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18th August 2014, 02:02 PM
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Got the rear bonnet catches done the other day.They come with IVA covers from caterham and are reasonably priced they hold the bonnet down really tight.
  Also got my pedal removable cover sorted out with a nice little hole for the speedo cable   
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#442
18th August 2014, 02:05 PM
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ECU is now solidly mounted to the inside of the scuttle. I'm starting to sort out under the dash.I've put it off long enough.
 
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#443
21st August 2014, 07:29 PM
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hi chris just been looking at your build, really great job but I noticed that you lowered your floor which is something I am looking at doing as I'm quite tall and would like to sit abit lower in the car. Can you tell me how much you lowered by and what thickness steel you used.
cheers tony
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#444
21st August 2014, 08:12 PM
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You could just swap BR1-12 and the bottom of the front frame for 50x25mm ERW, then just build as usual to keep every thing easy to work out. Obviously you'd be looking at custom side panels and you'd need to rework the bottom of the nose.
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#445
21st August 2014, 09:32 PM
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As the engine needed dropping 40mm below the bottom rails, I decided to drop the floor 40mm as well as I felt like I was sitting on top of the car. I used 3mm thick 50mm x 50mm angle iron stitch welded to the bottom rail, this added 12.75kg to the weight. The angle was welded to the inside of all the bottom rails of the drivers side but to the outer rails of the drivers side tunnel so I could run brake and fuel lines along it. A 2mm steel floor was used. On the pass side I just wanted the seat height to match. So I just lowered where the seat bolted in.
If I was doing it again. I would buy 2mm steel sheet, mark out where I wanted it bent and have the local steel yard bend it as this would save some weight, but not much. And it would be a better job I might imagine. Seats bolt straight to the floor. Hope that helps.  Last edited by CTWV50 : 21st August 2014 at 09:38 PM.
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#447
22nd August 2014, 07:51 PM
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A Little job but very satisfying and motivating.
  Thank you very much David. Love the Mazda IVA cover. Wheel feels great in your hands and there's more cockpit space now for my knees. I can still see my clocks and, as an added bonus, I can get in like getting in the bath rather than getting in to a sewer pipe, like before.  Last edited by CTWV50 : 22nd August 2014 at 08:02 PM.
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#448
25th August 2014, 08:13 PM
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Let this be a lesson to all of you!
  PLAN YOUR WIRING/PANELING CAREFULLY. Took me all day that did!:roll eyes: edit: used an old filing cabinet. Hence the brown.
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#450
25th August 2014, 08:51 PM
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