looks like this time she was proper done look-wise :D (but she looked cool before as well ha)
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looks like this time she was proper done look-wise :D (but she looked cool before as well ha)
Drove the car to Mondello Saturday, met a very angry cop on the way up who wanted to take the car off me but once he found no big turbo or engine bling he let me go. Although there was a lot of discussion about my Lucozade bottle oil catch which according to him was a NOS bottle. That and the car being too low(even though it has been raised to monster truck height)and not taxed since 2009. So, I may sort out tax and get a proper catch tank.
A couple of lifestyler hard parking shots.....
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New rear wheels time.... Japan Racing JR-3 in 19x10.5 et22.
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class the combo looks deadly suits the car down to the ground
This just keeps getting better and better! Are you still considering selling it?
Yeah, I'll probably sell it once I get the summer out of it. It's either that or cut the cage out because I want something I can put my kid in and enjoy with him. :)
So the car has had a bad wobble in the front end at any speed over 100kmh the last while, and the tie rods and that were a bit tired, so I got new inner tie rods, and new ball joints for the adjustable upper camber arms. I needed to fit the camber arms as the front wheels were catching the arch. Didn't take a whole load of pictures because tie rods are not very exciting anyway. :) Big thanks to Ryan O Connor for spending the time sourcing the ball joints and tie rods, the tie rods have a little spacer on the too so that's a bit of extra lock too. Oh, and the wobble is still there so I may check the tyres and that next.
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Been plugging away at this thing the last while. And as a reward for the months of new parts and the respray I decided to go on a road trip to the BDC round 2 in Knockhill in Scotland this past weekend. To get the car ready for this I gave it an oil change and got it aligned by Jay in DI Motorsport. When Jay first went to align it, he discovered that the lower balljoints were far too gone to bother doing it. So after a bit of a panic I discovered that Altezza/IS200/IS300 ones are identical and readily available. So got them and Jay took the car again and did a full alignment. It's made some difference to the car and has made it nice to drive. Can't wait to try it out on track and not just on some random Scottish roundabouts and slip roads. Also gave the car a good waxing for the trip, as you do.
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The route I took to Knockhill was the ferry from Belfast to Cairnryan. The road from Cairnryan to Girvan is unreal. So many fast bends and a few hairpins to really get the side skirts scraping off. Actually, speaking of side skirts. To get the car onto the ferry I had to remove them and bung them into the car. Which got me some funny looks off the other passengers and a friendly chat from the cops on the way home. They were sound though and had a laugh about the situation, and the noise off the car.
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Made it to Edinburgh. Had a spin about the city, which went well. Apart from the few cobble stoned streets which are impossible to see dips and changes in gradients on, and the speed ramps at the hotel. Nothing too drastic but lots of dirty looks and confused faces with all the scraping, revving, and sideways navigating of bumps. Oh, and one paticulary nasty ramp knocked the skirt out so much it pulled the front wing off it's bottom mounting. Easily sorted though, thankfully.
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Made it to Knockhill...
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Pretty cool roads to there too actually.. And the drifting was amazing. Such a fun looking track with the blind entry over a massive elevation change. It really has to be seen to believed. I got a few videos I'll throw up later in the week. And for the cars, never have I seen so many engine swaps in my entire life. Basically anything from everything is shoe horned into something.
The event itself was hard to follow. There was no commentary about what was going on, or no discussions from the judges made public. The saying rings through, you don't know how good you have it until it's gone, and not having Dave Egan and the rest of his crew there keeping you up to date and getting you pumped up made the day drag on. That, and the rain. Mondello doesn't get rain compared to this place. lol
Anyway, long read, good trip, longer drive, uncomfortable fixed back seat, wet clothes, and beer. Good weekend. Thanks for reading. :)
Mileage done...
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Tired car..
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Oh, I also took the car down to Fermoy for round 2 of the IDC. Was parked beside Eric on the day and got a few pics. He's sold the car since, unfortunately..
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love this car. some turnaround in a few months!