Reply With QuoteFully loaded minus Maverick and Goose!
the Grape would rack up its 40k mile on the journey home.
the Grape @ Dreamland - Margate! Notice the aerodynamic aids on the front wings
Dartford tunnel
we just made it in before some fuel tankers were escorted through, we hoped nothing 'Daylight' style would happen :s
stopped by Langar on the way back to weigh it as we were curious to what weight the 899cc engien was slogging.
Yes thats 1160Kilos, the Grape is 700kilo usually!!!
Anyway, that was my first leg. Got back to Notts very late, stopped by Teebag's to drop my crane off about 1am, chilled with a can of Dr Pepper and then got home at 2:30am, quick wash, got changed packed my **** up and Titch picked me up at 3am to head for Scotland...
Titch was having a low milage VTS engine installed in his Saxo, the tarmac rally setup suspension was uber harsh the entire way, had to stop plenty of times to stretch the old legs and make sure the arse hadnt crumbled away!
On the way Scotland was green
Saw a tank, on a truck... Also saw a diesal locomotive, and a steam engine tender, some big **** been trucked about!
at 7am the mountain dew was decending the mountains, looked awsome!
'The UK's quickest AX' this is Tam's who sold Titch the valver engine, is 250hp - 650kilo - ish.
bit of a shed TBH lol
Heres a video of it, its his mates Evo at the end he said is 450 odd HP
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C42On8d4LPs"]YouTube - AXO16V @ Knockhill[/ame]
they are french enthusiasts...
only Mi ive ever seen
So anyway, left the car with them at 10am, by 2pm the 8valve was out and the 16valve in and running, picked it up at 5pm after a abit of shopping in Edinburgh.
saw Willian Wallice chop up a chinaman
Tam's breakers yard, if your into French then its abit of a goldmine... and i finally learnt how torsion bar suspension worked from a 106 beam on the floor lol
all sorted, will look good once its had a spruce, Titch had a good deal and it now goes well, is quieter weirdly enough. Jouney back was more fun then going up there.
Got home at 4pm, got the 1600 engine out the Grape then left for work at 5pm back to Leeds,****ed!
