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[danwebster]

Must be the one I was thinking of!

[andywaller]

if you dont mind me asking what sort of 0-60 and 1/4 times did your car put out?

[danwebster]

only ever did 2 runs up the quarter in it, 14.1 @ 99 was the result, the vid of that is on google vids somewhere. I missed 2nd to 3rd gearchange but I don't suppose that made much of a difference.

It would do 60 in 5.2 according to the digi dash - reading off the rear wheels.

[andywaller]

awsome, i have just been on youtube watching your vids.

i think the fly by at 8000rmp has just convinced me to go high reving n/a simply stunning noise! and to think your cars going to be quicker now!!!

[danwebster]

it'll be considerably quicker!

[andywaller]

like your bro's then, that is so frantic through the gears!

[danwebster]

Just a bit, its an absolute blast to drive. It'll be slightly more civilised now as he's reduced the final drive....in the vids he's effectively running a 5.3 with the overdriven drops. Trouble is the pinion was destroyed after 1500 miles.

Mine should be about as quick as his was, his will be quicker still!

[andywaller]

metal

ah his cars development! cant wait to see that too!

[danwebster]

All will be revealed in good time....

[Retro_10s]

C'mon Dan it's a nice day here in bromsgrove, get working!!!

[danwebster]

Surprised you couldn't hear me hammering away all morning.....i've had to come in to watch the GP tho

[markrally]

Check it out.....





265mm on alloy bells with tarox 6 pots....

I also got my rear disks through and realised they're bigger than my old front disks were.....I won't be short of stopping power.

Yeah I had too much rear brakes with the standard cylinders in the bias setup so i'm going for a bigger cylinder for the rear, probably 7/8's I think off the top of my head.

I can't really be too specific when predicting weight, if i'm under 600 kilos i'll be pretty happy as the car will be road legal. Trouble is there's as much cobblers spread about weight these days as there is about horsepower....these mythical 550kilo 150hp miglia's have a lot to answer for.

Dan,
Looks like the setup zcars were selling on e-bay??
Are you using the ford handbrake calipers aswell?
I have those calipers on my mini and the Kad Pedal box was not right with them as i couldnt get enough line pressure to make them work well.(As there is less piston area than KAD/Metro 4 pots, hence a smaller cylinder is required)
As you need a smaller than 5/8 cylinder to get more pressure which is only available from ap racing at around £90 plus VAT so i removed the Kad pedal box altogether, fitted a MINI clutch master cylinder (3/4") to feed front and rear circuits and just use an in line brake valve in the rear circuit to balance the car off,
If you read my project thread you will see what i mean, plus i have fitted bigger discs on the rear and not running and restriction on the rear line valve at the moment.
This is a lot simpler system and more effective in my own opinion when using different calipers, Zcars racers also use a single cylinder system aswell now.
Pm me your number and i will give you a call if you need any more advice???


Cheers

ps a single cylinder weighs a lot less than a KAD pedal box aswell, And less to go wrong!!

Edited by markrally73, 22 July 2007 - 02:43 PM.

[chairchild]

one thing confuses me though - if you have all the parts for a remote filter already, and you've had the engine totally apart, didn't you do the relatively simple job of drilling+tapping the block for the pre-pump filter setup?


hehe, or was that just FAR too cheap to contemplate


and as for the rear cage/subframe idea, you could follow my idea, whereby the ENTIRE boot floor + arches are removed (just replace them with plastic liners, no rot to ever worry about again!) Mine will be located along the heelboard, along the top of the rear bulkhead, and a small "hoop" going rearards, to also attatch to the parcel shelf, whereby it can be securely attatched to the cage, without loosing the whole rear bulkhead, or chopping huge holes out of it.

Mine however, will be housing something a bit heavier than just suspension mind you - but I'm keeping even more schtum over that, than you are with your power levels.........

[danwebster]

Mark - i've considered it a few times and I might still ditch the pedal box yet.....its way down on the list of things to do at the mo though, i'll drop you a line closer to the time thanks!

I'm weighing up my options with the rear bulkhead at the moment, as I don't intend any of if to be load bearing I may well cut it all out, I just haven't decided yet.

As for the pre pump filter, with the frequency of oil changes and engine rebuilds I do I don't have an issue with it, I didn't feel it was worth the faff especially as it can cause issues with oil pressure.

[chairchild]

can it really? Well, thinking about it, I do suppose that if it were to get clogged, it would be especially difficult for the pump to get any oil. Ah well, at least you've given some thought to it at least

And if you're not going to make the rear bulkhead load-bearing, you may as well chop it out, but make it so you could bolt it back in, around/over the poles used for the rear subby. Or you could just replace it with a bit of shaped ABS plastic/etc. Would look pretty damned good if you could get something that looked very similar to the original panel, but made of something lightweight