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Madmat

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  1. Well i got my new car during the weekend. It's a '94 Ford Fiesta RS1800, One of the only ones on the country. The thing is rapid quick compared to what i'm used to and pulls like a train. It has 135-140bhp which is plenty for the moment

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    I have started cleaning the engine bay since the last pic was taken so it is looking slightly better at the moment

    Oh, Petrolhead, My hats goes off to you on that bit of driving in the vid, not sure if i'd be able to recover like that!

    Matt

  2. There is no harm in running your engine with the plug loosened but you will feel it's effects in the performance of the engine, and like backtomyroots said it will fire the plug out eventually. If you need to clear the engine of fuel take the plug out completely, turn the truck upside down and turn the engine over for a couple seconds. after that put the plug back in and off you go.

  3. The worst thing i cant think of was when i was removing some flashing from a part with an No.11 blade. I was removing the flashing when suddenly i thought to myself..."I should really try and be careful with this or else i could cut myself"......Well i had only finished thinking that when the blade left the part and removed about 3/4 inch of skin from the top of my finger[:'(]... I can easily say it wasn't the most pleasant feeling.

    More recently I had an exhast spring tool decide to take a quick journey through the end of my finger quickly being followed by some threadlock....Atleast i caould rest assured that my finger wasn't going to come loose!!

     

  4. Alot of that car is traxxas. The driveshafts, fuel tank, shocks, hubs, linkages and some other parts are all definately traxxas but the design is more like that of a kyosho. Did you contact Traxxas about the model?

  5. It'll add weight! If you want to go light-weight, go with carbon fibre or titanium. Only trade off is that carbon fibre is brittle and both are expensive. If you are aiming to race it look at your tyres, motor and general set-up of the car first. Even try a race with your car in standard form to see it's weak point and what needs improving!

  6. Hate to be the first to say it but it isn't quiet working for. I tried turning off the firewall block on the screen savers but when i run it, I just get black to grey fade from the top to the bottom of my screen[:(] Maybe i'll just have to go back to the good old matrix screen saver!

  7. The origins of this project were before my TC time, but right now, I am

    wowed!! This is really some Scorcher!! About a body, this might sound

    crazy, but how about using a Blizter Beetle Chrome Edition body, with

    TC-specific appoints? Just a thought...

     

    The man has a point....you could spray candy colours over it to give chrome colours (i'm prettysure it works), Maybe even a chrome box art scheme (Blue and white....Or at least blue and chrome in this case!) It would definately stand out if it works.

     

     

    Just a thought

    Matt 

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