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Race Car see's day light again! #1
TomBrooksuk Tom Brooks Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom 1967 MG MGB GT	Posted: March 03, 2012 09:35AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 620

Today the race car made it out of the garage for the first time in 4 months, the rear upper shock mounts are in place (but not quite complete as yet) final fixing required plus structural separation from the cabin.

Pics show cars new and improved stance/track width, the car at present is on its set up bars and not dampers while final adjustments are made, it certainly seems very light moving it around the yard.

Also attached is one new pic from Dave of the engine prior to firing it up for the first time

Myself and my Dad will definitly be having a beer tonight!

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Re: Race Car see's day light again! #2
favedave David Church Saint Joseph, MO, USA 1967 MG MGB GT "Marilyn" 1995 Ford Probe 1995 Ford Probe "The Probe"	Posted: March 03, 2012 09:59AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 1,877

Yum! Yum! YUMMY! Wonderful workmanship, Tom. We're all anxiously waiting to see how she turns out in fully livery. Enjoy the beers, you've earned them.

Dave

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Re: Race Car see's day light again! #3
Steve64B Steve Opitz Phoenix, AZ, USA 1966 MG MGB	Posted: March 03, 2012 10:57AM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 8,484

Car looks GREAT Tom!

Dave... did you get a deal on "baby blue" paint a few years ago?

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Re: Race Car see's day light again! #4
fast-MG.com Dave Headley Cortez, 4 corners, Colorado, USA	Posted: March 03, 2012 10:59AM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 3,324

Steve, Chrysler Blue! moon

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Re: Race Car see's day light again! #5
chormy Shaun Holmes Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom 1963 MG MGB MkI "3330 PE" 1968 MG MGC "Crosby" 1969 MG MGC GTS "Yippee" 2005 Land Rover Range Rover	Posted: March 03, 2012 03:06PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 921

Awesome car Tom , well impressed with the work and thought, wish I was as useful with the welder.

You oil pump is it running a toothed belt!

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Re: Race Car see's day light again! #6
TomBrooksuk Tom Brooks Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom 1967 MG MGB GT	Posted: March 03, 2012 04:50PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 620

Thanks everyone for the comments!

It was one of those really good days working on the car where you feel you achieve a lot and more importantly the end seems very much in sight

David, we can't wait to finish the body as well you might all be a little surprised what it ends up looking like, lets just say it will be the opposite to the more up to date suspension and engine

Shaun, i have attached a pic that shows the belts more clearly smiling smiley

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Re: Race Car see's day light again! #7
blackmgb Fred McConnell Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, USA 1992 Mazda Miata NA "MAC"	Posted: March 03, 2012 09:04PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 5,200

Bad A$$

Love that engine. That's some serious hardware.

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Re: Race Car see's day light again! #8
MGST Andrew Metford Perth, Australia 1966 MG MGB 1973 MG MGB GT 1974 MG MGB GT	Posted: March 03, 2012 11:14PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 828

Is that a dry sump pump or an external wet sump pump? Sump looks awfully deep it it's a dry sump?? I'm interested to know more as I hope to go to dry sump in the future.

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Re: Race Car see's day light again! #9
TomBrooksuk Tom Brooks Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom 1967 MG MGB GT	Posted: March 04, 2012 02:08AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 620

Thanks Fred Bad Ass is kinda the plan thumbs up smiley

Well the things we wanted to achieve at the start of the build were,
- Build the lightest B GT we possibly could
- Lower the cars CG as far as possible
- Ensure the suspension was not only very adjustable but very easy to adjust
- Get Dave to build us a hell of an engine smiling smiley

- Make the car look the part too
- An hope its pretty fast at the end of it!

The part about the lightness and low CG may have driven everyone working on the car insane at various points in the last few months, every item or bit of body work and i do mean everything has to go through the can it be made of slightly thinner or lighter weight metal/fibreglass/plastic or could it be redesigned to use less parts process (I am sorry for that to people reading this who have helped build the car, i blame the OCD!)

Andrew, it is a dry sump if you compare the two engine pics above you can see the sump depth is asymmetrical

Last pic of the engine below

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Re: Race Car see's day light again! #10
tomkatracin Keith Brooks staffordshire, United Kingdom 1970 MG MGB GT 1976 MG MGB GT	Posted: March 04, 2012 04:53AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 185

Shaun,
With regards to the welding, credit where credit is due, all our work is done by Rob Mason a family member who lives in the same village as ourselves, he is also known as the "Technical Director"!!! a complete petrol head who somehow manages to provide sollutions to many of the build problems we have encountered with the race car project, what he dosn`t know about welding metals isnt worth knowing!!
What with Toms OCD and my drive for originality confused smiley

you can imagine we need Rob to clear the fog sometimes thumbs up

but thats all in the challenge of building what we believe is a unique race car! Happy days cool smiley

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Re: Race Car see's day light again! #11
skippymga Scott Brown , Northern California, USA 1957 MG MGA "The Pile" ~ For Sale ! ~ 1957 MG MGA 1500 "The Pile" 1960 MG MGA "Boomer" 1964 MG MGB "#9" 1966 MG MGB GT "Boo" → more	Posted: March 04, 2012 08:18AM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 1,891

So very close Tom... beautiful. thumbs up

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Re: Race Car see's day light again! #12
TomBrooksuk Tom Brooks Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom 1967 MG MGB GT	Posted: March 06, 2012 01:40AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 620

Thanks Scott smileys with beer

We are certain the car will be on track this year, can't wait!

Tom

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Re: Race Car see's day light again! #13
Rick Starkweather Raleigh, NC, USA	Posted: March 06, 2012 09:22AM Registered: 8 years ago Posts: 711

Tom:

I'm smiling at the Chrysler blue. Dennis Shaw (of Team Highball IMSA fame), here in Raleigh, NC built my MGB motor and it's Ford blue. I asked Dennis why and he said because he got a good deal on the paint! I like it as it's not the same dark red you normally see on MGB motors.

Rick

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Re: Race Car see's day light again! #14
fast-MG.com Dave Headley Cortez, 4 corners, Colorado, USA	Posted: March 06, 2012 09:31AM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 3,324

Rick, when I first started FAB-TEK as a business, I decided it would be worth having a "brand" color. Customers can choose other colors but the Brook's chose to stay with the Chrysler Blue. smileys with beer

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Re: Race Car see's day light again! #15
blackmgb Fred McConnell Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, USA 1992 Mazda Miata NA "MAC"	Posted: March 06, 2012 09:43AM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 5,200

Dave, that is smart. When I see that blue on a MG, I know it's you.

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Re: Race Car see's day light again! #16
perk74 Barry Perkins Lenoir City, TN, USA 1958 Austin-Healey 100/6 1972 MG MGB	Posted: March 07, 2012 09:42PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 210

In reply to # 2003563 by Rick Starkweather Tom:

I'm smiling at the Chrysler blue. Dennis Shaw (of Team Highball IMSA fame), here in Raleigh, NC built my MGB motor and it's Ford blue. I asked Dennis why and he said because he got a good deal on the paint! I like it as it's not the same dark red you normally see on MGB motors.

Rick

Hey Rick,

I finally met Dennis at the Prod Fest last fall. I have a lot of respect for him, he knows how to make Miata tail lights get small in a hurry. I didn't know he was doing any B stuff.

Barry

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Re: Race Car see's day light again! #17
TomBrooksuk Tom Brooks Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom 1967 MG MGB GT	Posted: March 08, 2012 02:24PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 620

Hi all,

Spent a day of annual leave off work in the garage working on the car, project of the day was stripping/cleaning an old engine block then using that to mock up the new solid engine mounts, the engine should be more "quick release" than with the standard mounts and it should allow us to move the engine slightly down and back from its standard position.

And i do like the Fab Tek blue for the engine as Rick said its a little different to the typical MG colours and it will match the suspension well, might clash a bit with the red engine bay though... smiling smiley

Have a great day everyone

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Re: Race Car see's day light again! #18
fast-MG.com Dave Headley Cortez, 4 corners, Colorado, USA	Posted: March 08, 2012 07:39PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 3,324

I PM'd Tom to hold off on the mounts to assure the RH side clears the oil pump plumbing. smileys with beer

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Re: Race Car see's day light again! #19
TomBrooksuk Tom Brooks Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom 1967 MG MGB GT	Posted: March 09, 2012 01:39AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 620

Hi Dave

Don't worry just mocking things up, there will be no welding done until the engine arrives thumbs up

AF Meter should be with you any day, it has been shipped

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Re: Race Car see's day light again! #20
Riley Dill indianapolis, USA 1969 MG MGB "Shirley" 1969 MG MGB ~ For Sale ! ~ 1969 MG MGB GT "Catherine"	Posted: March 09, 2012 03:39PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 44

looks better than a ford blue engine in a maroon car.

In reply to # 2005764 by TomBrooksuk Hi all,

Spent a day of annual leave off work in the garage working on the car, project of the day was stripping/cleaning an old engine block then using that to mock up the new solid engine mounts, the engine should be more "quick release" than with the standard mounts and it should allow us to move the engine slightly down and back from its standard position.

And i do like the Fab Tek blue for the engine as Rick said its a little different to the typical MG colours and it will match the suspension well, might clash a bit with the red engine bay though... smiling smiley

Have a great day everyone

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