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Offline QD MBE

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Well I sorted the breather out, and was going to buy a catch can this week.

I did some looking at options, and they were all a bit max power stylee.  So I set about making my own.

From this



to this



It is a Sigg type aluminium fuel bottle, turned upside down, with a port in the side, and a port for the breather filter on the top.

I cut the holes with my trusty cone cutter, and used decent grommets, and a poly pipe insert (22mm).  Bit of black spray, and i now have 1 x Catch can.  To check the level I simply take the filter off, and dip it with a screwdriver.

To drain (which I can do in situ) I remove the bung that is normally the filling point.

Cost - some tube (already in garage),some grommets (50p), a flask (£4.99), a filter (already had)    and a 22mm pipe insert (30p), so less than £10.

Need to sort a bracket, at the mo it is ty-wrapped to the expansion tank, and is fairly sturdy.  Was thinking of a cheap bike drinks bottle holder bolted to scuttle behind.





Used a similar bottle to the below.





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Coming on really well. That new roll cage looks much more the biz and more protective.  :happy2:


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Can't wait to have a go in this!  :driver:

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You appear to have a battery in the wrong place. Rectify.  :wink:
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You appear to have a battery in the wrong place. Rectify.  :wink:

In hand.  Not sure whether to use a connector through the bulkhead

something like this



Or just pass the +ve lead through the bulkhead in a suitable grommet................

Leaning towards the proper connector, need to wire a fuse in line too, just in case the worse happens.

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Saw those connectors for the 1st time last week reading an epic S2 Quattro build, really neat.

Comming on really well  :happy2:

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Connecter & fused, you don't f*** around with fire risk.

Get a track day booked, mine's all Bilstein'd up now and about to get a diff & map. We need a Mk5's Trophy - VAG's vs 'other'....

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Well nothing much to report.  Waiting for the battery box to be finished, and then it is full speed ahead for the battery relocation.

Took it out this morning - early, and converted over 1/2 tank of Tesco's finest into smiles.  Then gave it a wash at home.  Quick spin round the block to shed the post wash water in the scuttle and clean the brakes.





Winning combo - Willwood/R1R's, and Speedlines..........





Got a local trackday booked, and one at Llandow (Cardiff way)

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Purrfect weather for some enthusiastic driving this morning in our neck of the woods, eh, Dave  :happy2:

Quite funny having a National Trust sticker on a caged car!


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Purrfect weather for some enthusiastic driving this morning in our neck of the woods, eh, Dave  :happy2:

Quite funny having a National Trust sticker on a caged car!

Out at 0545 for nigh on 3 hours, didn't take a camera, the weather was fantastic, went down towards your neck of the woods, then the coast road towards   Portesham, then over past Hardy's Monument, then Dorchester, then Verwood, and bck via Sixpenny Handley and Zig Zag hill  :evilgrin: (which was totally empty for the first time in the clio - Diff worked a treat!) Shaftesbury and back via Castle Scary.

Stopped for a coffee.

I thought the NT sticker would be a slight contradiction..............




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Oh yes!! Some very nice driving roads indeed  :notworthy: - I can feel your enjoyment just by reading the route!

There used to be what looked liked a green hippy van at Hardy's Monument but a 'cafe van' run by a very nice young couple - He used to be a chef in the RN and she makes a mean Dorset Apple Cake. Local Longhorn Jim burgers! Quality!!


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There used to be what looked liked a green hippy van at Hardy's Monument but a 'cafe van' run by a very nice young couple - He used to be a chef in the RN and she makes a mean Dorset Apple Cake. Local Longhorn Jim burgers! Quality!!

 RN Chef - Hardest course in the world..........  No one has ever passed it!!!! :party: :party: :party:


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Well Update time.

Put loads of miles on the car, got a couple of smaller track days booked, as shake-down days, then will start the bigger tracks, Brands, S/stone, Bedford etc.

Still waiting for the battery box, given up really, so will make my own, just need to sort out some welding gear.

The catch can has been moved again.  It now resides behind the drivers side headlight.  This is due to the previous location being directly in front of the fresh air intake...................... Sit in a queue and fumes would fill the car.  So it had to move.

Made my own exhaust mounts, bought some generic Powerflex exhaust mounts from the bay, and fashioned them into the Renault casings, and the result is a really well suspended exhaust now, which moves just enough to compensate for the solid engine mounts.

Gave the car a touch of a clean, well threw a bucket over it.  The car comes up quite well, and is a track car after all.............

Also replaced a lot of corroded fasteners with decent BZP Cap headed bolts.  Looks so much better.

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^^^^ Exhaust sitting well.



Clean - ish





That is all for now.  Looking at some better Coillies, as the ones fitted are utter pump.  Then the battery relocation, got all the bits ready to go.

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This is shaping up into a really well mods-engineered car, Dave. Nice attention to detail. A labour of love and tender care.  :notworthy:


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Cheers Robin.



^^^^ Business end.  Catch can is in bottom right.