First, there was the Rumble in the Jungle**

Then, the Thriller in Manilla

Now, the next greatest battle of our time... Mano a Mano, a fight to the death, no guts no glory.


What am I on about????


Well...

... after a couple of years of threats, espionage, greasy breakfasts and wild innuendo... Ned 'Neddy-Boy' Nedster has bet me that his car will be finished (SVA'd) before mine!!!!

Our cars are at slightly different stages I've done some more but he's willing to buy bits that I'd rather make.

So.... let the race begin. Let the best (or rather, least busy!) man win!

Cheers,
James


P.S. For those wanting to make bets, Dazza will be running a book!


** Bits of Guildford are quite woody!







[Edited on 20/1/06 by James]

Will any of us live long enough?

my money is on trueblue finishing his fissy powered contraption

Flanders will be under the kosh at home and then track days in the little pug to stop him building.

James will be training for another kickboxing event and looking for somewhere to live.

In fact i think deckman has a cchance of beating you both as well.

I'm still on to build and SVA 2 cars before either of them SVA theirs!!

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I'm still on to build and SVA 2 cars before either of them SVA theirs!!

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"completed for summer 2003!"

I'll have finished my kit hover-car before your cars are SVA'd

Well they will both de done before something else

Maybe the hold up wa waiting for GTS fibreglass LOL

LOL

Wonder if they will finish before me ....

David

Can i throw in my hat ?? nah maybe not, I have an unfair disadvantage,,,,,,, a wife that can't stand locosts or the funding of them,,, but there are ways !!

Jason

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Originally posted by Deckman001
Can i throw in my hat ?? nah maybe not, I have an unfair disadvantage,,,,,,, a wife that can't stand locosts or the funding of them,,, but there are ways !!

Jason

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Will any of us live long enough?


brilliant!!!

made me laugh

Well - my money is on.......


ME

So after a weekend of crashing and bashing in the garage where are james and ned at now,so far we have seen pics of neds engine parts.

I think we should have a weekly progress report and since both ned and james are day workers i would think most of there work wouild be completed over the weekend,so really there is no better day to report in than a monday

Too much beer me thinks ......

nah, james had his vodka spiked again allegedly

my engine build progressed well, i rebuilt my rear hubs with new bearings, fitted one side and fitted a wheel to find i need longer studs on the rear which were rdered today along with some samco hose for the plumbing. roll on delivery

that enough for ya bob?

Ned.

ps been in the garage, hubs all disassembled, studs are all out and I'm looking at the column downlink extension..

[Edited on 23/1/06 by ned]

keep us imformed

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nah, james had his vodka spiked again allegedly

my engin.

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Cant wait to see the progress

My only worry is that this thread could be the longest ever

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My only worry is that this thread could be the longest ever

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A quick thankyou to Ned who gave me 3 hours of his time this evening helping me get one of the side panels on!

It was very kind of him to turn up- I'm sure it was nothing to do with him being locked out of his house!!!

Cheers mate,
James

He probably wanted to see how far you've got on the build !!

Jason

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He probably wanted to see how far you've got on the build !!

Jason

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you're welcome james! all i ask in return is that at some point i can have my cleco's back as they will be useful for the rear panel, and also if i can borrow a socket for the sierra rear hub nuts

Ned.

James

are you sure he was not taking pictures of your house? (see other thread)

feeling optimistic - I downloaded the sva application form today (thanks rich) and have it in front of me on my desk

Got that F1 engine of yours running yet Ned?



Cheers,
James


[Edited on 20/2/06 by James]

Well, cancelled my Savate training last night and made myself a lovely flange instead!

Cost me some ali grindings in the eye but was worth it!

Might even grace you with some pics soon... just to prove it really exists!

Come on Nedster, 'fess up! How's your going?

Cheers,
Jim

[Edited on 21/2/06 by James]

Less of that now, get some work done . I remember when flange was voted word of the day

front wishbones have arrived, rear suspension is all bolted up. exhaust fabrication is booked for 11th march. scuttle and dash is on, column downlink is made. dummy engine is about to come out and as soon as i get the rosejoints for the front wishbones it will be rolling onto a trailer and straight down to my engine building friends house where I built my engine to drop that in.

Trying to order some gauges and mirrors, but can't get hold of tadltd at the moment.

Ned.

ps James, have you seen Donut's new signature? lol

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ps James, have you seen Donut's new signature? lol

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I like a level playing field...

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I'm tring to think of something that donut can complete at speed...............mmmmnnn now let me think

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I'm tring to think of something that donut can complete at speed...............mmmmnnn now let me think

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I'm tring to think of something that donut can complete at speed...............mmmmnnn now let me think

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No ned that was the speed of his wallet opening to pay the man to wire it up for him, so it doesnt count i'm sorry to say

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trial fitting of new wishbones....
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crappy pic, but it is now on all 4 wheels
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Ned - Are those the front wheels you are going to run on? I ask as the offset seems to be such that you have a large scrub radius. Do people get away with that much?

Cheers

Fred WB

[Edited on 24/2/06 by Fred W B]

Fred,

To be honest I'd have to read the staniforth book (again!) to remember what scrub radius is, the wheels are from a caterham and are different offset front and rear (et18 and 23 rings a bell) they are from a dedion caterham and my car is dedion aswell. The front end is cortina based, but sierra track width and the rear is standard sierra stuff so this may affect things somewhat.

cheers,

Ned.

[Edited on 24/2/06 by ned]

Hey Mate,

Thinking of our conversation last night, is that picture after you wound your shocks up?

Cheers,
James

James,

In that pic the front of the chassis is supported on blocks of wood. The springs are wound up by hand, basically to their static length, I need to wind them up, effectively putting on preload to increase the ride height hence asking if you had a c-spanner for the platforms

Ned.

Had the day off today, working on the car of course. progress was a bit slow..
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but satisfying none the less...
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also had a delivery
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Ned Do you want to preorder your windscreen to get the jump on James

I better stop posting and get my RS out to the garage to do some work on my hill trolley

IF i opt for a screen it'll def be after sva mangoman

right, major deadline now - just booked my rolling road session to map the ecu

1 month to the day

Hmmm, this is gonna come down to the wire!


Cheers,
James

after a late start,i have my engine in,i may beat you both yet

Got any pics John , i'm impressed you can be bothered to start again from scratch!

ill mail the pics to you dave,cant seem to post them in my archive

James - i hope you dont sabbotage the rolling road session booking!!!

Explosive charges already placed!

Nothing too large of course, I'm wouldn't want people to think I was irresponsible!!!
Just enough to 'pop' the car off the rollers in 4th gear at 5000RPM!

Cheers,

James

[Edited on 6/4/06 by James]

Just thought I'd bring this one back up to congratulate the better man who won and to wrap up the thread.

My build is/has been on hold as I'm seperating from my partner and buying her out of the house so need to wait for the finances to settle before I finish the car off.

Apart from the seats that are currently in James car (and a few tools he borrowed!) there is very little to be done and sva could probably be booked but I can't risk spending the money at the moment as I might need it for other priorities.

Maybe on the road for next spring

Ned

[Edited on 1/8/06 by ned]

Sorry to hear about the delay. Here's hoping to a speedy seperation (in the nicest of ways) and to you being on the road this year!