Cully's Bianca 6 R150 YVM

[cully]

£17 is a steal for those lines!! What company??

mates trade rates that price is cost price only no markup

they were bought from a tractor sales place where a friend works

[cully]

Is it good that the oil isn't reaching 90?

I try not to hoon mine until it's got to the 90 mark, probably over cautious but I'm just ridiculously mechanically sympathetic

And water temp, although the standard gauge isn't 100% accurate, 75 degrees sounds pretty dieseley in terms of temps?

Just my thoughts as I've noticed the Xu10 lump likes to run quite hot.

the stat on the oil plate opens at 80c so i guess the oil cooler is effectively cooling the coolant now

i know the gauges arn't accurate but that is all i have to go by until i plug planet in but i suspect that wont give oil temp

[rocker8742]

Looks great in person, can't tell the cooler is there at all

[Poodle]

75 degrees on the motorway?? That's not right, time for a new thermostat i should think. As Ozone says, should sit at 90 degrees water temp.

[cully]

well that nearly ended it all in a pile of bianca bits!

decided to take the car out for a spin
only to get the throttle to jam open!

one hell of a brown trouser moment later!
after getting it all back together and stopped I lifted the bonnet to find what had happened

to find the tiny rubber grommet on the throttle cable had slid down the cable and jammed the throttle butterfly cam open

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not funny..... adrenaline is brown!

[Dum-Dum]

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuccckkk

I can imagine that being shit scary especially depending on traffic/corners.

Alright when your brain realises you can just clutch in and brake but your pants will be brown before then.

[devils_fuel]

Holy smoke cully!!

I bet you were sitting higher in the seat

[cully]

not one of my favourite moments to be fair

[cully]

first off I want to say thank you for all the nice comments about my car at pugfest,
I normally pool all the photos I find into this thread but I am not going to do that this year.
I will add my favourite photo from the day

thank you to all that have taken pictures and have shared them with me

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here is my second hill run



also a video of the second hairpin
who needs a superchargers hark at that whistle on full chat!




and to add to this thread of things done to the car so far
I have a list

Front brake line flexys
front ball joint X2
front Wishbones X2
steering rack gator
Handbrake cable
O/s Front wheel bearing
new s/h Radiator + bottom hose
Cam belt +water pump + idlers
aux idler pulley
New Re-con rear beam
New clutch
Comp gear linkages
Oil+ Filter change
fitted strut brace from HDI
changed the rear lights to std
fixed the Tailgate central locking
fixed the N/s central locking
re fixed door trims re-glued fabric trims
removed cleaned painted inlet manifold plugged resonator
reverted back to STD air filter
A/C fan switch mod
repair battery terminals
replaced rear beam mounts (rubber type)
renew replace broken arch liners
clean off paint under arches x4
clean off paint front lower cross member
clean off paint front upper cross member
removed black masked fronts returned to std
replace gearbox drive-shaft oil seals x2
fitted new front fogs
repaired alarm
retro fitted RF central locking integrated into existing alarm
cleaned up freed serviced 4 x brakes
weld repair cracked engine cradle
weld chock top engine mount
weld repair rebuild drivers seat
replace Radiator for new alloy type
remove air-con pump + pipework
relocate PAS pump into A/c position re-pipe PAS returns
weld repair chassis box to outer cill under car
replace rear engine mount for vibratec
replace rear shocks for B4's
replace rear beam mounts for solids
replaced exhaust back to STD including CAT + BB
replace drivers window plastic clip
replace front hubs for 18mm + wheel bearings + BJ's
replace track control arm
replaced P-bushes for Partner type
fit 16 row oil cooler + thermo plate
replace O/S rear stub shaft
oil filter service

[Piggy]

thats one heck of a list...

not sure I would want to make a list with mine....to realise how much I have spent!

[RetroPug]

Car is looking absolutely gorgeous in that picture!

[cully]

something else to add to the list
have changed the brake fluid for better higher boiling point fluid so brakes should feel good at coombe for the full 15 mins now

bled through the complete system without breaking off any nipples
also checked through the suspension and securing points all good ready for its next outing

the old brake fluid was tested and it had a boiling point of 166c the new fluid says 300 + on the tin but is actually 290c DOT4 so a vast improvment

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[devils_fuel]

Good garages always use floor mats, shows they care about your car

[ozonehostile]

how much is the dot4 per litre these days?

[Piggy]

why not Dot5 cully?

I dont use anything else, havnt done for years. For the small extra its soooo worth it!

[cully]

dot 5 is silicon based and not compatible and cant be mixed

dot3-4-5.1 are based on poly glycol compounds.

the Dot 4 im using has the highest boiling point available


https://www.opieoils.co.uk/pdfs/tech-art...lained.pdf

[Piggy]

cool....the Dot5.1 I use, and always have, has a boiling point of well over 300degrees from memory...not that I would ever explore that!!
But think we probably did on the rally car a few times!

you know ya jiz though

[cully]

what a long day its been
left home today at 15:45 arrived at ACE cafe London around 18:30 around 2 3/4 hrs
what a great turn out

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return trip was good but dark with roadworks on the M4
Left ace 22:30 got home 01:00 around 2 1/2 hrs

around 80mph all the way there and back used 2/3s of a tank on a 371 mile round trip

and the oil cooler has sorted any cooling issues
picture is with the car sat on my drive after the 2 1/2hr return trip

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[mr_fish]

Good to see its all behaving, this car is lucky to have an owner like yourself.

question is, whats next? From you list earlier on it seems like you've covered most (if not all) corners of the car.

[Dum-Dum]

I think he's got to finish that engine he was building.

[devils_fuel]

I think he's got to finish that engine he was building.

+1

[Tom]

this car is lucky to have an owner like yourself.

Exactly that! Awesome to see how far its come.

[cully]

thanks guys
and another stunning photo just turned up on Facebook

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[devils_fuel]

Nice pic cully, has the old owner seen it recently or seen it driven in rage ?

[cully]

made a purchase in preparation for next years trip to Nurburg Ring

Dynamics Pro race 3's with nearly new Toyo proxies R888 Medium compound

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[jammapic]

Tasty... you've got the bug now! ;-)

[rocker8742]

You've got too many nice wheels now mate ill have to take some off your hands

[Dum-Dum]

White wheels look rubbish on white cars, they'd look much better on my rallye. I'll save you the hassle of posting them and come and pick them up right?

[rocker8742]

White wheels look rubbish on white cars, they'd look much better on my rallye. I'll save you the hassle of posting them and come and pick them up right?

Don't listen to chris I can be there in 15min to collect if they're taking up that much space

[cully]

don't argue guys I'm sure we can sort something out










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