OV9

Seemed appropriate as everything bar the chassis is brand new

Tyre, Shock and spring so not as bad as we had feared at the time of the breakdown.

Nice one Dan!

Fabia update. I got the bastard door rubber thingy off, only breaking one of the four clips in the process.
Wiring pulled through into the door and 5 of the 10 rivets drilled out that are holding the inner door skin on.

Jesus Jon! That really poor design!

dan wrote: Thu Apr 17, 2025 5:03 pm Seemed appropriate as everything bar the chassis is brand new

Is it going to be a fair few miles of shakedown testing and then to the track or is this mainly for the road ?

Dave!

V8Granite wrote: Sun Apr 20, 2025 7:15 am

dan wrote: Thu Apr 17, 2025 5:03 pm Seemed appropriate as everything bar the chassis is brand new

Is it going to be a fair few miles of shakedown testing and then to the track or is this mainly for the road ?

Dave!

Very much not a road car, it’s road legal but thats just so I can do the odd shakedown. It needs to go to a circuit to be used properly, it does 65mph in first gear, 105 in third

I had a quick blast around the block this morning….

https://youtu.be/IxP263Aq5LE?si=HNSxAOxztTRpx5qG

So nothing falls off and straight to the track, sounds pretty devoid of slack and slop. Looks great fun

Dave!

dan wrote: Sun Apr 20, 2025 2:09 pm

V8Granite wrote: Sun Apr 20, 2025 7:15 am

dan wrote: Thu Apr 17, 2025 5:03 pm Seemed appropriate as everything bar the chassis is brand new

Is it going to be a fair few miles of shakedown testing and then to the track or is this mainly for the road ?

Dave!

Very much not a road car, it’s road legal but thats just so I can do the odd shakedown. It needs to go to a circuit to be used properly, it does 65mph in first gear, 105 in third

I had a quick blast around the block this morning….

https://youtu.be/IxP263Aq5LE?si=HNSxAOxztTRpx5qG

Wow. That’s before you put the sound deadening in, yeah?

I haven’t fitted the airbox yet so that’s open trumpets about 6 inches behind your ears, I couldn’t rev it past 7 without noise cancellers in, it was too painful.

The airbox will cut the intake noise dramatically.

What's the grey button you're pressing? NOS? Manifold warning supression?

It’s the left indicator

I’m not pressing it, just resting my thumb near it - habit of not keeping my thumb hooked into the wheel I guess.

dan wrote: Sun Apr 20, 2025 7:34 pm It’s the left indicator

I’m not pressing it, just resting my thumb near it - habit of not keeping my thumb hooked into the wheel I guess.

Did you take inspiration from TVR by not labelling any of the switches? Could be a good anti theft device if whenever you tried to start it the windscreen wipers turned on.

what’s the “final” power and weight?

Jimmy Choo wrote: Sun Apr 20, 2025 9:45 pm

dan wrote: Sun Apr 20, 2025 7:34 pm It’s the left indicator

I’m not pressing it, just resting my thumb near it - habit of not keeping my thumb hooked into the wheel I guess.

Did you take inspiration from TVR by not labelling any of the switches? Could be a good anti theft device if whenever you tried to start it the windscreen wipers turned on.

Wheel buttons are all labelled, you might not be able to spot them on the video. I’m waiting for all the keypad inserts to be delivered so they’re all a mystery at the moment

Rich B wrote: Sun Apr 20, 2025 9:48 pm what’s the “final” power and weight?

I don’t know what the final power is yet, it maxxed out the software on our rolling road at 330hp, nothing I’ve ever run has made that much before so it’s never been a problem, but because of that I didn’t get in to fine tuning cam timing or ignition, so there might be 5hp left to find.

It was 590kilos before I put the front and rear under trays on and the passenger seat, probably somewhere around 610 - 615 now but I’ll get it back on the scales soon.

dan wrote: Sun Apr 20, 2025 9:59 pm

Rich B wrote: Sun Apr 20, 2025 9:48 pm what’s the “final” power and weight?

I don’t know what the final power is yet, it maxxed out the software on our rolling road at 330hp, nothing I’ve ever run has made that much before so it’s never been a problem, but because of that I didn’t get in to fine tuning cam timing or ignition, so there might be 5hp left to find.

It was 590kilos before I put the front and rear under trays on and the passenger seat, probably somewhere around 610 - 615 now but I’ll get it back on the scales soon.

”Lively”.

keep sharing details - awesome project!

65 in first, 105 in 3rd.. err, you know more than me Dan, so honest question; what is the point of second? Less weight if you remove a gear!

Pick the new car later today, so the Superb got a last hoorah, up the road to Aberdeen and a few wee trips to see various family members and then home.

170 odd miles home, just tootling at 60 most of the way, 47mpg.

I suspect I will miss the economy, if nothing else!

EOTR - The Superb was huge and faultless, other than random cut off from Android. Economical (averaged high 30s over 30k miles in 21 months) fast enough for most situations (in a straight line) and a boot that swallowed two single beds and matresses one atop the other, several doors and half a Scout units rucksacks on occasions.

Soulless but competent as a white good, 3 and a half stars if I am feeling generous.

IanF wrote: Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:21 pm 65 in first, 105 in 3rd.. err, you know more than me Dan, so honest question; what is the point of second? Less weight if you remove a gear!

Its a very close ratio dog engagement straight cut racing gear box so the gears are tightly stacked, each gear adds 20mph give or take a mph here or there, so it tops out at 165mph at 9500rpm in 6th. The idea is to keep the engine in its sweet spot when you're flat out on track. Given this engine makes peak torque at 8500rpm its perfect.