My 1.5's road test to Le Mans

[Mistertwokw]

Well firstly let me apologise for this thread being so late but i have alot on my plate at the mo.

Any way i thought i would share my little adventure to Le mans with you all.

So, on the 7th of Jun i travelled up to Pauls place to pick up my newly built 1.5, as you can imagine i was quite excited about the whole thinglol

The 200 mile trip back was driven very carefully under Pauls advice, well maybe 180 of it was but the last 20 miles were probably a little fast:driving:

So with its first 200 miles under its belt and a ferry all booked for the 10th at 0700 in the morning you would think the car should be tucked up in the garage and left until then............nope, not to be.

As soon as i got back down to the bodyshop the car was raised up onto axle stands and with the help of Jasper and BSM all the suspension components were stripped:eek2:

so having picked the car up at 1100 on the 7th,fully intact, by 2100 it was in bits again...great plan eh!

So on the 8th i met with BSM at the bodyshop again. The painted strut towers were dry and the koni kit was all ready to go on........after we had poly bushed the car of courserotflmao

progress was aided by the arrival of Ratty and jiff lemon and by 1400 or so we had all the bushes and the suspension back on the car, ratty even found time to fit my new head unit:thumbsup:

At that point BSM, Jeff and ratty had to leave and so my longue suffering other half and i were left with the slow task of torqueing everything up.

by 2200 we finally arrived back at our place with all the car back together and handling beautifully:driving: :jump:
Beleive it or not the cleaning up of the workshop took forever, the actual torquing up only took about 3 hours with tea breaks!

So on the morning of the 9th i took the car to have all its geometry set up, this was done without any problems and i started looking forward to my triplol

Around 1900 i decided to take the car to the wash and get it nice and clean for its first ever trip as a 1.5.....

Afetr washing the car in the same way i have done for years i sat in it and turned the key.........................bit of a splutter and then nothing...............tried again and same thing happened:confused:

rang the oraclthat is mr woods and he had a diagnossis of wet plugs and ignition components....dried them all off and tried again...bit better but still not good.

At 2030 i decided to give the AA a crack at fixing it but the bloke had no clue, luckily the car seemed to be able to drive around 1 mile before dying so i decided to head for the bodyshop and try to fix it there:freak3:

On the way i noticed that the rev counter kept dying and then resurecting itself, once again i phoned mr woods and he diagnosed that my amp was, in proffesional terms, completley shagged!!:eek2:

So at 2230 on a sunday eve where the hell do you find an amp for a rev 2 turbo:confused:

At this point i would like to thank BSM for putting a post up on the forum to see if there was anyone that had one and could drop it over.

Meanwhile i had a brainwave.... i sold my first 1.5 that i built to Ratty who happened to live only 6 miles away, after a quick phone call i had it sorted:jump:
Would like to thank ratt again for being an absolute life saver, my trip would not have been possible without you letting me strip your 1.5 amp off at 2300 on a sunday eve:thumbsup:

so after a quick swap of my amp on ratty's drive way i was up and running again:driving: :jump: :D

Got back to bed at around 0100 after packing and got up at 0300 to head off for the ferry................not the best start for a 1500 mile holiday:D

The rest of the trip was largely uneventfull as far as problems go...my speddo drive decided to give up but that didn't stop the car at all, only other thing was the fan switch on the rad gave up on the way back and i had to keep moving to keep the engine cool, i was late for the ferry anyway so i have no idea of the speed but it was fairly quick:driving:

so thanks to all those that were involved in making my trip possible...it was an example of true TB spirit...many thanks to you all:thumbsup:

few choice photos from the trip
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[OlberJ]

Ahhh, feels like just yesterday it arrived at Woodsport. lol

Looks like you had a grand time Ki, glad everything went to plan in the end :thumbsup:

Does it feel much quicker than your last 1.5, now u've got the CC on?

[Mistertwokw]

1st and 2nd are much better, althoough i dont think the fcd is wired in correctly as it will not boost above 0.68 bar????

[snowtigger]

the wheels on your black car look lovely wot are they ?.

and wot the hell is that last car called it looks like a crash with a f16 and a f1 car and a bit of biplane thrown in for good measure.

[Mistertwokw]

The wheels are made by a company called ace. That last car was a very weird site, v12 engine with a carbon fibre body, looked awesome!!

[Jiff Lemon]

glad to have played a part, was a good fun day :thumbsup:

[Mistertwokw]

Glad that you turned up when you did mate, made things go loads quicker...thanks again!

[rattymr2]

Glad i was able to help out and savethe day. Am looking forward to the bucket of beer you owe me.

Can i just say that when Ki said his amp was faulty it is not the sort of amp that makes yer stereo louder as i first thought..............

Car looks fantastic and i hope i can get your old one looking like that again.

[GaryA]

Ah the old day glow orange Ultima , hadn't seen it in a while good to see it gets used as it should . Never did get a ride in it but sucked on its exhuast more than once ... which are loud :thumbsup:
Nice photos , is it true when the Pug went off they had enough marshals to carry the car back to the track and when the Audi went off they all looked the other way :D

[Rowdan]

Ki, are you selling up mate?

[OlberJ]

:confused:

Eh?

[Rowdan]

:confused:

Eh?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/606823.htm

[Mistertwokw]

cant get owt past you lot can i!

i will be starting another thread to explain fully but lets just say that it does not have enough seats in anymore............

my own silly fault really, should stop thinking with the downstairs brain!!

more to follow!

[jasper]

Any chance of my steering wheel & boss back now then lol

And congratulations Mate :thumbsup:, you could always put the carrycot in the boot lol

[Mistertwokw]

Dont worry mate i have your steering wheel and boss ready to bring down on my next trip :)

will post another thread to explain the disastor/blessing

[rattymr2]

so how is an Elan bigger than a mk1.

congrats by the way, i take it you will be marrying Lyn now

anyway, isnt it time to get a sensible car and spend the money on the Marcos.

3SGTE engine should drop in quite nicely.

[Mistertwokw]

its not but it is cheaper to buy and use the extra cash to buy pushchairs etc:(
i am honestly still looking for a way to keep her,the marcos may well end up disapearing aswell at this rate:(

i am a little dumstruck at the mo, dont know what to do!

have sent you a pm also, and whats that lie at the bottom of your signature

Jasper you need to empty your inbox!

[OlberJ]

Congratulations Ki. See, that's proof that TB cars really do put lead in your pencil!

[Mistertwokw]

many thanks, just got to keep it quite that i have let the whole of TB know when i wasn't meant to tell anyone yet!!

i am dtermined to find a way of keeping my 1.5 though!!!!

[jasper]

Inbox now cleared mate.

[rattymr2]

[QUOTE=Mistertwokw]

have sent you a pm also, and whats that lie at the bottom of your signature

QUOTE]

Lie!!!!! hybrid turbo, 1.1 bar boost, smaller wheels, and a two brutal sticker.

Bound to be quickerlol

[Mistertwokw]

1.1 bar just means those smaller wheels will lose traction quicker!!

[rattymr2]

its the sticker wot does it

[Mistertwokw]

no contest then....sorry for doubting it