gm Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, hairnet said: why dis m9? it is registered as a new car so the first mot is after three years - by which point it will barely resemble the car which passed the iva ! Low Horatio gearbox, hairnet and Broadsword 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 What a cracking drive out yesterday, the weather was just right. Wrap up warm, was my instructions. I look like the Michelin man. I have said for along time we have some of the finest driving road around here, and boy were they driven yesterday. The 2 old dears sitting on the next bench along were somewhat bemused by the going ons, the Dutch couple in their gold opel kadett were quite excited when we overtook them. Then to round off a cracking day, many beers were drank. Low Horatio gearbox, Sunny Jim and gm 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 are ya in next sundi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 6 hours ago, hairnet said: are ya in next sundi working all weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 during yesterday’s hooning, i managed to bottom out the Exo a couple of times - so i thought i’d better check underneath for any damage hmm, bit of a scrape on the exhaust there i have a decat that i’m planning to fit so might as well take it off the car for a better look hmm, that’s pretty bad almost looks like a hole - better give it a prod bugger fetch the mig fetch the grinder add a sacrificial plate over the top and then notice the true extent of the damage yep, that’s fecked ! i’ll see if there’s any kind of warranty as it’s only been in use for a few months, only snag being i bought it off another exo builder, not direct from mev. if not, i’ve got a lead on a local custom exhaust place that may be able to help. DVee8 and dome 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 in the meantime, here’s some pretty pictures from this afternoon’s hoon (the gates were open and no one was about, how could i resist ?) got to be a calendar shot there, surely ? seaton delaval hall https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/seaton-delaval-hall garbaldy, CreepingJesus, Matty and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 🤣🤣🤣 thats where i was going (and other places) on sundi gm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 7 hours ago, DVee8 said: these lads were great, presumably father and son, they must have spent a good five mins having a good look around then called mum over from across the road, she seemed less impressed and dragged them away CreepingJesus, Matty, Low Horatio gearbox and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275310287711?hash=item4019c59b5f:g:OW4AAOSwgzZd-SpS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 The Stainless box will weld up easy. Happens all the time with Stainless. Just needs a couple of triangular plates for extra strength. My Robin Hood did the same. gm and Low Horatio gearbox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Just now, Mally said: The Stainless box will weld up easy. Happens all the time with Stainless. Just needs a couple of triangular plates for extra strength. My Robin Hood did the same. Plus one on that. Useless fragile awkward shite. On the plus side its reasonably rot proof (dependant on grade), but other than that little to say for it (I work with it a lot cos paper Mills and wet humid environment. Makes you look like a welding god though! gm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 I went over the top to Teesdale this afternoon, but I used the road a couple of miles to the west of the one you did. PXL_20220919_111649177.LS.mp4 Reckon the exo would be OK on this? Low Horatio gearbox, rainagain, gm and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 did mammy get a go drifting it round 167 roundabout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 2 hours ago, loserone said: Reckon the exo would be OK on this? it wouldn’t just be the exhaust i’d need to worry about does look like fun though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted September 22, 2022 Author Share Posted September 22, 2022 i wanted to keep the exo mobile - desperate times call for desperate action ! this is the standard mx5 exhaust i kept just in case might need that hanger ‘adjusting’ sorted ! ridiculous and probably not legal but will allow me to drive to the exhaust place without sounding like a bell end LightBulbFun, garbaldy, Low Horatio gearbox and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted September 22, 2022 Author Share Posted September 22, 2022 but as it was pissing down, i chucked the broken bits in the boot of the mazda and headed for exhaust mania in bishop auckland looks like i’m in the right place do you do repairs, mate ? yes, very good ones, as it happens i’m taking it back next week for him to weld in a flexi joint - he wasn’t happy doing it off the car, wants to get it perfect. i nipped into lidls on the way home and picked up a can of high temp paint, might as well get the centre section looking right before it goes back on https://m.facebook.com/100057579252971/about/ CreepingJesus, AnnoyingPentium, Jenson Velcro and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_al_granvia Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 tig welded??? looks great gm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted September 22, 2022 Author Share Posted September 22, 2022 11 minutes ago, big_al_granvia said: tig welded??? looks great certainly is, took him no time to do it, obviously a skilled chap. when I went to the cash machine to sort out payment, I picked up a big box of donuts for him and the lads, seemed to be appreciated Coprolalia, mk2_craig, dome and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_al_granvia Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Wise move, pay the business and bribe the workers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 so with the back box repaired, time for some more hooning ! unfortunatley this involves being stuck behind a shit throwing farm tractor at one point i think i got off lightly many back roads were hooned upon then i somehow found myself in newcastle city centre - the new buildings up at the university are pretty impressive, better stop for a couple of pics i bet that looks even better at night, must go back with a decent camera dome and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 and stopped for shopping on the way home got the essentials in the beers were a bit foamy by i got home ! CreepingJesus, LightBulbFun, Tickman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 a post appeared on an mx5 group from a lad down south who is restoring a mk1 and wanted a boot lid without a spoiler i jokingly replied i would swap mine if he didn’t mind a four hour drive turns out, he didn’t mind at all ! much better brandersnatch, MorrisItalSLX, GMcD and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 when I first put the Exo together, I fitted a de-powered steering rack. this was fine but then I found a proper manual steering rack and fitted it instead. now I've done a decent amount of miles, curiosity got the better of me and I wondered which I would actually prefer (apparently the racing Exocets have a preference for depowered, slightly fewer turns lock to lock so a bit quicker) so with some careful measuring I centred the depowered rack centred the steering wheel and 'clamped' it in place (this worked much better than it had any right to) and whipped off the manual rack and with a not unreasonable amount of fannying about, got the new rack on and set up with millimetre precision only one thing left to do... head for the hills and commence hooning and the verdict is... yeah, they're probably right - it's a bit heavier at low speed but it definitely reacts just that little bit quicker when pressing on, especially when the back end goes light on cold track tyres great fun ! rainagain, CreepingJesus, LightBulbFun and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 I was out for a drive a few days ago and it got dark earlier than I expected - not a problem in the mx5 with its futuristic led headlights but not so good in the Exo with its piss poor candles in a jar even with night breaker bulbs, these just aren't much cop - time to find an alternative look at these and try no to think of the Minions a set of motorbike headlights might work, the bowl looks to be just about the same size as my current set up one week later should be a straight swap not quite a straight swap but with a little bit of fettling apply volts more volts they provide dip and high beam, not by clever optical manipulation or extra banks of leds but by simply driving the full array brighter I'll knock the garage lights off and see how they look pretty good but how about the all important beam pattern that caused so much trouble at the iva ? hmm, not quite what I was hoping for I guess I'd better keep hold of those 7" halogens, just in case ! bloody bright though I just need a combination of dark / not at work / not pissing it down and I'll get out there and test them properly Andyrew, Tickman, CreepingJesus and 5 others 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted October 16, 2022 Author Share Posted October 16, 2022 dark / not at work / not pissing down occurred tonight so a night time hoon was hooned a dark section of empty road was obtained and i did my best to adjust the fancy new headlights and the verdict is : total pish ! they look to be pretty impressive in the pic but on an unlit section of dual carriage way doing 70* mph, they are woefully inadequate same story on the back roads, the beam is too narrow so corners are pretty much guesswork. not to worry, there is a plan C (or is it plan D? ) watch this space on the bright side, the roads were empty and some decent hooning was done, at least in the sections with streetlights ! AnnoyingPentium, Tickman, Coprolalia and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 a kit car group i am a member of decided they would gatecrash another groups meet on tuesday night we met up at a shopping centre and, in possibly the noisiest convoy ever, headed to a local pub to find we outnumbered the other group by 10:1 so the one person who had turned up is now a member of our group too turned out to be an excellent evening, will certainly be back for more next year Scruffy Bodger, LightBulbFun, CreepingJesus and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 a blast down the A19 in the dark amply demonstratored just how pish those headlights are - something needs to be done pronto Scruffy Bodger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_al_granvia Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 way too narrow beam of light, raid the piggy bank and have a look at tweeks. shite legal halogens for the ministry man and rally lights for driving gm and AnnoyingPentium 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 i stuck the old ones back on for now, they’re not great but better than the leds a suitable dark empty road was located for testing and then a cheeky hoon, just for the fun of it garbaldy, AnnoyingPentium, LightBulbFun and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 with a track day tomorrow, i bought myself a bucket seat for the mx5 getting it home was fun all i need to do is swap the runners which was a massive pain in the arse after several failed attempts, i knocked up some adaptor rails job’s a good ‘un forecast is for rain tomorrow so i’ll be taking the mazda, the exo will have to wait until next year for its track debut rainagain, dome, Shirley Knott and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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