VIN-5222 the dream has arrived

[theningiachicken]

(07 Aug 2023, 13:29)Guinney1971 Wrote: great work there William, and I'm intrigued about the new project....

I can give a couple small details about it.

Its very JDM inspired and takes inspiration from the various modified deloreans that used to exist in the 90's and early 2000's

[Guinney1971]

Autozam AZ1 ?

[theningiachicken]

(10 Aug 2023, 20:52)Guinney1971 Wrote: Autozam AZ1 ?

Id love to get one but the project is based around our cars

[Rissy]

decals

[theningiachicken]

(11 Aug 2023, 08:08)Rissy Wrote: decals

Thats part of it

[theningiachicken]

Thought I'd do a post-NEC write-up, such an amazing weekend once again.

after my last post, a few things happened:

I spent some time working on my sticky throttle with Rich Hutchinson which we worked out to be my plates weren't getting fully closed so after making the cable tighter and adjustment to the link arm we now have fully closed plates and good responsiveness, we also sorted my air/fuel mix so I only idle hunt on cold (normal) and my regular idle is around 850 once the car gets past its cold hunt. CPR pressure is still slightly low so a decent cold start takes a little bit to do.


overheated twice trying to reach Rich Hanlon's for the morgan trip due to severe air locks which was temporarily fixed to limp home then Claire kindly donated Flopsy's old self-bleed kit which has permanently fixed the issue   , temp now sits at the halfway mark with fans coming on great. it seems early but the new screw-type otterstat must be set for Celsius over Fahrenheit making it appear to come on early via the dash needle but I'm not complaining.

assembled the speedhut GPS speedbox (not a cheap product   ) just need to hook it to ignition 12v over constant for it to reduce power drain.

My factory ignition coil died as I think the windings on terminals 1 and 15 had broken off as I had infinity resistance and no spark, replaced it and the car started up.
drove to Claire and Phill's (40-minute run from my house) and back without any issues besides struggling to start on their drive which required a whiff of easy start..... but hasn't had a problem since   .

the came the big challenge, getting to the NEC which is a 70-mile run down the m1 and it was a breeze minus my temperamental window switch. I even found hot air coming from the heater box finally, not the best level of heat but definitely hot. Temperature stayed consistent from the prior few test runs.

The drive home was interesting though. might need to invest in some LED headlights as i still don't have a great light spread even with the nightbreaker bulbs so the lack of road markings around the NEC made it tricky but otherwise no issues at all.


so I think I have 5222 in a good position for regular use now   she's proved herself minus little fiddly bits to sort over winter

[Guinney1971]

Fab stuff Will, and thank you your friend Toby for all his help on the stand this weekend too.

So great to see Ryuko working well for you, and I'm chuffed that a bit of Flopsy has sorted her
air lock out, especially as Flopsy was the first De you had a birthday ride in all those years ago :-)

[theningiachicken]

(13 Nov 2023, 15:03)Guinney1971 Wrote: Fab stuff Will, and thank you your friend Toby for all his help on the stand this weekend too.

So great to see Ryuko working well for you, and I'm chuffed that a bit of Flopsy has sorted her
air lock out, especially as Flopsy was the first De you had a birthday ride in all those years ago  :-)

Toby is happy to come back if needed next year as he enjoyed himself,

it's amazing to carry a piece of flopsy with me and keep Ryuko running well. makes the car that bit more special

[Chris Williams]

Great news but stop using easystart use brake cleaner

[theningiachicken]

(15 Nov 2023, 21:44)Chris Williams Wrote: Great news but stop using easystart use brake cleaner

It was the only thing on hand that phill had, but hasn't needed any help since which is great. If i have to again it'll be brake cleaner for definite

[theningiachicken]

Mini update:

I thought I'd finally fixed my blower motor issues, turns out it was all deception   took 5222 to GBCJ for their first cars and coffee of the year, and had the fan set to 2nd speed when it cut out 5 mins into my journey. left it till last weekend to look more into it.

Put the car on the drive and tried 2nd speed and got nothing so I tried to "jumpstart" it by going to 4th and back, turned to 4th speed and thick smoke came from the motor area.... great   luckily nothing caught fire. my theory is the bearings have failed on the new motor causing it to get hot and causing a thermal trip and now causing smoke so time to remove it and see if it moves freely or not.

Also finally got my passenger door aligned by Miles so it now opens and closes properly, no mis-latching like it did at the NEC twice. glovebox is also 100% functional thanks to miles.


There was an attempt to replace my handbrake pads to some genuine Ferodo angled pads and get the whole setup working effectively but I was defeated when it came to removing the inside pads, so I'm gonna have to remove and dismantle the whole assembly to do them, fun 

I'm also having to chase 3 distinct coolant drips and eliminate them as they're making a mess of the garage floor, the 2 main issues come from the hose segments at the edge of the fuel tank closing plate that will probably need longer hoses putting on with some better clamps due to a slight alteration I made.