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On 28/07/2018 at 10:15, darve said:

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You too Dave. You and Gary gone both jump in my ****ter at the same time if you like...

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28 minutes ago, KugaWestie said:

The rain stopped, so I stripped the front brakes off (I done them in at Blyton)

I think the technical term for them is Fubarred :laugh:

 

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Wow! That's incredible. The piston has gone right through the pad!! Good work! 

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4 minutes ago, BCF said:

Wow! That's incredible. The piston has gone right through the pad!! Good work! 

I was pushing that pedal real hard :d

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I remembered that I had not stripped the interior trim off from the tailgate, so did that tonight which gained me another 1.6kg.

Running total now 44.85kg

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Bit more weight out tonight.

Headlining including cardboard above it that was bonded to the roof!

Interior light, roof mounted clock, sun visors and windscreen pillar trims.

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That lot netted me 4.4kg

It sounds a bit tinny now when you shut a door :laugh:

 

Running Total 49.25kg.

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When does your diet start? or is it the more weight you take off the car, the more you can put on :p 

 

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3 minutes ago, Tom (T3OMF) - Cotswolds AO said:

When does your diet start? or is it the more weight you take off the car, the more you can put on :p 

 

Cheeky!

Wait till you get to my age and we will see how you look :d

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Gary. If you intend to use it in the road at all i  would add back one Sun visor and the interior light for those dark starts on your way to autumnal track days and home again in the setting sun  :d

Of course if you can't bring yourself to add that weight back......... It's your choice.

I think I need another tintop track car, you're inspiring me.

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5 hours ago, 6carjon said:

Gary. If you intend to use it in the road at all i  would add back one Sun visor and the interior light for those dark starts on your way to autumnal track days and home again in the setting sun  :d

Of course if you can't bring yourself to add that weight back......... It's your choice.

I think I need another tintop track car, you're inspiring me.

Absolutely no intention of using it on the road - trailer it to and from trackdays.

It is SORNed 

So no need to add that weight back, but I have hatched a design for a rear strut/harness bar which is going to put some weight back in :(
The offset against that is peace of mind. I am just not comfortable with having harnesses coming out that back of a bucket seat and then diving down at a fairly steep angle to connect to a rear seat belt pick up point.

 

 

 

 

Have you bought a tin top to strip yet.......

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19 hours ago, KugaWestie said:

Absolutely no intention of using it on the road - trailer it to and from trackdays.

It is SORNed 

So no need to add that weight back, but I have hatched a design for a rear strut/harness bar which is going to put some weight back in :(
The offset against that is peace of mind. I am just not comfortable with having harnesses coming out that back of a bucket seat and then diving down at a fairly steep angle to connect to a rear seat belt pick up point.

 

 

 

 

Have you bought a tin top to strip yet.......

I'm on auto trader now looking at French metal.  Plans for next year now though  plenty of research time.

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On 02/08/2018 at 22:52, KugaWestie said:

Cheeky!

Wait till you get to my age and we will see how you look :d

Depends on how many Blyton Specials Gary eats, Tom :p

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Talking of putting weight on, I am putting some weight back in on the Mini.

Today a knocked up a harness mount bar which is just drying off before I fit it

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So that is going to add 2.7kg to the car.

Running total now 46.55kg

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Front brake upgrade complete.

The pedal is absolutely rock hard with the engine off but a bit spongy with the engine running.

System has been bled several times including a software/ecu forced ABS pump purge/bleed.

Hopefully it is a bit soft as the pads need bedding in. Also the fact the caliper piston is slightly larger will no doubt be contributing to this I guess?

 

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