| 11th August 2004 | ||
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Some time ago I took the car up to see a chap near Norwich who had been
recommended to me, to get measured up for a new exhaust can. I'm still
running the original exhaust can, complete with catalytic converter, but
can help the engine to breathe by replacing this with a straight through
can, but a bit bigger to help reduce the noise a bit. I'd recently heard
that the can was made and ready, and so I arranged a day off to drive up
and get it fitted. For the fitting, Steve had asked that I remove the passenger seat to give easy access to the chassis for making a mount for the exhaust can. So with some help from Craig I got the seat out in readiness. |
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Unfortunately, due to work, I had to abort the trip to get the exhaust fitted,
but hopefully I'll be able to rearrange it for next week sometime. Meantime, a weekend with the parents see's another visit to Shelsley Walsh. As ever, a great spread of interesting cars (and bikes) and some great hillclimbing going on. Indeed, a seriously impressive new outright hill record was set during the day. |
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| 18th August 2004 | |||||
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Got a day off with ok-ish looking weather to drive up and get the new exhaust
can fitted. Steve had built the actual can from measurements he'd previously taken off the car, but was going to fabricate the link pipe to the manifold, tail pipe, and mount bespoke against the car itself. This whole procedure took about 4 hours, though it was quite fascinating watching Steve work - his welding skills were rather impressive and he made it look easy, although having all the right tools and machinery in the workshop for bending/cutting/etc makes life easier. The end result is very pleasing. It is certainly lighter than the previous can and quieter at higher revs though a little boomy at low revs. The car definitely feels quicker, freer, and easier revving. And the price certainly cannot be argued about. We'll see how it goes... |
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Before I left Steves workshop, I chatted to him about my fuel starvation problem (long
left handers with less than half a tank), and whilst discussing the problem and eyeballing
the tank, we noticed that the fuel pipe from the tank to the fuel pump has perished and
needs urgent replacement. The outcome of the fuel tank discussion was that I will remove the tank and take it up to him, and we'll cut it open with a view to some additional baffling around the existing surge pot, to try to stop fuel jumping out of it. Maybe. |
| 28th August 2004 | ||
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Time for a bit of sorting out on the car. I need to refit the passenger seat and
harness, replace the fuel pipe which has perished, and generally give the car a
clean as it's pretty grubby again. First job was to paint up the seat mounts and the floor area under the seat on the passenger side. The strip which the seat mounts through has lost some of it's powder coat and suffering a little patchy surface rust. Other job was to replace the fuel pipe. To do this I had to drain the fuel tank, which I have allowed to run down as low as I dare. In the end there was about 5 litres left in, with the gauge hovering around the zero mark (mental note made!). With this done, it was a simple job to remove the existing pipe, and to cut and attach the new bit of pipe. I decided to take the pipe on a much simpler route this time, before it was routed above the chassis, as I think this is preferred for SVA. After that, I refitted the seat and harness, and then gave the car a good clean up. |
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