NEWBIE! (ish)

Pikey Motorsports · 03-09-2008, 18:40

hey guys (an girls) iv been on here couple of weeks now asking lots of stupid questions! lol, now i know theres meets 3rd sun of each month, hopefully il make next one, but does anyone get together more regularly than that? im a complete amatuer at moddin and need all the help/advice i can get, an if anyone fancys a hand workin on their motor im willing, need to learn as much as poss! anyways, thread is up in projects, not much done yet but by all means take a look and voice your opinions/ideas.
Cheers!
Dean

***MikeWarner*** · 03-09-2008, 18:47

I'll try and be at the next meet - not been able to make the last few. Good to hear you want to learn about the car and want to mod things yourself. I look forward to meeting you.

Pikey Motorsports · 03-09-2008, 18:55

well i was going to try an do an apprenticeship in motor mechanics, but cant pay the bills on the piss poor wages so its on hold!

i love working on cars, just need more knowledge so i can tackle bigger jobs! besides, why pay someone to do what i could do myself!lol
hopefully see you at next meet then!

**Benn** · 04-09-2008, 07:05

Welcome to the best region.

JoeyB · 04-09-2008, 07:13

Welcome fella.

I've got a Corsa XE sat round the back of my house dying to be transplanted into your car lol

Pikey Motorsports · 04-09-2008, 09:47

joey i wish i could take it off you mate, i really really do! unfortunately i dont have the cash to fund the dream at the min... jus been stitched by new job i was due to start so now back to square one, broke an unemployed lol

hopefully ill get something soon and if its still sat there when payday comes id be more than happy to take her off your hands....!

tom_spanner · 04-09-2008, 20:48

hi, first off buy a haynes manual, second buy a half decent toolkit, third give it a go, sensible mods are normally as easy as a routine repair.
eg to fit a high lift a cam is 2 more bolts than a headgasket change.
good luck

Pikey Motorsports · 04-09-2008, 22:09

cheers mate, thats definately the plan, soon as i have money in the bank again ill be getting a decent toolkit and a haynes! until then im just doin what i can with whatever tools i have lyin around...not a lot, but managing so far! lol hope to see you all at the next meet?

TINTIN · 20-09-2008, 23:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by tom_spanner

hi, first off buy a haynes manual,

Is that to smack your head against when things don't go right

Pikey Motorsports · 20-09-2008, 23:11

yup thats pretty much how first couple jobs went!

tom_spanner · 21-09-2008, 20:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by TINTIN

Is that to smack your head against when things don't go right

ive found the best use for mine is to sit a coffee on it,nothings flat enough on my corsa, besides im too busy smashing my head off a brick wall

.

Hayz · 22-09-2008, 15:01

Hey hun, I'm new too. Can't wait to pick the car up though. Does anyone tend to go out on any random drives or just little meets instead of the normal monthly ones as above?
I may know a few of you through Skuzzle but that was about 3 years ago lol x

**Benn** · 22-09-2008, 17:10

Evening hayz, any pics of said car?
Some of us yes do go on small drives.. or go out to rag the nuts off ours cars..lol
And then the meets as well.

tom_spanner · 22-09-2008, 22:07

why does everyone live in pompy??? its half hour from me. oh well such is life.

Hayz · 23-09-2008, 08:33

half hour is hardly far.. could arrange to meet half way at one point maybe?

Pikey Motorsports · 23-09-2008, 10:12

id def be up for goin out for a blast... lets jus hope my car remembers its a 1.4 and stops drinking fuel like a bloody V8!
when we gonna sort somethin for? give me an idea of day/time etc an we can chuck up a thread, see who turns up!
an seriously tom, half hr?!! do you take it outta 1st? lol as said sure we could meet ya halfway if ur up for it mate, GET THE CORSA SORTED!!!!!

tom_spanner · 23-09-2008, 10:32

it takes half hour coz my alloys arent balanced and the wheel wobble is mental at 60mph, plus my non turbo diesel is soooo slow. must get the corsa finished, gonna work on it again tonight.

anyone up for a rolling road shoot out??? there are a few round here, split the men from the boys, and women from the girls of course.

Pikey Motorsports · 23-09-2008, 10:41

rolling road???? what an find out my slug has even less power than i thought??? no thank you!!

defo when the new lumps in tho....

**Benn** · 23-09-2008, 17:28

Tom am trying to find out about a rolling road in portsmouth, so watch this space.
We did try another meet farther up, but no one turned up to it so wee never botherd.

Pikey Motorsports · 23-09-2008, 17:31

ere benn what u think of 2.0 8v's?
any good in my corsa? are they 130bhp?

**Benn** · 23-09-2008, 17:33

Might as well fit an xe.

Pikey Motorsports · 23-09-2008, 17:35

had a funny feelin you were gonna say that!

tom_spanner · 23-09-2008, 21:49

benn try a search for "tom airey motorsport" near petersfield, a mate gets his rally cars done there, escort mk2's, x flow on carbs and redtop on TB's, the ad seams good and helpfull.

might be worth inviteing total vauxhall mag, im hoping to just get on the under 1800 chart, just.

Hayz · 01-10-2008, 18:06

I would be up for a rolling road, I dont mind seeing how slow my baby is

x

**Benn** · 01-10-2008, 18:07

Will do tom, cheers.