Gotheschu 1 Report post Posted March 20, 2011 (edited) any joy?Yea. New Engine fired at 3.30am in the morning, bleed water through it by 4am. Slept, left for Hampton at 7. Will post a big update on all the stuff. Started one race. Great start but no power =) 130 top speed on straight when I had 165 with the ruined engine but got some massive flames. I know most of you guys would have been thinking why didn't I just wait til next season but it was important for me to get there to race and not to watch. After the last race even though I was back in the pits after 2 laps, I got out smiling and thinking about the next meeting I can enter. ( With a rebuilt motor =D ) Which was awesome =D BTW: Ashkan, that and 3 other hoses were replaced with new ones and lots of padding put on for protection.... I used tape as it held really well for a week of road driving on a stuffed hose. So I figured it should pad a new hose well as well as being tied back with some cable ties. Grant. =) haha. Got in a warm up lap for the reverse grid but plugs on new engine stuffed out and took out 3 cylinders ( That was the problem with putting it in at 4am, none of us were really awake and skimped on some important things, fixed them before racing but just missed the HT and spark plugs. New ones went in and then last race fcked something else). last race got 2 laps in with a house just burst. Wasn't rubbing or anything just popped I guess. So Really did 3-4 laps haha For now though =) Big Thanks to Jim/John Lovich Grant S Richard Lester Rich B Andy A ( skid pad engine remover ) James and Ryan ( not members I don't think. Pulled engine out with from saturday evening to early early sunday ) Many more. Couldn't have well can't say gotten out there as every race/session something just didn't go my way. Honestly. It was a disaster weekend. I prepared the car, was a rush but got it going. New hoses, tied back. But one engine mount just ruined it al, I wasn't hoping for results just finishing a race or two but next time =) Im smashed. off to bed. Edited March 20, 2011 by Young Jack Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DRTDVL 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2011 hell yeah - go you! great commitment, great attitude... congrats man. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huff3r 347 Report post Posted March 20, 2011 Good work Jack. Kinda motivates me to find a way around my financial woes and keep my racer. Might have to look into storage whilst I complete my pilot training, so that in a few years time I can come along to knock you off the podium. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gotheschu 1 Report post Posted March 21, 2011 (edited) Good work Jack. Kinda motivates me to find a way around my financial woes and keep my racer. Might have to look into storage whilst I complete my pilot training, so that in a few years time I can come along to knock you off the podium.Go for it man. Everyone kept saying about my attitude but honestly what could I do. Pissing and moaning won't help, and it'd ruin the weekend. I had to just try appreciate the help that I was lucky enough to get and that Im only 16 and I'd made it to the track. I mean I was at breaking point before the last race, was tired, looked half dead, dirty, just ruined but those 2 laps of being in a race and being on the grid for the start was probably one of the top moments for me in my life, watching F1, V8's, A1GP and mostly the guys during the series then being on the start grid for myself was just un real. Sucked to have to pull out when I was on Grahams arse but was still awesome. Got some TV time in the reverse grid warm up lap haha so this an awesome weekend and heres some pictures of it all =) Before qually =D Engine bay clear about 1.30 am... Replacement Engine Gearbox on Haha first race on Pole All set Love how the car turned out 'visually' Thanks to Shelly & Craig @ Attract Signs Warm up 2 teens from Macleans with ruined engines. cheeeyaaaaa Edited March 21, 2011 by Young Jack Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Braeden320 0 Report post Posted March 21, 2011 Awesome Effort, at least your out there doing it, not just talking about it. How many 16 year olds can say they have stayed up till 3am working on there own race car. Not there Dads/Uncles/Whoevers. I admire your enthusiasm and hope you go well next season. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hotwire 352 Report post Posted March 21, 2011 Great pics Jack. I too admire your enthusiasm & dedication. I think you can now see - these cars requires meticulous preparation & attention to detail to be able to survive the extremes that they are put under in race situation. Good luck for sorting in rediness for next season Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E30 325i Rag-Top 2956 Report post Posted March 23, 2011 It's good to see that you still got a buzz from the week-end, even after all your dramas, and your effort and enthusiasm (and that of your helpers) is to be commended. If you are going to keep the car and race next year (which I would encourage you to do), now is the ideal time to get stuck in and get it to a race ready state. Make a list of everything that needs to be done and push yourself to get it sorted, starting from now, try not to leave it all to the last minute. That way you will be in with a much better chance of getting some results from all your hard work and $$$s next season. Haha first race on PoleHmm, i think it only counts as being on pole if you make it onto the race grid, not on the dummy grid. I couldn't believe it when you pulled off into the pit lane at the end of the warm up lap!I did come by your pit a couple of times to say Hi, but you weren't around - just a blue car there with it's bonnet up! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gotheschu 1 Report post Posted March 24, 2011 Hmm, i think it only counts as being on pole if you make it onto the race grid, not on the dummy grid. I couldn't believe it when you pulled off into the pit lane at the end of the warm up lap! I did come by your pit a couple of times to say Hi, but you weren't around - just a blue car there with it's bonnet up! haha. let me have this one john =)Yea. I was gonna come say hi too you guys before the last race but i was so smashed I just went and sat down =/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gotheschu 1 Report post Posted March 24, 2011 Got head of old engine.... All cylinders are seized big time and chips all round each piston and also this on Piston 1. hahaha Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creaver 55 Report post Posted March 24, 2011 Fark.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucan 196 Report post Posted March 24, 2011 lol did you ever run this engine? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nobimmer 694 Report post Posted March 25, 2011 Well there's your problem. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zenetti 0 Report post Posted March 25, 2011 Well there's your problem. Thanks Captain Obvious Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gotheschu 1 Report post Posted March 25, 2011 Haha. May have slowed me down just a little... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huff3r 347 Report post Posted March 25, 2011 I think you have a compression leak... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pureboiracer 0 Report post Posted March 25, 2011 Please correct me if im wrong but isnt lightening internal engine components by removing material in breach of the series rules??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silver Fox 43 Report post Posted March 25, 2011 Sure is, I'd like to see the other 5 to see if they've been balanced as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gotheschu 1 Report post Posted April 13, 2011 So, starting to strip the car down, get it all tidied up, fixed for the winter series. We're pulling pretty much everything out excluding brake lines etc. I want to clean EVERYTHING up, get the car to a even more more more presentable than before but under the bonnet not just from the outside. So stripping car down ( started that today ) Auto Sparky is getting everything looking better, cleaning up the wires, putting lots of go fast switches in. Once I'm back from UK in early May, putting in a new race motor, which was raced in a fast car and its reliable I've been told so I can't wait to start working for it =D Then plan is to get into the winter series and finish some races =D Heres some pics from my half hours work today, examples of things that make the car look old and shitty and below of what the dash is going to end up like =D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huff3r 347 Report post Posted April 13, 2011 Good stuff! I'll be doing that in another 2 years or so to mine . Hopefully the rules havent changed too much by then!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gotheschu 1 Report post Posted May 13, 2011 So Pulling everything out and cleaning up everything I can from home before I get it to a workshop to get into the serious stuff ( suspension, engine etc ) Spent a couple of hours cleaning up the arse end. Took me awhile to get rid of that sticky crap on the rear light surrounds. But makes it look so much cleaner with it all off =D Pretty happy with it =D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huff3r 347 Report post Posted May 13, 2011 Gonna seal up the lights with something else whn you put them back in? Or just let it leak, and keep it in the garage? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oscar90 0 Report post Posted May 14, 2011 get some new seals/gaskets for them from Gavin, Don't just chuck the lights back in without them, they just leak like a mofo and rust sh*t lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gotheschu 1 Report post Posted May 14, 2011 get some new seals/gaskets for them from Gavin, Don't just chuck the lights back in without them, they just leak like a mofo and rust sh*t lolwill do Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gotheschu 1 Report post Posted June 12, 2011 (edited) Been going hard at getting the car 100% done properly so anything I didn't do before or skimped on is being done properly before the first round. You'll see in the pictures. Im actually pulling everything apart. Anything I don't need, is going ( or what the regulations allows to be vacant ). Photos are a week or two old but since then 4.5KG has been taken out off the wiring, few rust bits done, couple of Chicken McCheese's eaten, excessive use of Degreaser and a steam blaster, and few other things. Ill just let the pictures say the rest =) Bit of motivation at the start of each night Cleaning inside of car up, getting rid of all the sticky, furry sh*t on the doors, pillars etc. No HP Gains but looks so much better and doesn't cost a cent Rust thats appearing. Under windscreen and in the boot Cleaning up even where its not visable =D More soon Edited June 12, 2011 by Young Jack Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3series 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2011 looks like its going well jack. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
