TNTRacing - XRCosworth

Bart · Post by **Bart** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 6:30 pm

the work starts at 5am tomorrow morning:sifone:

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:18 pm

Day 1.

Took a nice leisurely drive over to StreetRacers to start the engine build today. Well it was for me in the frontera Alan had a rather harsh ride due to how stiff the car is....it basically bounced and skipped for the whole 60 mile trip:smilielol5: I nearly wet myself watching Alan's head bounce around like a nodding dog.

The plan for today was just to get the old engine, gearbox and drive shaft out. Gordon had cleared a lift for us to use and after a cup of tea and a chat Alan set to work on taking the top half of the engine off before dropping it out.

It wasn't long before the car was in bits.

Once the engine was out it was time to give the new block a clean and a coat of paint to freshen it up.

Once all the hard work for today was done Alan decided it was time to play, so he fitted the back box of the exhaust to see what it was going to look like:driving:

Whilst it was on he just couldn't resist blowing smoke through it an telling Gordon that the new engine is very quite but smokes a bit:bart:

He also suggested to Gordon that whilst i was sat down that I could fit the piston rings to which replied..........NO.

Tomorrow Alan will be starting to build the engine up.

After that

Post by **Stuart** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:25 pm

Nice and clean car underneath though.....that's got to be good news

Seeing the wheels reminded me; what pcd and offset are they?

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:31 pm

You guys are getting so close to the end now

Tk · Post by Tk » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:37 pm

good work

exciting times ahead

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:31 pm

pcd 108 abd et is 35 i think, i'll get Alan to check tomorrow.

Post by **Stuart** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:44 pm

I may have some 7 x 17" very lightweight five spokes if you want a set

Happy to donate these to Team TNT

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:59 pm

That would be fantastic Stu:thumbs:. I sure Alan will be in touch when he reads this. We need another set of wheels for the wet tyres.

Post by **Stuart** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:03 pm

I will double, triple check in the shed tomorrow but I'm sure there are some 108's in there, that would suit. I'll let Alan know mate

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:08 pm

Cheers Stu:thumbs:

Wheels are Alans area as he has plans for the second set. Tasteful and subtle plans;)

Bigpower

TNTRacing - XRCosworth

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