And we have light
And we have light
We do, and everything works which quite frankly astonishes me!
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I have been working on a steel bonnet. It's a mixture of function and form, which should see me with a nice smooth surface and coupled with a plate behind the bodies offer a bit of air to the back of the bay.
Its a bit flimsy, and didn't like staying up on the single prop, so I liberated some light duty struts from a vehicle in the breakers and got them mounted up. They work fine. (Ignore that one is upside down in the pic).
That's now finished and is at the body-shop being painted, so moved onto the fuel in the rear.
Also mounted up the main pump. Needed a fitting tor the 044 though which I didn't have so had to leave it there.
Routed the OMEX loom into the bay using another Nova grommet. Slit it open and passed the stack loom through it too before gluing it back up.
Lots that cant be plugged in yet so cant tidy and secure it, but it meant I could mount the ECU and fit the instrument.
Realised there wasn't anywhere within reach to fit the recall buttons, and as I needed a convenient place for the extinguisher pull anyway made up a neat bracket for it all.
Not a lot more I can do on the electric's, as I need to take a trip to my man for various length's of cable and ring terminals etc, so moved onto the rear bumper which I haven't been looking forward to.
The tailpipe is a little to the right and slightly higher than it would normally be, so the bumper needed modifying. I didn't really want to drop the whole system down to mark it, so levelled the car and dropped a plumb line off the left bumper mounting hole. Measured to the centre of the exhaust, then transferred that to the bumper on the bench.
Thankfully got it right first time all bar a little tidying.
I know it needs cutting, but I just cant bring myself to do it. I need idea's as I don't want to drill holes either. Due to the contour the holes will be egg shaped.
Something will need doing, but I'm not sure what yet. I already cut the returning section off so its not so much of an air scoop.
And this lot turned up, so guess what I'm doing soon.
Serious suggestions as to what I can do with the bumper which doesn't involve cutting it laterally?
I'm poss being a little thick but cutting what of the bumper ? Looking good mate love the bonnet looks well
You will be getting JICy with it ( /sigh)
Get some 2MM sheet ally & make a bolt in flat bit?
He's on about the bottom of the bumper, to stop it actin as a parachute fro less drag etc..Originally Posted by dgbnova#1
IMO just come up half way and cut out straight across from original exhaust exit to toe eye cover..
like the drop vent, I was planning on something similar my self on my old car
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Yes, trying to avoid the parachute effect. The ally plate is a good idea which I hadn't considered. I also thought about two sausage shapes, which would work.
I think Il concentrate on getting it to a point where I can drive it for now and address that in the future.
This is looking very smart, the quality of the work you have done looks awesome.
as for the rear bumper I'm sure dh-dev put triangles in the lower part of his as the cuts in the pic above might give the bumper to much flex like on the old ford mondeos
Time for a bad ass carbon defuser!
Great work
Looking good Craig...
Coming together nicely. My favourite build that's on the go just now
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