Ferg - 2002 VTS - EU52 - All Over ... #1881 - Page 61 - Saxperience

Ge0_Ge · 8th May 2009, 09:33

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Originally Posted by Ferg

I love doing track ... But spending £150+ atm is out of my range.

Ryan ~ 1144 pad y0!

I'd love to do Bedford.

yeah.. maybe a winter thing planned early loads of time to save lol.

not got that money atm either ry lol.

need a n00b session in my life

Ryan^p · 8th May 2009, 13:39

Fergs the one who doesnt have the money for a track day, I put £800-1k away before the summer for track sessions.

shame i dont have a working toy atm lol

Barry123 · 8th May 2009, 13:40

then spend the £800 on fixing the bloody thing.

Karl · 8th May 2009, 13:41

+1 working car is better than having a load of money for a car you cant take on track.

Barry123 · 8th May 2009, 13:43

suppose you could always pay £800 on several track days and turn up on a pedal bike.

'shhhhiiiiiiitttttt I breaaakkkkkkeed tooooo llaattttteee for the corner',
*falls over into the gravel. Crowd goes wild...*

Ryan^p · 8th May 2009, 14:13

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Originally Posted by adsayer

then spend the £800 on fixing the bloody thing.

What do you think we are getting the car rewired for and have arranged for a different ecu for? shits and giggles.

Ryan^p · 8th May 2009, 14:14

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Originally Posted by Karl

+1 working car is better than having a load of money for a car you cant take on track.

It worked when I saved up the money, When wiring goes or possibly an ecu, its not a simple case of just bolting on new sensor which is what fails on most things.

Barry123 · 8th May 2009, 14:28

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Originally Posted by Ryan

What do you think we are getting the car rewired for and have arranged for a different ecu for? shits and giggles.

give car to garage, car comes out of garage two weeks later working.

£800 down but working

Harty-VTS · 8th May 2009, 14:46

Off topicish:

Ferg when you used the polish machine, how long did it take to do the whole car? Also was it difficult to do as i have heard you have to be very carefull with it?

Thanks

Ryan^p · 8th May 2009, 16:34

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Originally Posted by adsayer

give car to garage, car comes out of garage two weeks later working.

£800 down but working

Not if the garage dont know what they are doing. Should have seen the state of a loom which had been done by a 'specialist' on my old engine. It was a complete mess.

Not many garages are able to deal with a car that they cant just plug into their diagnostic machine.

Barry123 · 8th May 2009, 16:35

Give Alex £800 and tell him to sort it then

Ryan^p · 8th May 2009, 17:03

what do you think has been happening the last few weeks gayboy?

Ferg · 8th May 2009, 20:12

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Harty-VTS

Off topicish:

Ferg when you used the polish machine, how long did it take to do the whole car? Also was it difficult to do as i have heard you have to be very carefull with it?

Thanks

I haven't actually done my car yet tbh ... Been too busy doing other people's. When I do mine for the FCS prep it'll go on axel stands and i'll do it all properly. Once it's clay bar'd etc I reckon I'll be looking at 8-10 hours of machine polishing. The paint isn't in too bad a state so won't need any heavy cutting compounds or pads. Will use polishing pads with Meg's #83 + CG Scratch and Swirl B+Gone for the swirls. Then it'll need machine polishing on another polishing pad with a decent glaze. Wax will be applied by hand. I reckon 3 full days worth of work for a decent standard.

You don't have to be too careful with a DA polisher because they don't spin on a constant axis, unlike a rotary. Saxo paint seems to hold upto to machine polishing ok. I'd be really careful with something from Honda though with their paint being very soft.

Harty-VTS · 8th May 2009, 20:35

Nice one

Have been thinking about doing it for a while but my father in law was saying you had to be carefull otherwise you can ruin it. But not sure what kind of machine it is he has.

What about on Fiberglass? As my car has quiet a bit of it

Do you have any before and after shots of some you have done? Long shot i know

Ferg · 8th May 2009, 20:43

I'm not sure about Fibreglass tbh ... Never machine polished on it. Might be worth just polishing up hand on that if you're worried about it.

Here's before and after on my friend Joe's Dad Porsche I machine polished ~

Before~

After ~

Harty-VTS · 8th May 2009, 21:02

Nice one

Will look into it a bit more, cheers for the info

When you do yours put some before and after pics up

Toad · 9th May 2009, 09:08

Ferg! Please polish my car.

ryhornvtr · 9th May 2009, 12:18

I really do admire the amount of dedication you have for this car Ferg, much more than me. Ive just spent a small fortune replacing broken bits on mine, otherwise mine would be up there with yours.

If a snetterton day gets booked up let me know, its only round the corner from me. And id love to see this when its cammed and braked up.

Ferg · 9th May 2009, 22:58

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Originally Posted by Toad

Ferg! Please polish my car.

Any time dude ... Wouldn't take me long to give the whole thing I quick once over with a polishing pad and Meg's #80.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ryhornvtr

I really do admire the amount of dedication you have for this car Ferg, much more than me. Ive just spent a small fortune replacing broken bits on mine, otherwise mine would be up there with yours.

If a snetterton day gets booked up let me know, its only round the corner from me. And id love to see this when its cammed and braked up.

Thanks alot matey. Yours still playing up then?

Absolutely can't wait until it's all sorted with the next stage of updates. We'll defo get some more track events sorted through Shed i'm sure.

joehow12 · 9th May 2009, 23:15

could you do mine and toads in one day?