There's not been very much on this site recently, as I've not done much other than drive the car around. However, there's a number of things that I want to do to the car that I thought I'd record here, if only to make all the people out there who look at this site realise that we're still alive! So, the following list is all those things that I'm aware that I want, or should, do to the car. I probably won't get around to most of them of course! I'll update the to-do list itself, mainly to remind me that I said I would do these things. |
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Although my brakes are much better after I swapped around the master cylinders a while ago, I would still like things to stop a bit quicker. One half way house is to get some bigger discs and use and adaptor plate to move the caliper outwards, hence getting more leverage on the wheel centre. Coincidentally another car building friend, Adrian, has some unwanted Cosworth size discs which I've got off him at the moment. What I'd like to do is to see if an adapter plate would allow me to use these and the existing calipers. Dax do such an adapter, but I'm not sure if it would work with these discs. I must phone up Peter at Dax and ask him about this. Failing that, it's possible that someone like HiSpec, who supplied these discs to Adrian, would be able to help. |
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Changing the master cylinders has made it nearly possible to heel-and-toe. However, it is still not possible, for me at least. I have to fix this as for me it's essential for fast driving, especially on a track. I'm often surprised at how many people can't heel-and-toe due to its importance. I guess I have an advantage in that I learnt to drive at a time when cars tended to have duff synchromesh (or none at all) and double-declutching was essential to be able to change gear in some circumstances. I learnt to do that, and combine it with heel-and-toe to allow braking at the same time and I've been doing it ever since. Well, not the double-declutching bit, although I do have a go sometimes for old time's sake. For the Rush I either need to get the brake pedal a bit closer or the throttle a bit further away. Whichever I try it needs to be done. |
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After a fair bit of thought I think there's a collection of possibilities. Unfortunately, they all involve spending money: |
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Having had such a set of problems with the Greengauges instruments I'm in a bit of a quandary. I would like to get the dash looking right again, but to do that I have to at least buy another oil pressure sender and the one I've had so far is so poor, and so many other people have reported similar problems, that I'm reluctant to throw money down the drain like this. I may decide to get a couple more mechanical instruments to replace the important ones (water temperature, oil temperature) of the current set. |
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I really want to sort something about head restraints before taking the car on track again. I've ceom up with a couple of ideas about this. One is to make some sort of removeable bracket that mounts to the top seatbelt mounting. By being removeable the tonneau cover would still fit. The other approach is to get a stainless tube welded across the roll-bar and fix some pads to that. I'm not sure about which approach to take, but the first one has the benefit that I could do it all myself. |
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Ever since I've had the car there's been an oil leak from, I think, the rear of the gearbox. I need to ensure that this is what it really is. I don't think I can do anything about it, but it'd be nice to know that that's what it really is. In the process I should check that the oil level is OK. While I'm at it, some oil got in the inside of the car at the beginning. I tried to stop it but I should check that it really has been stopped... |
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I've never been too happy with the way the expansion tank fits. I'd like to find a tank that was a different shape and try that instead. The problem with the Ford tank I've got is that if it overflows, as it has done a couple of times, the driver ends up with boiling water all over their legs. Dax sell stainless tanks, but they're a bit ostentatious really and it's nice to be able to see the level without taking the cap off. |
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I'm very unsure about this, but I keep thinking that having a hood would make life a bit easier by making the weather a bit less important. Perhaps I just need to think a bit more about it. The only trip I've made in the rain it was absolutely pelting down and the biggest problem was vision. I ended up wearing a crash helmet and wiping the visor every few seconds. |
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This is more a "wouldn't it be nice" than a to-do item, but a quick[er] rack would be very nice. I'll talk to Dax about it... |
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For some time now I've had tin of liquid rubber stuff with which I want to line the insides of the wheel arches to guard against "star-cracks". (Star crazes in the gelcoat caused by stones hitting the inside.) I should really get around to actually using it. |
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in case you've got to this frame directly and can't get out, go here. |