my build thread!

[michael92]

hey all!
start as i mean to go on!
got a few "rubbish" pics of my engine uploaded ont photobucket but i thought id start the thread!
picking up my chassis pack this sat from HandyAndy!
well and truly excited and just bought myself front wishbones uppers and lowers! so i should have some chassis picks on the way next week!

http://s1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/
^^^ watch this space :p

Tschüs!

[John.W]

Welcome to the forum hope all for well with your build. Would it not have been better to do the mod on the sump before you painted it?
Regards
John

[michael92]

Welcome to the forum hope all for well with your build. Would it not have been better to do the mod on the sump before you painted it?
Regards
John

Yeah that would have been the idea :) but seen as tho my sump is going to be sat around for a little while I'd rather not have it going rusty :) and thanks for the welcome :)

Michael

[HandyAndy]

Hi Michael,

Flat pack chassis kit & wishbones all in a week......you,ll soon have a rolling chassis sat in your garage :cool:

Best wishes for your build, :cool:

Looking forward to meeting you on saturday, we,ll chat all things Roadster :)

cheers
andy

[JakeH]

welcome, everyone here is more than helpful, good luck

[michael92]

Big thanks to gingea1pom for the fast delivery rather chuffed with these!

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0463.jpg

[michael92]

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0464.jpg

wheyyy! :p
Cheers HanyAndy!

[michael92]

It seems as tho, gettin a peice of 1220x 2440mm bit of wood to your house is probably the hardest part of the build! was going to start the chassis today aswell!! :eek:

[michael92]

I got bored as the wood is coming tomorrow now!=-) so.... i decided to lay a few of the base rails out and sit in it!! :-p
no broom! noises were made tho :rolleyes:

shall be tacking it all up tomorrow afternoon :)

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/IMG_0467.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/IMG_0465.jpg

[Enoch]

LOL, we have all done the sit in it before it's even 1/2 way there bit:)
Those wishbones from Ginge are a work of art, that guy sure can weld. Nice bloke too!
You can't go far wrong with Andy's chassis kit, I built mine using one, it was all spot on.
Best of luck with the build, keep the piccies coming:)
Enoch

[Bonzo]

Firstly, I do not believe that I have welcomed you to the forum yet.

Welcome to the forum :)

Looks as if you are nearly all set to start the fun bit of building the chassis.

Know what you mean about transporting large sheets of build materials home, it's a real PITA

Sheets of ply, steel & alloy are not the easiest thing to transport in one piece, I certainly miss my old Transit since I sold it.

Love the picture of you sitting in position .... Bet you did make the brum brum noises, even if it was just in your mind :D

Got to admit it, done the same thing myself at about the same stage .... I guess the little boy within never really goes away .... Errm hang on, when I started my build, I probably was still a wee lad :D :o

[twinturbo]

Lol :)

Tt

[michael92]

Haha thank you for your welcomes and "lol's" :p im pretty sure there will be plenty!!! more pics of silly nature coming ! :-)
guess i should shed a little light on my build
colour plan i would like which i believe to be a colour by Saturn of yellow green isit ? closest i can describe to be kawasaki green :P
engine: 2.0 pinto running some wild cams haven't decided exactly yet !
lightened bottom end
want it revving quite quick!
and the all important port polish as my father does that for a living.
stainless header "hopfully" fabricated by myself
gearbox: Type 9
and to top it off just to get the imagination going i would quite like to carbon wrap the seat pannel and gear tunnel. i believe I've seen it done on here somewhere :-) looks rather nice especially with that fluro green!!

[Bonzo]

Sound like a work of art in progress :cool:

I look forward to following your build :)

[HandyAndy]

:D
Great pictures Michael , certainly made me smile on this early monday morning :cool:

Enjoy your build, I look forward to following your build progress, we like piccies :)

cheers
andy

[spud69]

Welcome to the Forum Michael and cool pics, Monday morning we need to smile.

The colour is yellow green RAL 6018 and does look nice especially with black wings.

All the Best with your build......Andrew

[K4KEV]

yey....welcome bud I'm sure you are just about to enter a hairpin in that brum brum piccy:D seems you like to be different... bring it on dude:cool:

[michael92]

just posting a few cheeky pics as everyone loves piccies!!

heres my table finally!!

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0469.jpg

haha my milk!!

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0471.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0470.jpg

enjoy many more to come! shall be tacking up the full bottom rails this eve!!!
so excited! :o

[Bonzo]

Pleased to see that you have your build table sorted.

I also notice that you have the right tools to hand, even down to the essential bottle of milk :)

Mind you, havn't spotted the kettle as yet, don't know about you but anyone on here that knows me, will tell you that I can't function without a cup of tea in my hand :o

Bit of a problem when I am TIG welding though :D

Certainly looks as if you are on a mission, nice one :cool:

[michael92]

Pleased to see that you have your build table sorted.

I also notice that you have the right tools to hand, even down to the essential bottle of milk :)

Mind you, havn't spotted the kettle as yet, don't know about you but anyone on here that knows me, will tell you that I can't function without a cup of tea in my hand :o

Bit of a problem when I am TIG welding though :D

Certainly looks as if you are on a mission, nice one :cool:

HAHA oh dont you worry! I LOVE TEA!! if you have an auto darkening helmet im sure you can duck tape the cup to it and get some clean engine hose and use it as a beer hat type of thing :-P

[Bonzo]

Ohhh .... Drip fed tea, briliant idea, that could prove to be a real life saver :D :D

[michael92]

well well well. :) ive had a change of heart, seen as tho i have half a rover v8 in my garage from my landrover series 3 conversion i thaught id rather have that than a pinto. reasons being lighter sounds better and will go better much better as i belive i still have my agressive cam for it :p will be using the lt77 box from an sd1, does anyone know how these compare to type 9 boxes dimensions wise as they look small enough from last time i saw one! :D

michael

[michael92]

hey all got up fairly early this fine morn!! sun was shining! so decided to srip some of my old fiat :-( sad times but got a bit bored of that so onto the roadster is was!! decided that the rover v8 wasn't a good idea as id have not even a thou of room in my bay!! so vaux v6 it is :P as i can get one quite easily as my old man is building a 3.0 for his omega to replace his 2.5 so im sure i can do a deal ;) anyhoo! picciess!!!

finally some shape!!!

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0502.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0501.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0493.jpg

and the all important fosters! don't worry that was taken the other night :-P not been drinking at 10 in the morn!!

[HandyAndy]

"Hic" :D

Looking great Michael , making some nice progress there :cool:

I like the idea of tacking the spare rails to the chassis to try to minimise any movement whilst welding it together :cool:

Have you sat in it again? right arm positioned as if out for a gentle drive with the "air" steering wheel in hand :D.

keep the progress pics coming .

cheers
andy

[michael92]

"Hic" :D

Looking great Michael , making some nice progress there :cool:

I like the idea of tacking the spare rails to the chassis to try to minimise any movement whilst welding it together :cool:

Have you sat in it again? right arm positioned as if out for a gentle drive with the "air" steering wheel in hand :D.

keep the progress pics coming .

cheers
andy

HA! not yet but don't be let down! ill get one soon once ive tacked the other side rails up :P yeah little trick i learnt making agricultural trailers ;-) but with rsj haha shall be a lil more later hopfully!! gta nip to notts!!

[michael92]

got even more done this morning!! :-) thank god for Easter holidays! and for a silly treat got some driving pics ;-)

Only need to tack 2 more in and then i believe i'm ready to fully weld before i do the diff cage.. oh wait i think i need to tranny tunnel first! shall do that later

On to the piccies!!

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0505.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0504.jpg

HAHA mind my split in the trousers
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0507.jpg

now for the drifting ;-)

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0509.jpg

[HandyAndy]

:D Looking great Michael, I like the "air" steering wheel & "air " gear lever /drifting pic :D

Looks like your chassis is going together nicely, not hanging around either, :cool:

Won,t be long before she,s rolling.

And from the pics it looks like you are having fun & enjoying your build :)

cheers
andy

[michael92]

YEAH!! tis going fantastic! one thing!

does u7 and u8 look roughly how they should be spaced i was looking, and thinking will my engine be on the p**s :confused: ha ha
think i may start welding this evening put plent of cross braces to stop distortion, but i know its going to do it haha :rolleyes:

[HandyAndy]

U7 & U8 look about spot on, to "the eye" it makes you think its wrong, but its to do with the width of the pedal box when using a Type 9 box,

its quite a common mistake when fitting U7 , the brain sort of tells you to fit it in line with BR9, similar to how U8 is positioned directly in line with BR8, the bottom diagram on page 38 gives the spacings for U7 & U8 from the centerline ;)

Also, don,t forget that when your chassis is fully welded you,ll be removing the steel of BR10 which is between U7 & U8 , it,ll all make sense when you come to fit the gearbox :)

Nice work Michael :cool:

cheers
andy

[michael92]

:p here i am again wanting to share more piccies!!! fully welding the basic frame as we speak

Well i'm actually allowing it to cool for a bit!

Constant back and forth to corner to corner! but its worth it and im getting fit at the same time :-P

Shall be shooting off back out into the garage after this :-D

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0513.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0514.jpg

And here's an engine start panel I picked up for a 5er!! bargain

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0515.jpg

[michael92]

yooo!
thaught id have some fun this morning and decided to see what the v6 would look like in my bay .....


Well ... :D

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0521.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0522.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0520.jpg

Oh and the cylinder heads are the wrong way round! ;-)

[michael92]

hey all thought id post up some pics!

its been a lil slow lately with getting my gearbox trying get my head round on what to do etc haha! :p

surely its melted my brain

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0560.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0561.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0563.jpg

hope to mock my block up so i can decide how the gearbox is going to sit!

Just need some £££ :-) to get the gear remote ect !!!

michael

[michael92]

You can never have enough pics eh!!!

spent a fair time grinding welds down and tacking up my rear cage today !

can say im chuffed!

having a whale of a time building can honestly say its one fun challenge!

So if your reading this and thinking of building.... DO IT! ;-)

been ont phone to Andy talking about chassis's and iva related stuff!! getting some insperation/motivation haha
can say that my build should start to accelerate a bit more now! so watch this space!! :-P

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0566.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0567.jpg

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http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0570.jpg

more to come soon id guess ;-)

Michael

[HandyAndy]

Your chassis is looking great Michael :cool:

Its really coming to life now, looking more & more like a car now, get your CP plates tacked into position & it,ll be on wheels in next to no time :cool:


Nice work mate......don,t forget CP24 ;) :D

cheers
andy

[michael92]

not ground breaking but nice to look at :) all welds are nearly done!! :D

thank..... ! haha feels as tho ive been welding for agggges!

just a few more things to weld on and plates to put in a wala! i guess it will be nearly rolling :cool:

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0574.jpg

[michael92]

:D managed to do a bit of bantering and got myself both front uprights+calipers+disks, propshaft, diff and half shafts and the drum brakes for guess how much!......



£100!!!

Bargain! :eek:

Rather chuffed!

[wylliezx9r]

Nice workshop by the way :-)

[michael92]

Nice workshop by the way :-)

Thanks :)

I owe that one to me old man :p

He has kindly (without a choice) given half of the garage up for my kit car haha ;)

On the conditions he can drive it too haha :cool:

[michael92]

How do!

2 nice little photos! decided to take my chassis outside.... because i can really and just wanted to sit in it haha!
here are 2 photos of the chassis and then 2 photos of me and my poor girlfriend having to take a pretend drive!! ;-)

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0579.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0577.jpg
My dog bobby looks intrested!
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/222646_10150603155585183_779455182_18572448_739806 6_n.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/225483_10150247679271103_685911102_8439578_5019603 _n.jpg
as you can see from the last one im doing no hands and my girlfriend (sam) is frankly scared haha! :-P holding on for dear life too!

oh simple minds eh! :-D

[michael92]

howdy! just updating with some pics as everyone loves pictures!!
got myself a set of escort turbo wheels for 40 spondoolies mind you there getting rare and they have excellent tyres!!!! need a spray obviously as you can see i've been sanding them down ;-) with center caps too!!

painted my wishbones British racing green my fav color!!
and primed the uppers!

modified my old fiat Brava fan too! absolute perfect fit couldn't ask for better to be honest sits nice and flush!

well enough of the story! have a looksie!

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0607.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0606.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0605.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/IMG_0603.jpg

[K4KEV]

Nice work Michael...I assume that fan does turn clockwise ie as you look at it ie "suck"... just looks like it should run the other way

[twinturbo]

Does look like a front mounted blow through.

TT

[michael92]

No no I assure you it's a sucker ;) haha
Gives me good spacing for the rad mounts :)

[michael92]

howdo chaps!

well just a lilttle diary update :) recived my suspension brackets from Talonmotorsport very nice! and my rack extensions from
Dave @ rogue engineering nice bit of kit too :-P

but the real bargain lies here . i managed to get my engine in a complet running order with gearbox, loom ,ecu, flywheel, clutch ,sensors the lot! for......£60!! also got my gear remote so i have been sitting in pretending to change gear!! ;-)

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/IMG_0619.jpg

Dont ask how that got in there!! it was difficult!

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/IMG_0620.jpg

start of stripdown , oh and the engines only do 70k!

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/IMG_0622.jpg

I have some big development plans for this engine, which i will probably regret having "too" much power haha but more power more fun right ?

Michael

[K4KEV]

That front cam shot to me is screaming "put a piece of clear acrylic on me with a set of coloured verniers":D :D

[michael92]

That front cam shot to me is screaming "put a piece of clear acrylic on me with a set of coloured verniers":D :D

do you reckon? :p

don't give me ideas!! y'know what im going to look into that! i think that would look ace!

i don't have much experience with plastics tho! so some help would be appreciated from others :)

[michael92]

hallo,
lately i havnt been doing much chassis work! but i have been tinkering with my engine in time.

still needs a rehone then thats it! oh and a gasket set! but its all ready for assembly then!! :-D

zu den Bildern schnell!

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/DSCI0675.jpg


http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/DSCI0681.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/DSCI0682.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/DSCI0683.jpg

hope you enjoy, as i must say the blue is a nice colour :-)

Michael

[Deanno]

looking good, i must say that is a nice colour blue, is that a clue as to what colour the car is going to be?

[michael92]

looking good, i must say that is a nice colour blue, is that a clue as to what colour the car is going to be?

thank you :) , erm well as a young bloke i have no colour co-ordination. i did want the car lime green! but we will see haha knowing me i will have it lime green and keep the engine blue haha!

although! my inlet plenums are going to be white (the ones pictured) and then the center air runner that will be yet again blue :)

I think it will look good :)

but thats coming from some one who wears flowery surf shorts ;-)

Michael

[sven8t4]

Is that a 'Halfruads' high temp engine paint? Liking the blue!

[michael92]

Is that a 'Halfruads' high temp engine paint? Liking the blue!

nooo chap! its hammerite :) still bloomin expensive tho!!! ;)
thank you :)

[twinturbo]

Is that a KV6?

TT

[twinturbo]

Phew, just read it's a VX V6.

My m8 has an astra MK2 with one in it.

TT

[michael92]

a kv6!!! ohhh no way! haha!

that would overheat in no time with the amount of abuse!

yeah is sure a x25xe :) there not bad motors, there fuel efficient and fairly powerfull. so in a car that weighs nothing it will be speedy and fuel efficient !

we dont need eco cars we need powerfull kit cars! ;)

[michael92]

howdoo all :)

Got a snip or 2 of my steering column mocked in, finally resembling a car'ish!

just waiting on my nice grey polys from spud :-) and all the bones shall be going on!! :-D

then I've got to make some engine mounts+gearbox mount Boooo!

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/0aee3ad8.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/1ac27515.jpg

i appologise that the quality is pants =-)

next on the long list!:
rear uprights
ball joints and transit drags
and diff mounts!


phew.. nearly there :p

[michael92]

well today I made a gearbox mount rather chuft with it needs a going over with a flap disk but its strong and does the job nicely :-)

also modified my gear remote , nicey nice.

and finally need some advice of you guys ill enclose 2 pictures of master cylinders what do you reckon...

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/DSCI0725.jpg
4 outputs

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/DSCI0724.jpg
2 outputs.


and this... am i allowed to remove all that s**t ? i dont need it.
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/DSCI0711.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/DSCI0709.jpg

ta =-)

[michael92]

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/DSCI0712.jpg

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http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/chassis%20haynes%20roadster/DSCI0717.jpg

[michael92]

Its been a while :) but ive made some progress!

order'd some mushrooms from talon and as soon as i get them thats my front on wheels just need rear ups and a steerring rack then wala! rollllinggg!!! :-D

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/a8aff8b3.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/488c53d9.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/41a2d208.jpg

a bit confused on how the sierra steering bush fits , but ill have a quick search i reckon!

[michael92]

Won a set of rear uprights of ebay today! so guess itll be rolling next week!! :D :D :D :D

[michael92]

Guten Tag!

haven't taken many pictures lately but here's one of my cardboard templates!

as far as chassis goes its pretty much nearly done! just need brake tabs welded on and the steering support and walla! a running engine will be going in by the end of the month! and a new project has started "my fathers" we will be fitting a rover v8 to his Vaux Omega :P 4.6 litre :cool: . so its my job to force it to fit or whatever :-)

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/IMG_0928.jpg

[michael92]

cześć ! i have been busy today! shall be buying the steering rack next week hopfully :-) so it will all fall into place!!

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/IMG_1042.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/IMG_1047.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/IMG_1041.jpg

Ps the wheels are not that colour ;-)

Michael

[Eternal]

Fantastic well done!

[michael92]

righty o! thats the "running engine" installed and well i have allot of modifying to water pipes etc to make it run and there is some other mods that needs to take place , changed my sump from the flat pan to the saab sump but my clearence is, well..... limited! and i have a vectra sump i could try but thats only half an inch shallow'er .

I think a bash panel is in order to be made :p

what do you guys reckon?

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/415115_10150656503062927_560447926_9451749_1255114 753_o.jpg

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[Eternal]

Nice big chunky engine! Sump looks the same distance as my one around 50mm I will also be having a pan from. The steering rack the slopes down to the sump depth.

[michael92]

Nice big chunky engine! Sump looks the same distance as my one around 50mm I will also be having a pan from. The steering rack the slopes down to the sump depth.

haha yeah tis a chunky lump aint it :p , yeah i was thinkng the same , maybe 4mm ally or something at a slope just so it will slide over bumps rather that going smack straight into the side! :)

[twinturbo]

Taking shape nicely.

Should have ditched the AC Compressor first though ;)

TT

[michael92]

Taking shape nicely.

Should have ditched the AC Compressor first though ;)

TT

thanks :-) ja! thats coming off dont you worry! and the pas pump too! i shall be mounting the alternator that side and will be getting a short belt :) i really need to get the traffic film remover on it! but with this daft hose pipe ban! :mad: :mad:

[michael92]

well.. thats the ac an pas pumps ditched! much more room! things are starting to look good :-) Fitted my tyres at college yesterday and my oh my!

wowzers... did a mess in my trousers ;-)

on das front are a set of yoko advan neova which i won for 60!! bargain!!
and on dee back are a set of toyo proxies t1r's ;-) £30!!

and my friend did the spraying on my wheels which im very happy with!they are in a kind of grey metalic, looks real nice when the sun hits them!

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/IMG_1085.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/IMG_1087.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/IMG_1088.jpg

thats the rad fitted this morning :-) now to do the drivers seat and other bits i have missed i reckon.

does the height on the rad look ok to you guys ?


Mike

[K4KEV]

nice work so far bud....the rad does look too high ...the rads position is determined by trial fitting the nosecone as the rad sits inside of it.

[michael92]

hey all what do you all reckon to this

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/DSCI0828.jpg

i will weld the rearward nut so that is locked and will lock it off with a nyloc nut, and obviously fully weld it all including the bolt to the plate.

and as for the rad it is far far far to high! so that will be coming down 3 inches or so!! :p

[michael92]

nice work so far bud....the rad does look too high ...the rads position is determined by trial fitting the nosecone as the rad sits inside of it.

thanks for your kind words :) yeah , im going to be loweing it quite a bit and maybe put it on a slight slant. i was literally going by the rule of "aslong as its under the engine" haha but i spoke to andy and he said and liek youve said the bonnet has some depth on it :)

[michael92]

привет!! had a laugh this morning! and yes I did make the brum noises and drifting screetches ;)

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/574775_10150829366841103_685911102_11373192_344864 919_n.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/536651_10151558595665183_779455182_300147745_18572 93036_n.jpg

And also photoshopped one of saturns pictures to the colour i would quite like (respects to ssc) :-)

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/Haynes_Roadster.jpg

Getting rather excited now that its taking shape!! :-D

[michael92]

howdy! 3 lil pics to keep us entertained :-D

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/DSCI0851.jpg

got bored with that ended up ony slotting one :-P

so i did this instead ;-)

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/DSCI0849.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/DSCI0848.jpg

all in all very cool :cool:

[HandyAndy]

:D great pics of you and mate in the car , looks like your passenger wants a steering wheel too :D ....just imagine the amount of fly,s you,ll be catching with mouths open like that :D .

nice progress pics, really coming together now :cool:

cheers
andy

[michael92]

haha! :) thats's my old man ;) its slowly getting there!

will be ordering a steering rack soon! (i know i keep saying it ;) )
then fuel tank and pump and wala a running car

Oh and the all important brakes! but they aint that important :-P

[HandyAndy]

haha! thats's my old man its slowly getting there!



:o I feel very old now :o

:D

[michael92]

HAHA! i will tell him , he will be well impressed! ;) he is erm.... 43 or 42 i cant remeber . as you can tell im not a very good son :p

saying that your not old :) (brownie points aquired)

[michael92]

guten abend!

3 lil pics!

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/IMG_1109.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/IMG_1108.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/IMG_1107.jpg

shall be relocating my alternator next week!

problem im faced with now is to remove the wiring loom for the imobiliser transponder from the omega! long tedious process I reckon

That omega in the back (my dads) is having a bit of a change rover v8 :cool:

[twinturbo]

My M8 has 2 MK2 Astras with the CX25. He also has Tech 2 which helped him alot ;)

TT

[michael92]

My M8 has 2 MK2 Astras with the CX25. He also has Tech 2 which helped him alot ;)

TT

Did he flash the user memory and do away with the imobilzer?
i was onabout seperating the bloomin thing from the loom haha

saying that.. I'd quite like to use the obd on my kit car, how did he get hold of the tech 2 software?

[michael92]

well , the strip down literally took an hour! then welded all remaining areas.. I still need to attach my seatbelt mounts but ill just take the primer off :-) It feels odd going back on yourself to progress forward!

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/IMG_1138.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/IMG_1140.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/IMG_1142.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/IMG_1146.jpg

still needs some areas painting and then a 2nd coat and then a black hammerite over coat!!

next on the list ...
weld in a steel section for my pedal box to sit on
propshaft (fit the uj)
brakes
fuel tank
and pump!
and track rod ends!

[michael92]

howdy doo all! well ive been pretty busy i guess ! measured all up to buy my ally! steering is all sorted and smooth as smooth can be ! :-)

done some more painting and secured my pedal box etc etc ...

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/562624_10151024034446103_427721862_n.jpg

me and my mongy face ;-)

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/547719_10151818782460183_291411288_n.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/538370_10151818779190183_794060451_n.jpg

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/269222_10151818781330183_1371496985_n.jpg

Watch this space ! more progress to come quickly! hopfully!!

[HandyAndy]

:D Just imagine the look on your face when that engine is in & working :D

Wow you have been busy , Its looking great :cool: Like the wheels too.

Its nice to see a pile of steel that was on my garage floor turn into a great looking chassis, nice work Michael .

One question tho if I may ?
Why have you positioned D3 & D4 in that way ? soz for asking :o just caught my eagle eye.

Great progress.

cheers
andy

[rpjg1975]

Thats scary andy, I was looking at that too and thought something looked different to my chassis so was checking my build pics to work out what it was!!! :rolleyes:

[michael92]

Thank you :) erm....:o by mistake , but it looks quite cool haha! ive got so much stuff i need to buy! I duno what to start saving for!

.the work on my prop
.fuel tank + pump
.ally sheets
.suspension

:eek: AGHHH decisions !!???

[vmax1974]

Looking good only one comment is it ok that you have missed cp24 out

[michael92]

Looking good only one comment is it ok that you have missed cp24 out

I think so, as i have a concentric slave cylinder for my clutch so i have no major moving parts there :) and its getting the usual ally tran cover :)

[HandyAndy]

Thank you erm.... by mistake , but it looks quite cool haha! ive got so much stuff i need to buy! I duno what to start saving for!

.the work on my prop
.fuel tank + pump
.ally sheets
.suspension

:eek: AGHHH decisions !!???


No worries, as the angles on each end of D3 & D4 are the same, its easily done , (sorry for spotting it :o )

This is the order I would do things for your following purchases...

ally sheets
fuel tank & pump
prop
suspension

My reasoning would be that you could possibly get all the first 3 done within the cost of buying / sorting the suspension & so its more done than buying the suspension first, ....but thats me :D

I look forward to more progress pics :cool:

cheers
andy

[michael92]

whey! Now got me tank! 30 spondoolies of locostbuilders :)

http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m612/michaelprg/IMG_11831.jpg

just got to weld in a seat for it and make up some straps to bolt it down.

now for the fuel pump! and ill be running!!! :D

[Dualist]

Looking really good dude :)

[michael92]

Looking really good dude :)

Thanks man :) where abouts in boston are you , im not to far .. donington. sounds interesting , A rotary roadster :cool:

Michael

[Dualist]

Thanks man :) where abouts in boston are you , im not to far .. donington. sounds interesting , A rotary roadster :cool:

Michael

Cheers mate. I live near Asda, but my build will be happening soon in my unit down Marsh Lane, around the back of Snowflake, Tec business park.
I've got a street ported N/A 13b RX7 + gearbox and I've just got a LSD MX5 MKI diff, gonna get a few more bits next month then order the steel and start building and add a thread here :)
Should be good compact engine to play with.

Dave.

[michael92]

sounds great! i think i know where your based, near boston recording studios? ive been ther before :P being so close , you can come have a look at my roadster just bought my pump today , so it should be running in a few weeks :) then need to take my prop top get the uj fitted and peined in. may do it at parkinsons

:)
Michael