focijohn
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| posted on 4/7/11 at 07:53 PM |
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Keeping motivated.
How do you guys keep your eyes on the end goal, when all you can think about is selling the whole lot on flea bay.
For one reason and another I can't stand the sight of it so much so I've bought another project to keep myself sane. I'm not going
to sell it because I know I'll regret it but I NEED to get motivated again. HELP
Anyone going slower than you is an idiot. Anyone going faster than you is a maniac.
Too many targets but too few bullets.
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Wheels244
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| posted on 4/7/11 at 08:01 PM |
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John
Come up - I'll take you for a spin around the Yorkshire Dales in mine.
You'll be back building in no time !!
What's the other project out of interest ?
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Hellfire
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| posted on 4/7/11 at 08:01 PM |
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Sounds like you need to get a passenger ride to remind yourself why you're building it. 
Phil
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scoop
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| posted on 4/7/11 at 08:13 PM |
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Its a kit car! They dont come much easier and better than an MNR do they? Imagine the frustration of building a real Locost from scratch and trying
make parts from other manufacturers fit and making bespoke parts to fit that dont exist elsewhere. Thats frustration 
I know how you feel and so i would imagine do many others. Take a brake and then just get one job done at a time.
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focijohn
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| posted on 4/7/11 at 08:20 PM |
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The other project is a Jago purchased for £100 off a friend that just needs bolting back together and MOT Tax and insurance, I'm nearly there so
thats kind of getting me back on it.
Anyone going slower than you is an idiot. Anyone going faster than you is a maniac.
Too many targets but too few bullets.
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Wheels244
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| posted on 4/7/11 at 08:22 PM |
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Whereabouts are you in the build of the MNR ?
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focijohn
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| posted on 4/7/11 at 08:40 PM |
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Rolling chassis W brakes diff in + fuel tank, Interior tunnel in and back. main body tub on. Engine and box sat in hopefully to be mounted right this
month. Steering rack on awaiting lower UJ and top coupling from MNR. Going to order rear lights in the next few weeks and get those on the tub as well
as getting and clutch starter and management bought and organised.
Anyone going slower than you is an idiot. Anyone going faster than you is a maniac.
Too many targets but too few bullets.
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Wheels244
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| posted on 4/7/11 at 08:52 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by focijohn
Rolling chassis W brakes diff in + fuel tank, Interior tunnel in and back. main body tub on. Engine and box sat in hopefully to be mounted right this
month. Steering rack on awaiting lower UJ and top coupling from MNR. Going to order rear lights in the next few weeks and get those on the tub as well
as getting and clutch starter and management bought and organised.
You've certainly broke the back of the build John.
What engine are you fitting ?
If you can afford to - I would buy all the parts required to finish the build in one go.
Then break the rest of the work down into 'systems' i.e. the brakes - fit the master cylinders, lines,splitters, flexi's, calipers,
discs, , pads etc and then that's one job you can cross off the list and then move onto the next one i.e. steering - fit the rack, column, UJs,
bearings, steering wheel and so on...........
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 4/7/11 at 09:10 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scoop
Imagine the frustration of building a real Locost from scratch and trying make parts from other manufacturers fit and making bespoke parts to fit that
dont exist elsewhere. Thats frustration
No Dude, that's the appeal/interest/challenge. Buy hey, if you aren't up to it........... 
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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focijohn
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| posted on 4/7/11 at 09:22 PM |
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2L silvertop zetec with r1 throttle bodies spaced onto an st 170 manifold.
Anyone going slower than you is an idiot. Anyone going faster than you is a maniac.
Too many targets but too few bullets.
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swanny
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| posted on 5/7/11 at 08:02 AM |
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im not surprised your losing momentum.
looking at that avatar has kept me from work for the past half an hour.
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richard
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| posted on 5/7/11 at 09:03 PM |
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The end result is certainly worth the effort, but it not a normal car and what you are doing is likley to be bigger than anything you have done
before.
it maybe be a ready made kit but still presents many challenges that will try you to the extreme.
Go ahead and get a ride in a passengers seat, get involved with a club and maybe you will get a bit of help from the locals as well, this helps as
they have probably come across similar issues.
the kit you have bought to get you going is a good idea and should spur you onto greater things.
Richard
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