TwinTurbos Build Diary....

[twinturbo]

Well, I collected the chassis 14/2/10

Lets see if I can get a progress pic up by the aniversary.

TT

[Bonzo]

Originally Posted by twinturbo

Well, I collected the chassis 14/2/10

TT

Blooming heck Rob, has it been that long

Only seems a couple of months ago to me .... There you go, showing my age again

Hope you don't mind the thread high jack mate !!

Can you recommend me a reliable computer back up device ?

I remember what you said to me about SD cards & pen drives

Thinking along the lines of a USB external hard drive ( Dont have a massive budget ) but Junior has done a massive amount of behind the scene development work on my web domain & I really want to back it all up, fully independent from the host server.

Also need to store all of my personal stuff as well.

I case it makes any difference, I use 64 bit Windows 7 Pro.

[twinturbo]

It depends on what quantity you have, how often it changes, where the live data lives, your own buildings etc.

If your live data is in your house, and your backup stays on the shelf next to it then your at risk. If the data is on a web host then back it up to your PC.

You can buy external Hard Disks for around £50. not a lot to discriminate them. Ideally have 2 and rotate them. Keep at least one away from the live data (not in the same building).

Or use one of the Web data stores and upload to that.. service such as live drive.

And don't write over the last backup just incase it fails. keep at least 2 versions of the backup.

If the data is quite small then burning a copy to DVD/CD is well within scope, most software will do a good job and you can file them away easily OFF SITE.

TT


AND.. Check the backup works by restoring something.

[Bonzo]

I don't have a massive amount of data to store.

My domain limit at the moment is set to 1gig & only have a few gig of personal archives to store .

Sounds like a couple of small external HD's will be ideal .... Do you think solid state HDs are an option ?
No idea if they are a tried & trusted storage medium as yet.

I tried the CD/DVD route several years ago but found that they sometimes became unreadable after a very short period !!

Probably my own fault for buying Crap media & el cheapo writers

Thanks for your advice Rob, it is much valued

The main thing is my domain, I know my server provider backs up daily .... Just looking to keep a back up of my own, just to ensure that I have a copy of Juniors hours & hours of html scripting

[twinturbo]

I promis photos tomorrow.

Anyway.

Having fitted my engine mounts, I find i have the engine a little high. I have the scuttle and nose in place ( temp ) and the engine is proud of the bonnet top line ( I need to dig out the bonnet to see if we are touching. )

Meanwhile I have got the later plenum for the 2.9, it's about 1.5cm shorter. unfortunatly it needs slight mods to fit. in progress

TT

[Bonzo]

I look forward to seeing some pictures Rob

Sounds like you have made some good progress

No need to drag the bonnet out, why not use a batten/straight edge to span the gap between the nose cone & scuttle.

That will give you a good visual idea of what is going on under the bonnet & where changes could be made

[twinturbo]

I am hoping the bulge in the bonnet will provide vital clearance

TT

[twinturbo]

I had to get the scuttle out and put it sort of in place to find the bonnet line. This involved notching the drivers side flange. Unfortunatly at some point the rear lower corner has taken a little nock and thepointy bit has cracked off. So that will need sorting somehow.




With that in place I could see the engine was too high, and the next plan was to get the shorter plenum and see how much difference it would make.


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[twinturbo]

The shorter plenum has 2 problems, 1st there is a random block of alloy that was rubbing on the overflow from the thermostat. So that had to be cut away. 2nd, there is a bulge under the plenum for the balance port and PCV outlet. this rubs on the steel fuel rail, so this has been machined down a bit (still to finish it off) So the plenum now fits.

But the line is still too high. So I either get the engine lower, make a custom plenum, or butcher the bonnet.




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[twinturbo]

as you can see the bonnet is standing a bit proud, I fitted two bolts in to hold the nosecone, that's the first pice of bodywork started!!!!

Black and Zinc Yellow



TT