TNTRacing - XRCosworth

Tk · Post by Tk » Sat Dec 19, 2009 9:08 am

good luck , not something i would fancy doing

hopefully you miss the worst areas

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 8:47 pm

We're back and all in one piece car safely on the drive:hurray:

Set off at 07.30 this morning an hour after I got home from work. Alan was going to be doing all the driving to allow me to have a nap on route. Joined the m6 with not a hint of snow anywhere but we were both a little worried about what lay ahead.
Alan had planned out the route the night before and committed it to memory, so we were being guided by THE HUMAN SAT NAV. After a couple of hours of travelling it was time for a pit stop

Back on the road and we were now starting to see signs of snow and it made for some stunning scenery....

The roads were clear and the going was good....until we got to his address. We had to wait for his mate to meet us as the car was at his nans house. He turned up in driving an very nice Evo VII. The drive to the car was fairly nerve racking as the roads were covered in ice and very slippery, so much so that Alan had to put car in 4wd low ratio. We were wondering how the hell we get the car out of there.

Luckily once we loaded the car they showed us another way out, but even that was still slippery as feck....

The journey back was smooth and problem free although it did feel like Alan was doing laps of the m25 as everytime i woke up we were still on it....

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 12:34 am

Well done chaps! Glad you made it safely

Post by **maff** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 4:57 am

nice going guys

Cant wait to see what happens to the new chariot

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:22 pm

Had a proper look round the car today and all the spares that are in the boot:). There are one or two small problems the car but we were aware of these before we bought it and have already come up with some solutions.

1. Sapphire bonnet that we've got won't fit.
2. Sapphire front grill that we've got won't fit.
3. The 2 front bumpers that Alan made would need to be modified due to front indicators.
4. The front arch kit will also require further modifications.

The bonnet, front grill and bumper will all be ditched and replaced with RS500 fibreglass parts:coolgleamA:

That's the serious bit done. Alan came over at 10.30 this morning and by 11.00 after clearing the snow off the car the bonding process had begun

Needless to say what the neighbours were calling him:smash:

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:25 pm

being the true bart that i am got up this morning -3 and went over to pauls, scrapped all the snow and ice of the car and gave it a pollish.
also had a good look over the car and for

Post by **Stuart** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:30 pm

That is awesome

Well done guys. I love that.

Tk · Post by Tk » Sun Dec 20, 2009 6:42 pm

full steam ahead now then lads

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:29 pm

Tk wrote:full steam ahead now then lads

indeed it is mate first thing we need to do is get the car a MOT there only few things that need doing for that.

1. bleed brakes
2. fit new hand brake cable
3. new steering rack
4. offside front drive shaft

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 8:14 pm

great buy guys!

looks a very solid base you build from