TNT Racing XR4x4 - Time Attack 2009

antonioo · Post by **antonioo** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:16 pm

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Bart · Post by **Bart** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:25 pm

A bit more done today. it was raining and cold most of the day so decided to take the manifolds off the heads a right bitch of a job :evil:
At the same time i thougth i would take the old wasste gate off aswell. Took an hour to get the wastegate off

That was the easy part had to cut most of the bolts off to get the turbo and manifold off th head and these were all new bolts 2 years ago.

Found another problem as well the manifold on the turbo side had been leaking :roll: A couple of hours work left to do and we should be ready to drop the engine

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 5:51 pm

Another weekend and more work to be done on the car tomorrow. The plan for sunday is to remove the suspension, hubs and brakes. Test fit a new propshaft, make up template to allow relocation of wastegate and a few other bits.

Alan has also started on a new front bumper he took the 2 bumpers home with him last week and had it made in rough in an hour. It weighs about half as much as the current one and offers better cooling. Along this line he is also planning to relocate the oil cooler.

Pictures of our progress will be put up tomorrow

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:08 am

Been busy with the hole saw eh ?

Mr Fletcher · Post by **Mr Fletcher** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:15 am

http://www.neverseezproducts.com/regulargrade.htm

a guy on here JC used this to good effect iirc, 2years plus and the bolts still came undone

cheers

jason

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:32 pm

Dunc.....I have been marking out areas to be cut starting with a hacksaw. Don't trust myself with a hole cutter to start with :twisted:

Jason....Thanks for that link will defo have to look into that

Well today didn't have to many jobs to do and managed to get them all done. So now all the jobs that we had down for november are all done and a couple from our december list

The shocks are being sent back to Avo to be reconditioned and fitted with custom made springs.

This is the new front prop that we were test fitting. A bit bigger than the current one. Abit of work will be needed to make it fit.

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:47 pm

Well the strip down has gone to plan so far

. That's the easy bits done. This Friday we are taking the heads over to the company that'll be doing the work on them and have a chat with the guy.
The plan for the weekend is to take the engine out completely. Then once it's out the fun starts, stripping it down to the bare block. Everything is being inspected, All gaskets to be changed sumped to baffled, if we can find someone to do it....Still looking.

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:52 pm

Have now found someone who does baffled sumps

Post by **Stuart** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:45 pm

Whom and how much Pablo? The father in law will almost certainly need one for his car next year. Do you know if the 24v sump will be the same?

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:52 pm

stuart wrote:Whom and how much Pablo? The father in law will almost certainly need one for his car next year. Do you know if the 24v sump will be the same?

the 24v sump will go on to the car mate
apart from the heads the 24v engine is basicly 2,9 12v xr engine mate.
when we speak to the guy on friday we'll let you know how much to baffle the sump.
its a guy in bromsgrove but im sure paul will put the company up.