Westfield Wide Body Turbo
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Amazed at how quickly it gets to 30mph on urban roads 
Hope all ok with diff! A brilliant job, well done for the hard work.
Hope all ok with diff! A brilliant job, well done for the hard work.
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That, or he'll just build another one by next weekend
"Just bought a caterham chassis" thread coming soon
Hahah! Right so because I'be blown my diff, I've decided to part out the car. Ultima GTR ordered and will be here Friday
The most effortless donuts I think I have ever heard....
You're right to be fair, they were pretty lazy weren't they?! lolslickcell
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Amazed at how quickly it gets to 30mph on urban roads
Hope all ok with diff! A brilliant job, well done for the hard work.
To be honest, when I drove it in the most recent video it felt remarkably slow compared to my previous Locost. I realised only after the diff locked, that it was in fact binding up and acting like a brake.
Diff is fubbered - I am doing another video so you can see what I found when I pulled it out and inspected it today. HOWEVER, I found a guy in Dungannon who has an identical one for sale, so I am leaving in an hour to go collect.
CAR WILL BE FIXED TOMORROW lol
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I told him he 6 months ago he should have just bought a Caterham............ It would be cheaper!"Just bought a caterham chassis" thread coming soon
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Not at all, you wouldn't have had nearly as much fun
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My idea of fun isn't thisNot at all, you wouldn't have had nearly as much fun
Plenty of glittery stuff in there and the ring gear do not look good. Probably repairable though. A good wash out and it might run free.
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My idea of fun isn't this
Plenty of glittery stuff in there and the ring gear do not look good. Probably repairable though. A good wash out and it might run free.
No, it's not my idea of fun either. I said to my brother about 6 months into the Locost build "I hate working on cars!" lol.
Yeah, plenty of glittery stuff but I was convinced that it would be completely smashed inside given the noises that were coming from it. A few others have suggested that maybe new bearings will sort it but we will see
Thats not bad at all, I keep meaning to update the 110 thread as I recently almost did a stoppie, After spending over 2h beating and hammering at the caps inside the axle housing as the whole casing expanded under the impact heres what I found, it drove 30 miles whining in this condition.
And the offending item the bolt that used to hold the bearing cap that wasnt tightened.... M12 well it was...
Last time i use axles without splitting them ill tell ya.
Keep at it, not be hard to sort it,
And the offending item the bolt that used to hold the bearing cap that wasnt tightened.... M12 well it was...
Last time i use axles without splitting them ill tell ya.
Keep at it, not be hard to sort it,
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Might be worth sending that off to see of it can be repaired/refurbished. With any luck you might get away with a good clean and a bearing or two.
Hard to tell from pictures though. A diff like that works on friction between the diff wheels so it might be beyond (economic) repair even if it doesn't look too bad to the eye.
Hard to tell from pictures though. A diff like that works on friction between the diff wheels so it might be beyond (economic) repair even if it doesn't look too bad to the eye.
i guess the bearings likely overheated first and tightened ? the actual gears look 'ok' ?
take no mechanical advice from me though........ i raced (tried to) a car with a trailing arm cable tied out of the way (had broken off) on a live axle seven many moons ago.. i try to stay as far away from the mechanical side as i can !!
take no mechanical advice from me though........ i raced (tried to) a car with a trailing arm cable tied out of the way (had broken off) on a live axle seven many moons ago.. i try to stay as far away from the mechanical side as i can !!
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True magician Just remember to put oil in this one 
Just remember to put oil in this one slickcell
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Apologies for that premature update...unfortunately it wasn't as easy as I make it look (or as quick) lol
I thoroughly flushed the new diff with standard oil then drained again before filling it with my Redline Heavy Shockproof oil. I cant wait to see how this feels - apparently it makes the Sierra LSD lock a lot harder! Big lob of RTV and backplate back on before leaving it sitting upright overnight to cure.
The only issues I couldn't sort myself were the rear fog light and the reverse light. An autospark came and helped me last night and we got the lights finished off - everything should be in order now for MOT.
And I changed the colours of the dash switches, GReddy gauges and Koso Speedo to match the rest of the car...
That was yesterday anyway but today, aside from fitting the LSD, I had a bit of a pain with the clutch slave cyl. The pedal box kept randomly appearing wet but I couldn't identity the leak. I looked at the clutch slave cyl and as I put my hand on it, it fell apart. This couldn't have done more than 2 miles between this and the old Locost. It was a brand new eBay item - pure keek.
Anyway, I ordered a better one from Ballynahinch Motor Factors and collected a couple of hours later. I will fit tomorrow.
The race is on now to get the last few jobs done for MOT. I just need to put a couple more bolts in the engine mounts, sort the alignment, bleed the clutch and fit the carbon side panels - they're beaut. I cant wait to see them fitted.
YOLO
I thoroughly flushed the new diff with standard oil then drained again before filling it with my Redline Heavy Shockproof oil. I cant wait to see how this feels - apparently it makes the Sierra LSD lock a lot harder! Big lob of RTV and backplate back on before leaving it sitting upright overnight to cure.
The only issues I couldn't sort myself were the rear fog light and the reverse light. An autospark came and helped me last night and we got the lights finished off - everything should be in order now for MOT.
And I changed the colours of the dash switches, GReddy gauges and Koso Speedo to match the rest of the car...
That was yesterday anyway but today, aside from fitting the LSD, I had a bit of a pain with the clutch slave cyl. The pedal box kept randomly appearing wet but I couldn't identity the leak. I looked at the clutch slave cyl and as I put my hand on it, it fell apart. This couldn't have done more than 2 miles between this and the old Locost. It was a brand new eBay item - pure keek.
Anyway, I ordered a better one from Ballynahinch Motor Factors and collected a couple of hours later. I will fit tomorrow.
The race is on now to get the last few jobs done for MOT. I just need to put a couple more bolts in the engine mounts, sort the alignment, bleed the clutch and fit the carbon side panels - they're beaut. I cant wait to see them fitted.
YOLO
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Great stuff, keep it up Once past MoT it's just "normal" tinkering left!
You need a "baby on board" sticker beside the "boost inside" one
Once past MoT it's just "normal" tinkering left!You need a "baby on board" sticker beside the "boost inside" one
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Great stuff, keep it up
You need a "baby on board" sticker beside the "boost inside" one
haha!! Good idea actually! Maybe I’ll get a baby seat in the passenger side and launch it with anti-lag etc lmao! I’m sure that would get a fair few raised eyebrows
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Great thread, such fun cars to work on, and can learn so much from them. Enjoy seeing these coming in for mot, everyone of them has something different under the bonnet and running different specs. And have yet to see one fail (unless the emissions are off the scale)
keep up the good work
keep up the good work
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Great thread, such fun cars to work on, and can learn so much from them. Enjoy seeing these coming in for mot, everyone of them has something different under the bonnet and running different specs. And have yet to see one fail (unless the emissions are off the scale)
keep up the good work
thanks man! I’m guessing you’re an MOT tester? Where do you work? I’ll be at Lisburn at 12pm Saturday - hopefully you’re there and can pass me
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thanks man! I’m guessing you’re an MOT tester? Where do you work? I’ll be at Lisburn at 12pm Saturday - hopefully you’re there and can pass me
I am yeah (awaits all the haters) based in Coleraine (loads of hate coming now), just don’t be late or go to the wrong lane and you should be fine lol
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haha, Most of the MOT guys who do my cars have been dead on tbf!
tell me this, is an oil leak an MOT fail? I’ve not yet sorted the slight oil leak from this. It’s coming from the cam seals and only appears after about 15mins once the car is up to temp.
I can’t be arsed taking the front of the engine off to sort it because I intend to have it forged soon anyway and it will obviously be sorted then.
*edit - it’s not excessive. Just a slight drip once up to temp. It runs down from behind the front of the rocker, down the block and then down the sump cover....