Vanne's Coupe Build Thread.. Updated 16/05/17

[Vanne]

And then it all went quiet for a while... wondering why? Shout me a beer and ill tell you about it one day, in the end i was very very lucky and i got my car back... i guess the rest are 1rst world problems...

This next bit is going to be a bunch of pics that have happened since i got my car back... ill sort them out laters...

lots of progress over the last week...

[Vanne]

[Steeler]

Vanne

Looking good.
Put the condensed version up here, we all want to know what happened.
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[inTgr8r]

Originally Posted by dbarton62

Vanne

Looking good.
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Absolutely!

we can send you a few if that helps....

[Vanne]

Lolol... Nah it's okay.. although the GT3 development fund is always open..


Well... pretty simple really....

Pretty much the Dubai Government came in and pad locked the compound where my car is being finished due to a dispute over land agreement between 2 locals... Thats 12 shops that were in the compound.. bang.. padlocked... no warning, no nothing.. just padlocked. People were escorted out, and just padlocked the whole joint. everything left inside...

Yeah... my car included on the lift....

That was 3 months ago... Its been one hellova battle since then to get my car back, and i have to say, pretty much without result, completely without result..

The guy who owns the shop (not the building, but the shop, powerless to do anything at all), absolutely devastated...

This really went on for 3 months.. anytime enquiry was made was just told to be patient.. that is all....

You can imagine how this went....

And the just a few days ago, out of the blue.... shop returned to the operator and we have access again... holy s**t!!!!

Yeah, its been a tough couple of months, thats fer sure...

however... I just wanna get my car finshed now, missed pretty much the complete winter, and end march its going to get hot again, gotta have shaken down the car before then...

spent the last few days pretty much living at the shop.

Lessons learned? Yeah there are a few.
Iam sure you can think of those yourself, my mom always told me, if you can't say something nice about something, then don't say anything at all. Thx mum, that's good advise.

Just really happy to have my car back..

[wdb]

Well said Vanne. Glad you have your car back!

[Vanne]

Racepak is in.

[3GFX]

That's incredible I can't imagine the range of emotions during that period. Glad you're back at it.

[Vanne]

yeah its been a good week. just so nice to go to the shop and work on the car...

Bit of a weird occurance.. turns out that the vt2-525 kit is actually a vt2-550 kit. pulley size confirm it. SC pulley is 79mm.

getting close to start it up now...

[inTgr8r]

Glad to hear that you have the beasty back!

3 months to resolve? wow that's crazy.

Sucks for all the shop owners to have 3 months with zero revenue!

[racerbruce]

Originally Posted by Vanne

yeah its been a good week. just so nice to go to the shop and work on the car...

Bit of a weird occurance.. turns out that the vt2-525 kit is actually a vt2-550 kit. pulley size confirm it. SC pulley is 79mm.

getting close to start it up now...

You'll be ready for the 2021 F1 grid!!!!

[wdb]

Originally Posted by racerbruce

You'll be ready for the 2021 F1 grid!!!!

I hear Lewis hasn’t signed yet...

[Vanne]

haha lol, just wanna get it running now!!.. that and sort the geo. fronts need to come out 10mm, rears about 15mm the kits allow for that. just gotta get it back on the lift.

[Vanne]

So came back from Tunis, dropped the kids at school and headed to the shop to sort the rear suspension/basic alignment.

Put the rear hubs 15 mm further outwards. (The kit allows for this) and just eye balling it looks pretty good. Might need to adjust toe though, haven't looked at that too closely yet as I couldent get the string down one side of the car as the next car was too close.

If the toe is out, I'll need these...

Ordered.

[inTgr8r]

Those should give you tons of adjustment

[Vanne]

[inTgr8r]

Just noticed all the white in your pix.
Did you repaint interior white after the cage welding etc??

[Vanne]

Yeah i did, but probably should have waited.. i did wait a little, but surface rust appeared on the carbon chromoly. so thats why i painted it, ill need to repaint a few bits as there have been welding mods since then.

[Vanne]

So without access to the lift to finish of the front Geo, did something easy yesterday...





Apr mirrors are ON!!!

[Vanne]

Quick update: Josh from Severn Tuning sorted the ECU that Epic had locked. Uploaded the tune and turned over and started straight away.. ..

What a win of a day...

[eggman51]

What was the issue with the lock?

I have an Epic tune, but Josh seems to really know his stuff.

[Vanne]

Originally Posted by eggman51

What was the issue with the lock?

I have an Epic tune, but Josh seems to really know his stuff.

He sure does, and made easy handy work of said Epic ECU lock. lolol..

And then....

Bloody hell someone call the fire department lololol..
Man soo happy that the tune took. Huge weight of my mind.. Epic locked the tune, so we had to get creative.. took about 9 goes to unlock it.. and it's one of those things, no doubt you guys know, a couple of hex off and you brick the ECU. Nasty..

But really happy with the result.. The smoke is from the wrapped headers, they are curing from 2 or 3 heat cycles.

Will get proper oil before we shake down.
Actually, will need proper fluids everywhere. The rear diff needs to be run for 30 mins before swapping oil, the brakes need to be completely flushed.. that's still an unknown too...