The Motor Forum

Jasper · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:26 pm Post subject:

Second hand Audi TT wheels. Far from perfect but OK until something better comes along.

I'm tempted to have a go at selling it TBH. It's looking good and if I could get top money for it........
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GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:23 pm Post subject:

Buggy won her class again this weekend, and finished with no major problems, so she's getting reliable at last.

Want to change the numberboard for something a bit better looking though, it's a bit ugly, any ideas?

Thought about a perspex one on the roof with a proper number sticker so it looks like it's floating above the car...?
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TimR · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:00 pm Post subject:

If you put it on the main part of the roof it'd look like a banger racer number.

How about making an aerofoil section across the top of it like F1 cars occasionally have?

DradusContact · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:03 pm Post subject:

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Dr. Hfuhruhurr · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:10 pm Post subject:

How about a larger version of the BMW shark fin antenna?

GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:25 pm Post subject:

They look bad enough on BMW's!
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GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:27 pm Post subject:

Well, Ed went to the event without me this weekend with the buggy (due to me having flu), and came back with a large tree-shaped bend where the front of the car used to be....
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Boxer6 · Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:48 pm Post subject:

GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:39 pm Post subject:

You let him out ONCE on his own...
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GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:20 pm Post subject:

Time to make "him" cry again ;)

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"him" · Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:35 pm Post subject:

You are a evil man...

Welcome back Phillip!
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GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:36 pm Post subject:

:D
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GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:28 pm Post subject:

'Course, you've got to vandalise your new toys haven't you?

Step one, undo little lock screw:

Which lets you unscrew the wiper cap with a pin wrench:

Then you need to push the billet alloy main seal/shaft support down to expose the snap ring it holds against:

Prise that out with a tiny screwdriver and you can remove the shaft support and the 3 captive seals:

This is the bleed hole to purge air from the shock when rebuilding in case you were wondering.

Progressive rebound bumpstop, to prevent that horrible 'click' you often get with GAZ/Avo/Koni's at full extension:

And the main valving piston, complete with shims and high-speed circuit backstop so that you can go jumping over humpback bridges if you like.
The patina is the oil draining off in ripples, not muck :D

PTFE coated PEEK main piston band, stagger cut for less leakage, and main body circlip:

Main compression stack shims once the piston is taken apart:

Compression valving side of the piston:

Rebound side:

The original rebound shims stack:

My rebound stack:

Remote res. end cap - secured with a circlip the same as the main seal:

And the billet floating piston:

There a barrel adjuster and another set of valving behind that, but I was just playing with a slightly tweaked valve setup.
They're got to come apart again for a little machining, and a Penske piston fitting with a 2* dish on the face (Fox pistons only have 0.5*), so I might get some pictures of the barrel adjuster and the secondary base valving if I remember.
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GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 10:17 am Post subject:

Any chance you could measure me up a Saxo rear damper "him"?

I think the only difference is that the Saxo dampers are offset slightly at the bottom?
In which case, these'll fit.....
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"him" · Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 10:27 am Post subject:

GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 10:57 am Post subject:

Bolt holes, and the closed length from eyelet to eyelet, and just want to know if they mount up centrally or have one of the mounts offset to the side like the 206?
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"him" · Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:14 am Post subject:

***OLD PHOTO ALERT*** They mount centrally...

I will see what I can do about measuring them.
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GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:22 am Post subject:

Is this bit part of the shock, or part of the car?

Look to be the same length as the 306 ones - about 9.5 inch closed - is it a 12mm bolt hole at the top and 14mm bottom?
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"him" · Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:24 am Post subject:

I would need to check, but looking at how "clean" it is compared to the trailing arm, I would say part of the shock.
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GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:27 am Post subject:

Reckon you could measure me that bit from the centre of the bush housing?

Found the closed lengths - same as the 306.
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GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:13 pm Post subject:

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"him" · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:23 pm Post subject:

That is not a rotary engine...

Is that an S85 V10?
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GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:13 pm Post subject:

Might be

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"him" · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:35 pm Post subject:

...and is it sitting behind a differential?
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GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:31 am Post subject:

Well, a casing, there's no internals in it yet.
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DradusContact · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:32 am Post subject:

Me like very much.
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Gurney · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:18 am Post subject:

"him" · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:23 am Post subject:

I am sure it will sound pretty good too!

(not that I am hinting at all...)
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TimR · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:43 pm Post subject:

I can foresee bodywork melting issues with the exhausts though

GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:50 pm Post subject:

Nah, we've got a ceramic heatshield in there diverting the exhausts under the rear cutout - there's more room that you think between the bodywork and the exhausts.
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GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 2:18 pm Post subject:

Well, took the buggy to it's final event of the season yesterday - in the running still for winning the 2wd championship, even with the events we've missed.
Unfortunately, despite being the fastest 2wd by a long shot there, we got two punctures, both on the rear axle, that left us stranded at the far side of the course :(
By the time we'd been back to service and rolled two wheels and a jack through the woods for 4 miles, we couldn't complete enough runs to finish the event. Bah.

The car had been spinning the wheels on the rims somewhat early on in the day, which probably helped towards them getting thrown off the bead by the rocks.
We do have some 16x8J steelies in the making to fit over the winter though, which will let us step up to more aggressive tyres with 8 ply Kevlar sidewalls instead of the 3 ply nylons we are currently having to run, should sort that out.
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DradusContact · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:34 pm Post subject:

Can we re-launch a cut down version of this thread? Waffle free if possible!

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"him" · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:55 pm Post subject:

TimR · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:56 pm Post subject:

Ah, but he's got something shiny and exotic to show off now

"him" · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:58 pm Post subject:

He has a thread about his new driveway already!
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TimR · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:00 pm Post subject:

I think that might've lost its shine after the planning permission news.

DradusContact · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:03 pm Post subject:

I know, talk about kill-joys, spent more on the drive than the car.

My original new car thread has run out of steam.
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"him" · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:07 pm Post subject:

TimR · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:09 pm Post subject:

GonnaBreakABuggy · Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 7:07 pm Post subject:

Had to take photo's of photo's again with that shitty camera, 'cause I haven't got my scanner back yet, but here's some from Walters Arena:

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