Another build thread

[Johno]

Hi John,
So what was it like to drive on the roads. Did you have a big grin all the time...
Was the handling ok or is there something you would change?
Seeing as my car is virtually the same as yours I'm curious to know what you would do different.
You said the clutch was heavy so that's something I need to look at for a start.

[skov]

Originally Posted by Johno

Hi John,
So what was it like to drive on the roads. Did you have a big grin all the time...
Was the handling ok or is there something you would change?
Seeing as my car is virtually the same as yours I'm curious to know what you would do different.
You said the clutch was heavy so that's something I need to look at for a start.

It's a bit early to say yet. For the most part I was driving to IVA and back like a granny, and to be perfectly honest it's not a particularly pleasant or comfortable place to be when you're just cruising along.
When I did have a bit of a play I wasn't exactly performing a critical assessment of its handling abilities...
I was however grinning from ear to ear and shouting wooooooo quite a bit

The clutch was a fricken nightmare though, so much so that I didn't want to drive it again before I sorted it. It was rediculously heavy and hard to control smoothly, which got a bit tiresome in traffic.

I've got a 50 mile round trip to my local friendly garage tomorrow, so I might have some more to report after that.

[Davidbolam]

Originally Posted by skov

I was using forged Rally Design one and it's sh!t. Sounds like like yours is even worse!
The problem I was having is that it wouldn't clamp tigh enough on the steering rack spline. Not happy considering they charge around £20 for it

I swapped it for a pressed steel one off ebay last night and it's nice and tight with no play now.



lol, don't know why I didn't think of that!




It wasn't touching at all when I checked (but was damn close!), by the time I got to IVA they were hard up against the seat backs all the time.
I had the cables pulled away similar to you, but they still managed to move and settle upagainst the chassis.

Seems to be sorted with the shorted brackets anyway.

Is the pressed Steel UJ the same length as the one you took out?

Thanks

David

[skov]

Originally Posted by Davidbolam

Is the pressed Steel UJ the same length as the one you took out?

Thanks

David

Yes, the one I got off ebay is

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=121134330162

[skov]

Arrrrgghhh!
Fixed everything for IVA... booked my re-test for Thursday morning... broke a wingstay on the way home from the garage

[CTWV50]

Originally Posted by skov

Arrrrgghhh!
Fixed everything for IVA... booked my re-test for Thursday morning... broke a wingstay on the way home from the garage

Well Done! You don't hang around do you! How was the drive?

[Davidbolam]

Originally Posted by skov

Arrrrgghhh!
Fixed everything for IVA... booked my re-test for Thursday morning... broke a wingstay on the way home from the garage

How was the brake balance without the mondeo valve in?

David

[skov]

Originally Posted by Davidbolam

How was the brake balance without the mondeo valve in?

David

The rears are much stronger now and should have got my overall braking efficiency high enough to pass.

I tried replicating the IVA dynamic braking test several times and couldn't get the rears to lock before the fronts so I think it should be fine.

Westfield SDV builds seem to get through IVA without any kind of bias valve too.

[skov]

Passed my IVA re-test this morning
I'm a very happy bunny indeed

Stopped by the DVLA on the way home, submitted the forms, handed over the cash, and they did the inspection while I was there.
Should get my reg and tax disc in the poast sometime next week, can't wait!

[K4KEV]

Good timing for the nice weather dude