Melvyn Best
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I built my locost to drive and have fun with. It always brings a smile to my face when I drive it . Spent way more than Mr Champions £250 though
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So does that make this (superb) build a hi-cost?Nothing wrong with Locosts
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So does that make this (superb) build a hi-cost?
Not if the cost is converted into marriage saving man pounds
Bob
A mate of mine had a Ferrari 360 - brand new. He was such a poseur! We were driving along the seafront - he was loving all the attention. Suddenly everyone was pointing and gawping. Ferrari totally forgotten. There was an Ultima behind us!
Funnily enough it WAS Dave Richards - such a small World. Met him a few times - really nice chap - Welsh of course
Not if the cost is converted into marriage saving man pounds
Bob
Everyone is different but my wife is onboard with it. She is a petrolhead and if anything she wants me to get it completed so she can have a drive!
I discussed the whole thing before I started and she said to go for it. If anything she encourages me to spend money rather than time. I don't hide the costs from her but then she doesn't ask. She certainly knows I've got best part of £9k left of bits I need to buy to finish it (I've left a bunch of big ticket items that would just hang round until I actually need them).
I used to buy a lot of parts in cash as she couldn’t trace what I was spending
You have to bribe the washing fairy from time to time
I won't go into our financial circumstances but we've got our own accounts and a joint account. We both pay into the joint account (more than required so it builds up) then basically once the bills are paid we don't care what the other spends their money on (within reason obviously). She doesn't have access to my account, I don't have access to hers. Works well for us.
Mentioned on the second post but I'll repeat it with some photos.
Audi/Skoda (Getrag) 6 speed 01E transaxle/gearbox.
Custom adaptor plate.
Flywheel
Haven't sorted the clutch plate yet, I have a pressure plate and two clutch plates that fit the gearbox, only issue is one is sprung and the sprung centre hits the pressure plate, the other is un-sprung but I'm not sure if I want a *totally* unsprung setup. Might see if I can't find a sprung one that fits (my only other choice being to machine the pressure plate and I'm loath to do that).
Sprung clutch (old one, I'd obviously be buying a new one)
Unsprung one (this one was new).
1uz FTMFW!
needs a pair of turbos
Everyone loves a bit of the twin spoolie boys!
But then that loses me the view...(ignore for a second that this is looking forwards, I haven't had the engine in while at the same time had the window cut in the bulkhead)
But seriously, I'm not after massive power. ~300HP will be fine.
Everyone loves a bit of the twin spoolie boys!
But then that loses me the view...(ignore for a second that this is looking forwards, I haven't had the engine in while at the same time had the window cut in the bulkhead)
But seriously, I'm not after massive power. ~300HP will be fine.
At the very least we need videos of that thing running. should sound plenty good enough with those ITB's!
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Haven't sorted the clutch plate yet, I have a pressure plate and two clutch plates that fit the gearbox, only issue is one is sprung and the sprung centre hits the pressure plate, the other is un-sprung but I'm not sure if I want a *totally* unsprung setup. Might see if I can't find a sprung one that fits (my only other choice being to machine the pressure plate and I'm loath to do that).
Sprung clutch (old one, I'd obviously be buying a new one)
Unsprung one (this one was new).
I ran the unsprung plates from a 928 on the G50`s with no issues.
Bob
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One thing you need to watch out for with mixing/matching clutch plates is that the thickness is compatible with the pressure plate, too thick or thin can lead to slip. Clamping forces are calculated for a specific plate thickness, there isn't much scope for variations in a pressure plate.
Bob
Forgot to mention on the gearbox side. Because I'm using a diesel box the driveshaft flanges are the 130mm ones vs the 108mm that the S4 et al uses. Unfortunately you can't get *any* aftermarket 130mm CV's and Audi/Skoda only sell whole driveshafts. Now in theory you can get the flanges from the S4 etc and pop them in but they come to more than I spent on the gearbox and are NLA new so hard to get hold of anyway.
A fellow builder had a fantastic idea however and took a look at some Audi *rear* diffs. Turned out that while not identical the flanges from them fit perfectly. One £30 rear diff later and I had two flanges suitable for some S4 inner CV's.
A fellow builder had a fantastic idea however and took a look at some Audi *rear* diffs. Turned out that while not identical the flanges from them fit perfectly. One £30 rear diff later and I had two flanges suitable for some S4 inner CV's.
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And the challenges during the build, plus the driving enjoyment in the finished article.
So, a def 'keeper' then
That's a thing of great beauty!
