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Post by V6 on May 25, 2019 21:25:36 GMT
I owned a BRG V12 XJS ages ago. Was a total barge which didn't fancy changing directions much. But kinda cool. People liked it and chatted to me at petrol stations. Unlike the black Subaru PPP I had at the same time. Slightly different images lol.
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Post by atlex on Nov 18, 2019 22:48:46 GMT
Done the annual service on this. I've fitted lightweight pulleys from FP to replace the Alt and Water Pump ones. They're genuinely lighter but I doubt it'll make much difference  http://instagram.com/p/B4-QKWfHbev Not much else to report other than that Cordless Impact Guns are amazing. |
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Post by atlex on Jan 9, 2021 16:10:09 GMT
She passed her spanish MOT aka "ITV" :-)
Next step .. spanish plates.
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Post by dadbif on Jan 10, 2021 8:37:54 GMT
Far fairer than our own MOT IMO, independently run, and nothing to gain from failing you. Some of the agricultural stuff that went through my local centre in Xativa used to amuse me.
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Post by atlex on May 14, 2021 19:56:09 GMT
Had the rear wheel bearings done back in 2016 @ 32K KM
Now the right hand one has gone. Again. LOL. She's sitting at 43K KM.
Hnngrrrrr.
Ordered some some timpkens with new seals and clips.
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Post by atlex on Jun 6, 2021 21:19:24 GMT
Noticeable improvement on the new bearings. The old ones weren't totally gone but they weren't as smooth as they should have been.
She's so much fun.
Now to retune my handbrake setup.
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Post by atlex on Jul 6, 2021 20:26:46 GMT
It's funny I have to run this car on high boost now to enjoy it :-) http://instagram.com/p/CQ_xAaLn9bS Loving the cleaned look of the cam cover. Still looks old. Like it oughta. |
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Post by scottydugg on Jul 7, 2021 7:49:42 GMT
Does that mean you'll be wanting to up the power on this? If only 220whp makes it interesting now? What about the ITB car?
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Post by atlex on Jul 7, 2021 8:53:24 GMT
Does that mean you'll be wanting to up the power on this? If only 220whp makes it interesting now? What about the ITB car? More Power - Probably, in the long run  ITB car is different due to gearing and noise and response. |
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Post by atlex on Aug 13, 2021 13:12:56 GMT
Did a loop of the local mountain. What roads :-)
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Post by atlex on Sept 16, 2021 9:55:50 GMT
I put in new wilwood rotors to replace the corrado ones, along with new BP10 pads (to replace the ds2500). The corrado rotors and ds2500s were showing their age - one side had too much corrosion on the outer lip and the outside of the pad was worn away instead of making contact. The maker of the hats, who will not be mentioned (and is not Wilwood), managed to muck up the ID, which actually needs to be 55mm close to the face of the hub - the 54.1mm that is documented is for the wheels, and the ID of the hats was more like 53.7mm, as the ID comes down to that as you get away from the hub face.. basically the hats as is weren't remotely able to fit up against the hub face  they were bored like a spacer rather than a rotor hat. I tried to find a machinist to just bore them out but it was a pain in the ass and I got no responses for such a small job so ended up modifying the ID myself with rounded-faced rasps/files and sandpaper. time consuming... and rasps get stuffed with ali as you remove the material so I had to constantly clean off the rasp. Would have been a 5 minute lathe job her hat, but it took about an hour of rasping per hat by hand. One day, I'd love to own a lathe. And enough space to have the lathe.. I cleaned up the hubs with sandpaper and the disks ran true as they should. Interesting experience bedding in the pads and disks together - I got *loads* of pad judder until they stared bedding in. the first minute of gentle braking was a terrifying but once I got it up to speed and then started the bedding process, it was fine. Process was per the wilwood spec - 10 very mild decelerations to get the system up to temp followed by 8-10 harder (50 to 25mph) decelerations then drive the car a bit to let the rotors and pads cool down uniformly, avoiding stopping if at all possible. I understand the BP10 is a bit less aggressive than the DS2500, but that should be fine in a 1 ton car. |
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Post by atlex on Sept 16, 2021 13:41:25 GMT
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Post by Zed. on Sept 16, 2021 19:20:14 GMT
I tried to find a machinist to just bore them out but it was a pain in the ass and I got no responses for such a small job sucks to live where you do  ended up modifying the ID myself with rounded-faced rasps/files and sandpaper F uckin Animal. the spiggot / bore is to centralise, guess thats lost now.... Rich. |
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Post by atlex on Sept 16, 2021 20:19:08 GMT
I tried to find a machinist to just bore them out but it was a pain in the ass and I got no responses for such a small job sucks to live where you do ended up modifying the ID myself with rounded-faced rasps/files and sandpaper F uckin Animal. the spiggot / bore is to centralise, guess thats lost now.... Rich. It took a long time to do and I kept changing the angle as I did it to keep an average of material removal on all sides. I also didn't take more than it took to get it to fit, I kept checking the fitment very regularly. |
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Post by batou on Sept 17, 2021 10:09:54 GMT
Sounds like a ball ache to essentially get some rotors and pads on, I'm guessing you couldn't just get the supplier persuaded to fix their mistake?
Might need to rethink my pad situation at some point too, the Rodders pads are great but the dust might prove to be a problem with the new wheels as theres no information on what composition the pads are made of. Hmm.
Any news on the cams for the white car?
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they were bored like a spacer rather than a rotor hat.
