Lee's Zetec Engined MK Indy Build: Progress to date:

1st post and I've already started the build!

Inspired to build a seven type kit car some time during 2005 after seeing a colleague's freshly SVA'd black MNR Vortx blade

House purchased late 2005 hence slow progress to date

Sierra donor vehicle purchased from eBay and stripped for parts 2007

Joined the Locost Builders website and started reading......

Started cleaning up donor parts

Spent the rest of 2007 deciding whether I wanted BEC or CEC

Sept 2008 won a 1994 2.0L silvertop Zetec engine from eBay

Escort water pump purchased and fitted along with a new cam belt and tensioners

Late 2008 engine cleaned up and cam cover sprayed met blue. Block painted with black enamel.

Early 2009, got some GSXR600 throttle bodies

MK Indy ordered on May 3rd 2009 at Stoneleigh Kit Car Show. The options I went for are:

Standard Indy chassis
Rear drum brakes,
Powder coated chassis
Ultramarine blue bodywork (RAL5002)
Roll bar with extra bracing

May 4th realised build area/garage was full of fencing and misc other tat.

The following two weekends spent putting up a fence

Garage then given fresh coat of floor paint

Collected Kit from MK on June 4th 2009

Resumed cleaning up donor parts....

6th June spent cutting out the aluminium floor and drilling holes ready for 4.8mm large flange rivets @ 60mm spacing. A bead of sikaflex was sandwiched between the floor and the chassis rails before inserting rivets

Chassis turned upright.

Polybushes inserted into wishbones with a generous amount of copper grease.

Wishbones trial fitted to chassis to check fit

Bought some POR15 paint from Frost for the drive shafts, prop, steering rack extensions , extended steering rack UJ etc...

CVH sump which was removed from the donor vehicle given to a friend to shorten the sump height.

Steering rack fitted with new gaiters, painted then fitted to the chassis

Drive shafts taken into work and shot blasted. CV boots then replaced using slide-a-boot stretchy boots which were purchased via eBay