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ayresyboy wrote: ↑09/01/22 14:49 I'd take it to a professional, tell them the issue and get four wheel alignment with corner weighting.
Andy

Sound advice find a proper place with a good reputation for setup work, not a tyre centre.

jimi wrote: ↑09/01/22 15:50

ayresyboy wrote: ↑09/01/22 14:49 I'd take it to a professional, tell them the issue and get four wheel alignment with corner weighting.
Andy

Sound advice find a proper place with a good reputation for setup work, not a tyre centre.

That’s the plan, I would just like to get an idea of possible issues before I go and it needs to pass a MOT. I’m going to have a look at the caster set up and just measure left to right and check the steering wheel is centred. It will also give me chance to ensure all the suspension is loose so that someone with a clue can adjust it all with out it taking a lifetime.

It looks like I might make japfest this year, it won’t be pretty but it will be moving.

Thanks everyone, I hadn’t realised about the caster on the front even my basic measurements showed that the caster on the passengers side was widely different to that of the drivers side.

So after fixing that and a few other things it turns out I now have some kind of fuel leak. This car will be at japfest even if it’s going on the trailer!!

Has anyone changed the fuel system on a mk1.5 to an AN fittings? I’ve developed a fuel leak so this might be the moment to update the system. The majority of the system is not a problem, however find the jis male to AN-6 fitting for the hardline seems Impossible to find so I was considering using a 5/16th compression to an-6 line on the hardline and cutting of the connector and flare.

Has anyone tried this successfully I know it if goes tits up then I’m pulling the tanks and sorting the fuel lines hence my question.

So tomorrow marks the second day at the dyno, the goal is to make a safe 303-350hp. I will update this post once I know what happens but please keep your fingers crossed that this time it is not a endless fault finding day

good luck, hope it goes well

So the second Dyno day went much better, no more over heating, vacuum leaks or boost control issues. I was a little disappointed with the final result it only made 256hp which was 50 short of what I wanted at this stage in the build. I ran into two problems I think my 2.5inch charge cooler system is a little restrictive at high rpm and I put the wrong spring into the waste gate so even turned up too 100% I could only get 12-13psi. While annoying neither of those are hard to resolve so I will look at them later on in the year when I get bored of the power level and decide I want more.

The only actual annoying problem I had was I found a split in my oil dipstick tube which caused oil to leak out and I can seem to find a rev3 dipstick anywhere to buy. So it’s either getting welded or some epoxy putty until I can.

So I started this thread and project in 2015 and today the car passed its first MOT in 7 years, if in honest it failed it’s first one as I forgot to connect the horn and the head lights suddenly became possessed and just did there own thing. So after connecting the horn and cleaning the connections on the headlight retracting control box the passed with one minor, which was a noisy exhaust.

While the car is roadworthy it is far from complete and will be stripped and painted over this winter and next spring and I have a few little jobs to do like getting the ecu and racedash 2 to talk to each other.

It might look like a shed but I will see you all as meet or show soon

Congratulations, now get driving it and let us know what you think

well done that man quite some dedication

Well done