Raceworx Micra Blog

[Titch]

Yay! Well, not long now man, new shafts will be in soon, and then rock and roll!

 

[Raceworx]

The cars new home!!! :-

got abit mnore done today as i had a day off rear anti-roll Bar, and panard rod.. also got the rear braided lines on.
Had a right drama getting the panard rod off had to have a little bonfire under the car as i had to set fire to the bottom seized bush and anglegrind the iner metal tube off. other than that nothing to harsh.

 

[RIK]

one step further

wens the first turn of the key then?

 

[Raceworx]

as soon as this guy i know whos doing the electrnics waves his touring car loom building wand

 

[RIK]

but then you have to wave your never ending wallet at him to give you your keys back!!

 

[Titch]

Saw it in Jap performance today. Van't wait man, shafts and then that about it

 

[Raceworx]

but then you have to wave your never ending wallet at him to give you your keys back!!

dude i wish i had a never ending wallet!! im skint iv spent eveything iv earned over the last year on this car so far... i havent had a new pair of trainners for a year and abit and i take water to work cos im saving pennies by not buying cans at dinner im faaaaar from loaded

 

[RIK]

youl be putting cardboard insoles in them when they wear thru next

you cant put a price on the fun you will get when its all done tho,,(like mastercard )

P.S dont tell me about been skint

 

[Ben]

congrats mate - i think u deserve it, oh and if u need some cardboard, i think i have some in the back garden i will send u. Might be a bit wet but nothing a few hours in a dry room wont sort

 

[Raceworx]

cheers im okay at the mo its like having Aircon for ya feet

 

[Ben]

get some ouder (sp?) eaters then...

 

[Andy_S]

i like the reg plate from Rochdale lol. Where are you based anyway?? Rochdale?? cause i live in Oldham

 

[Raceworx]

no sheffield mate

 

[59 bhp is more than enough]

raceworks? with those lights did you use any special type of pait. also did you use primer and laquer etc

 

[Raceworx]

Look whats arrived this morning!!! :-

Ill post pics up of fitting and seting up asap


AS for the lights used satin black paint from halfords mate with plastic primer.

 

[Titch]

Gooooood man! Can't wait to see what the D2 Coilovers are like!
Nearly there man!!

 

[Raceworx]

well there fited to the car :- i nput them on as low as theyll go to start withand as stiff as they can.. judge for yourself how low the kit will go!!!

the rear is okay the fronts need setting up properly as you can get half a lock on and your in tyre scrape city!! but does lok damn good lol.

 

[Davey C]

christ man! that is low, do you have specs and prices for this kit and a supplier? also are the rears fitted, i guess not?

 

[Raceworx]

christ man! that is low, do you have specs and prices for this kit and a supplier? also are the rears fitted, i guess not?

The rear IS fitted and is on the lowest setting but as its stripped out and the fron is ridiculously low it doesnt look that low but it is lol.. you carnt drive the car except forward with it that low.

I supply the kit through Raceworx its £650+delivery

 

[RIK]

thats a real good price..i can see you selling a few of these

 

[Davey C]

i agree it looks higher because the front is so stupidly low. and i had forgotten your car was stripped out in the rear. sits the same sort of hight at the rear as the whiteline kit, you'll have to give a full report on the ride quality, that is a very competitive price too.

 

[Raceworx]

well that with the whitleine anti roll bars and castor camber kit i think im gona be onto a winner chasis flex is the next thing that will need to be tackled

 

[Davey C]

too right mate, roll cage then i cant see there being much else to improve chassis/suspension wise

 

[Raceworx]

yeah.. hopefully itll be good enough to do the target of an 8 minuit lap of the ring.. thats the project aim now.

 

[Davey C]

wheres the ring and have you done a lap in your previous state micra?

 

[Raceworx]

the nurburgring!! you must know what that is!!! :S

 

[Davey C]

yeah never heard it called the ring b4 lol

 

[Raceworx]

lol oh well.. thats the target for the project

 

[RIK]

how do u expect 8 mins if u never been before? (im guessing u havent)

what sort of cars do 8 mins? standard ones

 

[Titch]

Wow! Thats about as low as mine go! Get a mesurement if you can man!!

 

[Raceworx]

i dont expect thats the "AIM" f the project itll take along time of preperation to get it down to that its not somthing i just pluked out of the air.... itll probly take most of next year learning how to drive the car and setting it up before im confident enough to even attack the ring at medium pace..

 

[RIK]

i dont expect thats the "AIM" f the project itll take along time of preperation to get it down to that its not somthing i just pluked out of the air.... itll probly take most of next year learning how to drive the car and setting it up before im confident enough to even attack the ring at medium pace..

maybee i didnt make myself clear,,,how can you aim for 8 mins?

e,i what are you compairing to

i havent seen ANY times from the ring at all from any car so i dont have a clue

its pretty easy to estimate times at 1/4 for example ,,but the ring? if you have never been round before how did you know 8 mins would be a good time? it could take 25mins to get round for all i know,,,

what sort of cars do it in 8mins

 

[Raceworx]

extencive modified porches do it in 7mins or less the record is a radical its in the low 6 mins

mine could do it in 8:59secs and ill clas it as a win!! lol

 

[59 bhp is more than enough]

the skyline z tune does it in 8 i think

 

[Raceworx]

not a bad target then!!!

 

[BigBadBob]

Ford transit van made it in 10.15 (ish) if you saw top gear! (driven by test driver
Clarkson did 9.59 in a Jag

 

[Raceworx]

Well my nice shinny short shifter arrived today (cheers mike) so i stuck that on the car aswell as finally getting round to sending some bits off to ge the blanking plate and outlet pipe made up!! iv been saving money as there £178 to be made in total!!!
few pics of the short shift and ally Gearknob (beachboy)

and next to the old unit

 

[richmicratwista]

lol the short shifter is longer

ironic really

where is gearknob from

 

[59 bhp is more than enough]

ive got that gearknob, but in black, its anismo one. got mine from america

 

[richmicratwista]

u got a better pic how much r they roughly

 

[lippylloyd77]

HI how r u working the likages out. you usin a few helli joint to make it work. is it poss u could send some pics of your engin and box mount and gear likages 4 us
thanks mate.
LIPPY

 

[Raceworx]

HI how r u working the likages out. you usin a few helli joint to make it work. is it poss u could send some pics of your engin and box mount and gear likages 4 us
thanks mate.
LIPPY

the gear shift is a bolt straight on job mate micra one bolts straight to it and is perfect lengthand everything also the suport is in the right place to.

 

[RIK]

the gear shift is a bolt straight on job mate micra one bolts straight to it and is perfect lengthand everything also the suport is in the right place to.

this was the same with my ga16de conversion..

 

[Raceworx]

well pace have sent me my blanking plate and outlet pipe the uy whos doing the electrics has finished and is coming over on monday.. so this weekend is final checks for fuelpipes ect before we try and turn her over on monday.. not optomistic though as im sure nats needs programing if it ll runs its just a case of tiedying a few things up and wating for drive shafts to be made.

 

[micra man]

Nice one mate. Very impressed with the progress. Keep up the good work, looking forward to seeing if it turns over ok.

 

[Raceworx]

Iv finally got my blanking plate through and the straight outlet pipe... :-

also had the time ti remove the dash and remove all the heating crap...

So thatll be a nice amount of weight saved!!
all i need know is to have a carbon centre console made up for mounting flick switched.. also got rid off all the sound deadening aswell... so now i can see bulckhead through the dash :S

and finally a hi-res link to the engine bay :-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/Drifterx_uk/DSC01660.jpg

 

[chie]

youve got a 2.0 in a chrisp packet and youre weight saving :O class A nutter keep it uyp , a cant weight to see it

 

[Raceworx]

lol weight saving is key to going quicker!!

 

[joe boy micra]

lol weight saving is key to going quicker!!

drive naked :laugh: really smart looking car. gotta get pics when its all done and a vid of it shifting

 

[Raceworx]

hmmmm ill shave mi pubes aswell!! skinny naked speed driving!! Bwahahahaha