Still enjoying your thread House, it’s come a long way recently so keep going :thumb:
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Still enjoying your thread House, it’s come a long way recently so keep going :thumb:
Thanks mate, I read back through it and it's just a load of old waffle!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Southie
I love a waffle, get some syrup and ice cream on it and that’s perfection!
Is that the work bench from Costco? Been eyeing it up myself for ages.Quote:
Originally Posted by House
It's from Homebase mate. 72" Ultimate tool chestQuote:
Originally Posted by totalnova
I'll have a look, cheers
Few bits sorted today. Lots of little jobs but they all add up together
Switch panel box all mounted up, with fire extinguisher pull and the bottom one will be heated adjuster
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Catch tank mount
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Overflow rad back to header tank done in tube
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Added the bottom header tank to the bottom rad hose
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And heater return
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Dash 2 mounted, with the quaife gear indicator in a good position too
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Cold air feed for the blower is fed from inside the passenger chassis leg, holes to the engine bay and outside sealed up, not perfect but the best solution we could think of
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One side of the screen blower complete, passenger side tomorrow.
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Sick.
Another good day up with Ben today
I started off on the mill, while Ben made some slugs to mount the fuel cradle onto.
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Mocked up in the car for bracket manufacture
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Picture looks squiffy but they’re straight enough in person
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Next up
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So this is for a Corsa B, which meant the roof bend wasn’t perfect for what we needed, only one solution, choppy choppy
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Fit is much better, out with the drill, whilst I was happy using the mill, this needed Ben’s steady hand!!
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Big roof hole
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Played around with some door handles, maybe not the final version but something like this
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Tempted to mill the centre out completely, now I just need to get the fibre glass doors cut out with the die grinder for the handles and locks
Boot lid next, ditched the hinges as we couldn’t find any hinges in stock to bolt to the boot lid and even with the hinges on you still have to cut the ones on the car off and re-weld them in a different position, see Iain’s thread, even after doing all that it’s still not possible to open the boot lid all the way and even then there’s no stay to keep it open. Therefore, Boom removable boot.
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So the jobs are really getting a line through them fast, we are hoping that by Friday next week 98% of the work will be done and we can get it off to the exhaust place for them to do their thing, then it’s booked in for the plumbing to be done first week of Jan, hoping to see it in paint by first week of Feb.
I also learnt that you should never drink and order tools
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Boot is way better like that than hinged. Great progress as ever.
Any chance of a bit more detail on the fixings for the tailgate please?
Sure thing, I'll get the details from Ben for you mate, can't remember what make they are!!Quote:
Originally Posted by novarally
Mine is hinged, was no messing about at all. You will be furious when you take it off and stand on it, or the wind blows it over!
Pit king fixings by the looks of it . They are goodQuote:
Originally Posted by novarally
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Same deal with the bonnet though isn't it. No real need to remove the bolt lid that often, Iain had to cut his hinges down and re-weld, as did Ben.Quote:
Originally Posted by 8valve-craig
Possibly this bootlid isn't as good a copy as the one you have. To be honest the fit on mine is dreadful!!
Correct, that's them.Quote:
Originally Posted by total_vauxhall
Turn the g.r.p. ring over under the roof vent scoop , it is meant to stick up to stop water going down the hole , drill small hole in the back of the scoop to let water out , unless in the rain inner duct will get full of water , and your going to get wet!
It's just there to see if the hole is big enough, then we'll tiger seal it on, we need to add the drain in this week as there isn't one yet. I would imagine I'll be taping it up in the wet. It's a bit of a crap design.Quote:
Originally Posted by novarx
Pricier than I had expected at £31 EACH. Look the part though.Quote:
Originally Posted by House
Yeah they look ideal for bumpers too but the price is a little bit prohibitive.Quote:
Originally Posted by novarally
Millionaire ain't I!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Iain
Were till you started this build.
It's your fault I bought the box!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Iain
Little bit more progress today
Drilled and fitted the carbon rear panels
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Same process for the doors
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Then the fun began, trying to translate all the holes in the steel doors to the fibreglass ones, managed a reasonable job
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Internal handle fitted aswell
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External handle was a little harder, but it'll do
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And the nearly finished product, just the hinges and mirror holes to sort.
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Oh and we tried these bits and made them all fit nicely
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This is looking really nice now. Some great details and love the look of the front end
Wrong front wings
Mock up only!! It will run on hatch wings, but we all like the saloon wings, so I'm having a pair dressed and sprayed when the car is painted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Edd
The door hinges are the tricky bit on composite doors. Good luck with it, I will watch with interest.
I can't post a pic of the hinges yet, but safe to say they're being fabricated this week and we're confident on the design [emoji6]Quote:
Originally Posted by novarally
Oooo, custom made hinges, now you have my full attention. I suppose I shouldn't have expected you to be cutting some out of a steel door and bolting them on (which is what I did)!Quote:
Originally Posted by House
I need some lightweight hinges for mine.
Correct front wings.Quote:
Originally Posted by Edd
We're supposed to be keeping it all under wraps Colin!! Now you've told everyone how we're doing it!! [emoji849]Quote:
Originally Posted by novarally
Started today with a bit of bumper fixing
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Holds the lower valence perfectly and is just the right height for a shin buster!!
Alternator cutout
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Then alternator tensioner and I made the alloy spacer for the bottom bolt.
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The bolt is temporary before anyone questions it
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Next we turned out attention to the external crank sensor, well, I stayed out the way and Ben played around with the mill to create this
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Bolted through the wall of the sump, will be loctited and then the bolt head lockwired together. It won't go anywhere and the bolts will be safe.
Picked up where we left off yesterday
Cleaned the alternator cutout back to allow the alternator to fall all the way forward, easier to install
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I turned up some little spacers for the boot fixings
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Meanwhile Ben was making something
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All in an effort to get this
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Which allowed this
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The tubes put in for measuring, they will be flush with the outside when finished
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They don't look too bad
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Meanwhile in a dark corner of the workshop it was turning
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Coil on plug done!!
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More tomorrow!!
Loving the daily updates. All this lathe and milling is making me want to get my wallet out, I just don't have space.
Nick
I'd love a mill and a lathe.Quote:
Originally Posted by totalnova
If I win the lottery again I'm gonna employ Ben full time so we can just build shit, all day everyday!!!!
Not too much today, Ben finished the rally stands, they look proper!!
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Plenty of room for skinny old me to fit under
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Whilst Ben was cracking on, I looked at a wheel speed sensor, I turned up a little stud, that will be held in with resin on the finished CV, then set about making a bracket to hold the sensor, bit of jiggery pokery
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Oh and we threw the headlights on to see how it would all look. Reasonably happy with it
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The big job list is complete and we're onto a few smaller fiddly jobs now.
Fingers crossed off for exhaust manufacture next week, we'll see if it can be fitted in.
I now need a set of rally stands... lol
Same stands that I have for mine. No substitute for a 2-post lift though ��Quote:
Originally Posted by millworm
Don't think I'll get one of them in the garage though lolQuote:
Originally Posted by novarally
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