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Offline Horney

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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #640 on: 31 March 2010, 15:42 »
Oh it's a carbon fibre spike so it's light and as an added bonus it'll shatter into little shards on impact for maximum damage.

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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #641 on: 31 March 2010, 15:48 »
m'mmmmmm shrapnel - my favourite.
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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #642 on: 31 March 2010, 19:17 »
Strut brace fitted



Also took it for a run to see if the fan is cutting in and it is, strange. I fiddled with the cables before hand so that may have fixed it. Think I'm going to clean up all the connectors and then wire in an over-ride switch on the dash so I can just leave it running when required.

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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #643 on: 31 March 2010, 19:42 »
I've got an overide switch on mine and i usually turn it on for the cool down lap or as soon as I come off track. It takes a shed load of heat out of the engine bay before you turn the engine off.

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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #644 on: 10 April 2010, 17:25 »
Right all set for the Pod tomorrow. Polycarb windows are in (Cheers mark)! Will be interesting to see what times I get, even taken the passenger seat out, ha ha. Not gonna go mad and just do a best of three as I like my gearbox in one piece.

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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #645 on: 10 April 2010, 19:02 »
nowt like a shakedown test on the M40 at 7am  :shocked:  :laugh:
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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #646 on: 10 April 2010, 20:41 »
Quote from: Horney on 10 April 2010, 17:25
Right all set for the Pod tomorrow. Polycarb windows are in (Cheers mark)! Will be interesting to see what times I get, even taken the passenger seat out, ha ha. Not gonna go mad and just do a best of three as I like my gearbox in one piece.

Nick

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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #647 on: 11 April 2010, 09:29 »
there was a total weight saving of 6.5kg in the end, a little disappointing tbh. Nick's rear window is still glass so replacing that might get the saving closer to 10kg's
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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #648 on: 11 April 2010, 18:02 »
15.4157 was my best time today set in the morning. Tried running more advance but that resulted in pinking and an aborted run. Was a great day but I did £50 worth of petrol so a tad heavy on the wallet!

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Re: Horney's trackday MKII 8v - Project late 80's BTCC replica.
« Reply #649 on: 11 April 2010, 18:07 »
Did you stick to a best of 3?
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