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Old News 2005:
November 2005
10th November: Today I won
some GSXR750 throttle bodies on ebay. They are coming from Canada
for £85 delivered, and are the version which have a fuel rail which can
be modified to a different spacing. So, the fuel injection upgrade
is now officially under way! Hence, I've started a new section which
will detail the whole upgrade. For the time being it will just
document some of my thoughts on the different options, and why I've
decided to go the planned route.
8th November: I've added some
pics from the event at Gaydon to the other
events section of the gallery.
Also added some pics of Matt
Beardshaw's K-series Mojo mid-build to the other
Mojos gallery.
I'm currently pondering an
upgrade to fuel injection. There is nothing wrong with the engine as
it is, but I think an injection system would be better for my routine of
daily use through the winter, and give better fuel economy &
performance too. I'm looking at using motorbike throttle bodies,
combined with a chopped up version of the manifold that I originally got
with the Zetec engine. Some angle grinding took place at the
weekend, and I'm currently trying to source the throttle bodies.
I'll also have to upgrade the emerald ECU to do injection. I'm not
in a particular hurry, so will just get hold of bits as and when I can.
Eventually, I should have some carbs, a weber manifold, facet fuel pump
& pressure regulator for sale...
October 2005
17th October: Great
weekend. Firstly, on Friday afternoon a group of 'interesting' cars,
including the Mojo, were allowed out on the test track at Gaydon. I
clocked 127mph down the long straight, which was plenty fast enough.
However, there were plenty of much faster cars, including TVRs, an Ultima,
and a Nissan Skyline rumoured to have cracked 175mph! I hope to have
some pictures in the near future...
Then off to the Donington
show on Sunday, dropping in at Sylva on the way to check out the new unit
and have a chat with some owners, prospective owners & current
builders. This was a really worthwhile morning, and I enjoyed
meeting everyone- great to meet another couple of Mojo builders in Martin
and Keith too.
Then off to the show- not as
good as last year in terms of the number of exhibitors, but plenty of cars
in the display area, and some track action to keep you occupied.
Altogether a good day out! I've added just a few pics of the SSR
area here.
15th October: Updated the
section on my suspension tweaks- the car is much improved. Also
added a new section detailing the fitment of a high level brake
light. Donington Show tomorrow, I'm going up to the new Sylva unit
at Ripley beforehand for breakfast.
September 2005
23rd September: Added a new
section detailing my plans for tinkering with the rear suspension- click
here. I've also fixed the problem with only some of pictures
opening in a new window, and tried to sort out a load of bad links
relating to some stupid mistakes with UPPER and lower case .jpg
extensions... Sorry about that ;-)
1st September: Added
some pictures of me driving the Mojo at Curborough.
I've also just made up some stone deflectors for the rear wings- details
in the Post SVA Mods section.
Finally, as the Post SVA section was getting a bit large, I've created a
separate trackdays section with a new link on the left.
August 2005
25th August: Added a link to
Martin Boakes' R1ot build site. See the links
page.
24th August: Done some further tinkering with the website...
Added a new R1ot build site to the links page. The author, Richard
Burgess, hasn't taken delivery yet, so the build pages are understandably thin on the ground.
However, there is a tech forum, which hopefully will become useful.
19th August: MOT retest went fine. Paid for a years
road tax using the new online system. Having renewed my insurance with MSM last week, I am now all
set for another year of Mojo driving!
18th August: The Mojo went in for its MOT today. It
failed on 2 points: failed rear number plate bulb, and the nearside front lower balljoint dropped out of
the wishbone when jacked up off the ground! The latter fault was fairly alarming, although the
balljoint re-seated fine once the weight of the car was back on the wheels. I do recall Jeremy Phillips
mentioning this happening to him in the past. His advice was to peen over the edges of the ball
joint housing (part of the lower wishbone) to prevent it happening in future. I did this, after
first jacking under the ball joint to make sure it was seated correctly.
11th August: Great day at Curborough yesterday! I've
added a write-up to the trackdays section...
6th August: Used some L-section black plastic that I found
in B&Q to neaten up the top edge of the vinyl trim on the inside of the sidescreens. I've
updated the sidescreens section accordingly....
5th August: Found out I had a last minute place for a day
at Curborough Sprint Track on 10th August!
4th August: Another successful West Midlands/Warwickshire meet
took place this evening, with some more new faces appearing. I felt a little out-numbered though,
the number of Fury owners or builders is increasing by the week. At least my mojo remains unique
in the area, for the time being...
1st August: Back from two weeks in the South of
France. Mojo has sat patiently in the garage for my return...
July 2005
14th July: I've given the site a facelift, hopefully for
the better...
12th July: Terry Francis has put his
interesting X-flow powered Mojo 2 up for sale. There is a picture in the Mojo gallery-
please contact me if you want Terry's contact information.
11th July: An interesting weekend! On Thursday, the
Mojo suddenly started running really badly, misfiring through the rev range. A quick peak under
the engine cover found loads of fuel dripping out of the right hand carb. Something seemed to be
stopping the fuel supply to the float chamber from being cut off. I stripped the carb down, and
found that one of the floats was half full of petrol! Thankfully, I have managed to get hold of a
replacement from a colleagues 'spare parts bin'- thanks to Steve! Mojo has now resumed normal
service...
7th July: The July West
Midlands/Warwickshire meet took place today, another good evening, and with better weather this time
we took the liberty of a pint outside by the canal in the evening sunshine. See you again in
August!
June 2005
24th June: Went down to Goodwood Festival of Speed today,
in the Mojo of course! It turned out to be a very long day, left home at about 8am, got home just
before midnight! Still good fun though, although it took me about 4 days to get over the
tiredness! I travelled down with Jon in his Caterham, which made the journey more fun. I've
put some pictures in the updated gallery here.
3rd June: Well, I think the new local meet can be
classified as a success, with 4 kit cars and 8 people attending, despite the weather being fairly
miserable. Thanks to those that supported the event, hope to see you again in future.
2nd June: I have organised a new SSR
local meet, details below:
First Thursday of the month, 7.30pm
Fleur de Lys Inn, Lapworth
St, Lowsonford, nr Henley-In-Arden, West Midlands, B95 5HJ
Click
here for a link to multimap
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