little bit of progress report...............

engine & gearbox are in :D :D

was quite surprised how much the front of the car dropped when i took the tension off the engine hoist :eek:
checked ride height clearance = 5inches from tarmac to bottom of the lower chassis rails close to the footwells,
also the only part that is lower than the chassis rail is 25mm of the gearbox bellhousing, does that sound about right?

felt good seeing the engine in the chassis :)

cheers
andy

Andy

Well done mate, good progress there! Ground clearance sounds about perfect, that's what I'm aiming for. As long as nothing will hit the floor when you have a puncture using your chosen wheel/tyre combination, everything should be fine.

Cheers and well done

Adrian

Thanks Adrian, must admit i hadn,t thought of the puncture scenario:eek:
looking at the chassis, if i have a puncture then i still think the respective wheel would hold the chassis off the tarmac,

cheers
andy

Well done Andy
 

That is good news, it certainly must look a bit different with the engine & box fitted :cool:

Wheels on mine by the end of the month :D

Good going for me, I have only been building for Two years :cool: :o

Well done dude,

Get us a photo mate!

My V6 fitted too, just! Keep an eye out on your postbox! Santa's coming again!

Thanks Ronnie/Spikehaus.

yes it looks so different :)

guess who forgot to take the camera today????:o

photos tomorrow i promise.

i,ll keep my eyes peeled for the postie, tho he tends to be in & out of our garden quite quickly as the 8 dogs are always eyeing him up :D :D

cheers
andy

James May off Top gear this week reckoned that over 5000 posties get a bite each year, are they all from your house????

:D pleased to say that none of my dogs have tasted a postmans leg yet,
they can see the postie but are behind an 8ft fence, tho it must look pretty scary having a German Shepherd & 7 wolf looking dogs watching your every move :eek: :D

when we first moved in some kids climbed into the garden to get their football, the dogs were loose in the garden at the time, kids ring the doorbell to ask for their ball now,:D

andy

Andy I can forward you my pics I took today for you to post on here if ya want?:D

as promised here are a couple of photos of engine in the chassis, tho it will come out again to allow painting & fitting of the floor.

andy