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Ryan's GD427: My first Track Day...
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Alive and well and living mostly in the garage, this blog charts my attempt at building the car of my dreams. Saturday, 13 July 2013. My first Track Day. Although I've had a few opportunities to drive on a track before they have all been under the watchful eye of an instructor and been "driving experience" days rather than proper trackdays so I didn't really know what to expect. This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. 17 July 2013 at 20:18. Thanks for the comment. There is a thriving o...
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Building a Cobra. GD 427 Mk4 (Euro): June 2012
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Building a Cobra. GD 427 Mk4 (Euro). Body first. A different approach. Saturday, 16 June 2012. Still waiting for Sun. Its been a depressing wet summer! Should have built a fooking boat! I have however managed to squeeze in the odd 3 hour slot over the past month when a bit of dry weather popped out and the wife took our toddler to see nanny. Anyway, Back to Goggling Sun dances and chants. Links to this post. Sunday, 3 June 2012. Bit of a polish. Now its all back together, it needs a good clean and polish.
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Building a Cobra. GD 427 Mk4 (Euro): February 2012
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Building a Cobra. GD 427 Mk4 (Euro). Body first. A different approach. Friday, 17 February 2012. Gearbox Mount made of poo. While the car is up on axle stands, I thought I'd top up the gearbox oil as it has has a little drip and some leaked out when installing. I had to use a jack against a spanner to undo the filler bolt. Jacking up against the spanner to undo the bung I witnessed the whole gearbox drop down and clonk the chassis once the thread of the bung broke loose! Links to this post.
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Building a Cobra. GD 427 Mk4 (Euro): coolant leak fixed
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Building a Cobra. GD 427 Mk4 (Euro). Body first. A different approach. Saturday, 7 April 2012. On one of my maiden drives post IVA, it was pointed out at a petrol station that my car was incontinent. Coolant was pissing out where the fan thermostat probe fits between the header tank and coolant hose. It was sealed with silicon but a few drives after IVA it gave out. Temporary fix was another hose clamp. That worked fine and a fix was added to the to-do list. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Building a Cobra. GD 427 Mk4 (Euro): Screen wash upgrade
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Building a Cobra. GD 427 Mk4 (Euro). Body first. A different approach. Saturday, 28 July 2012. For a long while, my friends dad wanted to make something for my car. He's a welder and was keen to help out with either the exhaust, roll bars or anything. So as the plastic washer bottle was one of the things I didn't like the look of, I drew something up to match the coolant tank. I was really impressed with what he made! One problem was how to see the fluid level? 1/8 BSP I think. This way looks quite sleek.
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Building a Cobra. GD 427 Mk4 (Euro): March 2012
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Building a Cobra. GD 427 Mk4 (Euro). Body first. A different approach. Saturday, 31 March 2012. As things settle and move during shake down drives (first 500-1000 miles in my eyes), a couple of things have niggled me. One was the passenger side of the dash. After a crisp winter I noticed some ripples had appeared. Pull the ripples out by adding a bit more tension and re glue. Bit of a pain, but no more ripple niggles (try saying that fast :-P ). So I glued the leather to the stainless. Links to this post.
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Building a Cobra. GD 427 Mk4 (Euro): January 2012
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Building a Cobra. GD 427 Mk4 (Euro). Body first. A different approach. Friday, 27 January 2012. Driving and living with it. Over a year on after completion I thought I would note a few small things I found useful and have learnt living with it. Marking nuts on suspension and other bolts holding important things with a dab of bright nail varnish is a great visual check. It helped me notice one screw that came loose on the gearbox mount! Not something I would think about checking. And I do think that learn...
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Building a Cobra. GD 427 Mk4 (Euro): MS2 Learning Curve!
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Building a Cobra. GD 427 Mk4 (Euro). Body first. A different approach. Friday, 11 May 2012. Well the ECU is fitted (May) and finally got it to a point of starting the car.Plenty of head scratching with the wiring, but that was me trying to splice into the old loom. Mini USB fits nicely. But you must use the one supplied or one that's well shielded and is wired through a magic plastic bottle cork thingy! Otherwise you get connection drop-out from interference. Tony M from the cobra club was kind enough to...
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Building a Cobra. GD 427 Mk4 (Euro): July 2012
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Building a Cobra. GD 427 Mk4 (Euro). Body first. A different approach. Saturday, 28 July 2012. For a long while, my friends dad wanted to make something for my car. He's a welder and was keen to help out with either the exhaust, roll bars or anything. So as the plastic washer bottle was one of the things I didn't like the look of, I drew something up to match the coolant tank. I was really impressed with what he made! One problem was how to see the fluid level? 1/8 BSP I think. This way looks quite sleek.
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