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Author Topic: Horney's 'James Shead' 1988 BTCC Golf GTI replica build.  (Read 244020 times)

Offline Horney

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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #700 on: 23 April 2010, 15:54 »
Quote from: JonLeeper on 23 April 2010, 15:14
Quote from: Horney on 23 April 2010, 14:32
Castle Combe 25th June all booked and paid for. Bring it on!

Nick
Oh and as an  aside you still need to drop the baffles round so I can murder my sump trying to baffle it!  :lipsrsealed:

I've left them in the boot of the polo so that next time I'm in your area I can stick them through your letter box :cool:

Nick
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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #701 on: 23 April 2010, 15:56 »
Quote from: veedubgti16v on 23 April 2010, 15:37
Quote from: Horney on 23 April 2010, 14:32
Castle Combe 25th June all booked and paid for. Bring it on!

Nick

sweet! sent my cheque off today for combe  :smiley:


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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #702 on: 23 April 2010, 15:58 »
Quote from: Horney on 23 April 2010, 15:54
Quote from: JonLeeper on 23 April 2010, 15:14
Quote from: Horney on 23 April 2010, 14:32
Castle Combe 25th June all booked and paid for. Bring it on!

Nick
Oh and as an  aside you still need to drop the baffles round so I can murder my sump trying to baffle it!  :lipsrsealed:

I've left them in the boot of the polo so that next time I'm in your area I can stick them through your letter box :cool:

Nick

Nice one, not sure the wife will be as happy as when you came round and collected stuff though!  It will give me a gerat excuse to drop the sump and fit the oil pump I have lying arround though.  You planning to do any o ther track days soon?  I need to scratch that itch again and it is always better with company.
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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #703 on: 23 April 2010, 16:01 »
Until I find a new job I won't be doing anymore. Horney - Job + tracday spending = Mrs Horney rage x 1000000000. :grin:

Hopefully once I've got a new job and sorted my finances then I can get along to a few later in the year.

Nick
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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #704 on: 23 April 2010, 16:08 »
I've got a job but still no money to spend on track time!  SWMBO feels that all our cash would be better spent buying her a house!  Still the latest one we've found has no workshop so I get to design one and it is close to Lydden Hill (and not far from Brands) so all is not lost........
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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #705 on: 23 April 2010, 18:57 »
I want a house that backs onto Combe :cool:

Anyhoo been to halfords for some bits for the oil pump swap. Needed some oil so picked up some of this:



Will be interesting to see what it's like. Have run the car on Halfords 10w40 Semi synth since I've had it with no complaints.

Nick
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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #706 on: 23 April 2010, 19:36 »
How much was that?!

£10 says it won't help your oil pressure concerns and may well bring on the buzzer of doom (tm).

Take it back and go back to thicker, cheaper stuff, changed at very regular intervals would be my suggestion.
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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #707 on: 23 April 2010, 19:43 »
Was only a couple of quid more than the 10w40 stuff I usually use. From my understanding 60 is thinker than 40 when hot therefore not thinning out?

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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #708 on: 23 April 2010, 20:22 »
I like how it says:

"For track days & Enthusiastic driving"   :grin:
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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #709 on: 24 April 2010, 16:19 »
So 18 months to a year ago the Golf in the hands of Alex the last owner had a loss of oil pressure and needed the bottom end rebuilding. The culprit:



I've been suffering less than perfect pressure myself so today I pulled the pump out.



Look familiar? Seems to be paint and sealant on both occasions!

Oil pressure is now a healthy 20psi (1.37 bar)at idle @ 80deg Oil temp, hurrah!

Not the hardest job in the world but not helped by a paper gasket having been used last time the sump was refitted. It was a right pig to clean it all up.



I'll be cleaning up the old pump and adding it to my increasingly large box of spare parts. I spoke to Alex earlier and he confirmed it had had a new pump when the lump was rebuilt last time.

Nick
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