Mercutio's 5G Sir

Bri · Post by **Bri** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:47 pm

Carlosfandango wrote:Brill I shall be watching this with interest.

We need to go and play in Wales again, when the weather improves

That sounds like a North Wales meet in the making, let me get road legal!

funkmasterjay · Post by **funkmasterjay** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:20 pm

hmmmm - AEM EMS. I am dreaming about one of those.

J

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 8:05 pm

Well i have been a bit quiet lately but i have been doing stuff mainly collecting, more on that in another post later.
I have replaced the track rods and while its made an improvement there is still something amiss and i may need inner track rods or may need balljoints replacing.
Its almost time to start on the build i have nearly everything i need the auto to manual conversion will be the first step then the engine build and tune.
The best mod i have done so far is to ditch the stretched tyres on the front they were making the front washout, so my baby is now sporting a new pair of yoko parada spec2's and the difference couldnt be any bigger.
The handling is transformed and it hangs on in the corners when it really shouldnt.
They are still not ideal because i wasnt sure of the offset of the wheels and how much i could get away with so i have only gone for 215/40/17 but they are so much better than the 205/40/17's that were on it.
They are so sticky i only get a chirp now not wheelspin i really am a happy bunny

macky_6 · Post by **macky_6** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 8:22 pm

Nothing better than grip

Good luck with the auto-manual conversion! I was dreading having to do this & my solution was to bypass the issue completely by getting a manual

I saw you were snapping up the bits you needed as they appeared on the Forums & was wondering when it was gonna be my turn, but thankfully i won't have to go through with it now, especially as i have no mechanical knowledge whatsoever

I am assuming you are carrying the conversion yourself?

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 9:41 pm

macky_6 wrote:I am assuming you are carrying the conversion yourself?

with help lol

bristol_bb4 · Post by **bristol_bb4** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:37 pm

oh my god! i had no idea your 5th was this epic?! best 5th on this forum without a shadow of a doubt

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:40 pm

not the best matey there are a few others i would put before mine i maight come close to that once the build is finished.
Thank you for the compliment though

bristol_bb4 · Post by **bristol_bb4** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:42 pm

i dont think id own anyone elses 5th but id snap your arm off if you had this up for sale as is!

and once its finished it will definitely definitely be the kiddy!!!! all this time i thought you had a lame standard 5th for some reason!? hurry up and post up some progress on this!!

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:45 pm

lol hopefully it will be getting the manual conversion done soon with a U2Q7 box fidanza flywheel and a exedy stage 1 clutch should release the beast then lol

bristol_bb4 · Post by **bristol_bb4** » Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:47 pm

have you got a rough time frame in mind? when do you want the engine and tranny finished? (not that kind of tranny

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