Monday
Well finally have solid rear engine mount, rear brakes and I’ve even had time to make an exhaust!
badly made rear mount, it just hooks on the lip of the exhaust, passes on all the vibes to the handbrake where i bolted it to the car, will change it soon but…
I’m actually very unhappy about the sound, nice burble at tick over and great even on the over run, but floor it and it sound restricted. Will bust out the baffle next day but if that fails i will have a look around for a better flowin silencer, I don’t know what this pipe is off but internal diameter suggests a 400 possible. I do have a titanium zx10r one that might do..
I’ve actually ripped this stuff out and changed it again for better stuff, really have to do the other mount soon, just need a really long extension bar for the upper engine mount.
Took a while to get the brakes right, was missing a spring (who lost that? doh!) and in the struggle to get the offside hub off i loosed the bearing from the hub, didn’t catch that one straight away, also the auto handbrake adjusting mechanism need adjusting..
slipped the dash back in too, have dedided what I’m gonna do (will change my mind next week again lol) Since the starlet is too small for bike/car towing and too big for a bike engined/track racer/shopping getter, I’m gonna fit the 1.3 4ef and sell it on, so it’s gotta be a litte bit pretty, and pass an nct. Hope to get about €1700, for a big car killer/ track day hero that can be insured by a 17 with out a clue (and cheap tax!) he’ll wrap it around a poll ina week..
Once thats all done, gotta get me a 30 year old pickup (saw a 6300cc diesel amercian truck go for £1000 last night on ebay) cheap tax and good hauling power, and a gsxr1100. turbo the gsxr run the chassis into the ground, yoink the engine out and shove it in a tiny car (in the rear obv.) saw a matiz yesterday €500 nct till 09 tax with engine trouble.
A matiz will fit in the back of an American truck no sweat.
All it needs is a two door mod (streched front doors obv.) and i reackon those pop up headlights would be sweet too.
