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Not sure if there is a problem with my Pm wasnt aware there was Car just isnt ready thats the reason I've not entered, having some issues at the moment which should be resolved soon.

Don Remark was intended for Grieg in response to his reply in post 7. I have no illusions about my car being competative this season even with John concentrating on other avenues this year. So having my "ass whipped" is not really a concern

Have to be honest was more impressed in John's car armed with an AFR gauge in one hand and a wide band in the other and him torching up a main road near Boyndie adjusting the map in between runs in a Scottish sprint. That said never been in the gobstopper so its all relative

Wish I had known your budget was tight would have bid higher

Not a fan of the body kit, the wide arch wings are smart tho. Must admit there are lots to admire on the car though

Would only use John at progrip he has set up my road car and race RA

Have you phoned Alyn as £950 is a ridiculous price

Not a foolish comment I made but nice try cant ever remember making such a thing

As Frank says

I was once told that its better to appear a fool than open your mouth and prove it

Is that a new type of single seater

Don Dont go changing your box or diff mate leave it alone

The set up does away with the servo which accounts for most of the weight saving

mmm I am liking that. more ideas

Think he needs to undestand about cornering forces on track and the effects these have on tyres. Maybe fit some 145x45x17's to the RA they should be lighter and save a bit of weight

Its been a while since I updated the thread with some progres. The time available on the car has been severely hampered by work comittments which included nearly 3 weeks away working in Budapest. Nice city, well the pubs are nice anyway especially the ones where it was only 90p a pint - result this, however, didnt help getting the car ready. The suspension is pretty much now all in place with the rear drop links to fit and the Geometry to be set up by John at Progrip. I have spent a little bit of time tarting up the inside as it was a bit of a mess last year so I have stripped everything out and painted the inside and the boot. I have also fitted a new dash as supplied by Stevenson Motorsport spares and repairs. Its not perfect but looks a lot better than before and it really isnt worth spending a great deal of time on this side of things anyway. Next it was time to remove the gearbox and Engine which were removed in quick time. With the engine out an hour with a green pad and some elbow grease cleaned the engine bay up a treat. At the same time I removed the battery tray and washer bottle bottom mount which are both surplus and just getting in the way and adding weight so they had to go. The new engine is now sitting waiting to be fiitted Its another quality product from Chy at Pennine Subaru really looking forward to seeing what it will do this year although i know I will not be using the engine to its full capabilities First I need to finish painting the new inlet manifold and then swap the required sensors wiring and fuel pipework across to the new engine as well as the sump and headers. I am also going to fit a 71 deg thermostat just to keep the engine a little cooler as I had a lot of over heating issues last year. The inlet manifold turned out really well, the wedge was supplied by Carl Davey, top work as usual Carl thanks for the help and the welding was done by Les Mutch from near Ellon up in Aberdeen. Les also competes in the Scottish Hillclimb and Sprint Championship and owns his own business doing lots of welding amongst other enginerring things. If anyone is looking at rotating their phase 1 or phase 1.5 manifold drop Les an email he is a top guy and will sort you out and knows what he is doing as he has rotated a phase 1 and a phase 1.5 for me . http://www.carldavey.co.uk/index.php http://www.mjengineeringscotland.ltd.uk/ There is still a fair bit to do and time is rapidly running out. There is some fabrication required to completely change the routing of the intercooler pipework, change the radiator to an alloy one and fit smaller fans in a different location as well as have some new power steering pipework made up and ........ the list goes on and on Just waiting on a some goodies arriving from AS Performance so I can carry on, I think Alyn down at ASP has a bigger alladins cave than John as he always seems to have everything in stock as well as some obscure things that I just couldnt find - result. http://www.asperformance.com/

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I ran Millers CFS 10W60 in my race RA last year so I would say it is spot on

Well I can assure you it happens I had the debris to prove it

without an engine or gearbox it might be a bit pointless

Its fine mate I have more than enough things to buy to keep my bank balance occupied

Craig it could also be the nut on the 5th gear shaft coming loose, its a known prob, thats what destroyed the box in my RA and the initial symptoms were issues with selection of 5th gear. Or maybe something as simple as a synchro. The box grieg has is basically the same as the box I used and thrashed to death for a whole season without issue. It was my spare box which became surplus at the end of the year as I picked up another stronger varient. The box was unused by me and should be a good strong box for any car up to about 330bhp and similar torque, that said there are no guarantees in life apart from we will all croak at some point The box you had was it a TY752 or a TY754 What rear diff do you have as from memory i am pretty sure this box needs a 4.11 rear diff. That in itself shouldnt put anyone off as I am pretty sure John could provide a suitable diff at a reasonable price if required and it would take an hour to change. I personally wouldnt run the RA gear ratio's on a sprint/hillclimb car. Having taken John's advice i fitted a uk spec gearbox which had gearing more suited to my needs i.e as few gear changes as possible. The RA gearing would have resulted in excessive gear changing and as a result lost time. If I had the money at the minute I would buy this box back in an instant as I only sold it to raise funds I didnt actually want to sell it, so if you want to offer a cut price return grieg give me a phone. Hope this helps

Sure have but the car is know where near ready and I am in budapest working which isnt helping