EcoBoost Clubby thinking of a gearbox change
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Recently been everywhere I the car got ove 2000 miles on it with no troubles made it to Belgium, brooklands , l2b etc just need to get a new radiator made at some point ! As it got a a bit warm in Belgium at one point,

So I treated myself to scs delta dash as it matches the Ecu etc so just onto tiding the car up now, hoping to get a full cage in pretty soon...

Edited by charlieb150 on 30th May, 2016.

So after running up the strip at MITP i realised my tyres are spinning on the rims?

Is this normal with exaction splittims ?

Despite that I was really happy having achieved 8 or so runs under 15 seconds 😀
Best was 14.7

This was my first ever time down the strip so I'll like to aim for low 14s next year

Edited by charlieb150 on 17th Sep, 2016.

I literally have just got back from having my a032rs fitted to my rims and thought as he was putting the tyre soap/lube whatever it is... on i thought does that stuff dry cos surely if i spin up fast enough wont the wheel move in the tyre??

Are you sure it's not just clutch slip?

My build thread..

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=542985

Yeah the wheels become out of balance every time I give it some
I would like to think the tyre lube drys

Mark the valve position on the sidewall and check?

Yeah I have done , think I may go back to 13s soon lol

Are u running a low psi when on track? How did you first notice this?

I'm running 18 psi in the tyres and power 150bhp and 213nm

Edited by charlieb150 on 17th Sep, 2016.

I run 25 psi on the road and have the same problem I have them balanced go for a good drive and then there in out of balance and the steering wheel shakes

It been doing it since the engine been fitted

Areyou running tubes?

Look into rimscrews, beadlocks could probably be made as your on splitrims but seems a little excessive

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.

Tyre bead sealer might be worth a try.

It's usually used to deal with leaks caused by corroded alloy rims but my tyre fitter used it on my Mambas because he didn't like the way they don't have a raised lip where the inner edge of the bead would be (so can be pushed inwards quite easily under side loads).

He said it also acts like a glue - once the tyre was on he cleaned the usual lube off he had just used to get the tyre over the rim, then painted this stuff around the rim and bead before inflating the tyre into place. It came in a tin with a built in application brush, was black and smelled a lot of solvent.

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

Rob yeah I'm running tubes

Yeah I may look into somthing like that But then again some 13" split rims do sound good

I may pop down to my local kwikfit and get them to do it

Thanks guys

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internationally known as "big" swede

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

Thanks for the advice guys currently out of action been 12 weeks and counting so far with a broken foot, so as soon as I can drive again I will try marking them and seeing how much they are moving

Thanks charlie

https://youtu.be/eIRkwaQeDbo


Couple of awful clips but you get what it goes and sound like

Edited by charlieb150 on 11th Feb, 2017.

Will try to get some with a proper camera/ go pro at some point

Looking good, enjoy your mini

Thinking of a gearbox change to the ib5 box from a diesel fiesta for a couple reasons

1, the ratios
2, there are plenty of lsds available
3, it's quite a bit lighter

What do you think of these ratios (all calculated for 10" Wheels)
Should improve my quarter mile as I should be able to pull away in second still

First is my current 6spd focus

Second is the 1.4 diesel fiesta one

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Edited by charlieb150 on 29th Aug, 2017.

1st to 2nd and 3rd to 4th looks like quite a jump... You really need to do at least a sawtooth and ideally a tractive effort plot. I've got a xls somewhere from when I was in the transmission engineering industry, and I simplified it a lot to make it more user friendly... I'll see if i can find it.

Ok thanks
The 1.4tdci fiesta box.

1st. 3.58
2nd. 1.93
3rd. 1.28
4th. 0.95
5th. 0.76

FD. 3.37

My current 6 speed focus

1st 3.73
2nd 2.05
3rd 1.36
4th 1.03
5th 0.82
6th 0.69

FD 4.07

Edited by charlieb150 on 29th Aug, 2017.