grip was so much better, altho a little scrubbage, I will get away with a slight arch roll! (on the front) New Brake Pads and a few other little mods for the next one! Enjoy the video. We were getting times down into the high 1:40s which is pretty respectable! GoPro went flat towards the end of the day so most of this is late morning where we were still getting a feel for the track/grip levels again. https://youtu.be/Jp0HVoMK_bM

So! Id been having an issue with the coolant slowly moving into the overflow bottle over time (2-3 track sessions) but then not moving back. Having replaced the thermostat, rad cap, radiator. etc trying to sort it throughout the year. I decided to bite the bullet and do the head-gasket just to rule it out. Also would give me an opportunity to see inside the engine to see what the score is! So! Off came the head! It looks great inside, obv carbon built up which backs up the mileage..... But the bores and head looked great! So gave her a scrub up! Thats better Then re-assembled with a new Toyota Gasket and these: All torqued down tight, and Cadwell Park around the corner. Time to see how we do on those Water Temps!

Cheers Dude! Cheers man. Its just the usual Blitz size. Not overly big. etc Toyota. Cheers dude. Coolant temps are fine now. On a hot ambient day on track cant get it over the thermostat temp (82c). Oil Cooler wise, I can still get oil up to too hot, but its after much longer sessions, so maybe a bigger core at some point, but its not a concern right now! The kits ok. Collector is a bit poor flow wise. Fitted perfectly tho, no complaints for what I paid for it!

This is mega, shit luck with the plug, I feel your pain, had it myself.

Looks Great!

Awesome shots Gee. Interested to see how it holds up to decent power also!

So! I did several track days with the above setup last year. Improving the car each time, in small ways. Adding: Cusco BMCS Triple Core Civic Radiator (This one was important as temps on track are hard to manage) Oil Breather System that can cope with added boost Paddle Clutch again to cope with more boost# My own civic rad brackets: All fitted up. Then started putting breather system together which was a complete DIY job that turned out great! Then I ended up getting this kit for £250! lol. Couldn't turn that down that's for sure. Sent the turbo off to good ole Liam to get rebuilt, with a Billet Wheel. Liam does a great job as always. Get it all fitted up: Got an AVCR off a local for sale page on fb for £100! Got it all finished: Then it was mapping time. Made good power too! lol whoops. Sorry engine Anyways, onto Blyton for a shakedown! Car performed so well all day. The tyres on the front were fucked, this was there 5th track day. So i turned it down to 0.9bar, even then was spinning at this corner exit. So much fun tho! The amount of people that came over and asked first of all wtf was under the hood but then said its hilarious to watch on track. Mixture of the tripod thing and the noise it makes. It puts on a show haha! It was a great day, nice to see GlanzaMac too who popped in to say high! Slowly over the afternoon it got more and more moist until it eventually caught me out on the brakes and it span lol. I nearly held it but it was going round! Then a video of the highlights with some good battles! All good fun! Cadwell again next in May!

So. As it is now. Its running and no faults. Just needs finishing off in places and boost turning up! Watch this space...

Whiteline Camber Bolts dude. Swap them out to the other hole of the 2 in the strut/hub ;)

Yeh its one of Busseys mates I think...

Looks mega this Tim!

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