tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47144888136974012382024-03-13T21:04:09.682+00:00Lee's Zetec Engined MK Indy BuildLeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-66584073961262887042013-07-20T13:47:00.002+01:002013-07-20T13:47:42.497+01:00Track day taster session<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I received a taster session voucher for my birthday and finally got round to booking a stint at Snetterton on the 18th of July.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Here are a few videos from the taster session. The first one is a bit shaky but I uploaded it anyway as I like the engine noise!</span></div>
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Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-23815140649023717152013-07-18T20:51:00.001+01:002013-07-18T20:51:44.757+01:00Bonnet vents<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I've gone ahead and put some vents in the back of the bonnet to help with under bonnet temperatures. Whilst driving, the temperature hovers around 95°C but starts to climb in stop-start traffic. The radiator fan does cut in and bring the temps down fine but I figured some extra air flow wouldn't hurt</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I decided I wanted the mesh to be flush with the top of the bonnet so I made a press from some polycarbonate offcuts to form the mesh</span>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">With this made, a dremel was used to make the hole then some sikaflex to hold the mesh in place. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Job done! </span></div>
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Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-55191624895641705822013-04-06T21:54:00.001+01:002013-05-11T17:57:17.881+01:00Summary<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Indy is now re-insured, taxed and MOT'd ready for the next year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There are some modifications/upgrades I jotted down post IVA with a view to getting these done over the winter whilst the car was off the road. However, I've done none of these whatsoever!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Modification list*</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Roll Cage</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Rear disc conversion</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Boot box</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Multi plug connector for engine wiring loom</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Bonnet vents to reduce under bonnet temps</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Limited slip differential</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Throttle pedal stop</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Battery cut off switch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">High level brake light</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Radiator shroud </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Supercharger :)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">*one day....</span></div>
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I<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> thought I'd give a quick summary of my first kit car building experience:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Was the build enjoyable - Yes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Was the challenge worth the time and effort - Yes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Did it cost more than planned - Yes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In hindsight, would this higher cost put me off - No </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Part most like to do again - Starting engine for first time, pulling a Sierra to bits</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Part least like to do again - getting the dashboard layout wrong, faffing about with LED indicators/flasher relays, bending front wing stays, cleaning up sierra parts.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Do it again/build another kit car- Yes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Build another seven style kit - Maybe. Tempted to try bike power</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Build another MK Indy? Absolutely no way</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Reasons:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1) Collection date for kit agreed with MK Sportscars. From my part, I took day off work and hired a van.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On arrival, it turned out the chassis and wishbones hadn't been powder coated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Because of this it meant I had to wait around whilst the chassis was being powder coated which is not a quick process.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The result of which meant I loaded the chassis into the van whilst still too hot to touch and only just returned the hire van in time so as not to be charged another day's hire on the van bearing in mind its a three and a half hour drive each way to the MK factory. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">2) I decided to purchase a fuel tank from MK. The covering letter I wrote clearly stated I was a new builder using fuel injection and didn't know all the options so to please point these out if I had missed anything before taking the order.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The tank arrived with no sump and no return inlet. The result of which meant an additional cost to me of sending tank back for sump fitment and for the extra cost of the rework to the tank.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">3) As above but exhaust manifold this time. I order manifold from MK and again via a covering letter asked for lambda sensor boss to be fitted into the collector and that I was happy to pay extra for this to be done. The exhaust manifold arrived with no boss fitted. A friend of mine kindly did the job of fitting the lambda boss for me instead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">4) The interior transmission tunnel panels didn't fit as the seat web cut outs had been pre-cut in the wrong place. MK arranged with me to collect new panels at Stoneleigh kit car show. MK forgot them to bring the new panels to the show. This meant more on-cost to me in postage having to send the old ones back after the show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">5) Final point and the thing that annoyed about with MK Sportscars - The Manufacturers Plate. I paid £20 by cheque for the plate which MK cashed October 2011. One month went by and no sign of plate bearing in mind I ordered it in October 2011. Numerous called, emails, different response each time - "we already sent it, we'll send it today, it was sent yesterday, we've ordered another one, we've had postage problems, the other one is here on the desk, the guy who left never ordered it and he's always doing that"..... This one held my build completion date up by months waiting for the plate to arrive and I've still not received it (its now over a year since they cashed my cheque). In the end I got completely fed up with MK Sportscars and got a plate made up elsewhere. An extra thing that really wound me up is an email I received mid 2012 from MK saying "please check out our latest website" which was actually a reply to one of my previous emails to them enquiring as to where the my manufacturers plate order had got to! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">To clarify, I love the car I've built but feel my main frustrations with the overall build experience were due to MK Sportscars customer service. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So.. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Build another kit car - yes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Build another MK Indy - nope</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Future build musings:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">MNR - Reported excellent customer service with a fantastic product (I should've bought a Vortx kit in the first place, I really wish I had)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Mac #1 - from what I can gather, similiar kit to MK but with a far superior customer service.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">MK Engineering - I saw the Beam R at the Stoneleigh kit car show, a BMW donor based seven kit with very very nice looking build quality.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Roadrunner SR2 - This would be seriously considered should I decide to build another seven. V10 version - why not?! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Cobra Daytona - I would love to build one of these just so I can stare at it, skills and mainly finances permitting.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This will probably be one of my last posts on this blog unless I carry out one of the proposed mods I've mentioned above or if I decide to start a new build. The blog will left here for reference which will hopefully be useful for other builders of MK Indys or similar kit cars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Cheers & happy building. </span><br />
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Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-83189493808056357062012-06-15T22:11:00.002+01:002012-06-15T22:25:30.207+01:00More on engine<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wednesday evening was spent chaufeurring Phil from </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.extraefi.co.uk/">ExtraEfi </a><span style="font-family: verdana;">around the local roads with the laptop connected to the Megasquirt. After a good few hours driving at various speeds and loads with a few ECU tweaks along the way, the engine now sounds and revs miles better and the car now pulls like a train. I feel like a kid with a new toy again!<br /><br />One minor annoyance is the rear suspension which, reading up on the subject on the <a href="http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/">LCB </a>forums, is a fairly common occurrence on Indys and comes from the polybushes. I've raised the rear of the car this evening and have removed, cleaned up and lubed the bushes on one side of the car. I originally used copper slip for the crush tube/bush fittings but have now changed this for some Castrol red rubber grease. I should have the other side finished tomorrow.<br /><br />I've been in contact with Darren from <a href="http://www.phea.co.uk/">Pistonheads East Anglia</a> to be kept up to date with regional meet ups and run outs. I've also added some of the Pistonheads livery to the Indy :)<br /><br />Currently keeping an eye on the weather reports for Newark in anticipation for taking the drive over to the kit car show this sunday....<br style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-82891534898590734102012-06-12T21:00:00.003+01:002012-06-12T21:19:19.177+01:00Engine issue solved<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some lambda sensor friendly sealant has been sandwiched either side of the exhaust manifold gasket to cure an air leak. However, this didn't improve the pops and bangs through the exhaust. </span><br style="font-family: verdana;"></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">With the engine idling, I sprayed some WD40 along the inlet manifold gasket area and the rpms rose briefly. Suggesting an air leak on the inlet manifold, I used some more sealant to cure the leak. Unfortunately, this didn't solve the problem either!<br />A compression test was carried out on the engine with all cylinders giving a reading close to 200psi.<br /><br />Using a vaccum balancer on the inlet trumpets, the throttle body on cylinder four was drawing in far too much air and any attempts to adjust made little difference. Looking at this particular TB more closely, the source of the issue finally revealed itself as a bent butterfly.<br /><br />As shown in the image below, both bolts should be parallel. How it got bent, I've no idea! Fortunately, I had a spare TB and this was swapped over. With the spare fitted, the TB on cylinder four balanced up in line with the other three.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A5Fhju110Ec/T9ehf2j_56I/AAAAAAAAAiQ/k9OBsc_kgS0/s1600/Photo0104.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A5Fhju110Ec/T9ehf2j_56I/AAAAAAAAAiQ/k9OBsc_kgS0/s320/Photo0104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753244617583617954" border="0" /></a><br />I've also started looking at the polybush and crush tubes to try and eliminate the creaking suspension. So far, I've had the near side front apart and lubed the faces with some red rubber grease. With the car raised and the shock removed, this seems to have cured this particular corner of the car. I'm planning to do the other three corners before the weekend.<br /><br />Hoping for good weather over the weekend so I can take the car to the Newark Kit Car Show.<br /><br /></div>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-45909917997642567272012-05-29T22:29:00.004+01:002012-05-29T22:38:21.851+01:00Finally road legal!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">After what has felt like an eternity, the letter I'd been waiting for from the DVLA arrived today with my registration details and tax disc.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EA5ZrDICEY4/T8U_3oteroI/AAAAAAAAAiA/-r7QWjPQpN4/s1600/Photo0096.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EA5ZrDICEY4/T8U_3oteroI/AAAAAAAAAiA/-r7QWjPQpN4/s320/Photo0096.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748070724461833858" border="0" /></a><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">After a short run out this evening, it appears there a some things which need attention:<br />The suspension seems quite creaky so I plan to recheck the crush tubes and lubricate with some red rubber grease.</span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">There are lots of pops and bangs coming from the exhaust. Mr Extra-Efi pointed out that there might be an exhaust leak around the manifold and some lamdba sensor friendly sealant should do the trick. Plus I need to check the stud bolts are torqued up correctly.</span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">There also seems to be a rattle coming from the gearbox which goes away when the clutch pedal is pressed in. I'm wondering whether this is the clutch release arm vibrating and whether I actually have the right release bearing fitted...</span></div>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-19106087972910777312012-05-11T22:25:00.002+01:002012-05-11T22:29:55.474+01:00DVLA inspection done<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Indy was trailered back to the VOSA test centre yesterday as its where Norwich DVLA carry out their inspections. After 30 minutes, the Indy was back at home and in the garage. All they checked was the chassis number and engine number. I should be receiving my tax and registration details in the post within a week. The wait is nearly over........</span><br /></div>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-89633820815652185292012-04-15T13:02:00.002+01:002012-04-15T13:16:39.041+01:00A few more post IVA additions<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Seat pads made from an exercise mat fixed onto seats, the idea shamelessly stolen from someone else on the locostbuilders forums!</span><br style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T45YIMy048c/T4q5IdnqJPI/AAAAAAAAAhM/vxspQ5h-oLI/s1600/Photo0082.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T45YIMy048c/T4q5IdnqJPI/AAAAAAAAAhM/vxspQ5h-oLI/s320/Photo0082.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731597030823437554" border="0" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Small cargo net for storage attached to panel behind the seats.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OJWXlxh_QA4/T4q5I5b4EKI/AAAAAAAAAhU/gUszytEVB88/s1600/Photo0083.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OJWXlxh_QA4/T4q5I5b4EKI/AAAAAAAAAhU/gUszytEVB88/s320/Photo0083.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731597038290210978" border="0" /></a><br style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After the drive to the MOT I noticed a few splash marks on the rear arches which is likely spray coming from the front wheels. A pair of rally mudflaps arrived this week and I found I only needed to cut down one to fit onto my front cycle wings. I used a two 4.8mm rivets per side with a stainless M5 spreader washer on the end of the rivet for support inside each wing.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gnBBC6pyE-s/T4q5Jc8mYmI/AAAAAAAAAhk/Xh2JXTeE4kY/s1600/Photo0084.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gnBBC6pyE-s/T4q5Jc8mYmI/AAAAAAAAAhk/Xh2JXTeE4kY/s320/Photo0084.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731597047822705250" border="0" /></a><br style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="font-family: verdana;">Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-56860565470742235702012-04-14T19:02:00.002+01:002012-04-14T19:04:44.221+01:00DVLA inspection<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">I received a letter from the DVLA today asking to inspect the car on the 10th of May. Looks like I won't be able to drive the car to the Stoneleigh kit car show as I was hoping...<br /></div>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-22256707643787092832012-04-07T15:57:00.003+01:002012-04-07T16:09:01.786+01:00A few post-IVA modifications<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Indicator extensions removed, should make them less likely to get snapped off (nearly snapped them myself on quite a few ocassions)<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-waXgkh0iZP8/T4BWPkmeJ5I/AAAAAAAAAg0/cSLQ-7Oh0ic/s1600/Photo0077.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-waXgkh0iZP8/T4BWPkmeJ5I/AAAAAAAAAg0/cSLQ-7Oh0ic/s320/Photo0077.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728673551538333586" border="0" /></a>New steering wheel on<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JUzP-E-AcSc/T4BWPGdrauI/AAAAAAAAAgo/IgslRu3Ulwc/s1600/Photo0075.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JUzP-E-AcSc/T4BWPGdrauI/AAAAAAAAAgo/IgslRu3Ulwc/s320/Photo0075.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728673543448390370" border="0" /></a>Wind deflector attached to scuttle. I was thinking I may need some sort of supports along the sides but it feels quite rigid just with seven M6 bolts holding it on along the lip in the scuttle.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U4420FQJ8us/T4BWQBt4fkI/AAAAAAAAAhA/TL96HGY7xxY/s1600/Photo0078.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U4420FQJ8us/T4BWQBt4fkI/AAAAAAAAAhA/TL96HGY7xxY/s320/Photo0078.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728673559354048066" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I also noticed a vibration noise on the way home from the IVA test and I was worried this was coming from somewhere in the drive train. I think I've located the source of the vibration which has turned out to be the nearside side panel touching slightly against one of the front wishbone bolts. This seems to reverberate through the chassis making it sound like its coming from everywhere. For the moment I've sandwiched some foam in between and will see if this has cured it on the drive to MOT. If this does solve the vibration, I'll use the dremel on the side panel just to give a bit more clearance instead of using foam.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;"></div>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-70991477292961774342012-04-05T18:10:00.007+01:002012-04-05T19:05:03.750+01:00IVA Passed!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">IAC secured! A few of the areas I was worried about turned out to be not an issue, things like fuel & filler hose markings, cycle wing bracket radii, tidiness of wiring under dash, radius of seat edges, self centering etc..</span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">On the drive over, the speedo reading seemed to be in the right ball park but was fluctuating quite a bit so I knocked off three of the four pickup magnets on the drive shaft and changed the koso settings to suit. During the test the speed readings were then just over the minimum limit for the speeds tested on the rollers so passed overall.</span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">One of the headlamps needed to be rotated slightly, a 10 second job , so this was passed.</span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The emissions failed to begin with after a CAT test but after I pointed out the engine age is 1994, the emissions were retested using the Non-CAT test levels and passed which was a massive relief for me!</span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The whole process took about three and a half hours, I felt very nervous to begin with but the examiner was excellent and soon made me feel as ease.</span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I've since been to Norwich DVLA who say they need an MOT certificate which conflicts with everything I've read about the registration process. Frustratingly, I was at an MOT center last week but deliberately didn't put the car through a full MOT to AVOID complications with the DVLA. On the plus side it gives me another opportunity to drive the car legally as this MOT is a required test. At least the ball is now rolling and I'll just have to be patient for my registration plates.</span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I enjoyed the drive to and from the IVA test and I'm still grinning....</span><br style="font-family:verdana;"> <br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Few photos from the day. For some reason my camera phone makes the blue on the car really stand out.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pWsTsrZHbgM/T33S9RJTFvI/AAAAAAAAAf4/zhn3JmZDOCA/s1600/Photo0069.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pWsTsrZHbgM/T33S9RJTFvI/AAAAAAAAAf4/zhn3JmZDOCA/s320/Photo0069.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727966251101394674" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Z_02Soher5c/T33S-DiE26I/AAAAAAAAAgE/lKyfuTNsu-4/s1600/Photo0070.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Z_02Soher5c/T33S-DiE26I/AAAAAAAAAgE/lKyfuTNsu-4/s320/Photo0070.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727966264627092386" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PZft6vhQr9k/T33S-3j96II/AAAAAAAAAgQ/2cQdTq5c6Fw/s1600/Photo0072.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PZft6vhQr9k/T33S-3j96II/AAAAAAAAAgQ/2cQdTq5c6Fw/s320/Photo0072.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727966278593669250" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FQj6L1LQA7U/T33TAGi9s-I/AAAAAAAAAgc/P7S-pIGEWtY/s1600/Photo0074.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FQj6L1LQA7U/T33TAGi9s-I/AAAAAAAAAgc/P7S-pIGEWtY/s320/Photo0074.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727966299795862498" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Funnily enough, a lot of the IVA trim has somehow fallen off and my steering wheel now says OMP, I'm sure it used to say Ford.....</span>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-29848440778846906542012-04-01T15:03:00.003+01:002012-04-01T15:07:42.820+01:00Silencer bobbin continued<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">New bracket made to support the back end of the silencer using some stainless plate, the edges covered in U trim. Just need the M10 fine nuts to arrive so I can finish this off.</span><br /></div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FmRML2uKpCw/T3hgkmOMB7I/AAAAAAAAAfw/qnjFUVrtn_0/s1600/Photo0063.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FmRML2uKpCw/T3hgkmOMB7I/AAAAAAAAAfw/qnjFUVrtn_0/s320/Photo0063.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726433108053198770" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Car given a polish today ready for IVA on thursday</span>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-38032760988980441002012-03-30T21:42:00.004+01:002012-03-30T21:49:57.692+01:00Silencer bobbin revisted<div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For the silencer mount, I'd originally used a renault exhaust bobbin but I found that the silencer tends to twist round due to vibrations from the engine (making the exit closer to the ground). To get round this, I've bought a rover bobbin which is much more solid. The mounting brackets have been modified this evening and given a coat of my favorite paint, POR15, ready for assembly tomorrow. Once thing I didn't realise is that the bobbin's threads are M10 fine and I don' have any suitable fine threaded nuts to use so these have been ordered this evening. Comparison between both mounts shown below.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M5oCxOLT1eg/T3YcE2TBXiI/AAAAAAAAAfg/H0qddVn-eoM/s1600/Photo0062.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M5oCxOLT1eg/T3YcE2TBXiI/AAAAAAAAAfg/H0qddVn-eoM/s320/Photo0062.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725794845868514850" border="0" /></a></div><br style="font-family: verdana;">Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-87688424404296785262012-03-29T16:49:00.004+01:002012-03-29T17:03:29.110+01:00Garage checks<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I arranged for the Indy to be taken to a local MOT center this afternoon using <a href="http://www.classiccollectionsrecovery.co.uk">Classic Collections</a> (great service!) so that emissions, headlamp alignment and brakes could be tested.</span><br style="font-family:verdana;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">All in all a good result, the brakes were fine even though I had some reservations since the discs, pads and shoes are all new and haven't been given a chance to be bedded in. I'd taken the boot panel off before getting the car onto the transporter so that the handbrake could be adjusted if needed but, in the end I didn't need to adjust anything.</span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><br face="verdana"><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8LvHe2jtkDw/T3SGIHSVrrI/AAAAAAAAAfI/NHr_eOp9IEo/s1600/Photo0058.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8LvHe2jtkDw/T3SGIHSVrrI/AAAAAAAAAfI/NHr_eOp9IEo/s320/Photo0058.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725348500247785138" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br face="verdana"><br face="verdana"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The headlamps needed a little adjusting but ok now.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The main area I'm really relieved about is the emissions. The limits for my car based on a 1994 engine age are CO <= 3.5% and HC <= 1200. With the engine nice and warm, my results were 1.6% CO and approx 950 for HC.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"></div>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-44862156365270691992012-03-28T19:34:00.004+01:002012-03-28T20:45:57.809+01:00Aeroscreen finished<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">I finished off the aeroscreen this evening using my new bending device for the edges. The aeroscreen is based on the MAC#1 style flyscreen, the reason I made my own is MAC#1 didn't have any screens in stock when I called (probably shouldn't have told them I was building an Indy!)<br /><br />The screen will stay off until after the IVA test so that I don't need to worry about the screens radii during the test. I have noticed that the centre mirror isn't far enough back to clear the screen so I'll probably put some bends in the mirror's stem when the time comes rather than drill more holes in the scuttle to move it's position.<br /></div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-up-6hOuRtxI/T3NZxMJ4BCI/AAAAAAAAAe8/MFHblG9BCZ8/s1600/Photo0057.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-up-6hOuRtxI/T3NZxMJ4BCI/AAAAAAAAAe8/MFHblG9BCZ8/s320/Photo0057.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725018252929139746" border="0" /></a>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-57216280630546926302012-03-25T16:41:00.004+01:002012-03-25T18:42:02.882+01:00Bending device<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">I spent a couple of hours today making a bending/folding machine so I can make bends in the aeroscreen. This is made up a of a few sections on angle iron, a handful of bolts and a couple of hinges. The whole lot cost me all of £2.69 for the hinges, the bolts I had lying around in the garage and the angle sections were originally holding up my old fence!<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_ufennvYrXk/T289faEy9aI/AAAAAAAAAek/AB5eywFnN0s/s1600/Photo0053.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_ufennvYrXk/T289faEy9aI/AAAAAAAAAek/AB5eywFnN0s/s320/Photo0053.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723861261195867554" border="0" /></a>First test piece below, an off cut of 4mm acrylic bent cold. I'm pleased with the quality of the bend and how easy it was to achieve. There are some surface scuff marks which were transferred off the faces of the angle iron so these have been rubbed smooth with some grit paper and given the whole lot a coat of paint.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5L8l4l-xbGA/T289ftkqTgI/AAAAAAAAAew/HUPeI4_j6Jk/s1600/Photo0055.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5L8l4l-xbGA/T289ftkqTgI/AAAAAAAAAew/HUPeI4_j6Jk/s320/Photo0055.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723861266429791746" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Next I tried an off cut of 6mm thick polycarbonate (the same thickness as I bought for the aeroscreen). This started to tear at each end of the fold so I either need to go for a smaller bend angle or apply some heat to help, although I've read that this can cause the heated area to become cloudy due to moisture. More testing required...<br style="font-family: verdana;"></div>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-52390001828443227552012-03-22T21:35:00.003+00:002012-03-22T21:45:07.253+00:00Headlamp adjustment<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'd set the headlamps up once before but wasn't confident on the alignment so I rechecked them this evening on dipped beam using a spirit level and marking up positions on the garage. A few minor adjustments later and I think they're set up ok.</span><br /></div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LBe56Opfhk0/T2ub46ftOII/AAAAAAAAAeY/DM1lyB1SE58/s1600/Photo0052.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LBe56Opfhk0/T2ub46ftOII/AAAAAAAAAeY/DM1lyB1SE58/s320/Photo0052.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722839153581570178" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">I've bought a heat gun which I'm planning to use to help make some bends in the lexan for the aero screen. I've read that polycarbonate can sometimes go cloudy during heating up due to moisture so I intend to use the heat gun on some test pieces first to see what happens. I've also found some plans online to make a brake from a few sections of angle iron which I'll use for bending the lexan, job for the weekend...<br /></div>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-86846843928640250302012-03-17T17:11:00.004+00:002012-03-17T17:16:20.956+00:00New fuel regulator<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">I made a simple bracket to mount the Webcon fuel regulator, both of which are now on the car. I took the gauge off the old regulator to keep an eye on the pressure and installed this inline with the hose to the fuel rail.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0yMKHzf8Xh4/T2TGV1z-YjI/AAAAAAAAAeM/-qTLXB14JJY/s1600/Photo0043.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0yMKHzf8Xh4/T2TGV1z-YjI/AAAAAAAAAeM/-qTLXB14JJY/s320/Photo0043.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720915505192002098" border="0" /></a>I've started the engine just as a check but I've not yet set the pressure. Job for tomorrow....<br /></div>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-77245920543913626792012-03-17T17:01:00.004+00:002012-03-17T17:10:54.009+00:00Dashboard revisited<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Something that had been bothering me is that the dashboard flexes a fair amount when the switches are pressed. To give the dash a bit more support I glued a length of aluminium to the back of the dash as shown below. </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fk-kJ_SSMvk/T2TFCyzH0fI/AAAAAAAAAeA/Xxlh0Wfgxyw/s1600/Photo0047.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fk-kJ_SSMvk/T2TFCyzH0fI/AAAAAAAAAeA/Xxlh0Wfgxyw/s320/Photo0047.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720914078453977586" border="0" /></a><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The circular cut out on the end locates onto a plastic peg thats bolted into the gearbox tunnel top panel. After putting everything back together, I pushed a few of the savage switches and the dash has a much more solid feeling to it.</span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><br face="verdana"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Whilst I had the tunnel top panel off, I took a few photos of the seat belt bracket mounts for showing to the IVA examiner if he asks to see them.</span><br /></div>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-6707689738130185552012-03-15T19:31:00.005+00:002012-03-15T22:25:41.337+00:00Couple more jobs<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I should have done this ages ago which is to check the radius of the side panel's bottom edge. This is greater than 2.5mm so I don't need to worry about adding any hockey trim along the edge to comply with the IVA radius requirement. Whilst under the car I noticed the two lowest bell housing nylocs had next to no thread protruding through so I changed the bolts for some longer ones and added some thread lock for good measure. I'm not sure why I would have used short bolts in the first place but I'm glad I noticed before I got to the IVA test. </span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Whilst under the car I also noticed another puddle of coolant. I checked the usual culprits which are the silicone hose connections and found these to be dry. The leak turned out to be coming from the koso water temp sensor I'd fitted to the bottom of the thermostat housing. Getting the spanner on, the sensor felt quite loose so this has now been tightened up. I'll be keeping an eye on this over the weekend for more leaks.</span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I've finished a bracket for the new fuel reg and this has just been given a coat of POR15 so should be dry tomorrow evening ready for mounting on the car.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"></div>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-67271596530667364632012-03-13T19:11:00.005+00:002012-03-13T19:32:02.949+00:00Getting ready for IVA<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I received a call from the Norwich test centre last friday and have booked the car in to be tested on April the 5th.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><br />I'd heard mixed reports on using U trim and a nut cover on the rear seat belt brackets and that these should be covered with a proper seat belt buckle cover instead for IVA. This is a job I'd been putting off as I'd used Unibond Extreme Repair glue and was worried that any attempts to remove the U trim would end up with the trim breaking off in bits and leaving the belt bracket looking like a mess. Anyway, I can confirm that this glue isn't really up to much as the trim and nut covers came off really easily.<br />Stealing someone else's method from the LCB forum, I bought some Pajero bracket covers and attached these using cable ties.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UyP-w7w4m8E/T1-ep3UaMeI/AAAAAAAAAd0/MA3wjrf9Bjw/s1600/Photo0038.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 237px; height: 315px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UyP-w7w4m8E/T1-ep3UaMeI/AAAAAAAAAd0/MA3wjrf9Bjw/s320/Photo0038.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719464493845197282" border="0" /></a><br />I'm not 100% sure whether or not I needed a fuel cap tether since the key cannot be removed from the filler cap when the cap is removed. However, since this is an easy job to fit the tether, I put one on tonight using some soft strand wire and crimps normally used for making pike fishing traces. I made it short enough so that the wire doesn't get caught up when locking the filler cap back on.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XP7V8puOsYk/T1-diHO2YcI/AAAAAAAAAdc/FtMcMaR0rK0/s1600/Photo0039.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XP7V8puOsYk/T1-diHO2YcI/AAAAAAAAAdc/FtMcMaR0rK0/s320/Photo0039.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719463261166264770" border="0" /></a><br />I've bought a new fuel pressure regulator from Burton Power. The reason behind this is that the pressure setting on my current type of regulator can sometimes drift after a period of time and I figure its best to avoid the problem before it occurs. I just need to make up a new bracket to support the new Webcon reg before connecting it up to the hoses and locking off the pressure setting.<br /></div>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-21341057445318407102012-02-25T17:12:00.007+00:002012-03-02T22:03:20.492+00:00Manufacturers plate<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Four months since last update, the main reason for which is explained below....</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />There are only a couple of jobs left to do, one of which being fitting the manufacturers plate</span>.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The manufacturers plate is a requirement of the IVA test and has to show the VIN number and the kit car manufacturer, which in my case is MK Sportscars.<br />I ordered this plate directly from MK as I thought it would look neater than my attempts at stamping my own. When you order something in October, you usually expect the item to turn up in the same year. But after four months of waiting, numerous phone calls and emails to MK chasing up the delivery and still no sign of it and being £20 worse off for the experience, I got fed up with them so ended up sourcing one elsewhere.<br /><br />Here is the plate I had made, I'm really pleased with how it looks.<br /></div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZmFh4LWBh60/T0kXubL3VAI/AAAAAAAAAdE/eRv-OIpwrxM/s1600/Photo0029.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZmFh4LWBh60/T0kXubL3VAI/AAAAAAAAAdE/eRv-OIpwrxM/s320/Photo0029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713123688635126786" border="0" /></a><br />Now the manufacturers plate is done, I've sent off the IVA forms and the payment made, just waiting the hear from the test center with some proposed dates. Currently feeling a little nervous and quite excited at the same time!<br /><br />Misc jobs in no particular order:<br /><br />The IVA test requires a full tank of fuel so I've been filling up a 5 litre can from the petrol station on my way into work and transferring this in to the indy when I get home. Upon opening the garage door one night last week I walked into a waft of petrol fumes and a puddle under the tank. This turned out to be the thread seals on the pre-pump filter which has now been corrected. After fixing this, the tank was brimmed yet more petrol ended up on the floor, this time for another reason - seems my breather hose isn't high enough. Unfortunately I hadn't any more 8mm hose so I've ordered some more and plan to sort the breather out over the weekend.<br /><br />I received an OMP steering wheel boss for christmas and have since bought an OMP Trencento wheel from <a href="http://www.ybracing.co.uk/">YBracing</a>. This will be installed after the IVA test.<br /><br />I've also bought some polycarbonate sheet which I'll use to make an aeroscreen.<br /><br />The engine had developed a slight misfire and it turned out it was dropping the crank signal every so often. After talking to Phil at Extra-Efi again, we identified the tacho to be the main cause. Phil did explain what was happening but I can't claim to understand it! - something to do with earths... A small module which connects between the Megasquirt ECU and the tacho was installed and this resolved the missing crank signals and the engine is now running smooth again.<br /><br />I bought a 100mm polystyrene ball used for modelling purposes and have been using this in the evenings to check radii over the car and add trim where needed. So far, all I've needed to do is add some U trim to the holes in the side panels where the front wishbones pass through.<br /></div>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-53745535502404411252011-11-25T20:05:00.003+00:002011-11-26T17:55:47.092+00:00Mirrors<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">The mirrors were fitted last weekend. The centre mirror from cbs uses three M4 screws to attach through the scuttle, I used some stainless cap heads. The side mirrors are fixed to the scuttle through a single 8mm hole each side. When running the engine, I noticed the side mirrors wobbled quite a bit. To try and improve this, I drilled an 8mm hole into a small square of aluminium plate, about 1mm thick, and this was then bonded to the inside of the scuttle with tigerseal inline with the existing 8mm hole. The result is mirrors which are a lot more rigid.<br /></div>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-13300963493372612962011-11-21T16:39:00.003+00:002011-11-25T08:06:15.048+00:00Stripes<span style="font-family:verdana;">Should be good for another 10mph!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4_sFigNpKbY/Ts9MahForNI/AAAAAAAAAc4/ta8OsKIch0o/s1600/DSC03129.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4_sFigNpKbY/Ts9MahForNI/AAAAAAAAAc4/ta8OsKIch0o/s320/DSC03129.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678841673579801810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_EbZmasOWME/Tsp_Gn57vbI/AAAAAAAAAcs/QC20pDMQHp0/s1600/DSC03119.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_EbZmasOWME/Tsp_Gn57vbI/AAAAAAAAAcs/QC20pDMQHp0/s320/DSC03119.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677490032021847474" border="0" /></a>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4714488813697401238.post-76818710196675828662011-11-16T21:05:00.003+00:002011-11-16T21:19:12.970+00:00Boot panel<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">The boot panel is now completed. I used a few aluminium tabs fitted with rivnuts to act as supports for the centre section. I needed a support between the seat belt brackets as the centre section sagged otherwise. The panels rattle a bit when giving them a tap, maybe some sticky foam will stop this, not that it'll be that noticible over the exhaust note.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kk7HH_5Mnfc/TsQmXvSyjLI/AAAAAAAAAcI/6WDeDtbPPG8/s1600/DSC03067.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kk7HH_5Mnfc/TsQmXvSyjLI/AAAAAAAAAcI/6WDeDtbPPG8/s320/DSC03067.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675703619667791026" border="0" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Not related to boot panel but first photo on the blog showing the front wings on. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q_gSciIsOJc/TsQmXz4ca9I/AAAAAAAAAcY/U2WjtBm8DL0/s1600/DSC03068.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q_gSciIsOJc/TsQmXz4ca9I/AAAAAAAAAcY/U2WjtBm8DL0/s320/DSC03068.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675703620899466194" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Up until now, I hadn't seen any sort of reading on the Koso's fuel gauge and also wasn't sure exactly how much fuel was left in the tank since getting the engine running although I knew it couldn't be much. I put another five litres in tonight and the fuel gauge increased up to 50% so I'm not sure how accurate this reading is. At least it'll give an indication of when the tank gets low which is good enough for me right now. I can play with the float arm on the sender at a later date.<br /></div>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14361472786839572127noreply@blogger.com0