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Blimey, where did 3 years go!?! I've just read through this thread, and most of it still seems like yesterday. Things with the Stylus haven't progressed very much, I've done a few little bits. But I do have a house with a garage now, and the Stylus is in it. I'm going to try to get some progress on ...

I'm (going to be) running the Mk3 MX5 diff in my car - same casing as the RX8, but the 4.44 ratio in that is crazy. MX5 comes in 3.7 and 4.1 flavours, I have the former in ATB LSD format. I've got a BGH box that I was having bad thoughts about selling... also got a V6 box that I do need shot of, nee...

For a road going car I'm interested in what others have got down to? Mine was apparently 625kg when I got it, with the boat anchor engine. I'm hoping to come back somewhere around the same, as I've knocked weight out in some places, and added in others (much stiffer chassis with extra bracing and r...

Wow. Good news, all the best with the project, Matt.

Dave

Maybe we might just get a running report Dave :?: and the Stylus :lol: Yeah if you're interested in goings-on at the workshop I can post some random things, especially if I get my hands on some interesting cars. Also I'll be running the blog on the H111 website (and "social media"). If I ...

Nice - my sort of job - borrow someone else's sports car & look after if for a while, then swap it for a different one next the week. Not jealous at all :mrgreen: There are some perks to offset the poor salary! We are running three paying drivers in the Lotus race series this year, so get paid ...

Off anywhere interesting Dave? Not quite as mainstream as you (as I seem to recall you work for JLR?) - a good friend of mine runs a Lotus specialist, and has asked me to go and help. First task is dragging the website and webshop up to date! Then I can get on to more getting dirty hands on various...

Small update. Made some gussets for the engine mounts, which can be added once the mounts are properly welded, by a proper welder. http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i382/deeaitchtoo/stylus/20140111_gussets_3_zps80f858d1.jpg Then I started on making up a frame for the rear of the car, to support th...

Hence my comment regarding the front UJ breaking Dave ---- if it goes then the likely result would be the car being launched into the air followed by just about any consequence :shock: Indeed. Though in the Stylus we are quite fortunate that there is a 'natural' prop catcher at the join of the tunn...

The "dodgy balancing bit" is perfectly normal practice. The welds look quite impressive - I'm not sure how you get such a big weld with apparently zero penetration! Prop failures are really dangerous, I don't understand why people skimp on buying a quality bespoke prop in favour of dodgy c...

Looks good, Rob.
Please tell me you are going to put the cambelt cover back on...!

Things like Elises look good value these days, and they're not too expensive to run or hugely difficult to work on. Most difficult to work on car I've ever had as virtually everything is inaccessible. Not a bad drive though. Mark Maybe I've been spoiled by working on lifts and with the clams off! I...

stylussprinter wrote:Well --- apart from head gasket failures on those that haven't had their thermostats moved to the water exit rather than entry

Most of the K-series cars are old enough for that to be sorted by now.

I think so. Well I'm not sure! It's loads of fun, but woman isn't keen and I don't use it a huge amount for various reasons that aren't the cars fault, so it'll probably be up for sale in the spring. But then I take it out, a 20 minute spin turns into a 2 hour blat across the countryside and I chan...

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