Noble on Wheeler Dealers this Monday

Noble on Wheeler Dealers this Monday

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Haydn W

87 posts

161 months

Thursday 22nd October 2015
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I must admit I was not sure what to expect on the show, having seen most of the others, however I was pleasantly surprised how they presented the car, and as you've all said can't see it's done the marque any harm.

mgbond

6,749 posts

231 months

Thursday 22nd October 2015
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I would like to know what went on the engine and what power it ran.

With exhaust an remap on 0.9 bar I would expect around the 370 mark. At about 380 the top inlet manifold is a bit restrictive and a change to the ST200 one is a cheap upgrade. Mine let go at 380 and I think some others also did. In both and I think other cases on the 2.5 it was cylinder 5 that let go.

Would like to know if this adds to that statistic.

stevegto3

428 posts

136 months

Thursday 22nd October 2015
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Come on Bondy - when are we going to see yours back on the road? :-)

mgbond

6,749 posts

231 months

Thursday 22nd October 2015
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stevegto3 said:
Come on Bondy - when are we going to see yours back on the road? :-)
Fingers crossed its finally having paint put on it.

stevegto3

428 posts

136 months

Thursday 22nd October 2015
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Seems like its been ages! bet you cant wait to have it back. Its not the orange one on instagram is it? black side pods?

cdhoole

113 posts

149 months

Friday 23rd October 2015
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Jarcy said:
coolchris said:
Seeing how clean your engine bay was made me realise how untidy mine is so that's on my list for winter.
How does one go about 'cleaning' the engine bay? Mine doesn't look the best - chassis members untidy and the heat wrap peeling. But short of the engine-out and a long process of re-painting the chassis and general cleaning of parts, I don't know how to dress it up. Maybe by taking off the clam, exhaust, intercooler box, inner arches and hard pipes I'd have some access to make cosmetic improvements. But whilst it's all running fine under there, I don't want to waste effort fettling. Same under the front clam.
Be careful what you wish for - keeping the engine bay clean is hard (more) work! Furthermore its rarely seen for the most part.



Adrian W

13,848 posts

227 months

Friday 23rd October 2015
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Do a little bit at a time, it's a balls aching task, and of course once you've done it you have to keep it like it.


AMG Merc

11,954 posts

252 months

Friday 23rd October 2015
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Funny how a car show thread has morphed into a "mine's a cleaner engine than yours thread" rofl

Jarcy

1,559 posts

274 months

Friday 23rd October 2015
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cdhoole said:
Be careful what you wish for - keeping the engine bay clean is hard (more) work! Furthermore its rarely seen for the most part.


Nice bit of bling!

Jarcy

1,559 posts

274 months

Friday 23rd October 2015
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Adrian W said:
Do a little bit at a time, it's a balls aching task, and of course once you've done it you have to keep it like it.

Now this I like! yum the subtle showroom look.

Jarcy

1,559 posts

274 months

Friday 23rd October 2015
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So this is what my 'bay looks like. Nothing too bad, but the details let it down.




All the heat reflective material has perished:



And the gearbox casing looks sort of oxidized:



What do we think of the red crackle paint for the cam covers (a la Ferrari)?

AMG Merc

11,954 posts

252 months

Friday 23rd October 2015
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We think buy a friggin Ferrari! getmecoat

spoed

99 posts

167 months

Friday 23rd October 2015
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AMG Merc said:
Remember that - I had to wait 6 months for the Africans to do their stuff smile
Your car wasn't built by Africans. It was built by South Africans.

Jarcy

1,559 posts

274 months

Friday 23rd October 2015
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AMG Merc said:
Jarcy said:
What do we think of the red crackle paint for the cam covers (a la Ferrari)?
We think buy a friggin Ferrari! getmecoat
But It looks soooooo niiicccceeeee! smile




Edited by Jarcy on Friday 23 October 19:01

AMG Merc

11,954 posts

252 months

Friday 23rd October 2015
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spoed said:
AMG Merc said:
Remember that - I had to wait 6 months for the Africans to do their stuff smile
Your car wasn't built by Africans. It was built by South Africans.
Or Sarf Africans as we used to call them here smile Actually I think I've some photos of the lads in action on the "production line" somewhere.

AMG Merc

11,954 posts

252 months

Friday 23rd October 2015
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Jarcy said:
AMG Merc said:
Jarcy said:
What do we think of the red crackle paint for the cam covers (a la Ferrari)?
We think buy a friggin Ferrari! getmecoat
But It looks soooooo niiicccceeeee! smile




Edited by Jarcy on Friday 23 October 19:01
Oh yes. No arguments here biggrin mine's got his name on in case I forget.

Jarcy

1,559 posts

274 months

Friday 23rd October 2015
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AMG Merc said:
Or Sarf Africans as we used to call them here smile Actually I think I've some photos of the lads in action on the "production line" somewhere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7VcN9B--SY

spoed

99 posts

167 months

Saturday 24th October 2015
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AMG Merc said:
spoed said:
AMG Merc said:
Remember that - I had to wait 6 months for the Africans to do their stuff smile
Your car wasn't built by Africans. It was built by South Africans.
Or Sarf Africans as we used to call them here smile Actually I think I've some photos of the lads in action on the "production line" somewhere.
Yip that's the ones. Actually been there a few times and it's a real pity the skilled people building the Noble were all laid off after the financial crash of Hitech. It's no easy task building high end products on the African continent. It must of taken some fair effort to set it up. I

AMG Merc

11,954 posts

252 months

Saturday 24th October 2015
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Jarcy said:
Excellent vid, thanks for the reminder clap This reminds me of how great the Noble design is.

I can't quite reconcile the timing here though. Clearly this was a US promo and the US guys didn't enter the story until a couple of years after ours were produced yet there was a clam marked "US20". Also, at 14m37s they showed a clam number R059 (18 behind mine!) which would have been built 3rd quarter 2003 - so how did we get cars going out the US in 2003? scratchchin

Thread hijack? Well if shiny engines got in here then yeah! wink

AMG Merc

11,954 posts

252 months

Saturday 24th October 2015
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...also don't forget Danny Rippon on Top Dog - Dodge Viper GTS v Noble M12 GTO 3R here: https://youtu.be/Q4NVmFOVJvA

Idea: Let's start a video thread to keep things neat...