New water pump hoses have turned up along with a new thermostat seal, so i'll get those on this weekend and hopefully that'll be the water leak sorted.
Then it's a double check of the new clutch down the lane (private rd!) as it was juddering a bit, but a few people have said that may just be due to it not being bedded in yet?
fingers crossed.
Hi Chris,
I am listing the car up for sale but only if it can sell by this weekend as i've had an interesting offer that i'm keeping to myself for the moment! But if it doesn't sell, then i'll keep it for a while longer and try and get everything sorted myself.
Many, many thanks for your detailed response, it is greatly appreciated!
Until i changed the plate, the 200+ miles i've done in the car never threw up any problems like this so i'm hopeful that it's nothing serious.
I've only taken it in/out of the garage once since doing the clutch, so if i do keep it i now know how to strip it down easily enough (even in my ikkle garage!) it's just that i have _very_ limited free time recently and things seem to drag on for ever..
Sadly re-registering would be illegal in the UK, unless you are using the car as a donor for another vehicle, and even then i imagine that it's still a legal minefield if what you start off with was a kit car to begin with!!
I would suggest that performance is just a very personal area for someone who's spent x months building their car, especially for the British who are legendarily understated! That coupled with maybe not actually knowing?
Personally i have no idea how fast the MasterCo is 0-60 or top speed. But it only weights ~1 ton and it's got ~200BHP from the current Rover V8 (well. somewhere between 175 and 200 best guess) so i'd state that it's not slow. But as it's a kit car that could easily be changed by altering carb setup or changing to a bigder one, tinkering with the cams etc, air filter selection, changing the gearbox or even completely changing the engine for a newer and bigger Rover unit! I suppose that's one of the joys of a kit car, is that you're in total control of what's in it
On the subject of "are these cars mostly for looks" i would say.... partly and i've got no shame in saying that! But... Unless it's a Beetle based car then a lightweight chassis and big V8 is never going to be "slow" and even the MR2 Turbo based Murci replicas are _very_ quick, at least in a straight line!
I hope that sort-of helps?
Rgds
Dave
And to bring this escapade to it's natural end....
Bye Bye Big Red Car!
Well what have i learnt from this flight of fantasy....
1) I still LOVE the look of the Countach as much as i have since i was 10
2) I HATE working on them
3) I HATE driving them.
4) I'm SO glad that i've got this out of my system!
5) I now know a great deal more about cooling systems than i did at the start
6) I'm a hell of a lot less afraid to experiment and tinker with things than i was at the start.
7) I now know that i don't want another "replica". Now please don't get me wrong i'm not slagging replicas off in any way, not in a million years! Neither am i criticizing any of the guys who have replicas of Lambos / Ferraris / Lancias etc... But having owned this MasterCo i have realised that for-me, at this point in my life, one of the things i enjoy most about the whole Kit Car "experience" is having something that i can do whatever i want to with, tinker with, redesign etc.. without having some say "that doesn't look right"
8) Finally, i have gained a LOT more respect for the guys that build these from scratch, or even buy and renovate them. And i hope that i'll still be allowed to talk to a few of you at shows? Even those of you not called Dave!
