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[benjy_18]

2mm may be a stretch, but your welcome to try it. I may have enough 1/1.2mm ally laying about if you wanted to go thinner?

[Artful Dodger]

id be gluing thatally panel in with tiger seal!!  bolts?   pah!

[benjy_18]

Mines fitted with tiger seal and ally rivets

[Artful Dodger]

mines all glue  

 

ive used plastic bolts for my switch panel and a few other things in the racer. theyre lighter than aluminium and hold fairly well

 

 

 

ingenuity at its best no? 

[Spaceibiza]

I can't wait to see this minus finished. It's going to look awesome with those wheels and arches!

[jonny f]

2mm may be a stretch, but your welcome to try it. I may have enough 1/1.2mm ally laying about if you wanted to go thinner?

 

I think I'll just leave it as it is.

 

It's very kind of you though! I might give you a shout if i do find anything to bead though.

[jonny f]

Bought some seats.

 

Cheap and cheerful, but they don't weigh to much and are skinny.

 

[nathansminis]

Where did the seats come from? How cheap?? Minus looks amaxing so far - been keeping an eye on this build..... Wheel envy!!

[blue blood]

I like your fluffy pink slippers jonny. I like how the builds progressing I hope to pull my thumb out and do an update soon as my threads not dead just yet!!! 

 

Regards Blue

[domdee]

Fitted one arm today, then it started raining so haven't done the other.

 

 

work perfectly.

 

 

I've also shed a lot of weight with these. About 3.5kg in total.

 

sexual arms!

[jonny f]

Where did the seats come from? How cheap?? Minus looks amaxing so far - been keeping an eye on this build..... Wheel envy!!

Thanks.

From demon tweeks. £308 a pair using discount code ebay4 for 10% off. Have to be quick though the code runs out soon.

[jonny f]

Painted my window edges.

 

Did the rear screen to. Its to hide the seal.

 

[classicspeed]

have a look at my minus it might give you some ideas .

[jt19]

Love it! 

[jonny f]

I have not updated, here's some bits from elsewhere. Been building a turbo motor. Won't be done for when the cars finished i'll drop it another time.

Not touched the car for a while, being dropped of for its cage on the 7th. :).

I am planning on using the 1380 before using the 1330 turbo but at this rate i might just use the turbo and sell the 1380 or keep as a spare.

I got a head of 'trailslife'





reduced its BHP potential and painted it BMC green instead though!

Had a few issues with the primary gear, floating bushes are not meant for most SC gears.

Not knowing that when i bought the floating bush i ended up getting the bush turned down with a small step to allow oil out if it goes over the oil holes. Also modded the oil holes in the gear. Only time will tell how it holds up.







Its fits :)



Stripped the paint of the block. Used rustins strypit, half the price of nitromors seemed to do a good job.



Half way through dry decking the block, just need a new tap.



Tapped out the block holes to 5/16th UNF



Casting marks relieved.



Gear box has come on fast.

Shiny bits...



Changed over to all A+ bits for extra strength.



Genuine 60's steel baulk rings from guess works next to what i removed. Not sure what they were. Some are worn though.



Swiftune layshaft.



Getting there need to shim the layshaft as its just out at 7 tho.



Also pretty much all the other bits have been blasted, lightened and painted. Wok and drop gear casing took forever to blast. Previous owner liked red hammerite to much.



Cheers.