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[e11evns]

Im actually brighton/eastboure born and bred till 3 years ago when i moved to the countryside, whats happening at gurston and when? is it a hill climb event? i pick my car up wednesday which only gives me 3 days to run it in!!!!, then carbon weezel is doing a full aero on the vehicle at the end of the month so im pretty much up for anything i can get my car involved in, best send off for me national b!!

oh and the names claudio. pm your email and i can send a few engine pics over to show you the set up.

[cptkirk]

Front Bulkhead Watertighting - Part 2:

I got my good mate Barrie to do some more ali welding for me last week. A fair amount of fiddly marking then cutting of tube and fettling to get the filler pipe to match up was undertaken but I got it spot on with only a 10mm gap between the two pipes. All in all the parts came out quite well, they just need spraying up now then sealing into place.

This is how it used to look:








And this is how it looks now:













A sneaky look in the rear as to how to connect the filler cap:








One on its own.

Edited by cptkirk, 05 October 2009 - 07:26 PM.

[cptkirk]

Exhaust:

So in my search for a bit of aerodynamics I have had to ditch the centre exit exhaust, there is an alterior motive to this, I have also re-worked the exhaust so that it will be infinitely easire to make and connect an extra silencer should I need one (most likely).

So I finished off wrapping the exhaust, another 15' of wrap was ordered and used in one go just for the 2-1 corner bit you see in the pictures.

I plan to add another silencer inside the car as I am not a big fan of the extra silencer on the outside, looks too much of an after thought for my personal liking, each to their own and all that.....

Big thanks again to Stevie G who without his help alot of what I have done would not be possible.

Any Hows, here it is finished, note extra silencer still to be made:

[cptkirk]

The Trailer Part 2:

So two weekends ago I drove up to Notts to help finish off my trailer, a solid days work saw it completed, it was 11 hours of hard graft but it was worth every bead of sweat.

Note in the previous post that you can use the ramps as a way of raising the car to work on it by putting a 4" square post on two axle stands and then place the end of the ramps on it, briiliant for getting underneath it.










I fitted the winch and leisure battery last week also:

Edited by cptkirk, 05 October 2009 - 07:54 PM.

[cptkirk]

Status Update:

Car is currently up in Northants to have the engine sorted out, I will be picking it up on wednesday night and hope to psot some footage of it running on the weekend, then its full steam ahead to get it completed - cant wait to drive it.

[mighty mini jack]

Excellent work there, well done guys!

[e11evns]

hi andy, nearly there then, trailer's looking good, when are you looking to get it all complete by?

[BlueminiJohn]

Hats off to you.
The car truly looks asbsolutely amazing(and its not even finished!!!)
Everywhere I look on it I see something new.
You have done a completely inspirational job of it so far.
Not even going to say "keep up the good work" because judging by the standard so far that would go without saying anyway!
Well done, Its Awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!
John

[cptkirk]

Just got these photos sent through, showing the car on some scales, I have been told to ignore the corner weights as the floor was not level but the total weight is correct. So once the doors, windows, bulkheads, seats and a full tank of fuel it wont be far off 750kg's, will get it re-weighed once it is all together.

[SukiDawg]

Status Update:

Car is currently up in Northants..

Whereabouts??

Fancy a coffee when you come and get it if we're in similar parts of county??

[cptkirk]

Status Update:

Car is currently up in Northants..

Whereabouts??

Fancy a coffee when you come and get it if we're in similar parts of county??

I dropped the car off last saturday just outside Market Harborough but I am collecting it from Brands Hatch as Simon who is fixing the engine issues is taking it to a dyno in Thurrock (hub dyno, not rolling road) then he will meet me there. Thanks for the kind offer.

[cptkirk]

Excellent work there, well done guys!

Cheers

hi andy, nearly there then, trailer's looking good, when are you looking to get it all complete by?

Hoping for early November, put it like this I have booked in for a track day at Rockingham and are all paid up so it'll be there come hell or high water.

Hats off to you.
The car truly looks asbsolutely amazing(and its not even finished!!!)
Everywhere I look on it I see something new.
You have done a completely inspirational job of it so far.
Not even going to say "keep up the good work" because judging by the standard so far that would go without saying anyway!
Well done, Its Awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!
John

Thanks John, its nice to know that people appreciate what I am doing.

[crispy]

Can anyone tell me what the connectors on the bottom of this plate are? I'm assuming they're threaded on the inside?

...never seen those before...

~Chris

[cptkirk]

They are called Rivnuts and yes they are threaded on the inside.

Edited by cptkirk, 07 October 2009 - 06:58 AM.

[miniQ]

hehe been looking up at some more car builds obv yours bieng the best bieng a mini! and i came across a website called automotivebuilds and your on there homepage for best internet builds! nice going!