Can't be and won't be done.........Sorry.........:p

Passengers wouldn't be too happy....Anyway, i have wide seats and Andys' butt would be thrown about all over the place with his little skinny frame.....He'll just have to get it done......

Handy Andy now it´s the time to stop talking and start building:D

If it´s hasen´t been so long to go I should pop over to help you, I have some time over until I got my parts..

Keep working Janne

me stop talking????:eek:

thanks for your offer of help, that would be a long way to commute :D

i,ll get cracking on the car & update with some pics on this thread.

cheers
andy

You should make a list of "things to do" i know yours will be quite large :D but it definately helps :p

I have done it and it motivates me as you tick things off, you do things in a more methodical order aswell

My car is not a million miles off being finished but once you make a list you realise just how many little things there are to do :eek:

It helps me get more done too as you dont have those moments where you are stood doing sod all for half an hour to deciding what to do next!

cheers Mark, thats a good idea.....we,ve got long wall space to put the list on :D ....hey...the walls at Saturn unit are white so i,ll just write the list on the wall:D me thinks Spud would have something to say about that tho, lol

i,ll be honest & say that sometimes its not having the correct/parts needed at the right time that has slowed me down at times.....

the gaskets are all in place now by the way, sump painted & engine ready for fitting:cool:

cheers
andy

I have a list as long as my arm for things to do on my main project...

but I have been plugging away at little bits on each of my cars over the last week or so...

I was finalising a seatbelt repair for our mk1 golf earlier, and getting very annoyed with my welder that can work perfectly or have an erratic feed. tonight it was in erratic mode :mad: ....


Lists are good though as they help remind you of the bits you always forget about ;)

TT

hey andy, looks great, lots still to do but i nitice in your other post you have most of the big bits ready to go on/in engine body etc, should have it done in no time but dont under estimate all the little jobs at the end iv got to that stage and they are taking ages to get finished but i recon with a consurted effort you can get it done for the track day and the show

good luck
Tilly hope to see it at the show

cheers Tilly,

yes i have alot of the "big parts" ready to fit, the main things i need to buy yet are the prop/seats/ali for the cockpit/poly bushes & tyres & i,m sure a 1001 other bits but the list is getting shorter :)

the priority at the mo is to fit the loom , & engine & get it running, hopefully i,ll be able to post the video of first engine start soon.

cheers
andy

YEEEEHHHAAAA

:D :D

my Roadster has had its first engine start today, first turn of the key & she fired up, a sense of mixed excitement V worry in case i,d messed up the engine electrics when the car was stripped.

But she,s running & sounds great.

Big push now to get it finished.

I,m chuffed to bits :D :D

cheers
andy

Well done!!:D

Fantastic news mate
 

Brilliant Andy :cool:

That's another huge milestone of your build ..... Bet you was grinning like a Cheshire cat :D :D

Now for the next step .... A wee blast down the road ;)

cheers Land Locked / Ronnie.

yes its a great feeling, but being totally honest, i keep checking the forum & my phone for any news from Ash, its his day & hope he is the one with a huge smile on his face.


As soon as i get a propshaft i,ll be having a spin around the industrial estate here ;)

cheers
andy

One success story for the day!
Well done that man!
Lets hope Ash has good news too!

Nice one Andy not far to go now....:D

Congrads Andy! And wheres the video?! :D

i didn,t have my camera with me so will try & get a video of it tomorrow, tho i have no idea how to upload it onto youtube...... but i know a man that will help..... Spuuuuuuuuuuud :D

we must,ve started it about 6 times just to look & listen to it running, bloomin loud tho without exhaust manifold / silencer fitted :eek: :D

cheers
andy

It doesn't matter how big or little the engine, it always feels good when they crack up for the first time. Just after Chrimbo I fitted a replacement engine into a small quad my son and his mate bought (piece of crap really but they want to play;) ). New engine was an Ebay purchase and not specifically for this chinese quad so some mods were in order, anyway after about three hours pratting about spread over three days I finally got it to start, no exhaust fitted so rather loud but it didn't stop me giving it some big licks on the throttle. Mrs did video it on my phone but TBH the sound quality is so distorted its rubbish.

Anyways, good show Andy, you'll soon be treating us all to day like Ash has given us today, didn't know there could be so many expectant fathers:D

D.

Balls...

Just reminded me I should have been buildign a temporary loom to get the turbo XR4x4 Running tomorrow... Oh well.

TT

Oh.... Well done by the way ;)

TT

Ya wana try a 24V 2.9 V6 with no manifolds... On the garage floor. when your sitting next to the starter motor :D

TT

I can imagine you,d need ear defenders for that :D

Poly bushes arrived wednesday (thanks TT & Tatey ) fitted thursday:D

next job is to tidy the wiring in the engine bay, then start "fitting out " the car, so the track day on April 9th is looking good :cool:

cheers
andy

ear defenders...... one thing i dont own


I always try to start an engine as soon as I can, even if it's on the floor.



wheres the pics of the suspension build then!!!

TT

I was busy making a chassis kit, Spud set to work installing the poly bushes on my car, he transformed the "sturdyness" of my car in about 2 hours , all bushes fitted :cool: thanks Spud :)
didn,t have time to take any pics, must do some new updated pics for my build log:o

will try & post the engine start video tomorrow.

cheers
andy

I love it,....

You get the bushes cheap and then get Spud to put them in for you... That's a double megga whammey :D :D :D

He's a sukka :)

TT

He,s a star :D

i didn,t even get my hands dirty :)

Its great teamwork at Saturn, plus Spud wants my car at the track day :cool:

Thanks Spud.

cheers
andy

congrats andy, it'll be on the road soon!!!!

Thanks Davie,

yes, i can,t wait to give it a "spin" around the Saturn workshop :D

all being well it,ll be at the track day in April, if it is completed for that day it,ll be precisely 53 weeks from the first cut of steel.

Tho i must say, i couldn,t have achieved this build without the help of this forum , :cool:

How,s your build coming along?

cheers
andy

my build is going slow at the moment. i'm in the middle of stripping the doner, well, just the loom left to remove.
i'll be out in the garage tomorrow, if she'll let me!!!!

i cant wait till i'm starting the engine in my one, ya lucky bugger.

davie

the video of my engine start has been uploaded onto you tube, just waiting for it to be made viewable & will then post a link to it :D

it sounds like i,m being a sad git but its a great feeling, made me feel that my Roadster is "Alive" :D

cheers
andy

I'll look forward to viewing that :cool:

How's the build progressed over the last few days ? .... I bet you certainly got a big shot of enthusiasm once you got that engine started :) :D

To be totally honest Ronnie, I haven,t done anything to my car since the engine started, apart from start it a few more times :D :D

Its been a busy time at Saturn , making body kits ;) & flat packs.... the huge pile of steel is now getting smaller :) .

on the video i,m more or less "speechless" ( i know..... makes a change) & just chuffed to bits that its running.

cheers
andy

That's 100 times better than sitting in the chassis making engine noises :D

With a little luck .... Mine will be alive in the not too distant future :cool:

Please let me hear the noise:D :D

Cheers Janne

Please don´t ask if it´s snowing :mad: :mad:

I guess it's snowing there then ??:rolleyes: :D

Will not tell you :cool:
I have not shovel snow everyday sense friday:mad:
It has not come 50cm snow sense friday:mad:

Janne

Andys Engine start Vid
 

Here's the YouTube Vid that we have all been waiting for :cool: :)

Andy's Engine start

Nice one Andy, sounds great :cool:

Andy, Andy,!

That’s awesome, nice flames,:D

Took ages to down load with my dongle.:mad:

I love the clipped, almost military, conversation at the end.

“You happy”, “yep”

Priceless

That´s wonderfull:D :D

Now it´s only to do the rest:D

Cheers Janne

Thanks for posting the link Ronnie, :cool:

Ginge / Janne........

i think i,m in stunned shock in the video :D just amazed she started so easily :cool:

its not very often i,m lost for words :o

cheers
andy

Nice one Andy,

Bet it feels great hearing the beast fire up.

Bit of tinkerin throw the body on & you'll be laughin in a couple of weeks:D

P.