This summer i started racing again after a very very long break with a ZX5FS2 and i love it. I have already managed to get my first trophy at SHRCC at there GP. I only managed a 3rd place in the b final ( should of been first but a young Justin Beeber lookalike got the better of me ) but it was great fun. My first cars were optimas and then an optima mid and i raced these after school until i discoverd beer and girls so after spending a fortune on a new car / electrics / spares / hop ups and so on and so on i decided to spend even more money on this sorry state that i found on Ebay.
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My thoughts were to rescue this LWB mid and give it some tlc and some hop ups with some modern electrics. I am not that fussed about keeping to all the original parts.
I started by stripping down what i had bought and it soon became clear that i had bought a total lemon
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I found the front gearbox smashed and missing its diff, front shock tower smashed and held together with a cable tie, rear gearbox has all the gears badly worn or missing , all bearings shot , rear drive shafts shot , front hubs and wish bones shot, most screws missing or shot , top plate and supports missing, bottom chassis bent , belt missing , outdrives worn out , missing rear wing support and so on. The ebay listing told me that it was a used item and may have some cosmetic wear ? now i blame myself for this as i did not ask the seller any questions about the car and i could see by the pictures that a lot of parts were missing but i did not expect the mess that cost me £40.
Anyway its done now and i will not give up so i am going to post hear how i get on with this drastic re build.