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[JetBLICK]

u sound like my mother, always worried about the practicalitys Well no they dont.... just, lol, tho i re-positioned the handles so that they are horizontal, if you get what i mean? rather than being vertical.

Riiiiite, this last week i've also, fitted the headlining - that was a PITA job i never want to do again! its not perfect i'll be honest, but i did fit it with 3/4 of the rollcage still in, and since i took the photos it has tensioned up a bit more and some of the wobbles have come out.

Also finished the rear of the car.. so the rear wiring loom was done, rear passenger arch went back on, the fuel tanks back in, boot back on and the hole was drilled for the reverse light. Only problem is i do not know what size the nut is that is on the reverse lamp, the reason i got it cheap was because the nut was missing... i'm starting to find out why Anybody know what size the nut is?

The front is also back on, with new straps, lower securing pins and the contact lenses I've also decided that the hydraulic rams are going to be comming off in place of a normal bonnet stay, the reason being; the struts are bending the front when they where compressed, also those struts just make it a PITA to line up the front with the pins when your lowering it.

Every single wire is being replaced in the car, and all the looms are pretty much complete, all thats left to do is wire teh alarm into the dashboard harness. I've re-done this loom so that it is now idiot proof, and dead simple should anything go wrong. Theres a loom for the back, a loom for the dashboard, a loom for the engine and a loom for all the lights on the flappy front. The two front looms have connectors at the bulkhead, so things can be taken apart quickly, and every system in the car has its own separate fuse, i.e. a fuse for the indicators, a fuse for fuel pump, a fuse for sidelights... etc etc

Ermmmm.. thats all for now... hopefully the car should be back on the road near the end of this week... some bits will be left unfinished, because the main priority is to get the car back on the road so that i can get back to work, earn money, and finish all the little bits that need doing still.

Ta, Dan

[Racer_Pete]

Lookin' good, All them wires look like a rainbow lol!

[Dog]

I'm sure, you only just recently had that car resprayed!

[B-shaw]

looking good. roll cage is cool!

them wires are looking rather scary tho lol!

[JetBLICK]

I'm sure, you only just recently had that car resprayed!

yea it was a year ago.... nearly... it was only the outside really tho. He did do a quick job on the inside, boot and bulkhead tho just to neaten it up at the time, but i like my white 'bay now and boot now, you really can notice how much easier it is to see stuff in a white engine bay rather than a dark one.

As for the wiring... hehe... its easy, you just gotta be careful not to overlook anything, otherwise u'll end up ripping it all out again to re-do it - thankfully *touch wood* i havnt had to do that yet.

As for progress, well, the wirings getting there, the driver side switch pannel is complete, and the alarm has been wired in. I'll be up early 2mos hopefully to try and get the passenger side done, only problem is i keep running out of connectors which is annoying. But on the up side i gots loads of switches, 15 to be precise which look reeeeeelly cool... kinda like a fighter jet - 'cept without the cheesy 'doomsday flip cap'

Tra tra

[CanadianMiniFan]

haven't commented in a while, always reading but i'll keep it short. your car is sexy

[samwell]

haven't commented in a while, always reading but i'll keep it short. your car is sexy

likewise dan (it is dan isnt it). Go get sexy with it...

[Pie]

Dan......one MINOR problem.....youve positioned the reverse lamp too high!!

Should be to the right of the numberplate you breast lol

Looking good, worcester wil be entertained soon

[Dog]

pah, small bore.....
I'll have to give u guys a little lesson in how LARGE bores are better

[supermotolee]

jetblicks engines got a pretty large bore its the short stroke thats gonna make things interesting!!!

[miniallsort]

wow wicked mate love the roll cage

[*DJH*]

pah, small bore.....
I'll have to give u guys a little lesson in how LARGE bores are better

I'll have to take you out on track and scare you sh#tless with a small bore, then you'll see the light.

Edited by DJH MINI MOTORSPORT, 16 June 2007 - 03:58 PM.

[JetBLICK]

Lol, cheers peeps.

Dan......one MINOR problem.....youve positioned the reverse lamp too high!!

Should be to the right of the numberplate you breast lol

Looking good, worcester wil be entertained soon

Pie, yea, well i wanted to be a little different and i swear i've seen pics of the light in that postion before. But i think ur right i may move it and just put a sticker over the hole - an advantage of having stickers on ur car - u can cover up imperfections

jetblicks engines got a pretty large bore its the short stroke thats gonna make things interesting!!!

Tis true, the oselli motor is a 'big bore' - infact it was the first of the 'big bore' motors - so you have it to thank for your silly 1275...

The 998 is still in there tho.. and will be for a while... but its still plenty fun to put the biggest smile on you're face


Rite.. bit of progress - the wiring is done. The dashboard is neeearly done, just gotta cut the holes in the aluminimumumum pannels and trim the main bit tomorrow. The steering wheel is finished - and i'm well pleased with it, looks well swish There are still a couple more jobs to do, like find a way of clipping the front headlight loom to the flappy front, and fabricate somewhere behind the dash to mount the many many relays, fit the windows, gear linkage, exhaust... then it should be back on the road

Then i still have things like fitting the mudflaps, fabricating some subframes for the bucket seats, get and fit wide grp 2's, fabricate and fit spotlamp brackets and spotlamps, and of course get the stickers made up - tho i do have the door squares already.

I had a thought t'other day... i'm thinkin of putting the number '0' on the door squares and a few stickers on the car saying 'stage inspector' anybody whos ever gone to a rally will know what i'm on about - hehe, i've already got strobes in the headlights and rear lights, then i can put a big orange beacon light on the roof for mini runs

... a few piccys ... these are from the other day acctually, i'll get more after 2mos ... the pannel is just card just to check spacing etc, the switches are all absolutly necessary they're for - sidelight, headlight, front fog, rear fog, long range spot, wide spot, rev lamp, strobe's , fuel pump, rear heater, wiper1, wiper2. As all the switches have LED's in the tips i figure this may get annoying in the dark if they're beaming in ur face, so i have a last switch which switches all the LED's off Then on the steering wheel we have left and right indicator, flasher, launch control and the horn. I love the wheels because the flylead unplugs off the dash the wheel has a snap off boss type kit

[miniboo]

looking good.

thought stage inspector was 00 though not just 0 ?

[Dog]

pah, small bore.....
I'll have to give u guys a little lesson in how LARGE bores are better

I'll have to take you out on track and scare you sh#tless with a small bore, then you'll see the light.

The only light I want to see is my "shift" light...

Small bore IMHO, are for people that don;t knw what a true large bore is like