Hi Tex..... :D

I,ve just realised who you are :D 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

Andys statrup..

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

TT

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

http://www.ne7ers.co.uk/

http://ne7ers.co.uk/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=857

Tex.... hope you can come over in the Westy? would love anothert blast out in it ;) :D :cool:

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

cheers
andy

Looks awesome
 

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.:rolleyes:

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 :o :D

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

Crystal clear, thank you

come on andy time for a picture update on here.

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 :confused:
I must,ve spent a good 2 hours looking for the reason to this :eek:
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 :rolleyes:

all in all a very productive day :)

cheers
andy

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?

Great news Andy :)

Tis certainly nice to hear that you have found some time for your build :cool:

Souds like you had a great days work yesterday, pitty about the electrics playing silly games as they tend to :rolleyes:

Hopefully you'll soon be back on track & counting down time till the IVA ;)

Thanks Tatey & Ronnie...

To be honest, yesterday was one of the best days i,ve had on my build, I truly got stuck into it, with recent events .....working on my car was a "Real Tonic" that i needed , when i locked up the garage at the end of the day I was "buzzing" with enthusiasm for getting the car finished, thats the beauty of building the car, sometimes its nice to go in the garage & shut the door behind you & enjoy the "Space " :cool:

I,m aiming at having the car ready for IVA for August, & hopefully get a couple of months fun with the car before winter :)

Ronnie........electrics are the work of the devil :D .... tho very satisfying when it works.

cheers
andy

Well done Andy, tis just what you need and, as i kept on saying yesterday....:D , you can crack on with your build so we can have 3 orange roadster blasting round the north east.

Certainly will have been Tangoed then.......:cool:

cheers Andy :)

The thought of You, Mark & myself going out for a drive in our 3 Tango Roadsters will soon be a reality, that will be a great sight to see, tho.....I still have the idea of attaching a tow rope to the back of your car so I will be able to keep up with you :D

cheers
andy

Excelent Andy,

I too was using split corrugated conduit to tidy up engine wiring yesterday, but that was on the MK1 Golf. It's more or less ready for MOT for the first time in 3 years and makign the garage available to finish My Sapphire off....


TT

Its been a while since I,ve updated this thread, so thought I,d do so by asking for your opinion on the following please........

I,ve been busy fitting my bodywork recently, & I can,t decide...........

Originally I had Tango Orange arches but fancied a change :D So with a great big thankyou to Spud at Saturn I now have lovely polished black arches .....Thanks spud :)

I need your help please guys......which photo/fitment looks the best?

The first photo is of how I believe they are meant to be fitted ( tips of the wings at the bottom edge of the side panel & the rear tub), this creates quite a gap between the tyre & the arch......or is it just me being picky?

The second photo shows the wing approx 1 inch lower than the rear tub...

Which way should I fit my arches?

cheers
andy

I think Pic 1

TT

First one's best - I prefer the look of it with black arches, it just works for me with the black interior. That is looking well sexy. You seem to have a lot more ground clearance than me - is it just the angle of the photo or is yours higher at the back than the front?

Didn't you say your rear shocks were too big at the moment, so the ride height is slightly too high?

Fit like the first pic, then when you sort your suspension, the big gap will be gone ;)

cheers guys......

Enoch..... thanks for your kind words.......sexy looking until I get in it :D
I think David 17 has hit the nail on its head here, I think my rear shocks are too long, they were given to me by a fellow forum member, originally fitted to a "Dax", maybe its this that creates the extra ground clearance.......... I wonder if Spud would notice if I "borrowed" his :p

David17..... Thanks mate..... I think thats what I needed to hear :)

cheers
andy

Happy to help :)

I'm sure spud won't notice lol. :D

Picture 1 for me too Andy :)

As said, check the shock lengths out, may be something you can do to reduce the rear ride height ;)

here,s another pic from a slightly different angle, the rear wings in this pic are as in pic 1.

Cheers Ronnie,

I,ve got the rear shocks setup as low as they will go, just before the spring loses any tension on them,
looks like I,ll need to get the correct length rear shocks.... birthday, christmas,birthday , christmas prezzies maybe :D

cheers
andy

Does look very sexy :)

like the indicators

Cheers Dave , I think the black arches really bring the car "Together", a nice contrast with the orange, glad I decided to do the roll bar black now too :)

Cheers TT...... the indicators are on with thanks to Ash for donating his extensions to me :cool:

Another question to ask............. should I paint the orange part of the rear tub thats inside the wheel arch to black?

cheers
andy

No, keep it as it is.. Otherwise it's going to look a bit like mine but orange rather than (secret)

;)

TT

V nice Handy :D

PS you need to change....
























Your profile pic to pic 3 ;)

Ahh, so we,ve had the same thoughts eh?? ;) :D

as for colour...... ;) :cool:

cheers
andy

Fit them flush as your first pic, as you have already established your shocks are too long so it will sit better when you get the correct ones

Ive been meaning to paint the inside of my rear tub where you see through the arch black but after 1200miles its not orange in there anymore!

Looks good with the black arches but im biased as i have the same!

I liked the contrast between the orange and black so much i went for a black scuttle too :cool:

Looking good Andy, does look much better with the black front and rear wings on - as does most dark colours.

AND YES i would notice if you took / borrowed my dampers especially with a track day coming up next week. But your dampers are way too long will just have to splash out.

All the Brest - AndyH

Cheers Mark & Spud

Mark.....1200 miles already ????:eek: so you are enjoying your car then? :D

I,ve fully fitted the drivers side arch now, I,ve fitted it as you all suggest, basically the rear tub & drivers side arch is now fully fitted , I,ve rivnutted the tub to the chassis & bolted the arch to the tub, all stainless steel bolts & nylocs , its starting to look wide now LOL.

Spud..... hmmmm I quite fancy those new Procomp shocks, the all singing/all dancing ones.... :cool:

Twin...... I took your suggestion.....avatar now updated:)

cheers
andy

:D :D did you look at the price of them :D :D

Knowing you Andy you'll probably find some for £60 the set......Did you get the text - i-ve got your oil pressure gauge.

Cheers.....AndyH

If I say the price quickly it doesn,t seem to scare me so much :eek: :D

I was thinking of just having 2 for now, for the rear of the car, then save up for the front 2 later on :)

I had left my phone at home on charge, just checked it.... thats great thanks Andy.....that,ll be another job to cross off the list...finish the dashboard:cool:

cheers
andy

Hey Andy.
You're car really is looking the dogs b**ox now
Hope you got plenty of security in you're garage.
Defo getting a bit nickable.:(


BTW. have you noticed how many views on this post?
Over 10,000 now, and rising by the minute.....:D

Teesside? I'm going in my little ka :D Wish the roadster was finished.

Thanks David :)

Erm yes, the garage is well protected ,can,t say anymore on that one;)

I,ve seen the view count on this thread... :o blushes... tho its nice that the car is starting to look like a finished Roadster now so maybe a bit more interesting to look at :)

cheers
andy

I have got the day off so i should be at this trackday in the roadster!

Cant wait :)

The cvh is running great on the bike carbs too, just hope it will enjoy a track day as much as i will!

Oh yes.....:D

Going to wait until Wednesday to book to make as sure as i can of the weather but it should be okay, and yes David it will be Teesside - best value there is for a full day racing plus my lad can have 30mins of karting at the end.

Will be a good day Mark and anyone else that wishes to join us......AndyH