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[koss]

International Race car show jan 11th to 14th i put a link in the general chat
F1 / Wrc /a z cars monte carlo

[dean_chad]

probably go sunday unless anyone wants to take me on a trade day?!!!

[koss]

Sorry mate i have got to take the missus, one of the directors

[dean_chad]

Today was just seeing how well the dash fit. Stripped out right side of frame and teased in the dash. It turns out the only part that needs shaving it the very back piece near the window. As you can see by the pics, it fits well after taking around about 12 mm off the dash I didnt mind this too much as . going to use different mount screws

The dash that eddie was to make for me was 2x2 twill 200g carbon fibre with z-cars logo embossed into the left hand corner. Now that not going to happen i was thinking of maybe having it coverd in suede to match the wheel.

Mark how much was it to be covered? The finish of the dash is a bit tatty you see

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[Jobu]

Was your dash supplied by Eddie or Zcars?

[dean_chad]

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No Eddie supplied Chris at zcars i think, i just got chris to send 1 down

[dean_chad]

not much too update lately as waiting for hoses. Look at this for an email, definatly not the sort of waiting time i was expecting!

"Initially we expected to complete the items made to order within 10-12 working days,
Due an unusually huge increase in orders during our Christmas break in the period of 22/12/06 to 08.01.07 has caused a backlog of orders and has pushed our normally excellent lead time to longer than normal.
The order should ship to you in the next 5-7 days.

I apologise if this may take longer than excepted.

Furthermore:
Due to our rapid expansion we are having building work at our offices from 15/01/07 until 30/01/07 during this time we will be completely out of action, and unable to receive emails, or process any orders or enquiries, your order should still ship to you as normal during this time."
grrrrrr why i orta!

Apart from that not much has gone on. Had a bit of a tinker on the lathe the other day and turned down the oil swith sandwich plate down so it doesnt foul on the case channels and now sits a few more mm away from the zaust.

I had a bit of difficulty getting the plate to fix tight in the jaws. I had just a few mm to attatch it so the first go went a bit pair shaped. The jaws were set internally and being a bit eager to finish i took too much at a time off and the plate got hot....... causing it to loosen and mess up the line. Took my time towards the end and straightend everything out!

looks the part now. Wooot!


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Also you can see from the above picture how much was taken off this side of the plate making it thinner so i can remove the filter without removing the exzaust! I will also have to take a little off the centre fitting which was too long anyway

Edited by dean_chad, 16 January 2007 - 06:58 PM.

[dean_chad]

A box of treasure arrived the other, full of blue bits!
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I also tried the sandwich plate in for my pressure switch and maybe the temp sensor. I think there is more than enough room so damage from heat wont be a problem. With the heat wrap around the exhaust added i dont think i will have any problems with high oil temps. I can also change the oild filter without removing the exhast system, wehey bonus! I will have to weld up 2 of the blank holes so that i can have the remaining holes can be positioned so they wont fowl on anything.
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Ive just put the exhaust on to show how close it it. With the gaskets in the header and the muffler attatched i think there will be a little more room than you see here. Still seems enough though

[McGoo 69]

looking damn good dean!!

so much progress has been made since i last looked

top marks

[philly c]

Hye dean

I havenbt looked at your pages for a while sorry to hear about the eddie carry on i think i was luckey although i didnt get the mk2 dash i was supposed to get in the end:(I feel your frustration though!

I am going to start a Z cars project within the near future thats for certain!I hope ya dont mind but the vents on the side look amazing how sis you manage to do them and any change of a few behide the scence pics as i would love to do some thing similar as i think it look great and shuld help performance to an extent.


Cheers Phil

[TimS]

I love the home brew modifications with the lathe dean! Changing the filter will be alot easier now.

[dean_chad]

Alright philly
Yeah im hoping it will help a little with cooling but ive other ideas for forced air (pics coming soon on that). If you look back at the start of the thread you can just about see the side air vents in the very first pics already there when i bought the shell. In fact thats the only reason i bought it (ebay bargain) .... The car was originally going to be a twin engine and he had spent some time on these. The vents were cut out with a plasma cutter so has a very quality finish, the the side where folded in and joined with sheet metal and tacked in place he had spent time smoothing them off although they need a little more. i cant take credit for the work however i will be reeping the benifits of someone elses hard work hehehe!!!
cheers flappy. i wanted to have a go at a few things to see if they work or not!!!


Spent time on the weekend fitting the front brakes and cooling system. See if you can spot what was wrong with the calipers in a couple of the pics ( its been sorted before you ask)!

Itheing it looks really smart with the brake disk cover on what do you recon?
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Front part of the coolant system, I routed the lower rad hose through the small corner gap in the frame and the top rad hose diagonaly across the back of the tank. I wanted to have the hoses that attatch to the rad at the same angle. think it looks good that way
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Ive Just got my gear selector lever. Ymaha wanted £100 for a little bit of metal! that trusty auction site helped again! Wjilst trying to attatch the linkage i noticed it was way too short. Has anyone had this problem and had to make up some kind of bracket? ive put the cable to its absolute adjustment but it still seems way to short.
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Attatched the throttle cable too. Do you have to use the original cable mount on the engine as it sticks up a fair old way? Has anyone had a go at moving the bracket? Possibly to much work just for a cosmetic thing aye?

cheers people
Dean

p.s if you didnt find what was wrong check the second pic down, i built up the calipers the wrong way so the bleed nipples were facing down! yeah i know, idiot!

Edited by dean_chad, 27 February 2007 - 06:37 PM.

[JetBLICK]

awsome work

- i see what u did too, you've split ur calipers then got the halves mixed up when you put em back together

[dean_chad]

hehehe I even built them up and didnt notice until they were on the frame! they have been stripped for some time tho. its easy to forget!

Anyone had the gear link cable problem?

Edited by dean_chad, 27 February 2007 - 10:09 PM.

[dean_chad]

HELL YEAH had the biggest smile on my face today when my dash was delivered from evodash! I was going to wait till it was in the car but sod it
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I opted for the special order dash which cost a lil more as Bright blue led cost more, Could have been fleeced with that but worth all the money. Also got them to mill the dash as a steady hand is needed with a dremel, something i dont have after a night out on the sherberts!!! Also in the box was an extended loom, way too much but the wire will come in handy
Cost of carriage and milling cost more than the dash!! Yet another lesson learned for next time..... seem to be learning all this the hard way > . And after all that the dash came back with a corner missing. Dont want to moan as I can fix the problem anyway, also its going to be covered. experiments to take place some time in the near future, when the parts arrive