Car SOS - how good are their restorations?
Discussion
Steamer said:
You've also got to maybe take the view that someone with a bit of money but in a life threatening situation maybe thinking more along the lines of securing the future of their kids / wife, rather than blowing it on a car project that they can live without.
I get your point, although it would be tempting to blow the kids inheritance on something unsuitable 
Steamer said:
You've also got to maybe take the view that someone with a bit of money but in a life threatening situation maybe thinking more along the lines of securing the future of their kids / wife, rather than blowing it on a car project that they can live without.
[cynic]Is it not the probable inheritors that are turning a pile of scrap into something worth many thousands of pounds?[/cynic]Steamer said:
You've also got to maybe take the view that someone with a bit of money but in a life threatening situation maybe thinking more along the lines of securing the future of their kids / wife, rather than blowing it on a car project that they can live without.
He wasn't in that situation for the past twenty years. Maybe I am being a bit harsh but the premise of car SOS has always been about making an impossible dream happen. Always amuses me when, like in the R33 GTR eppisode, they have a pile of damaged rusty scrap metal in a leaky garage and try and make out it’s totally feasible to restore it themselves despite massive structural issues and the need for far more spending than the car will ever be worth.
This weeks episode with the bubble car amused me. Supposedly going to be a father & son project to bring them closer together etc etc... Well what about restoring one of the three or four other old cars sharing or just outside the garage it was stored in?... Obviously more money in a restored bubble car than the what looked like collection of Morris Minors to me.
velocgee said:
IanH755 said:
They don't work very well when cold but are better when upto temp, that's why the say "race" and usually "not recommended for road" due to that poor cold performance.
Exactly! Can’t believe someone from an actual brake manufacturer was so wide of the mark.
t products!SonicShadow said:
velocgee said:
IanH755 said:
They don't work very well when cold but are better when upto temp, that's why the say "race" and usually "not recommended for road" due to that poor cold performance.
Exactly! Can’t believe someone from an actual brake manufacturer was so wide of the mark.
t products!foxsasha said:
velocgee said:
Just watching the Subaru episode; guy at EBC says race spec pads aren’t legal cos they stop too good. WTF.....Really!! Shocking misinformation
Aftermarket pads have to be within 15% of the performance of the original pads to be ECE R90 complaint and road legal so the EBC guy was absolutely correct in saying the performance EBC pads were too good to be road legal.Imagine fitting replacement rear pads with a significantly higher coefficient of friction compared to OE. Brake bias is moved rearwards leading to the rear brakes locking before the front and the vehicle becoming unstable under hard braking.
ks. A normal car will stop quicker than a van or HGV regardless of the brake pads fitted. IME Green stuff pads are significantly worse than OEM, not just marginally, like night and day poorer. That was on a lowly Mk 4 Fiesta 20 years ago.
Edited. Brake! FFS I'm a retard.
Jazzy Jag said:
I've just watched the Celica episode.
If you're going to the take the head off a car and change the Valve Stem oil seals, why would you not take the valves out and inspect them and the seats for cracks etc?
At least regrind the valves before putting it all back together.
Yes, I thought the same. Don’t believe they didn’t do that given the amount of other work.If you're going to the take the head off a car and change the Valve Stem oil seals, why would you not take the valves out and inspect them and the seats for cracks etc?
At least regrind the valves before putting it all back together.
Cupramax said:
Jazzy Jag said:
I've just watched the Celica episode.
If you're going to the take the head off a car and change the Valve Stem oil seals, why would you not take the valves out and inspect them and the seats for cracks etc?
At least regrind the valves before putting it all back together.
Yes, I thought the same. Don’t believe they didn’t do that given the amount of other work.If you're going to the take the head off a car and change the Valve Stem oil seals, why would you not take the valves out and inspect them and the seats for cracks etc?
At least regrind the valves before putting it all back together.
Jazzy Jag said:
They could have made several, hour long episodes just watching Fuzz with a old school wooden valve stick and some paste.
Perhaps there is scope for a Car SOS Youtube page for all the tech nerds to watch precisely this? all the bits to camera that get left on the editing room floor?I am sure they will have re-ground the valves. I think it was just a matter of it being an educational bit though then you could question why they would not mention while you are doing it you should also check the valve seats.
The final car looked great though I am sure it was riding too high. It looked to be riding a couple of inches too high to me. Anyway very nice car and an amazing job done considering how rusty it was.
The final car looked great though I am sure it was riding too high. It looked to be riding a couple of inches too high to me. Anyway very nice car and an amazing job done considering how rusty it was.
Shakermaker said:
Perhaps there is scope for a Car SOS Youtube page for all the tech nerds to watch precisely this? all the bits to camera that get left on the editing room floor?
Search for NatGeo UK on you tube and they have a defies of Car SoS uncut videos that delve a little more into some of their restorations. The link below is from the Mercedes 230slfrom a while back,https://youtu.be/m3OvOe2VYkY
Edited by kdri155 on Friday 8th March 22:48
dvb70 said:
I am sure they will have re-ground the valves. I think it was just a matter of it being an educational bit though then you could question why they would not mention while you are doing it you should also check the valve seats.
The final car looked great though I am sure it was riding too high. It looked to be riding a couple of inches too high to me. Anyway very nice car and an amazing job done considering how rusty it was.
I'm sure you are all correct in that they would lap in the valves etc they can't cover every bit of work although they could cover more if they stopped that stupid blagging parts rubbish.The final car looked great though I am sure it was riding too high. It looked to be riding a couple of inches too high to me. Anyway very nice car and an amazing job done considering how rusty it was.
Two things about that particular episode though.
1) if the car had been in the guys garage next to the house how come he didn't notice it was missing?
2) did you take a close look at the shot of the exhaust tail pipe at the end. The rear valance which surrounds the pipe still looked pretty rough.....
Skyedriver said:
I'm sure you are all correct in that they would lap in the valves etc they can't cover every bit of work although they could cover more if they stopped that stupid blagging parts rubbish.
Two things about that particular episode though.
1) if the car had been in the guys garage next to the house how come he didn't notice it was missing?
2) did you take a close look at the shot of the exhaust tail pipe at the end. The rear valance which surrounds the pipe still looked pretty rough.....
I thought that when they took the car. There were washing machines and all sorts in there, so someone would have been in there during the next few weeks.Two things about that particular episode though.
1) if the car had been in the guys garage next to the house how come he didn't notice it was missing?
2) did you take a close look at the shot of the exhaust tail pipe at the end. The rear valance which surrounds the pipe still looked pretty rough.....
Steamer said:
Liked the Celica episode - great car!
..although I thought it was a tad on the high side as well.
A chap I worked with had a similar thing happen with ingrowing hair on his lower back - really buggered him for a while, although I think they found it alot sooner.
I was just out of school about a year when a school mate had the same problem, Was in hospital a couple of weeks as they dug it out and then have to keep the wound open as it needs to heal from the inside out. That was about 1971..although I thought it was a tad on the high side as well.
A chap I worked with had a similar thing happen with ingrowing hair on his lower back - really buggered him for a while, although I think they found it alot sooner.
Skyedriver said:
I'm sure you are all correct in that they would lap in the valves etc they can't cover every bit of work although they could cover more if they stopped that stupid blagging parts rubbish.
Two things about that particular episode though.
1) if the car had been in the guys garage next to the house how come he didn't notice it was missing?
2) did you take a close look at the shot of the exhaust tail pipe at the end. The rear valance which surrounds the pipe still looked pretty rough.....
Maybe some of us are still old fashionedTwo things about that particular episode though.
1) if the car had been in the guys garage next to the house how come he didn't notice it was missing?
2) did you take a close look at the shot of the exhaust tail pipe at the end. The rear valance which surrounds the pipe still looked pretty rough.....
Man does cars gardening etc woman does cleaning cooking.
This chap isn’t that healthy so might very well not be doing anything work wise for £ or in the house - who knows.
Actually why the conspiracy thought? Seems like a typical snowflake/keyboard worrier or someone who stalks.
Just saying.
Enjoy it wmfor what it is job done.
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