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[Manneke]

Impressive build thread you have here... enjoy to follow it and learn quite a lot by reading it! keep up the updates

[blue blood]

Minus are still going then?

Does he know the website is gone?

Nice update blue those hinges look good. Could you not space them out a little?

Yeah they are still going and the guy does know his website is down. He is quite a hard guy to contact but I got there in the end .

As for the hinges I have made a couple of templates to see how much I would have to cut out of the side for them to flip up and its about 1cm deep and 6cm long. I think if I used spacers it would look right as they would be floating too far out into the engine bay (wouldn't be as stable and could interfere with something else in the bay).

Impressive build thread you have here... enjoy to follow it and learn quite a lot by reading it! keep up the updates

Thanks Manneke glad you like the thread.

Regards Blue

[blue blood]

So a big morale boost on the project today as I officially have it as a rolling shell since the first time I have owned the shell :) and damn the brake disks look huge in the wheels






These are only temporary penny washers so I can see the suspension is alright with the engine in.




On all rubbers:













Well thats all today guys. It was a pain in the ass to get this far on the front as I had to cut bolts down for the flanges, take the subframe out a few times to get the correct sides on the lower arms, split all the suspension parts apart to mark measure and drill holes, then drill out the brackets holes larger for metric sizes, then assemble everything basically everything was long winded but got there in the end

Regards Blue

[Tupers]

Love the giant brakes, you need to find a air field once it's done and find out the 0-60-0 time.

[blue blood]

Love the giant brakes, you need to find a air field once it's done and find out the 0-60-0 time.

I would love to do that especially after putting it through an SVA, then once the MPI unit has exploded use a 2.0L 8 v vauxhall unit like I have planned

Regards Blue

[thelegg]

bolt some wings on lol as its gonna fly :L looking great so far though

[blue blood]

Thanks every one for the comments a small update as I got a few moments in the garage I have drilled the stainless suspension spreader plates:











I'm not a massive fan of garish chrome everywhere but do like some polished stainless parts :)

Regards Blue

[jonny f]

Great updates blue! Awesome to see you have it rolling.

Your suspension looks to be in roughly the same place as mine. The brackets look a little lower, i think i may have to change mine and drop them down a bit as my car sits rather low with no engine in it.

Some very shiney bits in the bay, was confusing my eyes somewhat.

[blue blood]

Yeah as regards to the suspension they are adjustable and I can raise it or lower it for the position I want but I have to actually cut some of the wing out to allow for the 13x7's to turn properly (its common practise so i'm not to worried)
Yeah with the amount of polished stainless it is like a house of mirrors under my bonnet!!
Ha

Thanks for the comment Jonny
Regards Blue

[blue blood]

Right got a few parts done recently. I did wire brush and paint in hammerite my backplates a while ago but if you have read my thread you will know I bought a pack of some paint like hammerite/por15 on steroids!!! So I had my backplates shot blasted and painted them. I gave them 2 coats of the base coat formula and one of the black over coat. They look really good and I am very impressed with the outcome:







Then I painted the two alternator brackets I had fabricated:









I then purchased some quick release poly engine mounts as it is easier to get my engine in and out as I mostly work on my own:







Not much but thats all for now folks.

Regards Blue

[blue blood]

Edited by blue blood, 11 June 2012 - 10:53 AM.

[jonny f]

Nice work blue,

I've heard a few mixed reviews about those engine mount's. Tempted to get some for mine.

[blue blood]

Going to give them a whirl today so 'ill report back later this evening about them. I've got a few odds and ends I want to sort out today.

Regards Blue

[jonny f]

Im sanding, as usual!

[blue blood]

Well got bugger all done today which was a bit disappointing when I spent 5 hours in the garage! I went to put the new engine mounts on but realised the existing bolts weren't long enough and I didn't have any spare bolts!!!

So i decided to make a start on my boot lid set-up. I got as far as cutting the 3mm aluminium angle into the rough shape I needed and drilled holes in it for lightening and better bonding with the boot lid. It doesn't look like much but these are all I have to show for toady:







I will put a curve in them and fibreglass them to the boot lid. It should add more rigidity to the single skin lid and make for a good mounting point as there will be a larger anchorage surface.

Thats all for today.

Regards Blue