Voucht's build update
 

Hi everybody,
A I don't have a build thread, and my blog is not exactly up to date, I just publish a little update about my build as I have a little time. After the first car's inspection in February, I had to disassemble everything to get the chassis sandblasted and powder coated. That is how the car was looking like for the inspection in February.


2013-11-26_13-44-46 par Voucht71, sur Flickr

Then it has been reassembling time, with a new engine, as the first one had a head gasket failure (and perhaps worse). So everything is going well... almost. I actually spent more than a month sorting out the electricity. It was such a mess, I just hated this part of the build. It is finished now, I could have shorten the loom more than I did, but I'm fed up with the cutting, soldering, etc. So, I left a big ball of wired tied together, which I will stuck behind the dashboard.
I also make the definitive bulkhead panel, and for what need to be fitted on. A friend of mine who works in a window factory close t my place proposed me to use their machines to cut and bend the aluminium plates for the inside panels, so it was cool to be able to make clean cuts and bends. I decided to make everything removable, as I know myself, I will need to remove the panel quite often because there's always been something wrong (if everything is going as it has gone so far!). So rivnuts all around so far, except for the back panel which will be riveted, but I wait the last moment to do it as I don't want it to be in the way of any further work. So inside panels are sorted now and I even fitted the seats. 2 Cobra seats that I got second hand and exchanged against a brake line set, pretty good deal.

This is how the car is looking like now:


2014-05-15_17-56-47 par Voucht71, sur Flickr

2014-05-19_07-43-10 par Voucht71, sur Flickr

2014-05-19_07-43-37 par Voucht71, sur Flickr

I'm now diving in the Canaries Islands I write this post from a warm and sunny terrace. It is good to be away from the Swedish weather, and also from the build for a little while.
When I come back, I will put the bodywork on, and I will be close to the end. But everything always takes more time than I expect, and even though I hope the car will be on the road this summer (which is a very relative notion in Sweden), nothings sure.

Good luck to the builders, and good fun to the ones who are already enjoying their Roadster on the roads!

Bye.

well done looking good

keep plugin away Syl....I cannot tell you how much fun and exhilaration I am getting out of mine at the mo.....be warned tho, you always want more power
even me:eek: ......start pricing up the NOX

Looks good Sylvain,one observation ,I personally would not fancy the header tank in direct line of my head should it overheat,an observation only ;)

Kev, did you time your 0-62 mph? I've finally installed and mapped the Megasquirt a couple of weeks ago, my time went from ~6 seconds to 5.5. Well chuffed!

Sylvain, give my love to the ocean and the mountains! You're almost there, fitting the bodywork and dashboard is an easy-going pleasant job.

Not yet Albert, but I think am confident enough to say it is certainly sub 5s and I have not unleashed its full potential yet
forgot to say Syl.... I remember my wiring looked like that and it scared the hell out of me, unless you know where you are at, get yourself a blown up version of your wiring diagram and hang it on a wall for reference...it helped me sort mine out immensely.