EyesWeldedShut Posted June 27 Posted June 27 36 minutes ago, 320touring said: Headlamps needed to see some polish The sign of a true track specialist. + 0.0062 mph right there 320touring and The Moog 2
320touring Posted June 27 Author Posted June 27 You knows it! Also +43% seeing at night Dan302 and EyesWeldedShut 1 1
Dan302 Posted June 27 Posted June 27 I tried polishing the headlights with one of those kits but I'm useless and probably made it worse! Is the daddy long legs still stuck in the headlight? Also it's great to see the old bus getting some love. I actually spent quite a bit on it including the clutch, engine mount, windscreen, couple of oil changes and some other bits and bobs. It was a great an car during my time with it.
320touring Posted June 27 Author Posted June 27 5 minutes ago, Dan302 said: I tried polishing the headlights with one of those kits but I'm useless and probably made it worse! Is the daddy long legs still stuck in the headlight? Also it's great to see the old bus getting some love. I actually spent quite a bit on it including the clutch, engine mount, windscreen, couple of oil changes and some other bits and bobs. It was a great an car during my time with it. The ghost of Daddy Longlegs still exists in the drivers headlamp. Became apparent as I polished it. I don't bother with kits - a rotary polisher and some light polish - these took 6 mins a side - 3 passes each. You can tell the car has been pretty looked after - it drives really straight! Dan302 1
Dan302 Posted June 27 Posted June 27 1 hour ago, 320touring said: The ghost of Daddy Longlegs still exists in the drivers headlamp. Became apparent as I polished it. I don't bother with kits - a rotary polisher and some light polish - these took 6 mins a side - 3 passes each. You can tell the car has been pretty looked after - it drives really straight! I did my usual trick of buying a cheap car, spending loads more than it's worth then getting bored and selling it! Tickman, 320touring and sdkrc 1 2
320touring Posted June 28 Author Posted June 28 Have made Crail, all good so far. Twinkle toes on the way here (apart from some b road fun) Ready to go drag racing..all the tools you need for a mid 2000s french car Found the baseline vehicle to beat... Hopefully get a race against this too Popsicle, Dan302, Sunny Jim and 11 others 14
320touring Posted June 28 Author Posted June 28 18.508 @74mph. An auspicious* start... Brigsy, JMotor, Sunny Jim and 5 others 8
Dan302 Posted June 28 Posted June 28 1 hour ago, 320touring said: Have made Crail, all good so far. Twinkle toes on the way here (apart from some b road fun) Ready to go drag racing..all the tools you need for a mid 2000s french car It was me that broke the seatbelt warning display brushing some dust away as I'm an oaf. I hope the 207 beat the A2 into submission! 320touring 1
320touring Posted June 28 Author Posted June 28 Godson's type R is going well, 14.3 so far Some oldskool jap tin about too Popsicle, Dave_Q, Brigsy and 6 others 9
320touring Posted June 28 Author Posted June 28 How did I do then? Firstly, some reflections: The 207 rides better than the Rover I prefer the HDI to the K series as it makes power sooner (but runs out of puff quickly) The best launches seemed to be at about 1250rpm and just go through the clutch - so it grips and goes. I was relatively consistent with times and max speed.. Absolute best was 18.398 at 74.57mph. Worst was 18.753 at 74.35mph. (Ignore the bolding - it's a quirk of the system deciding if you "won" or not) - all times on this sheet are for me. **BORING BIT ALERT** Much like Audi winning Le Mans by taking fewer pitstops, part of racing is MPGs🤣 The run through After my drag racing runs 14 miles (inc the return road after each run), 24.7mpg and 6mph. You spend a lot of time sitting idle before going fast... This is the drag racing + return leg only And overall for the whole trip (to/from + racing) That's 3 gallons for a full day out and drag racing. At £1.619/L, that's £22.08 in fuel, 13.4p/mile The Moog, CreepingJesus, jaypee and 14 others 17
320touring Posted June 28 Author Posted June 28 8 minutes ago, MrGTI6 said: Looks like a fun day out! Remarkably impressive consistency with your results. Would make for an interesting AS outing. 😂 Thanks! To be fair, running an 18 sec pass there is plenty time to get everything right🤣 We did have an autoshite drag day at Crail a long time ago... https://fuguttycars.wordpress.com/2015/10/29/club-glf-capers-at-crail/ AnnoyingPentium, The Moog and MrGTI6 3
320touring Posted June 29 Author Posted June 29 Have a sample run! aldo135, sdkrc, Dan302 and 1 other 3 1
The Moog Posted June 29 Posted June 29 Once I have my new* car then I shall be joining you . 320touring 1
EyesWeldedShut Posted June 29 Posted June 29 Crail's dead handy for us too Nice round figure though..... 320touring 1
320touring Posted June 29 Author Posted June 29 2 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said: Crail's dead handy for us too Nice round figure though..... To be fair, it feels a similar distance from here... Especially when you have to go back in time when you enter Fife
Supernaut Posted June 29 Posted June 29 You'd be good at bracket racing, I think it's called. I remember in the dim and distant past of about 2012 or so, back in Barry Boys days, we'd go to a big drag meet in Shakespeare County (because a couple of the admins had a proper 70s Dodge Challenger dragster) but there were folk who did bracket racing. They'd guess their time then go down the 1/4 mile. There was a guy in an Astra 1.6 auto who would guess 20 seconds, and do it in 20 seconds every time. Thus, he did very well. 320touring 1
320touring Posted Tuesday at 20:11 Author Posted Tuesday at 20:11 What's that? It's payday and the hillclimb club have just opened entries for a hillclimb trackday on 12th July? Don't mind if I fuckin do🤣 Best get some brakes ordered up then... mk2_craig, Dan302 and paulplom 3
320touring Posted yesterday at 12:42 Author Posted yesterday at 12:42 Good news! After almost a week at the train station car park dedicated overflow storage location, this tub fired right up. Bad news - is pishing it down so not fitting brakes today Good news, the sprint race is on for the F1. meshking, Dan302 and The Moog 3
320touring Posted 21 hours ago Author Posted 21 hours ago In a changed to the advertised programme.. After the sprint race, the rain had abated. In a rare fit of proactive behaviour, I decided to start the brakes... Starting point was this . The 207 is weird. Caliper bolts to the bracket are 13mm (top) and 12mm(bottom) - same both sides, so must be a thing The caliper carrier is held on by two T55 torx bolts. Handily, these came undone with a bar, then came out easily on the ratchet. The disc retaining screws came out easily (because of me being unusually prepared and having previously removed and greased them) A quick check of old Vs new pads And all bolted back up, ready to do the other side The old disks were absolutely gubbed, big lips and obvious cracks forming. The pads were wonky half worn, so had been done relatively recently. I took it out for a test drive/bedding in session on some quiet backroads. Brakes nice, straight and true. Got enough heat into them for the scent of friction material. Pleased. Think only other thing I may try to do is weld the back box hanger before the hillclimb jaypee, beko1987, Westbay and 3 others 5 1
Dan302 Posted 18 hours ago Posted 18 hours ago I had the handbrake cables and rear shoes etc replaced so it's should be good for handbrake turns! 320touring and The Moog 2
320touring Posted 16 hours ago Author Posted 16 hours ago 1 hour ago, Dan302 said: I had the handbrake cables and rear shoes etc replaced so it's should be good for handbrake turns! Nice. Will see if any rally events about locally🤣
Dan302 Posted 15 hours ago Posted 15 hours ago 32 minutes ago, 320touring said: Nice. Will see if any rally events about locally🤣 She's a high performance machine!
ruffgeezer Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago The 13mm top / 12mm bottom will certainly have been where the pads have been changed previously, and they've done it by taking the bottom bolt out and swinging the caliper upwards. Then they'll only have fitted 2 of the 4 new bolts to the lower slider. That always used to annoy me. Disc retaining screws should be Tx30 320touring 1
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