Phil Barker

Jan 02 2012

I got some lovely goodies for Christmas from my lovely Girlfriend and family. Aerocatches to keep the bonnet shut as I don’t have a slam panel anymore – and a set of stack oil pressure and temperature gauges.

I bought a stereo blanking plate off ebay and trimmed it down, fitted the gauges into that – I think they look spot on.

For the aerocatches I actually got a 2nd hand scrap bonnet and used that to cut and measure up until I was 100% happy with how they fit – then I made stencils of it and cut the same holes into my bonnet. It’s a very tricky job and took me and Leah most of the afternoon – but the results speak for themselves!

Dec 23 2011

Miscellaneous

New seats

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There’s no better way to spend the day before Christmas eve than going to pick up more car bits!

Today I bought some Bimarco Futura bucket seats, side mounts and subframes. Also picked up a PTFE gasket for the throttle bodies that should reduce heat transfer between the head and the bodies

I was hoping to be painting the interior and cage by now but the temperature is around -3c and I don’t think the paint will take so I’m switching my plans around a bit

Nov 13 2011

Cars

Tidier engine bay

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I’ve now fitted a polo 1.4 radiator – this is a lot shorter but a bit wider than the standard clio radiator. Gives more room for the ITB’s

I’ve also tidied up the loom for the Omex 600 and put my brave face on and chopped out all the old renault loom for the engine. Luckily it all still ran afterwards

You can see in the photos the wiring distributor block for the battery in the boot of the car – and the fuses for the omex etc..

I also fitted an Innovate LC-1 wideband controller and put a gauge on the dashboard for it, so I can keep an eye on the fuelling while on track.

Nov 05 2011

Miscellaneous

First start with ITB’s

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Had a brilliant day today. My mates Toby and Mark came over for the weekend and we swapped my manifold for a 182 manifold. This involved dropping the subframe down which I thought would be a nightmare but with Toby’s help only took a few hours.

As we had the rest of the afternoon spare we decided to fit the Jenvey’s and see if it would run – it did!!

I later found out I’d forgot to bung a lambda hole up so it’s blowing quite a bit and the ITB’s need balancing – but you can’t beat that feeling when a modded engine first fires up!