My £66 Charity Case GT - 128bhp Homebrew

[Risocco]

Now that is sweet looking fella

One thing though, your exhaust back box looks like it's blowing a little on the weld.

Cheers mate, and I'll keep an eye on the backbox

Alex

[Risocco]

Boredom is a terrible thing, so I decided I needed GTX lights in my life. Also fitted black badges, my new tailgate lock seal and the all important 3rd brake light...



Coupled with a snazzy steering wheel as my Porsche one has fallen to pieces...



Prefer this one to be honest anyways!

Beautiful day and no work meant that a quick photo session was in order...











Zaino polish holding up lovely after 2 months



Am toying with going back to the factory grille too at the mo, with a twist naturally.......

Alex

[Risocco]

Happy Birthday!



They grow up so fast.........

F*kin' love this car............

Alex

[G Beats]

Fair play you have saved it from the scrapper and she is looking real good. Good work m8.

[Chaps]

How you managed to get the 666 on the trip, inline with the 150k actual milage is very random!!
Nice looking motor you got there now mate, put lots of effort in and it shows...

[Risocco]

How you managed to get the 666 on the trip, inline with the 150k actual milage is very random!!
Nice looking motor you got there now mate, put lots of effort in and it shows...

Ha! Never noticed that! Being into metal, its all about the number of the beast

Thanks for the kind words guys, always appreciated

Alex

[Risocco]

F*ckin' car........

First things first, she did pass her MOT last week first attempt, advisory on rear brake line corrosion. Goodridge kit already placed on my Santa letter.

Now, deep breath, over the last few months....

Around June, rear bearings started grinding, that's cool replaced them after Cosford, all sorted!

Around August, frankly frightening knocking noise coming from front, after much poking about with a pry bar, ball joint fubar'd. Slightly more difficult, but nowt I couldn't fix of an afternoon, all sorted, again!

Last week, ANOTHER FRIGGING KNOCKING/GRINDING NOISE FROM CHRIST KNOWS WHERE. Prob front bearing, maybe a bush going but its all good. That will get sorted.

This week, horrible metallic noise as the waterpump pulley has decided to make a break for freedom. FFS! The bugger will not stay on tight, this culminated in the alt belt flying off the pulleys in Tescos car park this evening. It did solve the metallic noise so every cloud.......

Big service next week and fault fixing session. Sad as it sounds, I can't wait even if is brass monkeys in the Midlands at the mo. The car will not beat me...

Alex

[markh]

I do like everything you've done with this motor fella ( in its many guises !!!) its a beaut !!

Get some Loctite stud lock adhesive on the pulley bolts to stop them coming loose.

[Risocco]

I do like everything you've done with this motor fella ( in its many guises !!!) its a beaut !!

Get some Loctite stud lock adhesive on the pulley bolts to stop them coming loose.

Cheers mate! She certainly keeps me busy

Touch wood, the bolts are currently behaving themselves, was contemplating cracking out the glue tho!

Alex

[Risocco]

Big old service sorted and also managed to get the hot air slider to move fully to the right. Happy days come the cold winter mornings.

Hoping to get some anti roll bars fitted next week and get the car booked into a garage to get the mysterious knocking noise sorted, really can't be bothered to faff about in the cold at the mo, the lazy git that I am

Alex

[walkinginperu]

I think i'm free the next couple of weekends if you want some help with the ARBs matey? Knocking noise could be the bushing on the vertical part of the gear shift linkage, had the same on mine and thought it was something really serious

[Risocco]

Cheers mate, probs go to my mates garage to use his ramp for the ARBs but ta for the offer

There's the slightest hint of play in the wheel so its prob the ball joint, a bush or maybe the bearing. Really cant be arsed faffing with it again so off to my mate it will go. Broke two drill bits drilling the other ball joint off too

Hows your motor coming along Ben? Been a while since we had some updates *hint hint*

Alex

[Risocco]

Update time!

Been running like junk for a while, so...



Oh hello cylinder 4...



FFS!

Hasn't bent a valve tho, happy days! Got off very lightly there. Waiting on parts, should be back together ASAP

However, in other news...



Never seen that before!

Onwards and upwards.....

Alex

[the edmundator]

Oof! Good save!

[DT1]

Been running like junk for a while, so...

I'm surprised it was running at all.