View Full Version : So, who's broken their car just before JAE ?
Bring forth the sob stories.
This thread is for those who will, after today , encounter unfortunate circumstances :nod: , not for those who intended to rebuild the car, and left it until July to start the job :no:
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Thoroughly destroyed my engine on the way to Le Mans. Am hoping to sort it before JAE, but might not happen...
New engine hopefully going in the post soon. Second one in 13 months :cry:
Evilchap
02-07-2007, 00:04
Still not got it sorted? Bad luck mate!
not for those who intended to rebuild the car, and left it until July to start the job :no:
For the last couple of months I've been planning to go from stage 2 to stage 3 and do an auto to manual conversion at the same time. I've got everything I need now, but I think I'd better postpone the start date until 28th July ;)
does smashing it a month ago count? :cry:
Sideways Danny
02-07-2007, 00:46
chewed up the woodruff key so needed a new crank :( and found loads of other annoying little bits to do along the way like the rusted out core plug and the leaking cam seal. Don't know why I thought it was a good idea to do a 5 stud conversion while the engine was apart and waiting for machining. now it's just a mad rush to get an MOT on it for the RR day next week then sort the holes in the boot out before JAE
Still not got it sorted? Bad luck mate!
Getting there...
Nout Major, But mines turned into a tractor so i need to get the turbo gaskets sorted. But might not get time before JAE. Maybe i should employ Aitch to change them for me there ;) lol
Blew the clutch to pieces and found more than a few rust holes in the underbody of it :(
time to get friendly with a good welder!!
I've got a trackday next week so anything's possible...
Im not driving mine now til JAE :wack: :ghey: ;)
Kamikaze[EEND]j
02-07-2007, 19:51
Got a driftday this sunday... so it could just blowup....or end in a wreck....:wack:
blown head gasket but itl be fixed in the next few days:D who knows what else will break befor then:wack:
Nout Major, But mines turned into a tractor so i need to get the turbo gaskets sorted. But might not get time before JAE. Maybe i should employ Aitch to change them for me there ;) lol
I might have to do my own :wack:.
I'm at brands on Tuesday woth Parker and my diff sounds like it's on the way out, w00t!
Fake Ben Taylor
04-07-2007, 03:19
broke the woodruff key and melted the pistons on old set up then decided to upgrade a little whilst it was all apart which then turned into upgrading it all a lot and now i have too much to do to be ready for jae:cry:
starlet turbo
04-07-2007, 17:57
mine looks like this and still has no gearbox due to waiting on the osg kit, doubt it will be ready for totb :cry:
http://i15.tinypic.com/4z4334i.jpg
blown head gasket but itl be fixed in the next few days:D who knows what else will break befor then:wack:
Step away from the S14 Polo ............. ;) :D
Mine is good, apart from the engine, flywheel, gearbox, head and clutch all being in various different places :wack:
She'll be right though - new clutch arriving tomorrow, someone who can actually use a spanner arriving shortly afterward :D
went for the mot on monday and as I got it onto the ramps I dumped all my water out one of the pipes behind the plenum :cry: thought that was it but the guy cracked on anyway. fired it up at the end to pass the emissions and it was pissing out, luckily pugger works next door so if I can get my phone to connect to the computer then I can show you how I sorted.
But it doesnt end there, last night on the way home it burst again (same pipe) I might add that I cut the dodgy end off the pipe and re-fitted it but it clearly wasn't enough. I'm gonna sacrifice my escort to find a length that will fit. pics to follow soon I hope.
Im not driving mine now til JAE :wack: :ghey: ;)
Same here :D
Just broke my NEW front bumper in too!! :cry: ASS!!
Beginning to look like a proper drift car :wack: (tie wraps & gaffa tape)
Mine needs...my new CAS fitting and retiming....and quite potentially a new turbo....we'll see...
yeh, ****ed mine up, both rear quarter panels, tip, never bond spoiler bits on:cry: :cry: , phuckin devastated
and its not the paint comming off either, should have left it the **** alone:mad: :mad: :mad:
VIDAL BABBOON
14-07-2007, 17:13
Bottom end developed the death rattle on the way to the Nurburgring :(
Not rushing to get it sorted as im going to do a complete rebuild now :)
mattlake
14-07-2007, 17:48
turbo :(
overdrive
14-07-2007, 17:55
managed to toast my rear pads beating the arse out of the s14a chasing an evo 4. A true testament to the rest of the car tho if all of it held together right down to the rear pads. 18 quid for a new set and im all good. Oil change due now tho, so better start saving for the silkolene. Also got an oil cooler to fit so expect to hear a sob story soon when that goes wrong!
I think mine has developed a small water leak.:censored: Investigating tonight! And my whiney gearbox is getting louder by the mile. I'm considering running a book to see if my box will get me there abd back!:rolleyes:
JulesS14200
16-07-2007, 17:29
My front coilovers are totally seized so I cant lower it :cry:
Had so many things to do to the car other the last few months and I've fitted nothing :annoyed:
Have you ordered the new ones yet :confused:
My front coilovers are totally seized so I cant lower it :cry:
Had so many things to do to the car other the last few months and I've fitted nothing :annoyed:
No change there then:p
SteveDunn
16-07-2007, 17:34
http://www.celtasoft.nildram.co.uk/cars/s13/project/Dsc00132.jpg
Err. Yeah, mine won't be there either :wack:
JulesS14200
16-07-2007, 17:35
Have you ordered the new ones yet :confused:
No, dont think i will now :(
I was checking out some threads last night and the coilovers are a different version now, cant be arsed to buy a whole set especially as the GB isnt on anymore :annoyed:
Will just wap as much camber on as possible instead :wack:
GmasterT
16-07-2007, 17:35
me...
oh what a suprise!!! :wack:
:cry:
No, dont think i will now :(
I was checking out some threads last night and the coilovers are a different version now, cant be arsed to buy a whole set especially as the GB isnt on anymore :annoyed:
Will just wap as much camber on as possible instead :wack:
They are not going to be soo different that you can tell the difference when driving :no: Will just have some tweeks. Order a complete set of fronts that way you can just bolt them on.......
Err. Yeah, mine won't be there either :wack:
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JulesS14200
16-07-2007, 18:14
They are not going to be soo different that you can tell the difference when driving :no: Will just ahev soem tweeks. Order a complete set of fronts that way you can just bolt them on.......
Will try and speak to Ann tomorrow morning and see what she says :nod:
Shock horror, mine passed its MOT today... I have a working 200 again!
JulesS14200
16-07-2007, 19:07
Shock horror, mine passed its MOT today... I have a working 200 again!
Wow :eek: :thumbs:
Shock horror, mine passed its MOT today... I have a working 200 again!
Wow :eek: :thumbs:
even more wow when you consider the pile of parts he started with, and the numpties he employed## to fit it, dismantle it, refit it, break it, scratch heads, scratch bollox, refit, dismantle, revise spec, start again, auto man conversion, brake conversion, suspension mod, oil cooler, etc etc etc
##employed as in, conned into popping round, and wouldn't release until sunrise:wack:
and mine has just put on the washer warning light, so doubt i will make it either:D
Well hoping not to tempt fate but my car is almost fixed and should be ready for JAE :D
JulesS14200
16-07-2007, 23:37
even more wow when you consider the pile of parts he started with, and the numpties he employed## to fit it, dismantle it, refit it, break it, scratch heads, scratch bollox, refit, dismantle, revise spec, start again, auto man conversion, brake conversion, suspension mod, oil cooler, etc etc etc
##employed as in, conned into popping round, and wouldn't release until sunrise:wack:
and mine has just put on the washer warning light, so doubt i will make it either:D
lol, I'd love a house like Dans, its a cool little place, car parts in the lounge, a wicked drive and garden for cars and then theres the garage with all the engines and bits :notworthy
apparently he has food there too. not that we ever get offered any of it. the fooker:smash:
JulesS14200
17-07-2007, 22:29
apparently he has food there too. not that we ever get offered any of it. the fooker:smash:
me neither :( I did get a drink though :D
I've now broken something before JAE too, the top of my arm/shoulder ****ing hurts and I keep moaning in pain :cry: I did it a few days ago picking up my bag and something went, the pains got worse and I'm walking round with my hand in my pocket like Jade Goodys crazy disabled lesbian mum :wack:
Actually I broke something on the car today too :annoyed:
me neither :( I did get a drink though :D
I've now broken something before JAE too, the top of my arm/shoulder ****ing hurts and I keep moaning in pain :cry: I did it a few days ago picking up my bag and something went, the pains got worse and I'm walking round with my hand in my pocket like Jade Goodys crazy disabled lesbian mum :wack:
Actually I broke something on the car today too :annoyed:
Sorry but you call that an excuse??? You better not be trying to get out of going :wack: lol
alanjuggler
17-07-2007, 22:47
i didnt even bother trying to go to JAE, knowing full well that the odds were against me with the 20% road time my car has.
JulesS14200
17-07-2007, 23:00
Sorry but you call that an excuse??? You better not be trying to get out of going :wack: lol
No it'll be my first, I've wanted to go for 5 years :wack:
Just pissed that I havent done any of the things I had planned, infact the car is just looking worse at the moment :wack:
barryjdart
18-07-2007, 10:32
Just pissed that I havent done any of the things I had planned, infact the car is just looking worse at the moment :wack:
Me too. New brakes, new radiator, new valve body for gearbox, new dumppipe
all here but I dare not fit anything until after JAE.:annoyed: :D :wave:
Fook, managed to catch a kerb slightly last night going off my mates drive, ripped off the drivers side inner arch liner, cause a leak from the washer bottle and damaged the drivers side of the engine undertray. The arch liner came straight off and went under my car and I just ripped the under tray part off because it was hanging off in shreds. B*llocks :(
gearbox is fcuked by the looks of things - 5th gear crunches like mad. Might make it, in 4th :wack:
JulesS14200
18-07-2007, 13:02
Fook, managed to catch a kerb slightly last night going off my mates drive, ripped off the drivers side inner arch liner, cause a leak from the washer bottle and damaged the drivers side of the engine undertray. The arch liner came straight off and went under my car and I just ripped the under tray part off because it was hanging off in shreds. B*llocks :(
Tis ok, you dont need arch liners, washer bottles or under trays. Just think of it as weight saving :thumbs:
Hit a rabbit this morning and its taken a chunk out of my front bumper, and split it a bit. Looks like a bit of fibreglass and some filler tonight will fix it, maybe even without removing the bumper, but probably won't get around to polishing it now :(
Fitted loads of parts this week,managed to go for a 20 mile test drive this morning and now my new driftworks sump is dripping oil :cry: :rant: :mad: :cry:
Tis ok, you dont need arch liners, washer bottles or under trays. Just think of it as weight saving :thumbs:
True :nod:
What are you lot winging about:wack: my car seems fine ATM but if any thing happens it will still be going with me, wether its on the back of a flat bed or in my poket, i and it will be there:D
Sideways Danny
18-07-2007, 18:03
got the engine all fixed AGES ago, wont start, no spark. loom is all out EVERYWHERE. it's not gonna make it :cry:
I thought I'd boloxed mine tonight - changed the rear pads and on the drivers side the caliper bolts weren't having any of it. I tried everything; smoking, swearing, having a brew, frowning... but it wouldn't have it. Then they just decided to bite and in they went :confused:
Got a black eye for my troubles though - the spanner slipped off the nut when it was tight and I mananged to get a spanner-clutching fist in my eye :wack:
just got mine back into one piece, new track rods, ends, g/box mounts carbon Bonnets on:smitten: etc
Not completly fixed but in one piece and ready to get soaked:D
See you all there:nod:
JulesS14200
19-07-2007, 02:07
I'm off to bed, need to be up early so I can get the car valeted, hardly worth it but hey :rolleyes:
Then once I have it bac I can find something else to break :cry:
Managed to break myself now - wrapped up in a duvet with manflu :wack:
JulesS14200
19-07-2007, 08:42
Managed to break myself now - wrapped up in a duvet with manflu :wack:
Vodka will sort that out :nod:
JulesS14200
19-07-2007, 11:04
I nearly had my leg broken :eek:
I was walking to the car valet place to pick the car up and a truck was coming towards me, heard a noise then a big metal hubcab or something came flying off in my direction. Good job I was walking slowly or it would have slashed my leg :cry:
Had a fat tw-t of a cow stand on my foot this morning, but nowt seems to be broken :thumbs: screamed though I think that was more to make the cow move off quicker. The unfortunate thing is when they stand on your foot, at first it hurts, but it gets worse as it usually moves its other legs first before moving the one on your foot.
I fibreglassed the bumper last night, and put some filler on and will spray it when I've finished my dinner. Should look as good as it did (bit iffy at the best of times actually :wack: )
The Legacy has just started smoking and it tastes like coolant:eek: :eek: I`m hoping its just from the new exhaust i just put on that came of a car being broken:smash: :smash:
If not i`m not sure what i`m going to do, either load up the rex or not bother going, I hope the Legacy is ok:cry: :cry:
The Legacy has just started smoking and it tastes like coolant:eek: :eek: I`m hoping its just from the new exhaust i just put on that came of a car being broken:smash: :smash:
If not i`m not sure what i`m going to do, either load up the rex or not bother going, I hope the Legacy is ok:cry: :cry:
Don't go blowing out now :whip:
Just throw what you can in the rex if need be.
Moby-Dick
22-07-2007, 21:14
The S13 popped a clutch cylinder as I pulled off the MOT ramp on the way to JAE
left it at the garage till we got back - looks like the Pivot has gone :(
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