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    Got my nice new black trainers on!! Oh and the flywheel arrived!! 2.5kg



    All fitted up



    Measurements taken to check everything



    I need to make up a 2.4mm spacer to sit behind slave to get the minimum travel I need.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonlem View Post
    Clutch is only there to hold the power, you won't even use it once you're out of the pit lane

    Happy to have helped out with some bits on the car
    Appreciate all your help and knowledge mate

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    Quote Originally Posted by House View Post
    Appreciate all your help and knowledge mate
    No problem. Look forward to seeing it on track 👍

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    Love that House asked me to peer review his measurements while I was hammered in a field

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuart View Post
    Love that House asked me to peer review his measurements while I was hammered in a field
    Who better to ask than a drunken farmer??

    So I wasn't happy with my cam cover



    Went down to Modus and borrowed the blaster

    Then re-filled it, I'm not very good with filler!!



    Got it as good as could be, bearing in mind it's a cam cover not a show piece and this car ain't no show pony.

    Then back hammered effect hammerite which will be 2k lacquered to make it petrol resistant the same as my steering rack.

    I know everyone hates hammerite but it's thick, it filled the little imperfections and once lacquered it's harder than a coffin nail



    Rack looks alright in the silver with lacquer on it



    I can't be doing all this smooth stuff, it's too much effort!!

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    Yeah I have to admit I wasn't a fan of the cam cover before, black and understated all the way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by totalnova View Post
    Yeah I have to admit I wasn't a fan of the cam cover before, black and understated all the way.
    Yeah the silver was only ever gonna be temporary but I couldn't handle it!! I should imagine this will get painted properly at some point!!

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    Default House's ITB XE build and re-build

    Busy day today.

    Got myself up to Ben with the new slave and bearing to see what we could do with regard to spacing the slave off box.

    With a lot of tea fuelled debate, we decided that making a spacer behind the slave wouldn't be as easy as first envisaged. So we went with this idea



    I made the ring from a big bit of tube, tidied it up and parted it off on the lathe at 2.6mm

    Laid in place



    I pressed the bearing in and it's raised the slave retracted height to 46.5mm which means brand new clutch travel will be around 5mm which is perfect.

    Next, shift cut has been troubling me!! Some background info.

    The quaife box uses a potentiometer connected to the indicator to display gear position. My original intention was to simply piggy back the signal wire to the ECU and then as soon as the gear change barrel starts to move, the ECU would be programmed to cut the ignition.

    Here in is the problem, if the barrel is moving then the box is already trying to change gear but power is still applied. The answer is to fit some form of load cell to the lever so that as soon as the lever is pulled the ECU cuts the ignition and by the time the barrel starts to move the load on the box has been reduced and we're in business.

    Handily, quaife don't give any scope for a load cell on their lever, with the neutral interlock going up through the lever aswell so changing it isn't an option.

    Some tea and thinking later........

    One load cell, courtesy of James at Relenetless, I cannot speak highly enough of how helpful he has been.



    Some measuring and a bit of turning on the lathe led to this



    Then some sweating and measuring 5 times, I had to cut down the end of the gear level push rod



    A bit more turning and some clever tapping, half of the middle spacer is tapped 1/4UNF the other half M8x1.25. Put together and tightened up



    When all was said and done, you can't resist a bench test!! I grabbed a false neautral between 2/3 cos the lever was only held by a bolt in the vice, when the input shaft is spun and the lever pulled properly all gears work beautifully, I even setup and adjusted the neutral interlock, so that's all done ready when it's back in the car

    https://youtu.be/fqqHjwmbHfg

    Oh and the shell will be in primer by Friday







    Should see some colour by next Friday and be back with us roughly on schedule.
    Last edited by House; 27-05-19 at 09:52 AM.

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    You don’t hang around do you. Nice job with the load cell

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    Can't wait to see it painted

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