Snowmotion's NB8a

ED_MX5 · Postby **ED_MX5** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:20 pm

Yeah. I saw yours. Thats why I've asked. Looks like a bought one.
I work in brookvale. So getting it made should be easy for me.
where abouts are you? If you don't mind I would like to borrow it.

Snowmotion · Postby **Snowmotion** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:28 pm

ED_MX5 wrote:Yeah. I saw yours. Thats why I've asked. Looks like a bought one.
I work in brookvale. So getting it made should be easy for me.
where abouts are you? If you don't mind I would like to borrow it.

I work in Cromer so can bring it with me next week and drop it into you.

Snowmotion · Postby **Snowmotion** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 2:57 pm

Fitted up some gas bonnet struts this morning. Nice easy job and a little better access under bonnet.

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MLR · Postby **MLR** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 11:21 am

Oh, I do want, can I please have part numbers or link.

Snowmotion · Postby **Snowmotion** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 1:11 pm

MLR wrote:Oh, I do want, can I please have part numbers or link.

PM sent

Snowmotion · Postby **Snowmotion** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 10:10 am

Looking forward to my second track day at Wakefield tomorrow... see if I can improve on my PB. (1'18.7)

Snowmotion · Postby **Snowmotion** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:36 pm

Had an awesome day at Wakefield today. A well run event by AGI engineering.

Happy with the results of the day and know I was pushing hard with spins at turn 2 and 10 over the 4 sessions for the day. The best thing was the improvement in times from my first track day. I will take some of the credit for the improvement in my driving and from the intake and exhaust mods i did over the last few week.

The morning sessions had a best of 1'15.30 with the afternoon session getting a 1'16.72. Really happy with the results but I know there is time to gain with a LSD and coil overs so need to keep savings for mods.

MLR · Postby **MLR** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 8:45 am

Excellent result

What rubber are you using?

Snowmotion · Postby **Snowmotion** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 10:18 am

Running Federal 595 RSR 195/50/15 on stock wheels. (32psi hot)
A LSD would help a lot now as was getting an inside wheel spinning on a couple of corners.

The intake and exhaust work has helped a lot to the performance.

Snowmotion · Postby **Snowmotion** » Sat Oct 04, 2014 3:12 pm

A long weekend and good weather has allowed me to finally change over my soft top for a newer, fresher soft top.

It took just over an hour to strip the old top and roll bar out of the car and could then see why I was getting leaks. Rain rail had many cracks in it.
Then a little while to tidy all the mess up and put the new soft top back on and the roll bar. All up finished in 4 hours with plenty of cleaning done in the process.
Only 1 small obstacle. For some reason the new soft top frame did not have the switch to turn off the rear demister when the top was down. No big problem, just live without it.