The Rebirth.......Live!

[LuckyP]

Ok, so I had a heavy night. Ditto knocks on the door ar 8.45. Ouch. I stall for as long as I could but the jolly red giant is itch'in to go.

He's already pulled at the sweet shop this morning; a cracker, I tell thee. Beautiful blonde. Shame he's married. Dunno how the bloke does it!!??

Any how, here he is:



I'm still sobering up. So I'm stalling still. Feel free to have a crack at us. We are here all day!!

Lucks

Edited by LuckyP on Sunday 15th June 10:50

[LuckyP]

Keith was struggling a bit, so we called in the reserves:

[V8OWNER]

blimey lucky that was quick.. Ive just been looking through the events forums.. and found this.. looks like you got spotted yesterday in the States..?!



keeps the pics coming.. as much of the installation as possible would be nice..
good luck..
G

[San Diego GTR]

Sorry for hijacking the post Lucky, but V8Owner-You're good. The US Govt. should hire you to find Osama Bin Laden. That is my GTR at the Cars and Coffee event in Irvine, California. I've got 600 miles on the car now. The event is held every Saturday from 7am to 9am at the Ford Design Facility parking lot. There were about 400 cars there and it was British Car Day, so we had our own area with about 50 British cars. There was one green Can Am there too. His name is Eric Kimbro. On the way up, I had to teach a Lambo a lesson about Ultimas.

Here is a linky to the event site:
http://www.carsandcoffee.info/forum/
Go to Cars and Coffee Irvine for additional links to the event.

Paul

[LuckyP]

Looking good Paul!!!

Just finished for the day.

Engine and g/box in with little drama. Justa beaut to work on these with the clip off.

Here a few pic:

Engine ready to go in:



All in:



Nice engine mounts:



Bit tight at the end but clear:





Cheers Ditto!

[V8OWNER]

San Diego GTR said:

Sorry for hijacking the post Lucky, but V8Owner-You're good. The US Govt. should hire you to find Osama Bin Laden. That is my GTR at the Cars and Coffee event in Irvine, California. I've got 600 miles on the car now. The event is held every Saturday from 7am to 9am at the Ford Design Facility parking lot. There were about 400 cars there and it was British Car Day, so we had our own area with about 50 British cars. There was one green Can Am there too. His name is Eric Kimbro. On the way up, I had to teach a Lambo a lesson about Ultimas.

Here is a linky to the event site:
http://www.carsandcoffee.info/forum/
Go to Cars and Coffee Irvine for additional links to the event.

Paul

Paul that looks like a great event.. if only it wasnt so many miles away! Your car certainly seems to be pulling a crowd!

Pete.. looks like good work.. your car looks very clean (chassis ect) you been 'back to blacking' it while the engine has been away?

[ditto]

Well after a day of breathing in the fumes of lucky’s night out, im glad I didn’t get stop on the way home, im sure I was over the limit
Had a great day Peter but im sure I would have had more fun with that blonde

[GTRMikie]

ditto said:

Well after a day of breathing in the fumes of lucky’s night out, im glad I didn’t get stop on the way home, im sure I was over the limit
Had a great day Peter but im sure I would have had more fun with that blonde

So ditto, you failed! Last night you told me you would have Lucky's engine running by the end of the day, maybe the fumes slowed you down!

[ditto]

GTRMikie said:

ditto said:

Well after a day of breathing in the fumes of lucky’s night out, im glad I didn’t get stop on the way home, im sure I was over the limit
Had a great day Peter but im sure I would have had more fun with that blonde

So ditto, you failed! Last night you told me you would have Lucky's engine running by the end of the day, maybe the fumes slowed you down!

We never had the exhaust to fit, mind you Peter’s exhaust was making up for that

[LuckyP]

ditto said:

GTRMikie said:

ditto said:

Well after a day of breathing in the fumes of lucky’s night out, im glad I didn’t get stop on the way home, im sure I was over the limit
Had a great day Peter but im sure I would have had more fun with that blonde

So ditto, you failed! Last night you told me you would have Lucky's engine running by the end of the day, maybe the fumes slowed you down!

We never had the exhaust to fit, mind you Peter’s exhaust was making up for that

That and the fact you were pretty much working single handed!!
I'm at 98% fitness now. Drugged to the eyeballs to keep the headache at bay!!

Thanks again buddy. Top job.

[GTRCLIVE]

Quote:
I'm still sobering up. So I'm stalling still. Feel free to have a crack at us.

Lucks

Edited by LuckyP on Sunday 15th June 10:50

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Call that an engine, seen bigger Lawn mower engines over here...... Crack over...... what nobody else ???

[Wilder]

So safe to say you will be at FT 2008 Peter?
Spoke to Adrian on Friday who may well be bringing that pesky Noble again...

[LuckyP]

Wilder said:

So safe to say you will be at FT 2008 Peter?
Spoke to Adrian on Friday who may well be bringing that pesky Noble again...

If I do nothing else this year, I want to do that.

There doesn't seem to be much action on the website. I mailed them but no response. I asked if we could run our own Ultima comp within their event.

[TuxMan]

Looks very nice Pete ,hope start up goes ok .

[LS7TANGO]

Hi Pete!

Looking good!!! Have you booked the first track outing yet for the 're-birth' shakedown test? Keep the piccies coming and make sure you video the engine start!!

ATB, Simon

[Wilder]

Entries should be accepted from tomorrow on the www.fightingtorque.org website.
we met with Toyo today who are sponsoring the event with goodies being given away to all competitors from goody bags, to T shirts & jackets.
This time your entry number is your raffle ticket.
Lots going on, promo girls, maybe a drift team to show their stuff, along with MX5 challenge and a slalom event.
There should also be a limited number of public access tickets available.
We also expect a guest with a rather special car to be attending (hopefully) - We should know this week.

[LuckyP]

Wilder said:

Entries should be accepted from tomorrow on the www.fightingtorque.org website.
we met with Toyo today who are sponsoring the event with goodies being given away to all competitors from goody bags, to T shirts & jackets.
This time your entry number is your raffle ticket.
Lots going on, promo girls, maybe a drift team to show their stuff, along with MX5 challenge and a slalom event.
There should also be a limited number of public access tickets available.
We also expect a guest with a rather special car to be attending (hopefully) - We should know this week.

All sounding good.

Lets hope we see as many Ult there as possible. Should really sort the men from the boys, and give a good feel for one car against another.

I think I said in another post that I'll happily donate last year's trophy to the fastest ultima on the day.

Lucks

[LuckyP]

Another few picks:





Should be cranking her over next weekend.


Incidentally, am I reading this right:

Have I fitted the thermostat the right way round?



The hose on the left comes frpm the pressure out pump, the one on the right goes back to engine.

What would happen if the thermostat was the wrong way around?

[LuckyP]

Damn - hit an iceburg!!

Filled the box with 3.5 litres last night. This morning, there was a lovely pool of oil that had dribbled out of the bell housing, through the clutch fork hole. Looking through it I could see a drip on the underside of the release bearing. Damn, again.

A call to BS Motorsport in the morning.

These things are sent to test our resolve

Lucky, out.

[Thevet]

Bummer, still it could be just the bearing seal which is easy to replace, and can be sourced from 911design I think for a few quid, just a pain for you to have to take the box back off again, but practice makes perfect......didn't make me feel any better when someone helpfully said it to me either. Def time for a