Tom's Hillclimb/Sprint car
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Tidied a few more bits up last night, tonight we are bleeding the brakes and seeing if it drives... MOT on Monday

these teaser pictures are cruel lol!

looks tip top though mate!

Cheers Oli.

MOT has been cancelled as I am having a nightmare with the brakes. Lets just say there are a few leaks... :( Needs some serious time spending on it and I don't have the time at the moment

Thats not good mate, dont forget the PTFE tape lol.

I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Don't want to be a picky bastard but you should not be used or need to use PTFE on brake unions. PTFE is for low pressure taper fittings only where the sealing is done on the threaded section. Brakes should use hydraulic type sealing which is suitable for the pressures involved, which is done either by cone and seat, e.g. normal flared copper solid lines, or face sealed, e.g. copper washer onto flat face.
In either case if they are leaking they are either damaged or not tight enough.

Edited by Tom Fenton on 6th Jul, 2012.

So... brakes still not sorted due to lack of parts but got the doors fitted and managed to roll it out of the workshop to get a proper look at it, I was grinning from ear to ear

That is absolutely stunning...

I need to start saving and get me one of those

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.p...tid=469104&fr=0

Looks well smart mate.

I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Cheers guys, pretty happy with the panel gaps, they are ok for the first time I've ever reskinned doors and fitted new A-panels. The colour of the doors is slightly different too... which is going to bug me but when I fit the door roundels it should hide the colour difference a bit... failing that it needs a full respray

Well that's bloody lovely mate! Well done!

Any interior pics?

Cheers Oli, the interior won't be done for another month or so as the trimmer is busy

Oohhh I see, are you have the bucket trimmed to match the rear seat so it's all in keeping?

As thats what Im having done with mine :)

Yeah the seat is being trimmed to match some of the other very old trim, I've just chosen the material today

I'm going for the top one

Yeah the lower one looks to have far to little texture to match

A lot of really top work done there Mate..

Main Build
http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=489133

Upgrade to Turbo
http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.p...tid=448367&fr=0

looks awesome mate!

Well, this little bastard now has an MOT!!! hoorah!

I'm not happy with the feel of the brakes at all, so they need looking at and the doors are the worst colour match I have ever seen! ha ha.

Anyway its been done on the 'fairly cheap' so at least now I can use it and sort it as I use it.

Looks beautiful, really nice. Brakes might just need alittle bedding in ?

"So wat we gonna do tonight Brain?"
"Same thing we do evernight Pinky!"
"Try to take over the world!"

I'm still sorting out niggles on the car at the moment. I'm struggling with an oil leak, the crank pulley bolt has come loose, we had a really odd issue with a main jet coming undone on the weber causing all sorts of issues.

It is currently in bits again having ANOTHER timing cover gasket fitted.

I paid a visit to the car trimmer today and the seats etc are coming on nicely. I'll post come photos soon.

So much for doing a few events this year!

Looks amazing

Looking forward to seeing an interior in the car after 4 years

very nice

Speeding is like masturbating, everyone does it, but not all of us film it and put it on the internet

[quote=fab,8th Oct, 2010]fuck off

That looks wicked mate! Will I be at Combe tomorrow ?