Marts lude - The Big Resto!

mart609 · Post by **mart609** » Mon Sep 01, 2014 5:56 pm

MOT Repairs.

Lude went in the garage for the rust repairs on Friday

New Sill. Waxoiled.

Other than the rust and low beam pattern on the Drivers headlight, which was just a slight adjustment it sailed through

New ticket for another year

Post by **Drax** » Mon Sep 01, 2014 8:51 pm

Wohoo!!!!

great job

Post by **GreenyUK** » Mon Sep 01, 2014 9:47 pm

Nice

future proofed.

Post by **ddoubledanny** » Mon Sep 01, 2014 10:40 pm

glad to see your keeping now

prahunt · Post by **prahunt** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 3:33 pm

Just read through this. So much want!!
Car looks ultra mean all in black on the Mugen rims (love the colour btw. My ultimate rim colour). Super stuff. This is the car batman should drive!!

Hope to see this in person soon so I can take a good poke around.

What is the benefit to this cooling plate? Seems to be a common mod people do on here! However to me your adding a plate right near the radiator so I am slightly confused as to why this creates cooling?

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 3:37 pm

Cooling plate is designed to stop wind deflecting over the top of the radiator instead of through it.
That's the theory anyway, I don't know if anyone's ever measured the efficiency of it - there is an oem rubber seal between the bonnet and the rad cross-member already, which should achieve the same thing (also in theory).

mart609 · Post by **mart609** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 11:06 pm

Cheers @prahunt

My car is what I call a 10 footer.
As in it looks good from 10 feet away

It needs some more love and attention over the next few months to get it looking tip top again.

With regards to the cooling plate. What wurly said, it's supposed to aid the cooling by directing the air through the rad. (plus it looks nice)

Post by **paul bristol uk** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 11:24 pm

I am in Backfields tomorrow shall I nip into matey and get some more filler?

Post by **Gayno** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 11:37 pm

Post by **paul bristol uk** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 11:46 pm

Adam I will see if he is still there, I will know by the queue of unhappy customers banging his door. Still you must admire the consistency of his work its all crap!

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