Big day

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by tex

andy - WOW! last time i saw your *climbing frame* it was a lot different to now.. looking really good mate! very good! more to the point has it been run yet? if not - please give me a shout to let me be there!!! would love to capture it.. been a long haul.. know how you feel!

Hi Tex.....

I,ve just realised who you are had me puzzled for a minute ( doesn,t take much I know )

Yes , you are more than welcome to pop over & see us, just get in your car & blast over .

Cheers about my build, its been such a busy year but the car is getting there, the engine has been run ( there is a post a couple of pages back with the video of it running).

fancy getting your hands dirty & help me finish the car for summer?

cheers
andy

[twinturbo]

Andys statrup..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5rf1Kub0Do

TT

[tex]

Originally Posted by HandyAndy

Hi Tex.....

I,ve just realised who you are had me puzzled for a minute ( doesn,t take much I know )

Yes , you are more than welcome to pop over & see us, just get in your car & blast over .

Cheers about my build, its been such a busy year but the car is getting there, the engine has been run ( there is a post a couple of pages back with the video of it running).

fancy getting your hands dirty & help me finish the car for summer?

cheers
andy

you bet i will mate! have you ear drums recovered yet? lol.. yea will see you tomorrow when i land..

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[HandyAndy]

Tex.... hope you can come over in the Westy? would love anothert blast out in it

I,ll be getting the exhaust done on my car soon..... save the ears a bit

cheers
andy

[John Marchant]

Fab looking car. If mine comes out anywhere near that I will be a happy bunny. Silly question, the rollbar, is that designed for the fibreglass rear end and if so does it not have two brace struts. If everyone else is reading this and laughing, sorry, I am new to this.

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by John Marchant

Fab looking car. If mine comes out anywhere near that I will be a happy bunny. Silly question, the rollbar, is that designed for the fibreglass rear end and if so does it not have two brace struts. If everyone else is reading this and laughing, sorry, I am new to this.

Hi John,

Thanks, the 2 cars do look good together, Spuds car being finished & on the road & mine.......well.........it,ll be finished for this summer

Do you mean the back braces of the roll bar on my car? if so, then I have yet to fit them, I purposely waited until I had my seats so that I can weld in the cross brace at the correct height for the seat to seat belt upper mounting point, as this is specific to height from seat squab etc etc for the IVA test.
Once the cross brace is in I,ll be welding the back braces into place, tho mine are in a different position to that of Spuds car ( personal preference ) as they go from the bend of the roll hoop down to the outside corners of the chassis base.

The back braces on spuds car are as book spec when fitting an ali rear tub but spud adjusted his GRP tub to accept them.

My own car has different rear chassis arrangement which is to accept the GRP tub, which is how your kit will be supplied.
hope this info helps?
cheers
andy

[John Marchant]

Crystal clear, thank you

[AshG]

come on andy time for a picture update on here.

[HandyAndy]

Hi All,

I,m back, I won,t go into a lengthy comment but would like to thank you all for your amazing support in the last few days, & all the PM messages, my inbox is full & i will reply to each & everyones message, please bear with me.

Right.......

Yesterday I spent what i can only describe what was a fantastic day working on my car, Thanks to Spud,s help, I,ve now got my car back at my mothers garage as i,m spending alot of time there ( personal family stuff reasons ), anyways.....Spud dropped my car off at about 9am yesterday morning ( Thanks Spud) & i spent the whole day working on it, yesterday i did the following....

mock fitted the rad ( need to make permanent brackets)
cut the coolant hoses to correct length
fitted the new rad fan purchased at stoneleigh
fitted & plumbed in the oil catch tank purchased at stoneleigh
Tidied up the wiring ( enclosing it in the split conduit stuff)
mounted the relays & fuse box to the engine bulkhead

with info from "Marks" IVA feedback i,m now wondering where / how to site the "secret" master kill switch, it is fitted into the electrics & works a treat but not sure where to conceal it.

Whilst fiddling with the electrics I must have somehow disturbed a connection as when i tried to start it = it would turn over but wouldn,t fire
I must,ve spent a good 2 hours looking for the reason to this
found a stray wire with a spade connector....hhmmmm " this must fit somewhere" ....finally worked it out, fitted this wire into where i thought it belonged ( i must say " me & electrics don,t mix" ), turned the key & whaheeeyy she is purring like a cat, albeit a noisy one.......must make up my exhaust system

all in all a very productive day

cheers
andy

[Tatey]

It's really good to see that you've managed to make some more progress on your build Andy. How long do you think it will be before you are ready for IVA?