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[giacomo]

any updates on this :) ?

[johny:)]

just had a quik flick through you build looks like a good project you hade a good go with a A series before you gave up with them lol that vaxhall should give you some good power if you decide not to use that boot floor let me now mite be intrested in that

keep then build up good work

[mini_mad69]

Ok, very quick update. Not done alot recently due to time, work, girfriend etc etc

But I did get a day on it not long ago. My internet is broken at the moment so getting on here is a pain as well.





Filled the hole in the parcel shelf, this will have to do until I can afford a carbon replacement.



Could be lighter, but will do for now.

I'm currently saving to get some more parts to get the engine to run as that's going to be the expensive bit, so I'll keep plodding along with the shell in the mean time.



Test fitted the front quickly, it's going to need a little trim near the cam cover, but may still get away with roundnose



I've got a steel sump for it now as well, so need to chop down the oil pickup pipe to make that fit. Got the f12wr gearbox bolted up with it's hydro clutch conversion in it. So I've got to buy a flywheel and clutch kit for it now, then throttle bodies and an exhaust and a megasquirt to control it all. As well as moving all the hydraulics inside the bulkhead and sort out the gear linkage just before I can turn it over.

[HARBER07]

Looking good buddy. If I can get a C16 in a Minus, I'm sure you can get that to fit under a roundnose!

[mini_mad69]

Yeah mate, but i'm just trying to work out where to put the snail and intercooler

Thinking log manifold, itty bitty turbo, i've got a modified MPI rad with an extra core, that'll sit near the gearbox and intercooler in the lower part of the grill.

However, these plans are hugely dependant on funds.




That's the front end and radiator I'm using. It kept that little c16se engine cool, but i'm not sure how it'll cope with the power i'm planning.
I'll just have to try, although I've seen in your thread you've managed to get a standard rad in place, so I might try that.

Edited by mini_mad69, 28 June 2012 - 12:37 AM.

[mini_mad69]

Bought some throttle bodies to adapt on, I have a spare z18xe head coming to mock up the bodies.



Lightweight flywheel, uprated pressure plate and organic competition clutch plate.



I have a got hold of a clubman front end if the round nose doesn't fit.

Thanks
Ben

[mini_mad69]

I've been struggling with the gear change, so went to a scrap yard and bought a new selector.





Found this under the gator of a chavved out corsa in the breakers year lol



But found the problem to be the linkage was binding on the allspeed bracket, that was in neutral.



Took the linkage apart and another one apart.



Got this about lined up, but the bracket I made did not work at all.



The rod on the right was waaaaay to long, and I dismantled the linkage on the left and got a much shorter rod.

Now the linkage is parallel to the frame when in neutral so enough room to move about. But unfortunately I can only get gears 3,4,5 and reverse.

So I'm going to buy the allspeed bracket and hopefully it'll work.

I have to insure my daily this month, so progress will be on hold for a bit.

Thanks
Ben

[mini_mad69]

New a panel.



Happy the body is still straight with all the welding on it.



Front on and it looks like a car again.



Front end is not a million miles away, needs a bit of tweeking.





Chopped loads out of the back, as the rear lip was knackered, and there was around 7 layers of metal from previous repairs and bodges.



See loads of metal removed..



Ready to attatch my fibreglass rear valance.



Then this happened, quite scary.

[mini_mad69]

Standard door weight, 22 kilos



Stripped it



Inner skin out



Outer skin off



Painted with rust eating primer.



New skin is pretty thin/light.



Tiger seal



Clamped



Ran out of clamps, so improvised.



Then left it to go off.

I also popped in a couple of rivnuts into the door frame, and then two small allen bolts to hold the skin on at the top.

[The Matt]

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That linkage....

Take yer linkage out, cut the bar near the milk crate, turn it through 180 degrees, weld it back on. Your linkage will be more in line with the linkage on the box then. Wnat a piccy of mine?

[mini_mad69]

A picture would be good but I get what you mean! I always looked at how I could sort that, but its because this setup worked in alex crosse's tink I thought it must be me at fault.

[mini_mad69]

Progress is slow as my daily is becoming a money pit, and money is a little tight.

I've also bought some funny lenses for my phone, sooooo most pictures are fish eye :)



This is getting no attention at the moment.



Couldn't for the life of me work out what this was.



Then captainbland08 came up with the answer.



Cut out rust.



Patch made.



Welded in.



What a mess.



Painted up, carbon floor fits lovely.


Should have used this in the first place....restores in one apparently.







All of the bitchumen stuff, i've got to clean off. Good at sound deadening, but too heavy and looks crap!!!



This will look a bit different, but lots too do here.



SLice



Bigger slice.



And off



Inner skin off



Whats left.



Still fits





I don't know if you noticed, or if I mentioned it, but I cut nearly all of my boot out.
I fitted a new hinge panel, and then had to weld in what was left of the back edge of the floor back in so the carbon could be attatched too.

So I didn't have the lip going around the whole back of the car.





New corner lip welded in..



Took some filler out with a knot wheel.....mistake.



Bonded in the new skin for the drivers door.



Floor edge in.



Other corner lip welded in, this is where all the filler came from. This was a quick repair I did for riv run last year to get it through MOT,



Then found more rust







New lip all in and lovely.



Started to clean off all the bitumen from the boot, but leaves a horrible sticky goop, so will have to get some thinners and spend a day on it.



My messy garage, my title is pretty accurate at the moment. I move my car about by lifting the back up and dragging it around ha ha





Now all of this is rust free, it's a case of cleaning it all up, painting it and attaching the carbon fibre in and run the fuel lines.

More to come next week, I'll try get the boot all finished and then paint the underneath and get to work on getting the engine going.


saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaafe
Ben

[mini_mad69]

Been a little busy after I bought this.



Did this.



Then, did that.

So out of this, I got a new z18xe engine which I know works, smoothly and reliably. After selling a few bits and scrapping the shell I got my money back and a free engine.

Then got back up the garage and cleaned out the boot of rust old paint etc.



Then painted the inside,


And a bit underneath. I need to take my beam off, and make a few alterations and then clean and paint all of the underneath of the car.
Then the cabin will get the same treatment, I started to weld in the roll cage mounts,

But I now have 2 engines and a spare cylinder head for the car to have a play with.

[mini_mad69]

Took my rollcage out and the car didn't fall in half, which is nice. Started to prep under the arches etc but realised I havn't welded in my strengthening plates for the cage. When it went in I put the strngthening plates on the outside sandwiching the shell in between the foot and the plate. I have done it properly this time and started to weld in the plates.

I want to get underneath and under seal the whole car, but have realised that I need to weld in seat brackets and I don't have any seats. Sooooo im not sure if I'll do that just yet.



I need to start painting some of my parts, as you can see my tubbed arches have some surface rust.

It's all boring shell prep at the moment. Once it's done though I can make a start on getting the engine going!

[marvin151173]

Dude, I've got 2 new door skins and a new rear valance at my house if you want them....although i see you're doing GRP mosly

also got a couple of doors....