Getting on the housing market end of the year, so I'm saving like a lunatic at the minute and hoping i wont have to sell. Just not feeling the love for motorsport up here at Lossiemouth, my nearest track is knockhill which is over 3h 30mins away - and I'd probably get banned driving the A9 Aviemore road in my civic
Hopefully you don't break mate, loved the 9 last time I seen it when you came over. Definitely one of a kind. Your soo far away now !
Soo far hahaI know, would be such a waste! Yup, here's where I used to be and where I am now... haha
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/L...0x6a589eeafb58fb6!2m2!1d-2.3745599!2d52.66792
Getting on the housing market end of the year, so I'm saving like a lunatic at the minute and hoping i wont have to sell. Just not feeling the love for motorsport up here at Lossiemouth, my nearest track is knockhill which is over 3h 30mins away - and I'd probably get banned driving the A9 Aviemore road in my civic
I've been silent for a long time after selling mine I've tried to stay off here to avoid re-catching the bug that I can't afford with a mortgage to pay!
But please don't sell this! I've done nothing but regret selling mine since the second it left my ownership 3 years ago. I still cry myself to sleep at night! Yours was always a big inspiration and I'm sure it still is to many!
Just keep her tucked away if you can't afford to run it. I wish I had done that with mine, then at least when I was more financially comfortable I could get it out again!
also, you could always move nearer to a track
Oh yeah buddy!!
Old school/back in the day build coming back! It's all about that.
Glad to hear that you will be getting back on this! Looking forward to seeing what you do.
Always nice when an old school member comes back to the forum.
Have you been anywhere interesting?
Thanks Jesse, she's still going strong - although Lossiemouth weather/air has taken its toll on it. Acid dip is just to keep any future rust at bay, few blemishes starting to come through as it popped a fuel line couple months back. :-(
Haha you could say interesting, yes. Well I've done some miles mate, that's for sure! 4 months down Falklands - March last year, Spain for just over 4 weeks, then Malta for 2 weeks. Spent about 1.5 months in UK then went to Cyprus for 4 and a half (where I'm stuck still).
Will be aiming for a 6-10 month build depending on how much I'm away, there isn't much in the car so stripping/prepping car for the acid dip should take 2 to 3 days or so. Then looking over the condition of old parts, giving them a clean and lube etc.
I'm sort of leaning towards time attack and going crazy on it, getting weight down with grinder, making a new interior and lights loom as I'm already running the digital display with its own data bus/sensors.
Need to reroute fuel lines as it doesn't like it's current layout/weather as they keep leaking after a couple of months. Aeroquip push lock fittings with an in-line fuel filter to be run through the interior to a 25l fuel cell (with collector) in the back, or in place of oem fuel tank - depending on the current weight distribution. Should be a remedy to fuel surges when low fuel + cornering aswell.
Will upload a picture when Internet sorts it's life out
Wow you have covered a few miles! I know it's not exactly a holiday or a jolly up it must still be incredible to see all the different places you do,
My girlfriend was born on one of the cyprus bases and lived there for a while, and her dad is just finishing up his final visit to the Falklands, so I often hear stories about these places.
I think its likely that you will be the first person in the uk to of acid dipped a ek9, its a good idea and probably a better solution than blasting providing the acid is nuturalised and and treated well inside cavities I guess,
should keep it good for many years to come!
It's something I would of liked to of done but just ended up doing it the hard/cheap way