Prop had to go back to the maker as it had been welded up wrong and was running out, but it's all back in and dandy now

Cage has been welded in and chassis has been repainted as it was scuffed and chipped to buggery after being sat for so long.





Made up interior panels from sheet ally then covered with vinyl , finished off with a bit of worktop end cap :p







Side and rear panels all on and lights in. Rear wings trial fitted and lights in them too, though they're not getting fiixed in place till near the end as I know i'll knock or scratch the buggers in situ. (number plate just used for spacing)






Made up an exhaust surround for the nearside panel (same shape on the inside but unpolished to spread bolt load)



It drives now although I think the carbs need balancing and a little tweeking.
Rear offside isn't holding on the handbrake either so drum apart for a little investigation,
and need to solder in a couple of resistors to the side repaters to get the flash rate down.

Going to send off for IVA date in the next week or so.
Scuttle, dash, nose and bonnet going on monday

Then I need to find somewhere to take it for a shakedown test

very nice

Happy days. Dont forget, it will run a bit rough until the exhaust is on.

Very tidy build

Love it mate soon be ready for a run out,I'm in Worthing,work at gatwick.

looks really good mate, although as said in a similar thread, i reckon it would look even better with the addition of side bars on that rollcage

That's a very nice build

Looking closer to a car now, boot panel is last bit to finish.
Got it out today to see if it fit the trailer (dvla want to see it before they issue a VIN)

looks great mate! loving the side repeaters on the cage looking forward to seeing it in the flesh and comparing bits

p.s. i have just finished my boot lid and has taken me over a month!

[Edited on 13/7/11 by lewis]

M8 it does look good, i will pop over soon

Steve

Looks great, really like the angry front grill

out of interest who made the prop

have you have the rear ride height set, there looks to be a bit of a gap between the rear arch and tyre

Welcome any time steve

Saw your bootlid lewis, looked the dogs
Mounted the repaters there to get over visibilty issues, didn't fancy puttin them on the wings.

Prop was made by autoprop in eastbourne.

Ride height is 20 mm higher rear than front, though at the mo it's about as high as it will go for getting it on and off the trailer.
About 100mm clearance under the sump atm, but it does look like it's on stilts lol

Vosa rang thursday to take payment for my IVA test, they'll send file over to Mitcham test center, so hopefuly get a date soon

Took her down Lydden Hill today for a quick shake down and to calibrate speedo etc.
The owner let me have a hoon during the lunch break gratis





Goes like stink! can't wait till it's road legal

Finaly got an IVA date, 14th november

looks very nice! Good luck with the test.

That is one fine looking car my mate!All the best with the Iva must have been good to have a shakedown on a track

take care Pez

cheers

rich

Not to bad a fail today
Emissions slightly off passed CO with 0.0, HC was 189, but lambda was a bit high at 1.666.
Think it need leaning off slightly ?

Rear brakes locked up before the fronts, need a couple of compensator valves for the rear lines.

Speedo was all good till it crapped out over 50mph and wouldn't read anything sensible (was fine below)

Side repeaters on the cage failed as he could see them from the front of the vehicle.
Other than that just a few bits of trim under the dash

Nearly there by the sounds of things! Looking good!

Really like your wheels, what kind are they? Are they 13's?

Cheers

Iain

Yeah cxr 13" nice and light

Been fooking around agin this evening, looks like the koso r1xn is shot could never get the revs reading right, and the speedo refuses to read above a certainish rpm no matter how many magnets I use. So that's £150 down the pan.

Got a metro brake compensating valve comeing to plumb into the rear line which will hopefuly cure the braking problem, then it's just some tweeking of emissions for the retest.

Much swearing and threatening with a hammer didn't help anything this evening lol.

If you're not using shielded cable for the sensors that might sort the dash. Otherwise mostly easy stuff - did he suggest where to put the repeaters? maybe a shield (or even some black paint would sort out the front view) but check first as the retest is a bit expensive to guess.

Good luck on the retest.

Side repeater fail amazes me, virtually every normal car on the road has side repeaters that can be seen from the front?!

Put some new repeaters in the rear wings now (testers sugestion)
My Koso was fubar'd, new one turned up this morning and everything works as it should now
Going to test the brakes with the vlave in place at the weekend, and hopefully get it to the tuners to tweek emmisions.
Fingers crossed for a re test latter part of next week. Tester said it had been very quiet and had nothing booked in for the next few weeks.

Retest this afternoon.
Passed with flying colours
Dvla Brighton next, they said just bring paperwork and they will register it there and then.

I still don't understand the logic behind the side repeater - did the tester have any comment on it, bearing in mind that most side repeaters on normal cars are visible from the front?

Well done on the pass

Nope no sense on that part, I went through the IVA manual and could find nothing that said side repeaters couldn't be visable form other angles.

Congrats! Feels good doesn't it?