TimD Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Interested to see how you get on with the adjustable beam.. You should take pictures of what the car looks like underneath now it's been used Looking at the TSS calendar, I might see you at Croft in August if you're competing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ro55ifumi Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Stunning build and update John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
abbott Posted April 11, 2015 Author Share Posted April 11, 2015 Awesome update Abbott! Awesome re-fresh too!Glad the fuel tank arrived in 1 piece! Looks minty fresh now! Ill be doing a similar refresh at some point this year Thanks Matt thanks agin for the tank. Look forward to the refresh then. Dude Love it!Thanks mateyAwesome build cracking motor well done :-DThanks chap Interested to see how you get on with the adjustable beam.. You should take pictures of what the car looks like underneath now it's been used Looking at the TSS calendar, I might see you at Croft in August if you're competing!Yeah i will ne interested too. Funny enough that is a picture of the underside after the sprint round it was up in the air so gave it a clean ;)Yeah im hoping to make croft so look forward to catching up with you and see the ep82 again Stunning build and update JohnThanks John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobSR Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Looking awesome as ever mate! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rich-k Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 That is so awesome Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rich-k Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 That is so awesome Quote Link to post Share on other sites
abbott Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 After coming back from snetterton the car was really dirty so booked it in to one of my supporters R&R detailing to give it a good clean and minor detail.Came out like thisCollected it last week end and it was time to order some new tyres for the ring trip on the 30th. Desided to go for the Dunlop DZ03G semi slicks from every one recommending them to me. They arrived on wednesday morning took them down on my lunch break to a mate who fitted them to the wedsports On friday evening i fitted the wedsports on to the car and started doing final checks and pack things ready. Then put her back under the cover till the trip.About a month ago i bought another 96spec bumper with a gunuine toyota splitter. Which is in all good condition hoping to fit this before the ring.With regards to the rear beam modification i spoke to a member mikey who was a great help and put all is effort in to doing me a adjustable camber beam which hes completed and got back to me. Would highly recommend mikey to deal with hes good guy and has time for people and is very straight with you.Pic at the work in progress.The Beam is now with Rob Barnard my engine builder / designer and hes going to work his magic on the beam. So more to come from this in the future.Thats it for now next update will be the nurburgring trip and hope to load up some videos Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnboy GT Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 I love this car!! I can see me having a strip down over winter again...John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amjad Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 All the best with the trip! Camber on the back gave me so much more grip! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jellybaby Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Abbot where is rob Barnard based ???? As I no he built Tmd engine which was in his 82 And thinking of sending mine down there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
abbott Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 I love this car!! I can see me having a strip down over winter again...John Many thanks matey All the best with the trip! Camber on the back gave me so much more grip! Thanks matey will keepnyou posted. Im looking forward to testing the beam once complete.Abbot where is rob Barnard based ???? As I no he built Tmd engine which was in his 82 And thinking of sending mine down thereRob is based in essex mate any time you want to go down just let me know and can meet you down there. Drop me a pm if you need details Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jellybaby Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Ok mate will do Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie_VF22 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Awesome update abbott car is looking great matey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
abbott Posted May 22, 2015 Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 30th April 2015Headed off at 3am on our trip to nurburgring met some friends to travel down to dover to meet the others and get the ferry weather started off really nice until we hit Belgium and the heavens opened and stayed that way all the way to the hotel. Was a great 5 days exploring other roads around the ring which you could have so much fun on, managed to get out for 6 passanger laps and managed to get 1 lap in mine unfortantly due to the track being shut for 2 days and weather was not the best. Come back with 3 laps left on my card which i cant wait to use when i get back out there.Heres a couple of pics of the car, the trip and a couple pro pics of it on the ringLittle video of it out thereGot here home and jacked up for bolt check etc. this is how its sits at the moment Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rich-k Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Great stuff mate! Im dyin to go on the ring!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
abbott Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 Great stuff mate! Im dyin to go on the ring!!Thanks matey. You need to go mate its a great experiance. I want to go back already Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gainzy Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Great pics looks class Quote Link to post Share on other sites
abbott Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 (edited) After coming back from the ring and carried out bolt check i desided to book my self a open pit lane at brands hatch on the 5/8/15 so something to look forward to. Got my pal to give the car a good clean.Then took it home and put it away in the garage. When i was at the ring i felt like my car was not handling great like it did before so after speaking to a few people i got recommend to speak to Mark at Mark Fish Motorsport and arranged for a full alinement, corner weight and checking over the car fully. Which was booked for early july so dropped the car off and left it with him for the week. A week later collected the car and wow what a differance to the car he made just from driving the car home the final test would be at brands. I would highly recommend this guy for any chassie advise and set ups with is racing back ground knowledge on setting up race cars.I then desided to change my battery to a odyssey race battery and get a trickle charger so i can leave it on charge when not useI required to get a battery clamp made due to the other battery was alot bigger so sketched up something and sent it over to Dean @ rwdevelopments and this what he came back with amd arrived on my door step 3days later So got this fitted and was bang on.5/8/2015Brands hatch track day came round and what an awesome day the car performed great with no issues. The dunlop tyres are out of this world for grip and so much more to give as for the handling now its 110% perfect and car does what i want it to do and handles a dream. After 100+ laps i desided to call it a day as was knacked. Heres the pictures for the day.Pro picsLittle video of the drive by on the pit wallGot the car home and cars up on axle stands for a check over and a good clean. Booking up another track day for 20th october at brands so next time it will be out. For the meantime updates will follow on the next few mods to come Edited August 14, 2015 by abbott Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jayc-glanza17 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Looking good dude..Shame i couldnt join you at brands..The accident hasnt put me off..Definately want do one next year tho fella..Keep it up matey. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maddox710 Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Oft Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rich-k Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Stunning mate totally awesomr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie_VF22 Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Stunning as always abbott she is gem mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
abbott Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 After brands desided to upgrade the breather system from an-8 to an-10 so purchased another cusco catch can and after receiving this i sent the cam cover and can off to Dean at RW-Developments to get fittings welded on, baffled, cleaned and painted.They returned back after a couple of weeks and another great job done.While it was getting done i purchased all new gaskets, AN fittings and line ready for when it was back.I then went about fitting the cam cover and making lines up ready to goNext lot i didnt get pictures off but i replaced the Oring on the dipstick aloo while inwas doing this i had an issue with it keep coming loose this was due to the alternator is not lineing up with top bracket and pulling it when being done up causeing the dipstick tube to vibrate loose and blow out the block. I ended up putting a lnger bolt through the mount and use a nylon lock nut to secure it and also make a 10mm spacer to sit between the altertor and bracket so it does not pull on it anymore. Went out and road tested and all seems good even the breather system on tick over seems 100 times better so better breathering. The real test will be on the 20th October for a open pit lane day at Brands Hatch to do more testing and have some fun.Cars all set to go with the rays, wet tyres fitted and wedsports with the semi slicks in the car ready for a swop over.If any one wants to pop down and have a watch your more than welcome and happy to take people out for laps. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Socks Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 This cant get any better surely? Looks awesome abbott! The car is a treasure! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 A tracked EP in our own front yard More people should be more excited about this.This and the time attack gt are awesome Really awesome Phil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.