Spondon no 10

clivegto · February 22, 2023

1 hour ago, Jdeac said:

Pretty nice ain't they @clivegto

Indeed they are.

clivegto · February 22, 2023

4 hours ago, DAZ said:

I've now come to realise that it's Clive Gonna Turbo Owt ...

Boost is addictive :pimp:

Wagola · February 22, 2023

8 hours ago, clivegto said:

Just got these warpspeed racing turbo headers of @Jdeaccheers man there a work of art, plan is to fit them to Spondon no 10

@clivegtoBASTARD !!!! Was hoping you was going to pass them over and I could then start my own turbo road trip. but not now !! Guess I'll keep looking.

clivegto · February 22, 2023

5 minutes ago, Wagola said:

@clivegtoBASTARD !!!! Was hoping you was going to pass them over and I could then start my own turbo road trip. but not now !! Guess I'll keep looking.

They were for sale for quite a while. Don't think they will fit a standard frame but might fit my Spondon, will find out tomorrow.

Wagola · February 23, 2023

11 hours ago, clivegto said:

They were for sale for quite a while. Don't think they will fit a standard frame but might fit my Spondon, will find out tomorrow.

Yeah, I missed the advert when they first came up for sale. I was going to try them on a Mag 4 frame. Still interested if they don't fit your Spondon frame.

clivegto · February 23, 2023

43 minutes ago, Wagola said:

Yeah, I missed the advert when they first came up for sale. I was going to try them on a Mag 4 frame. Still interested if they don't fit your Spondon frame.

I made my turbo headers for my Magnum 2 as the frame down tubes are quite wide apart. Only tools I used were my mig welder and my grinder did take about 2 weeks of evenings but you can do it yourself.

clivegto · February 23, 2023

As @Jdeac said with his setup the cooler mounts would need moving. With this setup the cooler will need moving which I planned to do anyway. @Wagolasorry I'll be using these on this, I don't think they would fit a Magnum frame without major alterations any way.

clivegto · February 24, 2023

Cut the bottom oil cooler mount of, fitted the headers. Turbo I was going to use has a different flange to the headers, just roughly bolted on to give an idea of space.

spondonturbo · February 24, 2023

On 2/22/2023 at 8:29 PM, clivegto said:

They were for sale for quite a while. Don't think they will fit a standard frame but might fit my Spondon, will find out tomorrow.

I was going to buy them but could see you were interested mate We obviously have similar tastes (y)

clivegto · February 25, 2023

8 hours ago, spondonturbo said:

I was going to buy them but could see you were interested mate We obviously have similar tastes

There reall well made Chris (y)

spondonturbo · February 25, 2023

4 hours ago, clivegto said:

There reall well made Chris

yes Warpspeed stuff is lovely. I have seen some of their full kits and they are very nice. They try to keep the turbo as high up as possible.

clivegto · February 25, 2023

After reading @Havocpost and chatting with him about fixing abs plastic panels I bought some Mek (let the chemistry begin O.o ) now this stuff dissolves abs plastic especially if you cut it up into little pieces. So that's exactly what I did with the front bit of the side panel I'd cut off. Right hand side panel where the brake reservoir window is was busted and I don't need the window anyway. Filled it in with the Mek and mix and have also started to rebuild a busted tab on the back light surround. I have to say it does work amazingly well if you have the patience. .

Edited February 25, 2023 by clivegto

Havoc · February 26, 2023

18 hours ago, clivegto said:

After reading @Havocpost and chatting with him about fixing abs plastic panels I bought some Mek (let the chemistry begin ) now this stuff dissolves abs plastic especially if you cut it up into little pieces. So that's exactly what I did with the front bit of the side panel I'd cut off. Right hand side panel where the brake reservoir window is was busted and I don't need the window anyway. Filled it in with the Mek and mix and have also started to rebuild a busted tab on the back light surround. I have to say it does work amazingly well if you have the patience.

Chemistry is ace. Be careful of the MEK though, the RAF banned it's use over 20 years ago :pimp:

Rossco(Iceman Josros) · February 26, 2023

1 hour ago, Havoc said:

Chemistry is ace. Be careful of the MEK though, the RAF banned it's use over 20 years ago

How long does the “mixture” stay usable for and how many millilitres of MEK to AbS is required….?

clivegto · February 26, 2023

3 hours ago, Rossco(Iceman Josros) said:

How long does the “mixture” stay usable for and how many millilitres of MEK to AbS is required….?

Depends what rate you mix it at really.

Went to the Straightliners speed show at Elvington today and got talking to a Hel dealer who offered me a deal for some master cylinders I couldn't walk away from

Dezza · February 26, 2023

Isn't MEK the key chemical component of paint strippers that actually work, i.e. NOT anything now available from a DIY shop, the stuff labelled as 'industrial/professional' use? It must be highly volatile because decent paint stripper goes off pretty quickly so unless a lot is needed for a particular job there's no point in buying more than 1litre at a time.

DAZ · February 26, 2023

Don't know about the paint stripper application but I know when I used to collect from industrial printers they used it as a cleaning solution so if it dissolves plastics as well just be fearsome stuff

clivegto · February 26, 2023

Smells like poppers not that I'd known :stop: :pimp:

Havoc · February 27, 2023

On 2/26/2023 at 1:05 PM, Rossco(Iceman Josros) said:

How long does the “mixture” stay usable for and how many millilitres of MEK to AbS is required….?

I keep mine in a coffee jar with a tight lid. I'm still using the original mix 4 years later. As long as the solvent component can't evaporate, it'll stay useable. I have added a little more MEK perhaps annually, to soften it up a bit. I just kept adding ABS pellets to the MEK until it reached a consistency I thought looked like it'd do the job. I added the pellets slowly over a couple of days.

Edited February 27, 2023 by Havoc

Archie · February 28, 2023

On 2/26/2023 at 4:21 PM, clivegto said:

Depends what rate you mix it at really.

Went to the Straightliners speed show at Elvington today and got talking to a Hel dealer who offered me a deal for some master cylinders I couldn't walk away from

Ohh pretty. I keep looking at these, but would want to do all the bikes which is daft currently

clivegto · February 28, 2023

1 hour ago, Archie said:

would want to do all the bikes which is daft currently

Daft I am

Sweary Bob · February 28, 2023

On 2/26/2023 at 4:21 PM, clivegto said:

Depends what rate you mix it at really.

Went to the Straightliners speed show at Elvington today and got talking to a Hel dealer who offered me a deal for some master cylinders I couldn't walk away from

Yup he was doing some great deals. Pulled loads of stuff out of his "Bargain Boxes"...

clivegto · March 15, 2023

The MEK ABS mix has worked really well rebuilding the back light surround, almost like magic (y) .

clivegto · March 15, 2023

One of the side panel mushroom's was busted off as well but there was a good one intact on the piece of panel I cut off. Wized it off with a slicing disc, filed it down and the back of the panel then just stuck it on with the MEK ABS mix, easy peasy (y) .