N77’s Track Day epthree Project
So a bit of an update...
Went and took it to Area motorsport to get set up track spec, springs were also changed at the rear and the top mounts were swapped at the front.
They set up the ride height etc...
Also left them to check everything over so did a spanner check, to make sure everything was okay.
Also to bleed the brakes as after I did them before the pedal went down really far and felt wrong when I come to move it on and off the trailer to take it etc....
It was found that the rear right caliper was leaking from the handbrake mechanism, so couldn’t do it as they didn’t have any in.
So a few recommendations from some folks and I went and got a replacement from Euro Car Parts...
Fitted it and then went to do the brakes with a bleed kit I bought, however it turned out that it was the incorrect fitment to the brake reservoir so didn’t work, so as I was on my own, I had to wait for some help.
Also had an issue with the grill, I had to clean some stuff of it after I tried to fit it with the sealant I used, and it reacted badly with the paint, so I had to sand it down and respray it and re clear it, so back to how it was.
With brakes now bled with the help of a friend of my dads I then tried to do majority of the jobs to get it on track...
Dodgy filter removed I could get to the gear linkages to replace the bushes with KTuned solid shifter ones...
Fitted the scuttle insert kit and scoop to the passenger side scuttle...
Then as I didn’t have the standard air box I didn’t have the fittings for some of the parts for the Tegiwa, so I had to leave this off and just fitted the air box on its own. Also have a pipe to fit but again I didn’t have the fittings for the pipes into it, so had to leave this for another day, as I was on a tight deadline.
I went and got the puncture repaired as I was just going to use these tyres on the short circuit of Curborough, went and got it fixed.
Got home and gave it a clean...
I then heard something coming from the wheel after it was wet, hissing coming from the valve itself, as it was getting on the place had closed, as was most so I just chucked the towel in and gave up....
I cleaned it so I could put some stickers I had collected over the course of the build, and the newly acquired sun strip from Area.
Thought it may have cheered me up but I was still down. This car has been a curse since I started it, with the first track day I ended up in hospital, then one thing after another has just got me down, to the point I have lost interest and the enthusiasm I had when I originally had the idea.
I ended up taking my other Civic now it was on the road but now that appears to be broken again after the outing, I now have a low oil pressure flicking oil light
I feel I have just lost enthusiasm in both and can’t be arsed with either anymore at the moment.
It seems so close but yet so far with this thing...
Only bits really to do to my original plans with it are to have the gearbox rebuilt with Mfactory plated LSD, Mfactory 5.84 FD and a replacement clutch while it’s out.
Also an intake manifold of some sort and then mapping as already have K100 and Tegiwa 70mm TB ready to go on, and it would be a great weapon.
I just don’t know if I have it in me now to finish it
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