gm Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 sad news but she did well to survive another two years since i tried (and failed) to weld her through an mot - plenty of good parts will live on and make another great track car. could you keep the bonnet badge for me please ? (not being soppy, honest, just the one on my current mx is crappy) NorthernMonkey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 The lancer has been far from sure footed over the last few hundred miles. I put it down to just a new car and perhaps the back brakes being a little seized. This morning was the first properly cold and damp morning, which meant the tyres had all the grip of Bambi. Accelerating it felt like it had 600 horsepower rather than the 100 it has got - with wheel spin a go go. Down the big hill, near me any braking resulted in no grip, with the car locking up almost instantly. I know they are pretty brand new tyres so i will offer them on here when they come off but I wouldnt recommend them at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 The lancer has been far from sure footed over the last few hundred miles. I put it down to just a new car and perhaps the back brakes being a little seized. This morning was the first properly cold and damp morning, which meant the tyres had all the grip of Bambi. Accelerating it felt like it had 600 horsepower rather than the 100 it has got - with wheel spin a go go. Down the big hill, near me any braking resulted in no grip, with the car locking up almost instantly. I know they are pretty brand new tyres so i will offer them on here when they come off but I wouldnt recommend them at all!They were the quality* choice from black circles, fuck knows what they put on when you choose the value option. The last time I bought from them they put a set of Yokohamas on, I can't even remember what these are. They were advertised as all season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 What's the size mistah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 What's the size mistah?195/60/r15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Blimey, what brand are they Moog? So I know to avoid in the future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Dogshit - made by Kwik fit? Doesn't sound good The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 They are Jinyu all season. I am not normally that fussed about tyres as I think most seem to just do their job and on a 100bhp Doggie wagon anything is normally ok. These arent and even missus Moog has said to change them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Thanks, good to know. Tried doing some burnouts to rub away the hardened outer layer? Or is it the opposite way around and there is 0.01mm of good grip and then 7.99mm of partially recycled ready meal containers underneath? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Chirp fron the lights maybe then that's it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Final curtains for AVO. Last drive over was a bit damp. But knowing that the best bits are going on BAL It went from this To having the hood and interior stripped. After cup of tea it is on to the oily bits. Left to do is to remove LSDHalf shaftsBrake calipersBrake hosesCooling hosesRadiatorHT leadsExhaust Header Pedal boxClutch cylinder Wheels warren t claim and Bucketeer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 The pile grows Brake flexis are rusted to buggery. Have taken a tea break due to the rear hubnut being undoable. Instead undoing the half shafts and taking LSD out that way. Left to do is LSD removal Radiator out HT leads off Broadsword, Bucketeer, mrbenn and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucketeer Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 AVOs heart and soul lives on. That makes me happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 So many swears and watching an expert in action we have pretty much stripped the car. The rear hubnuts wouldn't shift even with windy gun, breaker bar or heat. Mr NJGLeeds is an utter legend and wouldn't have done it without him. In the end the hubs were just pulled off (which makes it sound easier than it was.) Plan is to take BAL back on Sunday and fit the calipers, LSD and hood. The rest can be done at my convince. Some pics Coprolalia and Broadsword 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirley Knott Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 It's always sad to see another Roadster make the transition to the great scrap yard in the sky but TBF it does look pretty crusty under there I'm assuming the LSD is a torsen (Not viscous) unit? If so they generally fetch circa £300 and are well worth the effort to get off/fit to something better... I genuinely miss my time as an MX5 fanatic but for me family/practicality issues cut my run short, it's great to see some passion for them amongst the AS massive chodweaver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Once we stripped the stuff off it is worse than we thought. Bolts and nuts were rusted tight. Everything is cripsy Main reason for stripping it is to out the LSD in the new mx5 which is a miles better shell - won't be sold as makes a huge difference on tracks and autotesting. Shirley Knott 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 back when I owned avo, I 'broke' the viscous one and paid ak automotive £plenty to fit the torsen. fortunately, I was on my way to see them about a funny noise from the diff, it gave up at Berwick and I got recovered the rest of the way by the rac. I was hooning back up the a68 the same day, great bunch of lads loserone, Shirley Knott and The Moog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirley Knott Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 back when I owned avo, I 'broke' the viscous one and paid ak automotive £plenty to fit the torsen. fortunately, I was on my way to see them about a funny noise from the diff, it gave up at Berwick and I got recovered the rest of the way by the rac. I was hooning back up the a68 the same day, great bunch of lads AK was always an experience. A few years back I used to spend bit of time raking through Mk1/Eunos 'JDM' bits from cars they'd imported, earlier on (Ages ago) I also had them weld up the chassis rails and sills on a 'clean' Mk2.5 I'd stupidly bought. I don't get a chance to get up there these days but always found Fraza to be a 'character'. I've honestly spent more time laughing/enjoying myself there than any other professional garage I've used before or since. The Moog, gm and loserone 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Sorry to hear about the demise of AVO Mr Moog. The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Once we stripped the stuff off it is worse than we thought. Bolts and nuts were rusted tight. Everything is cripsy Main reason for stripping it is to out the LSD in the new mx5 which is a miles better shell - won't be sold as makes a huge difference on tracks and autotesting.Just cut it out. It'll be easier to strip everything down on a bench. The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 So tomorrows plan 1) remove engine from AVO. We had sort of decided to avoid this but Njgleeds needs the fly wheel for his manual conversion. I definitely haven't been looking at engine stands so that I can take the engine and fettle it before swapping it into BAL 2) LSD out of BAL and slot in the torsten from AVO. One of the joints needs rebuilding. Hoping that it comes out easier than AVO. 3) Brake swap - all calipers will be swapped over then bled through. Just remembered that will need to swap the brake discs as well so will have to pull them out of the scrap pile 4) hood swap - AVO needs to go on BAL and then BAL is donated to Njgleeds little track beast 5) swap over driver's seat as one in AVO is in better nick 6)Door card and steering wheel swap. 7) swap boot lids so I haz spoiler for speedz remove fuel filler flap from AVO for GM. dome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 23 minutes.. I reckon The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Njg Leeds is indeed a legend. My uncle has a similar garage in Accrington and there is absolutely fuck all chance he would come in at weekend to strip one of my old shit heaps down buck shee ! The Moog and 320touring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernMonkey Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 At the rate he wins roffles/swaps cars, someone has to help keep the Moog on the road... The Moog, beko1987, chodweaver and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernMonkey Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Besides, there’s a free hood in it so I’m there like a tramp on chips The Moog, chodweaver, 320touring and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 At the rate he wins roffles/swaps cars, someone has to help keep the Moog on the road... And a clutch - so that you can win your NW autotest title NorthernMonkey, sporty-shite and Twiggy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernMonkey Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 And a clutch - so that you can win your NW autotest title Ssshhh...we need to lure the bucket man back and if he gets wind of my plans to modify my transmission arrangements resulting in massively* reduced lap times around the bins, he’ll never return... The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 Gotcha NorthernMonkey and 320touring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Great marathon of work stripping down AVO. Areas of the underside on that thing do look somewhat decomposed, which is a bit frightening! The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernMonkey Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Great marathon of work stripping down AVO. Areas of the underside on that thing do look somewhat decomposed, which is a bit frightening!Nah, just lightening=faster lap times, innit? Broadsword and The Moog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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