Then painted a few little bits that couldn't be powder coated



Steering rack because I had to cut a bit off



Got some Teflon grease for my poly bushes

Wishbones fitted



Few other bits fitted



Today's job was to get the seat panel fitted, my dad gave me a hand as it was quite tight and didn't want to scratch everything

The panel fit really well from the laser cutters and only needed a little trim on the tunnel top, then the top and bottom needed bending

We clamped the bottom Inbetween two bits of box section and the top between timber with a bevel on the back



It folded real nice

We both decided it needed bead rolling to match the rest

All sealed and riveted



I decided to gob the backside with the sealer to stop any water or dirt getting trapped anywhere, not the neatest but does the job

Right I'm back on the updates now, I've not got much done really, I've brought a Bridgeport mill so I've been sorting that out over the last few weeks



Back to the car, my dad made me some radiater brackets and a brake fluid bracket




These will all be powder coated then riveted on

Engines back in to with stronger clutch springs



Gear linkage next, just working out the size of the bell crank to be made



Down arm added to gear lever, this will be shortened once I've decided the holes in the right place



Lastly put some skateboard grip tape on my pedals, also a clue as to what sort of colour scheme I'm going with

Jealousy is flowing freely through my veins!

How did you drill the bottom row of rivet holes in the rear panel without the floor getting in the way?

Haha thanks!

Urm I dunno really, I just angled the drill away a little, it was close but it's quite a slim chuck on my drill

On the lathe tonight, I made some countersunk washers for my seats to spread the load a little





Everything aluminium will be going for anodising at some point

Ah good, I thought I was over complicating it in my mind.

Bit more done tonight, I made three more washers, a bit smaller this time for my pedal box



Washed my fuel tank out and mounted the fuel pump



Foam padding stuck to chassis



Tank in place

Fuel filter mounted

Update for the weekend, my gear link bars were 10mm Ali tube with a 6mm bore, drilled and taped m8 in the ends but I didn't feel they were strong enough so made some with 12x1mm stainless tube with threaded slugs in the end, these just need tigging in





Then onto my fuel pipe, 8mm cupro, drilled a bit of plastic to straighten the tube with, worked great



The routing was a bit rubbish due to the electric reverse but it turned out a lot better than I thought in the end

Rear

Front







also once bent it was a bit tricky to get in position, but I just managed it, I had a go at the main brake pipe but wasn't happy so will have another attempt one night in the week

Its still the cleanest build I have seen where is the grime very jealous here

Thanks, the grimes in my workshop haha I will get you a picture!!

Well ordered some brake pipe brackets off my dad last night, he had done them before I got home from work today!



I've polished all my aluminium parts up ready for anodizing



And my rear calipers turned up today to!



Next job is to get all my brake pipes sorted!

Made my bellcrank for my gear change after work tonight

What a day! Got the engine running today! cranked the engine with the plugs out to get some oil pressure, it took a min but cracked the oil filter off and that sorted it, primed the fuel through and she started up! I was well chuffed! Sounds so good!





The rats nest that needs sorting!

Congratulations, it's really looking like a bit of a weapon! I look forward to the day I can fire mine up.

Cheers, so good to get it started, I brought the engine at Christmas last year so it's been a while, it's opened up loads of jobs to get on with again as I'm sure you've found that some jobs just hold everything up, you look to be cracking on well though, I'm hoping to be ready for IVA early next year

Cheers, yes it's coming along. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you and your iva plans, surely the most efficient yet high quality Haynes build so far!

Are you going to fabricate your own air box?

Cheers, air box, yes I'm going to start looking and that soon, aluminium I think

Today's job was brake pipes, had to go my motor spares shop 3 times as the fittings I had ordered weren't going to work out right, this meant I didn't get going till about 11:30

I'm happy how they have all turned out but I did find it a bit of a faf about, the fittings I brought from various places are all different, also you read about sae and din flares etc, in the end I did test flares in all my fitting types to check they seated properly and the back edge wasn't damaged by the fitting, also when I tighten them up I'm going to undo them and check the flares have seated correctly, I'm going to get my brake flex's made up tomorrow to all being well!

Some very tidy work going on :)

The first engine start on any car is always a pinical moment.

TT

Looking spot on like normal.
One thing I will mention is how your brake t's attach. Very early on with IVAs AshG on here (I think) failed from not having the t bolted through the rail.
It may be worth while replacing the riveted brackets with bolts instead.
Or at least have a search /ask on LB if anyone has recently been picked up on it.

Also the 8mm outlet on the corsa header tank is fragile. I managed to snap mine off when doing up the jubilee clip. At least your using the spring clips.

Ok thanks for that, do you think bolt the tags on with two nutserts?

Ok I will be carful with the tank then

Cheers for the input

Just had a search and ash had used a nutsert and failed because of no locking device, I just think bolting all the way through looks rubbish

Yeah I agree, rivets look much neater.
It may have been a teething stage. I've never heard it again but thought it was worth a mention.

Yeah that's cool cheers, I've rang the dvla today and managed to speak to a tech chap and he said it will be ok, they just don't like anything that could vibrate etc, I've upped the rivet size just to be sure

Right, got my brake lines done today, I no you can make them up your self but these are properly crimped and look a bit more factory I felt,



Also got a coat of black on the rear calipers so they match the fronts

Well i sent David Rae my diff last thursday and i got it back today, well happy, so got it fitted tonight

Good bit done tonight, I decided my brake pipes looked a bit bodge in copper colour so put some heat shrink over them, was a right pain in the butt, would of been loads easier before I flared the fittings on the end but turned out ok in the end





Also my dad had cut my fuel tank strap out for me today, just needed to bend it up! It came out sweet, I will get it powder coated I think

Just need to trim the ends to length and sort the holes out

A full day of sticky wiring on Saturday, me and my dad unwrapped the entire loom and relocated everything into position and everything into the cockpit etc, to be fair it wasn't anywhere near as bad as I thought it would be, also we removed things not required like stop watch buttons, sidestand etc, we stripped the lighting back so we just have the feeds coming out of the fuse box, next job is get the lights and dash bits roughly in place and get wiried up





This morning we mocked up a new air box in card, I'm aiming to fab it up in aluminium, the problem is the top injectors, the std box is to high and out to the side, the new idea is a bit lower but not out to the side, I think if I did it as is I would need a bulge/scoop around 100mm high on the bonnet, I'm open to any ideas if anyone has any,

Also I'm thinking of using a cone filter with a cold feed, mounted on the front like others have done

Here's Big Macs off locostbuilders

[/quote]

Change of plan haha I've just seen this idea, it clamps a foam/k&n filter between the two plates



Also the injector height could easily altered to keep it as low as possible and altered if it causes a bhp drop,

Right well I've mocked up air box idea number two just to get an idea of size, looks ok, I've mocked up a bit of wire to represent the bonnet line roughly, also I'm a bit worried about induction noise with this method as it's got to be less than 99db at 3/4 throttle!!! Is there anyway of getting this rpm dropped, maybe a new power graph showing peak power at 8000 rpm say??

If needed, could the bonnet not form the top cover/half/something of the air box?