Project JetBLICK by JetBLICK

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Got the seats, and the cibie's, just need to make up the bracketry for them... i'll probly do that after i get back off holiday in a month or so.

I've been playing on photoshop today .... I was going to change the arches to wide grp2's... but i think the posepacks are growing on me at the mo

6-29-2007

Cheers

Funny you should say that tom, i was thinking about getting the carbon sprayed... this is gonna sound a bit *insert that word that i'm thinking of but you know what i mean here*... but i don't think its really in fashion anymore for anything except jap cars. Also for anyone who doesn't know what it is, you have to explain why its unpainted which just aint cool

I need a decent pic of some wide grp 2's from a similar angle to 'chop on... mite do a pic request later..

Cheers, Dan

EDIT.. found some wide grp2's...

7-3-2007

Yea, should be able to have it lookin like that soon enough. Went to dmb graphics today to get a quote, looking at about £60-something for the stickers or £80 fitted. Thats just all the side stuff, need to think bout what i want on the bonnet and boot too.

Since i moved the front pin's on the front, it don't fit as good anymore, so decided i'm gonna have to move the braketry about under the the wings, that involves putting rivets through it, so thats gonna involve a re-spray on the front, which means i'll have the arches and the bonnet and boot sprayed at the same time. Then i can sticker it up after that.

Unfortunatly at this rate the 1071 aint going to be in till i'm back at uni, i dont think i can earn enough over the holiday to do it all. But i think the 1071 will be in a few weeks after going back to uni.... and soon after... i mite get that 7 port... we'll see how it goes.

Anyways, i'm on holiday for 3 weeks as of tomorrow, so tra tra

Nice one pie, yea i will be taking my phone with me, not sure if it'll work or not.. but i'll give it a go. Cant wait to see ur motor wen im back, hopefully i'll try and bring the sun back with me if i can get it through customs, so we can ave some proper meets in some good weather

Wont be going 7 port for a while... but hoping to have it by next summer... so the car will be completely finished - but thats providing nothing goes tits up. We'll ave to see what the 1071's throwing out when its in, but if it makes its claimed 105bhp i rekon i can push it to 120 (at the fly) with the 7 port head. But as you say, gotta get used to 105bhp first...its gonna be fun, considering how frantic the 998 is with a mere 63bhp Its weird, it aint no rocket ship, its just really frantic when you floor it. Best of both worlds i guess, feels like you're going fast when really u aint



Ahh yeash, the 7 port on the 1071... its always been the dream... well acctually the dream was an 8 port, but you dont realise the cost involved with an 8 port!!

Ok so 7 ports are quite pricey from mini sport, and people say that they both work out the same... well to them i say *testicles!* I've been researching this for ages, u want to hear the breakdown...

You can get a 7 port casting for around £1000 at the moment. Then rather than buy the ready assembled heads from minisport for £somethinstupid, have it worked by slark or switftune for around £300-400. That gives you a head that is ready to bolt on for £1400.

An 8 port will cost £1600 for the head, add a few hundred quid for the special cam, some more for the exhaust, same goes for the inlet ports, and also it requires some machining on one of the con-rods i believe because of the funny cam lobes, there are also a few other bits and bob's that you need to consider too.

Then you need to take into account that because the 7 port is made from cast iron its far easier to fit bigger valves. Also, take into account that the 4 exhaust ports are largely unnecessary because the time between the exhaust ports opening on cylinders 2 and 3 are effectively 360deg apart, so there is no restricted flow occurring.

And then theres the packaging issue too, a 7 port will fit neatly under the bonnet, or if you prefer, you can have spacers so that the filter just pokes out the front, like on the britax cooper.

I'm all for the 8 port, its got good heratige and i can see why people like it, but its most likely gonna be 7 port for me

8-25-2007

Ent been here for a while mostly because i have no money to do anything and things have been running fairly smoothly-ish.

I narrowly avoided a badger the other week, but still managed to bend my steering arm hitting the ditch on full lock :s Pretty impressive i'd say, as i managed to bend what you'd think would be the strongest part - the solid steel rack.... thanks to retroracer1380 for the quick replacement



Managed to get all the way to santa pod and back with no problems tho, took him up the drag strip and ran a 19.0 quarter mile, which i thought went too bad, i beat a fair few 1275's and a 1380

This weekend i'm gonna give the whole car a good wash and check over, started today buy getting it up on axle stands and first covering in suds with the jet washer, then jet washed it to get all the mud and bits off, then i washed it again with hot water and a sponge and rinsed with the jet washer. Then climbed under and cleaned underneath and the engine. Happy to say my white floor idea has come up trumps because not only was it easy to wipe clean, but there are a few small bits of rust i can see starting to appear, the great thing is they appear as bright orange blemishes in the white paint - so easy to spot before its too late.

Anyways.. so its wire wheel out over the next couple of days to keep on top of the rust. Also i noticed whilst i was under there, that i've managed to catch a few big rocks... and left some big scrapes... some of which are on the brake line... so i think my next priority is to run the brake and fuel lines through braided hoses inside the car.





ANYWAYS... the real reason im updating this is because i was out playing last nite, i thought you mite like this Altho i can reach 8000rpm in 1st and 2nd, i dont like to do it too often, so last nite i set it to a sensible 7000 rpm.. which is still enough to have plenty of fun. Anyways we found out that at 7000 on the limmiter it does this... tee hee



It didn't do it so much at 8000... i think its because the engine was close to its power limmit... rather than it being cut off whilst its making good power. It doesn't do it with the launch control either.... tho it is a lovely sound... and surprises a few people at traffic lights

Oh and if you didnt see earlier i put a pic request out earlier for 10x6 GB's, mini sprocket came up trumps so i could 'shop this

9-17-2007

I ent always on ere because unlike you pie my good man, i dont just sit on my arse talking about what im going to do. I work, i buy stuff, and i get on with maintaining and fixing my car, so i can drive you about all day and you can buy rubbish knackard parts so that you can sit on ur arse again whilst watching me try and fix your stoopid banana! ... sorry, engine





....well..... during the holidays......... when im not 'avin it LArge at uni


Cheers gilly, its always loverly to read nice comments, hope you get on okay with you're project, start up a project thread, its one of the best things u'll do. Keep it updated and let people watch your progress, it helps a lot when people are egging you on, when you start loosing sight of the end

9-22-2007

Shame this is a family forum, otherwise i cud cuss you publicly for better effect - yea i said 'cuss'... brap!

Anyways.... Motor.... well, er not done much dunno how, but my money seems to be dissapearing as quickly as i earn it, so cant afford to do much work recently. However its all about to start getting busy again, i hope. The MOT has ran out and the insurance runs out at the end of the month. Seeing as it wouldn't pass an MOT on (a) seized radius arm pins and (b) emissions because the piston rings are on their way out, i thought id just leave it off the road, whilst i sort the 1071.

Cheers oli for doin the weldin tho.... even tho it never went for the MOT :s

So, as a sorta fairwell drive, i up'd the rev limmiter to 8k and took the long way to work friday, down the back lanes. Didn't really push it on the corners or anythin because it was rainin, but did give it a pasting on the straights, and best of all, didnt catch up with any traffic It was rainin as i said, and i dont have a passenger wiper, and it was on a camera phone - but i did record it, so, enjoy....

Just to put the speed into perspective... it looks faster than i was actually goin, 60mph comes up just as you get into 3rd gear, but as you may hear, the pull in 3rd and 4th is a bit rubbish compared to 2nd, so rarely goin faster than 70 and probly averaging around the 50 mark.

10-14-2007

Got reeeelly reeelly bored yesterday, so me and my mate craig decided to go back to my house this morning and start work in prep for the 1071, yaaay

The aim for the day was to just get the engine out and the gearbox in a state where i could strip it on my own at a later date.... we didn't hang about! We got back to mine at just after 11... by 12.15 the engine was out - who needs a stoopid engine crane! .... time for a break and a brew





Next, the engine was stripped of all major parts, basically leaving the block and gearbox attached to each other. So thats the rad, cowling, dizzy, alternator, coil, wok, flywheel, transfercase, and head.... bing bang bosh With parts now scattered all over the garage we had a little tidy up before splitting the block and box....



People who know, know there are two nuts either end of the gearbox that can be a pain in the arse, you've got to somehow hold the gearbox solid whilst undoing the 150ft/lbs nuts, in the past i've managed to do this by shoving the gearbox under the car and using a breaker bar, however this time i just ended up lifting the car up with the gearbox. So we decided to go to oli's who claimed he's got a speshul way of doing it.... i introduce to you, the cowboy engineer





(a bit of a pie moment there )

whats more, oli had another 'custom' tool for getting the input gear bearing off



then it took all three of us to get the damn giant c-clip off, i would have taken a photo, it was one of the funniest pie moments ever, but it really was a 3 man job


So now the gearbox is fully stripped and ready to be taken to the engine services to be cleaned and inspected, then i can start building various bits.

Now that the engines fully stripped it means i will soon be in a position to sell various bits, so if anyone wants first dibbs on any of the following let me know (via PM only please! ) And i will get back to you when i'm in a position to start selling and posting the bits. Be aware this is only first dibs, i aint selling it yet, so i dunno prices

Standard 12g940 head with 2 new valves and double valve springs
A kent 286 cam
A kent 286 scatter cam
Twin 1-1/4 carbs with minispares rampipes, on manifold
A budget LCB
Duplex timing gear
A lightened verto flywheel
I do also have my pocketed block... tho its got a broken stud in it (alternator bracket), and it needs a hone/rebore and new piston rings, and too be fair the pockets are a bit of bodgery too

Anyways thats all for now... not long now till 1071 powwwwweer