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Jan 16, 2023 11:34:11 GMT
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Hey Folks! Another week, another weekly chat, your place for stuff that may not warrant a full thread, or stuff that is just going on right now that you want to share. Well last weeks busy week went pretty well. I'll do an Autosport thread to report on that. I've got a really clear direction with the forum, layout, mobile and all that good stuff (something I've struggled with for ages). In fact I'm typing this from a version of the site that looks TERRIBLE right now as I'm working my way through how it can best work. I'd upload a screenshot but our easy image uploader isn't integrated to it yet hahaha, forgot what a pain it was doing it other ways. Also off the back of my slight down intro to last weeks thread ToolsnTrack and ChasR are working towards getting some podcast stuff back up and running, which is exciting. Mission for this weeks, more scanning and new website for the events as they were only placeholders launched at the end of last year. Also we had a lovely merch order last week, only to find the stock for it was in a storage place that is a way away from our house, so I went and got that at the weekend! One day I'll start on the garage tidy up (which I think I mentioned in the first Weekly Chat thread hahah) Previous Thread: forum.retro-rides.org/thread/223869/chat-thread-short-subtitles-wc
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adam73bgt
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Jan 16, 2023 12:08:28 GMT
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Interested to see what you thought of Autosport, I went on the Saturday and left feeling a bit disappointed really.
Think I last went maybe 3 or 4 years ago and it felt like there were quite a few gaps and key players missing, plus the live show was nigh on identical to how I remembered!
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ToolsnTrack
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Jan 16, 2023 12:37:04 GMT
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Mirroring above, I've decided to get my proverbial shizniz in order seeing as its "off season" winter. I've made a decision to sell this: forum.retro-rides.org/thread/219476/subaru-impreza-turbo2000?page=1#scrollTo=2693851...quite simply due to its total lack of use. Had a run through it over the weekend and made sure it looked / ran ok. Couple of niggles to address and it should be ready for the long walk. Shame really but its genuinely sat for months now and not moved, and I'm just not the hoardy type. That leaves the projects... The Locost is coming on at a steady pace. Set the target of a running driving version of it for summer. Got electrics to address along with the bodywork but its a fairly achievable target. forum.retro-rides.org/thread/215606/build-car-scratch?page=5&scrollTo=2764694That just leaves the Supra. Had a good run at the head assembly on Sunday. Ordered the last of the build materials for the 1JZ so on the assumption that arrives this week I'd hope to have a built engine all documented in video format for the end of January. I reeeeally want this guy running for summer so its all hands on deck there. forum.retro-rides.org/thread/222930/toyota-supra-jza70-forged-build?page=1&scrollTo=2765318I had a bit of an internal rager at the fact the whole world has the January blues and no one wants to do anything these days. A wee readjustment in attitude has helped wonders, hence the renewed efforts to use the free time effectively so we can all go out and play with toys when the sun comes out!
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stealthstylz
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Jan 16, 2023 13:05:57 GMT
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I posted this rant on Instagram the other day http://instagram.com/p/CnW6NJ9IuaC Poor lad has now dropped the block off. Great big score in the cylinder from a chunk of grit that fell out of the cradle while he was turning it over by hand. This was a "ready to build" K24 kit that he spent several grand on from a reputable company. He'd washed it all again before assembly but as I mention getting rid of the blasting media is almost impossible. He's now in a position where he'll need to fork out several hundred pounds more for the next oversize pistons, which are right on the limits of the block so it's a one way trip and won't go again in future.
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misteralz
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Jan 16, 2023 15:56:36 GMT
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January blues here. It'll be good for me in time, but I've got to get rid of the 914 I never quite finished, get a splittie from Scotland to the Netherlands, empty my 120m² storage space and get rid of loads of scrap, and get my house sold. So if anyone is interested in a 3½ bedroomed detached granite house with an acre of land and a huge agricultural outbuilding on the edge of the Cairngorms, speak now!
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Jan 16, 2023 16:07:40 GMT
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If we're going to Blue Monday, someone at least post a link to Blue Monday
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Dez
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Jan 16, 2023 16:13:17 GMT
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Still plodding on with car related construction projects, in that I’m building a big shed to fill with cars. It’s a job I’m proficient at but do not enjoy at all, but hey it’s a means to an end. Not the best time of year to be doing such things a though. Also waiting for non existent callbacks from disinterested insurance companies. I know my fleet is specialist but if they could at least make the promised callback to tell me they’re not interested, I could cross em off the list. To counteract the drudgery of such things, I’ve dragged out the truck so I can continue with that, made a (rather longer than expected) to-do list, and bought some more parts to get some things ticked off. I suppose it counts as progress, even if I’ve just spent an extra £80 on fairly boring seals and trims of thought I’d already bought all of!
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Last Edit: Jan 16, 2023 16:14:23 GMT by Dez
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Jan 16, 2023 16:13:50 GMT
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Actually, while I'm posting Youtube videos, this is well worth putting aside 48 of your daily allowance of minutes for.
Properly cringeworthy in places! I actually felt a bit sorry for the fella in the Maestro.
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misteralz
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Jan 16, 2023 20:29:38 GMT
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Ooooh, I'm going to have a watch of that tomorrow!
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bstardchild
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Jan 16, 2023 21:02:07 GMT
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I'm getting sick of DIY getting in the way of garage time (I'm going to call all DIY "her list" - the house we live in a early 80's build and has the insulation properties of a wet rag - when we bought it first year we used 25,000 kWh of gas heating it (that would be £2500 a year on the current cap) so over the years I've improved everywhere I could (Doors, windows, loft insulation, cavity wall insulation but there was one thing I put off doing - suspended chipboard floor over a 2 ft crawl space with vents every 4 bricks all round the property in the winter it's freezing under there) Since August I've been crawling around under the suspended ground floor installing 75mm Kingspan between the floor joists - it's a hatefull job I had to cut 4 access points to do the living area and the floor wasn't great to start with and the carpet was trashed from being lifted and re-laid every weekend (one of those was also the access point to do the rest of the ground floor) Weekend before last I finished 5.5mm ply boarding the flooring (stapled to the 18mm chipboard) and I spent the whole weekend an 18mm oak floor. String line to make sure it was all straight Making progress Porta Nailer - great tool but purchased 2nd hand as it was cheaper than renting and needed a full overhaul and a few parts and I now have a few blisters Having to work round the furniture because if it hadn't been raining I could have thrown them outside Half way point reached and I could move the sofa's back for what was left of Saturday evening Sunday I drained down the heating and remove the rad from the wall so I can drill the boards that go over the pipes coming up thro the floor - I timed the drain down to work with some central heating cleaner that's been in a week and I have some corrosion inhibitor to go in after a rinse/flush Also need to remove the skirting board from behind the rad so I can tuck the boards under the new skirting cos I hate trim on skirting The list of car related stuff on "my list" is growing by the day but I think I can see an end to this in sight
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stealthstylz
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Jan 16, 2023 21:50:43 GMT
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It'll make a huge difference BC. Had mine done about 12 months ago and the heating is barely ticking over, and we've got pretty old not very efficient windows.
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bstardchild
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Jan 16, 2023 22:47:03 GMT
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It'll make a huge difference BC. Had mine done about 12 months ago and the heating is barely ticking over, and we've got pretty old not very efficient windows. Already feeling the difference (well except that cold snap in Dec - it spoiled the 20% reduction in gas consumption that I was seeing) however actions have consequences as they say and we are starting to see the impacts of sealing up a very ventilated house but I won't go into that as well However I'm just glad I'm not working in a 2ft crawl space anymore
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stealthstylz
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Jan 16, 2023 22:54:35 GMT
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It'll make a huge difference BC. Had mine done about 12 months ago and the heating is barely ticking over, and we've got pretty old not very efficient windows. Already feeling the difference (well except that cold snap in Dec - it spoiled the 20% reduction in gas consumption that I was seeing) however actions have consequences as they say and we are starting to see the impacts of sealing up a very ventilated house but I won't go into that as well However I'm just glad I'm not working in a 2ft crawl space anymore I swapped a Transit engine build for a couple of guys to come and crawl about under my house for a couple of days doing mine. I got a warm house and they got a work van with 4 100% complete pistons.
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bstardchild
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Jan 16, 2023 23:03:55 GMT
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You got the better half of the deal I reckon
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Dez
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Jan 16, 2023 23:06:02 GMT
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It'll make a huge difference BC. Had mine done about 12 months ago and the heating is barely ticking over, and we've got pretty old not very efficient windows. Already feeling the difference (well except that cold snap in Dec - it spoiled the 20% reduction in gas consumption that I was seeing) however actions have consequences as they say and we are starting to see the impacts of sealing up a very ventilated house but I won't go into that as well However I'm just glad I'm not working in a 2ft crawl space anymore That’s something I’ve learnt over the years with houses. Ventilation is as important as heating, often more so when it comes to health. People are very quick to seal houses shut to ‘save money’ but they are surprised when all the mould suddenly appears because people pump out a lot of water just by existing, before we even get to lifestyle…
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bstardchild
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Jan 16, 2023 23:11:37 GMT
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Already feeling the difference (well except that cold snap in Dec - it spoiled the 20% reduction in gas consumption that I was seeing) however actions have consequences as they say and we are starting to see the impacts of sealing up a very ventilated house but I won't go into that as well However I'm just glad I'm not working in a 2ft crawl space anymore That’s something I’ve learnt over the years with houses. Ventilation is as important as heating, often more so when it comes to health. People are very quick to seal houses shut to ‘save money’ but they are surprised when all the mould suddenly appears because people pump out a lot of water just by existing, before we even get to lifestyle… Yeah - back of the net Dez - humidity has gone up 10 - 15% since the underfloor was finished no mould however but we get very wet windows - Think school bus windows
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I posted this rant on Instagram the other day http://instagr.am/p/CnW6NJ9IuaC Poor lad has now dropped the block off. Great big score in the cylinder from a chunk of grit that fell out of the cradle while he was turning it over by hand. This was a "ready to build" K24 kit that he spent several grand on from a reputable company. He'd washed it all again before assembly but as I mention getting rid of the blasting media is almost impossible. He's now in a position where he'll need to fork out several hundred pounds more for the next oversize pistons, which are right on the limits of the block so it's a one way trip and won't go again in future. What is the best way to clean engine parts?
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stealthstylz
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We use a hot tank and a industrial size pressure washer mainly, then some ferrous stuff gets dipped in a tank of TFR which brings all the curse word and rust off.
The dishwasher at home will do a decent enough job, just make sure you clean the filter out after or your dinners will taste like oil for a week.
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Jan 17, 2023 21:56:39 GMT
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Oddly ended up having a bit of a blue Monday evening yesterday. I will preface this by saying it may come across as a bit "my diamond shoes are too tight", but it is what it is. As you may know about five years ago I bought a Porsche 996, kind of accidentally as I had originally set out to buy an S Class Merc. A story I will tell some day. I've thrown money at servicing it, fixing things here and there (even did my own spannering!). However I've never got round to modifying it. Currently it is sat with Brad's Classic getting a service and a few things fixed (door glass stopped dropping when closing the door mainly). Whilst it was there a couple of other bits were spotted (unsurprising). One of which was the need for new rear tyres. Now I don't know if you've ever bought tyres suitable for 18x10 wheels before, but they are quite spendy, even more so if you get the 'right' tyres. We're talking 350-400 a corner. No doubt the fronts will need doing soon as well which is another couple of hundred quid a side. So naturally I did what everyone faced with the prospect of over a grands worth of tyre purchase does. I started looking for new wheels. I mean if I'm going to be spending the money on new tyres, I don't want to spend it twice if I'm thinking I might get new wheels. This is where I started to get despondent. Wheels are crazy expensive. I'm not just talking specific Porsche wheels, I'm talking any 17, 18 or 19 name brand alloy. I sort of knew this in abstract (in fact I've discussed this with HARDCORE rmad and VIP before), however I had an exact spec I knew I wanted* so I could spec out and price up precisely. Four wheels to the spec I wanted started at 3k + shipping and climbed as high as 12k (that is HRE who are very premimum). How are people affording these wheels!? Ignore the Porsche people for a second, these things in larger specs are turning up on more modern Golfs and stuff like that. Is it all financed!? Over how long!??! That drove me off to eBay (in various countries) to look at second hand wheels, which were mostly coming in at least 1.5 if not 2k. Which is about what I'd hope to be spending... except none of them were near the specs I wanted and most looked rubbish (to me). So I'm sticking with what I've got and I'm going to tell myself they are my "winter wheels" until I can afford to buy another set (or something comes up on eBay). Oh and the coil over kit is at least 2k as well for a decent one, 3k for the one I'd like. So maybe it'll stay stock. And I can pour more money in to the Datsun... *one good thing with Porsche people is that they are very ready to share wheel specs. Which isn't always the case with other scenes.
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adam73bgt
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Jan 17, 2023 22:21:27 GMT
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The used wheel "market" has gone mad in the past few years, especially almost anything Japanese. Was only a few years back that a mate bought some Skyline R33 GTR wheels for a couple hundred quid and now there are people trying to sell sets for 1, 2 or 3 grand.
I like to occasionally buy a set to refurb or to have an option to swap out for but the pool of cheap sets available has really dried up, you can sometimes find a cheap set, but they're often an obscure brand, or in specs that no one really wants.
I did see a poorly advertised set of cheap Enkei RP03s a few weeks ago which I was tempted by but they were a bit far away to warrant buying
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