Post by Rowe on Aug 28, 2017 6:34:01 GMT
Not really much of a build at the moment, but I thought a few of you may be interested in the 170's life over the last 12 months.
I've a few mods sat in the garage waiting for me to pull my finger out and fit, so I'll update in due course.
any questions feel free to ask.
Bought the car pretty much as it stands now #boughtnotbuilt
as soon as i got it home, first thing on the list was to have a general nosey round the car to see if/what parts need replacing. After getting underneath, it was pretty apparent i was going to need to replace the front subframe (which luckily was included in the sale)
along side this rot, both sills needed plating at the rear, the power cable needed a gromet on it where it went through the bulkhead, brake lines need replacing on the back within the next 12 months, drivehsaft seals need doing, and i was in diar need of a set of harnesses.
Straight on ebay, and bought a pair of 3" TRS belts
rightly or wrongly, i've used the holes originally for the base of the seats, and drilled through the floor for the remaining points and plated them underneath.
Booked myself some track time at FordFair. Unfortunately only 1 20 minute session. Loved every second of it! The car held it's own on the track and i felt very confident driving it.
Properly caught the bug afterwards, so booked a full day at RSOC National.
as previously mentioned i had to replace the front subframe. The original plan was to fit polybushes, but i was slightly skint at this point after just shelling out on another set of wheels with road tyres fitted. So i ended up just sticking new wishbones on.
of course, had to check the alignment which was massively out. Wearing the new comps I'd bought too, which I've got a set of road/wet tyres fitted to.
I've a few mods sat in the garage waiting for me to pull my finger out and fit, so I'll update in due course.
any questions feel free to ask.
Bought the car pretty much as it stands now #boughtnotbuilt
as soon as i got it home, first thing on the list was to have a general nosey round the car to see if/what parts need replacing. After getting underneath, it was pretty apparent i was going to need to replace the front subframe (which luckily was included in the sale)
along side this rot, both sills needed plating at the rear, the power cable needed a gromet on it where it went through the bulkhead, brake lines need replacing on the back within the next 12 months, drivehsaft seals need doing, and i was in diar need of a set of harnesses.
Straight on ebay, and bought a pair of 3" TRS belts
rightly or wrongly, i've used the holes originally for the base of the seats, and drilled through the floor for the remaining points and plated them underneath.
Booked myself some track time at FordFair. Unfortunately only 1 20 minute session. Loved every second of it! The car held it's own on the track and i felt very confident driving it.
Properly caught the bug afterwards, so booked a full day at RSOC National.
as previously mentioned i had to replace the front subframe. The original plan was to fit polybushes, but i was slightly skint at this point after just shelling out on another set of wheels with road tyres fitted. So i ended up just sticking new wishbones on.
of course, had to check the alignment which was massively out. Wearing the new comps I'd bought too, which I've got a set of road/wet tyres fitted to.
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. Gotta be done!