Lee's Garage

[lee303]

righty then! after a fair bit of faffing around, i have finally driven my car with a proper clutch
and everything! and all i can say is, its awesome! lmao


it just feels really really strong, and the 7.25 clutch will be no problem at all on the road, just gives a nice positive gearchange, took brian with me too, and
i think thats why he's now got one of these for the manta!

cant stop grinning tbh massive thanks to bri for all his assistance during the whole build, now hurry up and get the manta done!

[CraigGreen]

YES! That does sound fookin ACE! Nice one Lee.

[Benn]

Funk me she looks like she gos well.
That sound is fantastic!

[lee303]

cheersi'm so relieved i can almost taste itlmao cannot wait to get to the rollers to get the last bit of mapping done, then on to nurburg for a blast

[Benn]

I bet. Good work.

[MattJ]

sweet as a mofo mofo

[CP@Novaload]

Sounds great Lee - very strong

[lee303]

cheers sorted your clutch issue cp?

[LongLiveTheNova]

Awesome stuff.
Sounds like it pulls strong as fook!

[Giles]

Thank god for that. Only trouble is what will you blame your girly mood swings on now?? lmao

Nice one fella. Now to pursuade spanishfly he can get his done in time for the ring.

[Colonel K]

Brians finally gone for a V6 then? If he wants it I have a 2.5 in pieces he can have for free if it helps with mocking up and stuff.

[lee303]

Thank god for that. Only trouble is what will you blame your girly mood swings on now?? lmao

Nice one fella. Now to pursuade spanishfly he can get his done in time for the ring.

lol, i can think of few things to blamelmao
spoke to spanish earlier, he's gonna take the coupe, nova is in need of work and a different exhaust before he does a long journey like that in it, so its not just a time issue

Brians finally gone for a V6 then? If he wants it I have a 2.5 in pieces he can have for free if it helps with mocking up and stuff.

he got that one for £50 but i'm sure another would be handy, he is off to bali for work soonish though so will probably be when he's back

[Brian_S]

I've been out in it :P

That is one solid torque curve. The video's don't do it enough justice really, being in it and hearing it for real is a whole other experience! It's a really confidence enspiring drive too, the car seems really well planted when blatting about. I'm looking forward to the stories that come back from the ring. I think anyone who gets to go out in it will have a target to aim for!

Good luck Giles, I suggest you think up some Dastardly-type maneuvres to keep up!

Mr. K - Any 2.5 ltr V6 stuff would be good at the moment, particularly rocker covers actually, something I could do with. I'll pop you a PM when I'm back from Bali in a couple of weeks and we can hook up. Thanks for the offer

An XE would not keep up with Lee's car, so I had to accelerate my plans a bit (no pun intended!). No point building something I know will not have a chance of keeping up.

Good work Lee, I'm very pleased to see it strong and on the road. Wish I wasn't going away right now, but there we go it'll all still be there when I get back!

[angieinpink]

just got up to date....... CHUFFIN'L that sounds **** HOT .......

Soo pleased for you, blood, sweat, and tears are well worth it mate....

BIG CONGRATS TO YOU TOP BANANA

[Dec.]

That sounds mental Lee....

When r u going to the 'ring?

Dec

[novashed]

awesome my friend, i bet the vid doesnt even do it justice!

[jr@corsasport]

Nice one lee, hopefully the end to all the issues

and intresting choice by Brian engine wise

[lee303]

Good luck Giles, I suggest you think up some Dastardly-type maneuvres to keep up!

lmao, nice and i think you;re right, the vids dont do it full justice, it just pins you in the seat in every gear


dec, am off to the ring on the 26th, so not long to get it totally ready! which is why i'm so relieved the clutch is sorted,
should be a nice couple of weekends just using it now

*oh, and btw, no i havent finished work yet, i am on my breakfast break, working 5 mins from home today*

[stuartp]

lol thought you had a wireless 1 with you up some dark queit lift shaft. lol il check the vids out later but from what every 1 has wrote about it, it must be nice and fast to drive welll done mofo....

[lee303]

lol, wouldnt get any work done if i had internet in the lift shaft tbhlmao

[Rick Draper]

Is brian not fitting the XE then? Did he have a dry sump setup for it?

[lee303]

yeah, he's going straight for the v6 now, he does have a titan dry sump set up for his xe yeah, but he may want to keeep the pump for the v6

[CP@Novaload]

cheers sorted your clutch issue cp?

nope left the box intact for PV seeing as i'm a shiny show tart lmao

its coming out cos of this little lot going in

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I'm a bit worried with the clutch issue whether the tolerances are going to be enough to get it to work ok

[lee303]

yeah saw that in your thread, good choice, will transform the performance of the car, and compliment the engine nicely

as for the clutch, you can do yourself a favour by skimming a bit off the lump on the inside of the bell housing that sits above the release bearing, as this usually hits the cover(mine did)
as for the release, i'm running a vectra hydrualic slave, and there is actually more room with the 7.25 than there was with the normal helix as the center of the clutch is recessed somewhat
what make is your clutch? super clutch i would imagine?

[lee303]

so, time for a little update, just got off the rollers at track and road having fitted a decent clutch, and it makes 230 bhp and 157 lb/ft
chuffed with that tbh, the power is still very much climbing at the 8500 rev limiter but thats as far as i want to rev the stock crank tbh! peak torque is at 6600, will post the graph when i get in later on or tommorow, need to remove and refit the box again though before thursday as the clutch slave is leaking again, which sucks, but i dont carelmao

giles is currently having his final tweeks done too so should have a figure for him too soon