hoff Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Fantastic work as always mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko_supra Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 Nice transformation mate, what are your next plans on the weight saving? I have a couple more items such as the aircon pump and a lightweight battery which should bring my total loss to around 100kg. After that it starts getting expensive and the sort of money that could go towards a single build, such as lexan glass and a carbon fibre boot lid. If I can get the car under 1400kg I will be happy as I should be close to 290/300bhp per tonne, with decent bpu power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolai Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I have a couple more items such as the aircon pump and a lightweight battery which should bring my total loss to around 100kg. After that it starts getting expensive and the sort of money that could go towards a single build, such as lexan glass and a carbon fibre boot lid. If I can get the car under 1400kg I will be happy as I should be close to 290/300bhp per tonne, with decent bpu power. Allright, yes was thinking the same as there is not much more to save on cheapish. Goodluck on the project Mike, will keep following it. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko_supra Posted January 16, 2010 Author Share Posted January 16, 2010 Compression test results from when I did them yesterday: 1) 12.1 bar / 177 psi 2) 12.2 bar / 179 psi 3) 12.1 bar / 177 psi 4) 12.1 bar / 177 psi 5) 12.2 bar / 179 psi 6) 12 bar / 176 psi Very happy with those results indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Ripe for a single! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathmonkey Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Ripe for a single! indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko_supra Posted January 22, 2010 Author Share Posted January 22, 2010 Car's just been loaded onto Ash's (Suprash) car transporter to go down to AFR as the car last week decided to stop running properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathmonkey Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Car's just been loaded onto Ash's (Suprash) car transporter to go down to AFR as the car last week decided to stop running properly. Sorry to hear that mate. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko_supra Posted January 22, 2010 Author Share Posted January 22, 2010 Sorry to hear that mate. Any ideas? Seems like a fueling issue. Fingers crossed its nothing too serious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko_supra Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 (edited) Got the car back today from AFR. The fueling problem was down to a faulty fuel pressure regulator. All better now, and had a good 50 mile drive home. First time I have driven it sinse buying it all those months back, and I can safely say the diet the car went on certainly paid off, although still a few more bits to do! Dude even said it felt like it was BPU. I still have both Cats in and so far I have shed around 100kg. I've been thinking for a while about going further than BPU in the summer, possibly hybrids or possibly just shedding even more weight off the car. But I have decided to go down the single route. Matt and Dude at AFR are helping me plan the project and they will be carrying out the full conversion. I'm going to go with a Boost logic Billet T67 turbo kit along with their Fuel kit. I bought a stage 2 Southbend clutch today to cope with the extra power, and I should hopefully be single in a couple of months! Edited February 5, 2010 by miko_supra (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Nice one, sounds like you are building a very nice car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxluc Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Nice Mike. With the diet you put your Supe on, it'll be damn fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko_supra Posted February 6, 2010 Author Share Posted February 6, 2010 Nice Mike. With the diet you put your Supe on, it'll be damn fast I need to get the car down on the weigh bridge too, just to see how much lighter it really is. Hopefully it should be near 1350kg once all of the sequential system is off. A nice 400bhp/tonne will do me just fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdMorris Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Great news glad its all sorted Mike, and good luck with the rest of the project. Sounds like its taken on a new twist. Will be good to meet you again and see your car if you're at any of the shows this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxluc Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 A nice 400bhp/tonne will do me just fine With that power to weight ratio, not much will keep up with you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko_supra Posted February 6, 2010 Author Share Posted February 6, 2010 (edited) Fitted a new number plate today. Although the font is a little too much on the small side for my liking. Anyone know somewhere decent that does a plate in this size, but not micro font? EDIT: Just ordered myself A slightly larger one now. Edited February 6, 2010 by miko_supra (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko_supra Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 I think this number plate is a bit better now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 F*** me mike that is looking gorgeous now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty71 Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Great thread, great work, wicked lookin Supe. Awesome work, Did you oven the lights? Scotty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky49 Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Got to say that does looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 What did you use to secure the number plate dude?? Car is looking sxy, bet you cant wait to go single now eh?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko_supra Posted February 12, 2010 Author Share Posted February 12, 2010 Great thread, great work, wicked lookin Supe. Awesome work, Did you oven the lights? Scotty Ovened them up good 'n' proper! Gave the lenses a good rotary polish too although when the lights are on you can see allot of crazing so some new facelifts will be going on in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko_supra Posted February 12, 2010 Author Share Posted February 12, 2010 What did you use to secure the number plate dude?? Car is looking sxy, bet you cant wait to go single now eh?? It's just the wait now dude! All depends how long its gonna take to come from the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko_supra Posted February 17, 2010 Author Share Posted February 17, 2010 Got plenty to do this weekend!... *Southbend Stage 2 clutch *Release bearing *Shortened accessory belt for removed aircon pump *New oem 6 speed knob *Oil filter *Fuel Filter *New front UK brake discs *Gearbox and Diff oil *Engine oil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdMorris Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Forecast is for a bit better weather too. Result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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