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[Jammy]

NO! Only myself and Raz invited!

They've arrived, I'll get pics when I get home (of the stuff thats arrived, NOT myself and Raz in a bed!!)

[Bungle]

we dont want to see you in bed just Raz holding the new bits for you minus

[Simon@minispares.com]

is it a tmf staff meeting in jammys bed ?

Plus I am not TMF staff!

[Bungle]

they could be talking about a bigger disscount for staff members with you

[Pie]

Jammy does a lot of work so simon gives him a ig discount

[Jammy]

Its true, I get a big load off from Simon!

[Pie]

shouldnt you ermove the word "big" jammy, would be more of an innuendo!

[Tom Booth]

Inyourendo.

[CanadianMiniFan]

HAHAHAHHAHAHAH nice mate.

[Pie]

And still no pics!!! he's probably fitting them, the tart!

[Bungle]

he might have to trim the arches a bit for the square wheels

[Jammy]

Nah, not going to be fitted until Dec/Jan. Going home now to get pics!

[Jammy]

Well I gues I'd consider this as my best Ebay buy yet!!

Taken from the Ebay auction:

Here I have a pair of front nitron Coil over 3 way adjustable shocks with springs for a tvr tuscan race car.

They were only used once and are in immaculate condition as can be seen in the pics. The springs are 1000lb rating and you can adjust the dampers by rebound, low speed bump and high speed bump.

They are amongst the best shock absorbers out there and cost me over £500 each brand new.

Obviously being for a Tuscan race car the springs will be far too hard! So I'll be changing them at some point. All in all I managed to get them for a quarter of their value!

I'm going to run with the Protechs currently fitted to the Z Cars frame, and the swap in a month or two, so I can compare the two. Luckily the difference in length between the two dampers is 2cm, so Rich @ Z Cars has said he'll just make me some slightly longer ride height adjusters will be make up for the difference in size. I really am excited to get these though, 'Nitron' has been a saved Ebay search of mine for about 6 months, and to get them at such a low price was just the icing on the cake!

Now, on to more mundane things! As you can see I've got the block stripped as I said in previous posts:

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And heres the gearbox casing I broke:

And you can just about see the ball bearings in the photo, part of the mainshaft main bearing which will need to be replaced. Luckily I have a spare!

Want to have the 286 in the block by tonight, and the gearbox rebuilt with the SC gearset!

[Bungle]

so whats the cylinder hanging off the shocks ?

[Jammy]

Thats the remote resevoir. I believe it allows the shock to be mounted inverted, which reduces unsprung mass, although I don't believe that would be a problem anyway with my subframe. Also has one of the adjustment screws on it.