Time on my hands.........!

[V8Smith]

I am now finished work having taken redundancy so we can move back down Gatwick way, away from Cambs. So I have been tinkering with the car especially the engine bay as the interior is just about sorted. I have fitted S/S braiding to some hoses generally cleaned it up and painted the accessible rocker cover. I will be doing the other rocker cover tomorrow hopefully. I also painted the brake calipers red and next is chassis treatment/paint before the winter sets in, what do you think so far?







Mike

[kentishS2]

Very nice Mike!

The braided ducting should help reduce those induction temperatures.

How's the blower now, making a difference?

Kev.

[niels]

[z_chromozone]

Nice

Z

[farmeryellow]

Too much time on your hands
going for first prize at the next S meet?

[V8Smith]

farmeryellow said:

going for first prize at the next S meet?

Dont be silly, mine will never be as shiny as Andy's................. I drive mine!

[WildfireS3]

The braiding looks very cool Mike.

[foxy600]

Looks fantastic, do you fancy some more work..now you have got the hang of it? I could drop my S2 off to you next week!!!!!

[V8Smith]

foxy600 said:

Looks fantastic, do you fancy some more work..now you have got the hang of it? I could drop my S2 off to you next week!!!!!

How much are you offering.....? Now I am unemployed I could do with the money

[Pies]

Looks good

I think you should send me some pics to put on your web page

Then you can help me paint my chassis and remove the dash

[V8Smith]

Pies said:

Looks good I think you should send me some pics to put on your web page Then you can help me paint my chassis and remove the dash

I am planning to send you a whole new set of pics now the car is completely different from the pics on your site!! Just need to get the final shiny bits from Lee and I will send the new pics.

As for the other things, if you lived closer..........!! But the dash is a major job Colin, I just paid Offords to remove mine when I had the retrim done, cost about £200 IIRC, which is 5 hours??? Good luck.

Mike

[Pies]

Gatwicks not far, you visiting on Sunday?

I assume the 5 hours is for the whole dash not just the dash panel

P.S does your engine number end with a G

Ta

[mgaut]

Lovely job Mike.

Where did the braided hose cover come from ?

Mike

[V8Smith]

Pies said:

Gatwicks not far, you visiting on Sunday? I assume the 5 hours is for the whole dash not just the dash panel P.S does your engine number end with a G Ta

Not visiting this weekend unfortunately, would have liked to pop over to the open day!

Yes the 5 hours was for the whole dash, taking out and putting back in again.

Yes my engine number ends in a G..........Why?

Mike

[bridgdav]

V8Smith said:

Yes my engine number ends in a G..........Why?

G = Goes faster than mine...

[Pies]

Dave it probably does as mine is bog standard

Mike according to Dom some of the engines ending with "G" were 4.3l.These would have been crossbolted, so check if yours is crossbolted

[TimW]

Very nice Mike, far too much time on your hands there . Obviously have been looking at Andy's too long and think all V8S's should be that shiny .
Colin re the 'G' suffix to teh engine serial number. Mike has already spoken to Dom AFAIK and apart from 'gas flowing' is pretty standard.

Harry

[TimW]

Whoops last post was mine , soz if it confused peeps

harry

Editted to add WTF is going on with this site, logged out twice and logged in as me and it still posts under Tims name

>> Edited by TimW on Tuesday 14th September 19:15

[oldred]

V8Smith said:

I am now finished work having taken redundancy so we can move back down Gatwick way, away from Cambs. So I have been tinkering with the car especially the engine bay as the interior is just about sorted. I have fitted S/S braiding to some hoses generally cleaned it up and painted the accessible rocker cover. I will be doing the other rocker cover tomorrow hopefully. I also painted the brake calipers red and next is chassis treatment/paint before the winter sets in, what do you think so far? Mike

Mike it looks great, where did the braided hoses come from?

[oldred]

V8Smith said:

so we can move back down Gatwick way, Mike

Great another Tiv to come out to play in the Kent & Sussex area

Shame it's looks so bl##dy smart

V8Smith, Pies, UKbob, KentishS2, if Mr Sheen takes a fancy to moving to this part of the world I'm off!

Back to the polishing!

>> Edited by oldred on Tuesday 14th September 20:03