This will be a start of my re-build diary, im not good with words but will take lots and lots of pictures .

First up is how this car started life as i once knew and how it once looked, some of you might know the car already as it was once for a short period owned by a fellow member on here, ive pinched this description of the car from a post and theres a picture of it too.

Procomp LA Gold

Life started out for this car as a 2002 car that's been road-registered, but used predominantly for sprinting.

2.0 16v Vauxhall XE engine
QED 420 Cams
Up-rated Con-Rod Bolts
Twin Webber 45's
MBE Programmable Ignition
Tony Law Exhaust
Modified sump
Custom Ali Flywheel
5½" Twin Plate Alcon Clutch

Circa 210bhp

TranX Close-Ratio Straight-Cut Clubman Box
4.4:1 Diff

4-pot Alloy Alcon F3 Front Calipers
2-pot Alloy Alcon Rear Calipers
Floating Discs All-Round

Fully Caged




This is a picture of the erm car after it was delivered. The rest of the car was in boxes , it did not however come with an engine as i had already had one from a previous build.








All comments most welcome good or bad as i go along.

[Edited on 10/7/12 by welderman]

Not sure it suits those new yellow wheels Joe... you may have to lengthen the wheelbase a little too!

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Not sure it suits those new yellow wheels Joe... you may have to lengthen the wheelbase a little too!

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Now sat in its home for the build.

Bear frame

Now time to find where was best to fit the engine, Honda Fireblade 919, with turbo.


Engine position ???
Make shift prop



Engine position ??

After a bit of moving around and a few blocks to get it right i proceded to make up a frame for it and re welded some bottom mounts to the frame.

Subscribed keep the pictures coming Joe

Will this be a trackday toy or is it going back on the road?

awesome joe it looks cool mate

That cage isn't high enough for me

Will this be a trackday toy or is it going back on the road?

Trackday toy, but will get it an MOT too



Lee you could fit in it, but your head might pop up OVER the cage

Dinner time so bit more update

engine sent to Andy Bates as back in the day i killed the gearbox , only had 1st, 5th and 6th left lol.
Scrounged a few old gearboxes to try and keep cost down but ended up having another fitted by Andy as it made more sense.

While the engine was on holiday, spun the frame round and started on the bottom, hammered the original ally floor back into shape, filled in some holes in the ally floor and a few in the frame and made a start with the rivits and sikaflex.


Welded ally floor

Been looking forward to this

looking good joe!Keep up the good work!

This will be interesting, make sure you post pleny of pictures! I'm subscribed!

Floor fitted and made a start on the front and rear wishbones, fitted all new bushes purchased from Matt at Procomp .


ally floor on frame

Also fitted the massive huge Alcon callipers and disc’s.


offside front.dsic and caliper

Slotted the diff in but this was going to come out at some point as i wanted a 3.54 ratio.

Looking good Joe, love the Alcon brakes, I will be watching the rest of the build with interest now

Thanks Paul, they are mahooosive those things


quick brew so a few more pictures


Well a bit more bashing later !, managed to flatten all the inside and outside ally panels read to re fix into place.
Made a start on the brake lines too 

Couple of pictures of the footwell’s

driver footwell cylinders


drivers and passenger footwell


passenger footwell



Tack welded a small bracket to the frame so i could put a “T” in for the brake switch. I must not forget to weld it up !!!!!!!!


cylinder and T

Lookin great so far BJ, but what's with all the gay Ali?

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Lookin great so far BJ, but what's with all the gay Ali?

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As the original nose cone is quite a bit battered looking ive opted to fit another one instead.

Just trial fitted for now, dont want to cut it just yet








oh go on, and another





hows that Mr H

looks alllrrriiiiiiighttttt............

Staying on with the carbon theme just for a while, i managed to get hold of some carbon fiber sheets and set about panelling the sides of the car, using the old ally ones as templates as there are 100’s of holes in each one.

Lookin good matey

Ooh all that carbon fibre, your just showing off now

Thanks for all your comments so far, there will be a 2 week break now, im off on holiday

looks fantastic!

Righty, ive been back from my holidays for a week 
Its so hard trying to get back into working, i need to win the lottery .

As you can see i have a bit of a carbon fettish, could be something to do with hanging around with a mate of mine, you know who you are.

Any how, back onto the build, after trawling the tinternet for what seemed ages i found a live axle 3.54 crown and pinion.

I stuck a bid on it and hay ho won it on ebay .

So then set about collecting it from Sheffield. Gave TommyP a ring and we set off with the my kids and on our merry way we traveled, nice drive over the Woodhead and back .





sheffield trip for diff


After a few days i decided to take the live axle appart !, first time for everything.
Then noticed i needed some new parts, bugger.
Ordered a spacer tube and some new bearings and waited.
After a bit of looking around i down loaded some destructions and managed to strip the diff and rebuild it after a few hours.



Diff rebuild.........



Diff rebuild......



Diff rebuild....



Diff rebuild...



Diff rebuild...

I only have myself to blame if it breaks

looking good, I also like lots of pictures

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Floor fitted and made a start on the front and rear wishbones, fitted all new bushes purchased from Matt at Procomp .


ally floor on frame

Also fitted the massive huge Alcon callipers and disc’s.


offside front.dsic and caliper

Slotted the diff in but this was going to come out at some point as i wanted a 3.54 ratio.

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Floor fitted and made a start on the front and rear wishbones, fitted all new bushes purchased from Matt at Procomp .


ally floor on frame

Also fitted the massive huge Alcon callipers and disc’s.


offside front.dsic and caliper

Slotted the diff in but this was going to come out at some point as i wanted a 3.54 ratio.

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If you run nice 13" wheels then this diff will not cut it, I run 3.14 in my turbo blade and run out of revs +12,000 by Brands Hatch pit lane !!! that's with 185/60/13 tyres all around.

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Looking really good Joe, but....
If mines not on the road before yours somethings not right!

I know your weight saving with all the Carbon but isnt drilling thousands of holes in your chassis a step too far?


Mark.

looks great - so you still have fury too? How did you swing that???

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Floor fitted and made a start on the front and rear wishbones, fitted all new bushes purchased from Matt at Procomp .


ally floor on frame

Also fitted the massive huge Alcon callipers and disc’s.


offside front.dsic and caliper

Slotted the diff in but this was going to come out at some point as i wanted a 3.54 ratio.

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If you run nice 13" wheels then this diff will not cut it, I run 3.14 in my turbo blade and run out of revs +12,000 by Brands Hatch pit lane !!! that's with 185/60/13 tyres all around.

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bugger

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Dangle. Fury has gone now since I did the diff

Mark. The rate I'm going. You could build 2 cars lol

Richard. Fury topped out at 128 so I could probably live with a bit less speed. Hopefully it's how quick it gets there

You will have no problem getting there

I was at Woodbridge yesterday, faster accelerating than a Nissan Skyline and Griffith, kept with a Porsche GT3RS on acceleration, better on the twisty stuff slower when flat out as hitting the rev limiter then he started to pull away then my clutch went (I suspect the lifting pin has snapped again) so never got a chance for him to let me go past and see if he could keep pace with me.

2010 911 stats (it arrived on a trailer)

The new car therefore continues the series of uncompromisingly sporting derivatives of the 911 homologated for road use and, with its purist character, addresses above all the driver with motorsport ambitions, as the car's specifications clearly prove: 3.8-litre six-cylinder horizontally-opposed power unit delivering 450 bhp (331 kW); six-speed manual gearbox; acceleration from 0-100 km/h in 4.0 seconds; top speed 310 km/h (192 mph); DIN unladen weight 1,370 kg (3,021 lb); fuel consumption in the NEDC driving cycle 13.2 ltr/100 km (equal to 21.4 mpg imp).

My £3000 investment is looking pretty good

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You will have no problem getting there

I was at Woodbridge yesterday, faster accelerating than a Nissan Skyline and Griffith, kept with a Porsche GT3RS on acceleration, better on the twisty stuff slower when flat out as hitting the rev limiter then he started to pull away then my clutch went (I suspect the lifting pin has snapped again) so never got a chance for him to let me go past and see if he could keep pace with me.

2010 911 stats (it arrived on a trailer)

The new car therefore continues the series of uncompromisingly sporting derivatives of the 911 homologated for road use and, with its purist character, addresses above all the driver with motorsport ambitions, as the car's specifications clearly prove: 3.8-litre six-cylinder horizontally-opposed power unit delivering 450 bhp (331 kW); six-speed manual gearbox; acceleration from 0-100 km/h in 4.0 seconds; top speed 310 km/h (192 mph); DIN unladen weight 1,370 kg (3,021 lb); fuel consumption in the NEDC driving cycle 13.2 ltr/100 km (equal to 21.4 mpg imp).

My £3000 investment is looking pretty good

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Right, where were we ?

Not been able to get on the car as late, found out that Mrs Welderman is expecting our third (3rd) child , this will be over ten years since i last changed a nappy lol.

Anyway, we (the Mrs) decided that we needed more room at home so for the last few weeks ive been busy in the garage and with the help of Tommy P, i now have an extra room. Just need to get some furniture in there and its sorted. Once all the dust has settled i will be back on with the build. Apparently i can keep the car (for now)

i have been able to sort the wiring out though, having the car at work and being able to work on it at dinner has been quite useful as of late.

BIG thanks to Steve Keenan at MK sports cars for being at the other end of the phone , he is an electrical genius

[Edited on 27/9/12 by welderman]

If you are trying to keep the cost down, why all the carbon.
By the way, theirs not enough pictures of the carbon side panels.

Brad.

Your right, more pics of the beautiful Carbon would not go amiss.........

Congratulations! Better get cracking on the car before you're up to your elbows in nappys.

lol, carbon is the future and i have been collecting it for a few years now, got quite a few scrappy bits which i cut bits to make nice bits if that makes sense


Right, the engine is now in and ive started to make a start on the plumbing !, made up some ally brackets and fitted the radiator, then made some side panels for the charge cooler rad to fit to and also they will keep the air going through the rad and help cool things down alot better.


rad mounting and side cooling


charge cooler rad and rad


front rad and rad


Now that the cooling is hopefully sorted i went about trying to fit the nose cone, wish caused me quite a few problems and had to keep cutting the ally radiator side panels down until i eventually got the nose cone to fit.


Then i thought i would cut a slot into the front of the nose cone, this will get more air into the charge cooler rad (that was one job i was not looking forward to, but now it looks quite good me thinks).



nose cone cut out


nose cone cut out


trial cut out nose cone


trial nose cut fit


nose cone trial fit

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Congratulations! Better get cracking on the car before you're up to your elbows in nappys.

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...maybe thats where the baby came from lol...

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Might be worth getting to the bottom of that before you're up to your elbows in babies.

How's Tommy's bonnet doing?

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Congrats Joe!
The cars coming along nicely!
Is it being IVA'd? If so im sure it'll be blasting up the trough!

Mark.

Cheers Mark

The car was SVA before it got stripped back to its chassi so will be on the road trips up the trough

On with the charge cooler.


I’ve gone for a homemade build, so there’s only me to blame if it does not do what it’s supposed to.

Well started off by getting hold of a second hand intercooler from this very site, thanks to 40inches for the Valeo intercooler, one plastic end was damaged but seeing as i was going to cut them both off then that were not a problem.


intercooler

So then started to get the end off with a big flat blade screw driver until i was left with the ally core.

Proceeded then to cut and fold some ends for the air to run through.


side

Welded them on when i was happy i had what i think is ok.


sides


sides.

Cut and put a small bead on some tube and welded them onto the ends of the in/out let holes and hey presto i have an ally intercooler!!!!!!


ends

Pressure tested it and no leaks


tube ends



Cut and folded some more ally plate and made a jacket to cover the intercooler fins/body, this is where the water will flow around and hopefully cool the air from the turbo, fingers crossed. Any way welded that lot up, added a couple of 12mm pipes for the water to run trough and job done.


charge cooler


I’m happy with the result, tested for leaks and all is ok




Fitted it to the car and next job is finish off the plumbing, put some water in and try starting her up: 0

Bit more done on the car this week

Decided to PU the front arches on, i love PU, it’s called Good S#it here at work lol.

Any way, cut the profiles for the arch stays that come off the front uprights, i hate cutting the carbon fiber, you cant weld a bit back on if it all goes pete tounge.

Once on i just tapeded them up with good ole packaging tape.

Job done



arch



front arch



PU front arch

Have a look at Avon ZZR tyres. They do a 215/60 13" which is closer to 231mm in section. The other choice is Kunho V70 (235/50 from memory) both of which would give you more top end.

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You will have no problem getting there

I was at Woodbridge yesterday, faster accelerating than a Nissan Skyline and Griffith, kept with a Porsche GT3RS on acceleration, better on the twisty stuff slower when flat out as hitting the rev limiter then he started to pull away then my clutch went (I suspect the lifting pin has snapped again) so never got a chance for him to let me go past and see if he could keep pace with me.

2010 911 stats (it arrived on a trailer)

The new car therefore continues the series of uncompromisingly sporting derivatives of the 911 homologated for road use and, with its purist character, addresses above all the driver with motorsport ambitions, as the car's specifications clearly prove: 3.8-litre six-cylinder horizontally-opposed power unit delivering 450 bhp (331 kW); six-speed manual gearbox; acceleration from 0-100 km/h in 4.0 seconds; top speed 310 km/h (192 mph); DIN unladen weight 1,370 kg (3,021 lb); fuel consumption in the NEDC driving cycle 13.2 ltr/100 km (equal to 21.4 mpg imp).

My £3000 investment is looking pretty good

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Shame about the clutch pin, was it welded longer or did you get one machined to suit ?

Joe

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Managed to get a few hours off this weekend from doing the house work !, sorry decorating.



Getting quite excited now being a Dad again, we only have the babies room to decorate now, but mrs welderman can decide how/what/which way things are being done in the spare room ARGH !.


Any how, back on the important stuff, decided rather than make a new rear tub i would try and make good alloy the one that originally came off the car, it was slightly out of shape and having access to lots of hammers etc at work i managed to get it looking pretty dam fine.


Offered it up to the frame and got most of the old rivet holes to match up, whipped the rivet gun out, used the rubber hammer to get the top and curved edges flat and it went on like a dream.



panel rear


rear panel


rear




Happy happy happy

marked up for the rear arch




panelrear


rearpanel

Good work fella!

looking awesome Joe nice job mate

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Good work fella!

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Nice rebuild, i have just read the lot!

When you removed the old panels how did you get the old rivet ends out of the chassis tubes?

looking good!

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Nice rebuild, i have just read the lot!

When you removed the old panels how did you get the old rivet ends out of the chassis tubes?

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Following on from the charge cooler, i forgot i had made the header tank for the engine cooling system.

Bought a header tank top from ebay and had some tube lying around, cut some holes out of some alloy plate for the top and bottom and welded the thing up.

Sorry no build pictures just the end result.


header



head



boing

On with the build rebuild blog re-build with lots pictures blog diary.

Decided to make a new plenum chamber for the blade engine. Did loads of searching, a few u2u’s here there and blatant copying of other designs, bit of a mongrel really lol.

But all said and done it looks very good, for now I’m going to leave as it is, it might need a few bits adding here and there like strapping down tabs etc.

All thoughts and critics welcome, I won’t stalk you forever.


plenum



plenum



plenum



plenum

Engine install almost finnished


in



in



in




Had some carbon sheet left over, this was going to be the bit behind the seats, but some kind person (aka the invisible man) here at work cut a 100x100mm square hole out of it, so it was then too short, to this day no one has admited to this crime, bastardo's.

So cut it down to size for the foot well cover.


foot


foot



Moved the car over to the ramp now so its getting closer to the door lol


moved to next stage

Joe, did you get my u2u?

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Joe, did you get my u2u?

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Looking really good joe - love the fact most is self made! Very

Also, massive congratulations on becoming a Dad again! its a shame you will be drawing your pension when s/he turns 8.

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Looking really good joe - love the fact most is self made! Very

Also, massive congratulations on becoming a Dad again! its a shame you will be drawing your pension when s/he turns 8.

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Decided to have a go at fitting the rear arches, but i came across a problem. I had a gap there the curve of the arch meets the frame.


arch gap





arch gap




So after a call to an old friend for a bit of advice we came up with a solution (he had the same problem on his very first car he built), so cut and welded up some plate and fabricated some infill panels.

Just had a quick look at your charge cooler, the jacket is quite a large flat sheet, I would be tempted to pressure test this it may "swell" a bit at 15psi water pressure (or what ever these BEC use)??... You might need some enforcing ribs or something..

Dan

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Just had a quick look at your charge cooler, the jacket is quite a large flat sheet, I would be tempted to pressure test this it may "swell" a bit at 15psi water pressure (or what ever these BEC use)??... You might need some enforcing ribs or something..

Dan

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Just had a quick look at your charge cooler, the jacket is quite a large flat sheet, I would be tempted to pressure test this it may "swell" a bit at 15psi water pressure (or what ever these BEC use)??... You might need some enforcing ribs or something..

Dan

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there's not much pressure going through the tank water wise, just a constant flow of water using a small water pump.

Well i hope lol, thanks

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Cold side of the rad will still be hot, so it needs to run on a seperate circuit.

Joe, have you tried to make sure the entire core is in the water flow (i.e. inlet and outlet pipes on opposite sides of the core and as far away from eachother as possible)? This is hard to see from the pictures and could make a significant difference to the efficiency of the cooler.

Nice looking work and rapid progress by the way, keep it up!

The inlet is right at the bottom far away as possible to the outlet on the top. So hopefully there's enought water and no air going through

All runs on a separate cooling and electrical circuit too, there's loads of pipes lol

Thanks all for the comments, next job get the rear arches fitted, got a busy weekend though. But will see if I can have a bit of chill time

[Edited on 12/10/12 by welderman]

Hi Joe.

Just been looking at some of the pics. One thing i notice is that you have a set of the very ugly MK1 wishbones on the front. Ill upgrade you to some of the much later ones. I am sure3 i have a few sets spare lying around. Ill sort a set out FOC.

Cheers Matt

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Hi Joe.

Just been looking at some of the pics. One thing i notice is that you have a set of the very ugly MK1 wishbones on the front. Ill upgrade you to some of the much later ones. I am sure3 i have a few sets spare lying around. Ill sort a set out FOC.

Cheers Matt

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Well managed to get out the house and down to work for an hour or so at the weekend.

Started the weekend off with a Masked Ball for my mates rugby club, Chorley Panthers, there was 250 all together, great night out and lots of money made on the night for the club.


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Then spent Saturday morning and afternoon feeling rough, then out again at night to a 21st.


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Sunday started off with a Mcdonalds breakfast, then off we all went PRAM shopping !.


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Once all prammed out, managed to get away and have a little time on the car.

Clamped the carbon plates on.

Took the clamps off this morning and all looks good.

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I'll come down for a nosey (and a cup of tea) once it's done!

Thread reported to mods due to excessive pram-ness.

Seriously this is going really well and I'm watching avidly, particularly the turbo bit, was hoping to do mine last year, but other things in the way and taking my time. Your doing a great job, could you knock me up a plenum when you're bored?
What Turbo have you got/planned?
ATB
Col

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I'll come down for a nosey (and a cup of tea) once it's done!

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Let us know when that is Red, and I'll meet you there...

Joe, the build is looking very good, stunning in fact.
I'm chuffed for you matey, it's gonna be one hell of a "locost".............

Just gotta get rid of that Ali back panel as its literally turning my stomach. I could make you a CF one when I come up on Friday, if you want?

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Thread reported to mods due to excessive pram-ness.

Seriously this is going really well and I'm watching avidly, particularly the turbo bit, was hoping to do mine last year, but other things in the way and taking my time. Your doing a great job, could you knock me up a plenum when you're bored?
What Turbo have you got/planned?
ATB
Col

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looks great, what rear archs are they?

Their carbon fiber rear arches - of course, and I agree with Steve, that back panel would be great in CF.

Great work Joe H, I feel privileged to be able to see the build in the flesh on a regular basis (as I'm never away from yours).
Can I come round and join the tea party too

Biscuits!!! GET IN!!!!

And them little whist pies from bowens.

I should have my bonnet by the end of this month - nearly six months since ordering it in May!!!

pie's, tea, biscuits, owt else

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Their carbon fiber rear arches - of course, and I agree with Steve, that back panel would be great in CF.

Great work Joe H, I feel privileged to be able to see the build in the flesh on a regular basis (as I'm never away from yours).
Can I come round and join the tea party too

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pie's, tea, biscuits, owt else

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Their carbon fiber rear arches - of course, and I agree with Steve, that back panel would be great in CF.

Great work Joe H, I feel privileged to be able to see the build in the flesh on a regular basis (as I'm never away from yours).
Can I come round and join the tea party too

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yeah saw that but where from?

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I hate drilling holes in Carbon. Measure 3 times drill once !
Carbon arches will have holes in for rear LED lights at dinner time. That's another job out of the way.
Pictures later

Looking good, Joe. Is there a date set for this tea party?

How many of the tubes in those prams could you replace with carbon?

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pie's, tea, biscuits, owt else

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This tea party is getting out of hand - Bring your own booze and camp beds or there is alternative accommodation locally as well as a spare room at weldermans house.

BBQ sounds good to me, can be sorted very easily.

Could be a good turn out, plenty of parking (under cover if its raining )

Lol Joefest

I'll have to buy a new hat for the occasion!

PS - remind me to leave my walking stick at home... I hear the cops in Chorley struggle to identify them from samurai swords and can get a bit taser-happy!!!

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This tea party is getting out of hand - Bring your own booze and camp beds or there is alternative accommodation locally as well as a spare room at weldermans house.

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I'll have to buy a new hat for the occasion!

PS - remind me to leave my walking stick at home... I hear the cops in Chorley struggle to identify them from samurai swords and can get a bit taser-happy!!!

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Joefest, lol.

Back to the car, dinner time and as usual did a bit on the car.

Arches drilled and lights fitted.

Looking good.


LED rear light



LED rear lights

looking really good, im planning on turboing my hayabusa lump v soon, are you forging the internals or staying stock for the moment and keeping on a lowish boost?

The fab work looks decent, i like the idea of a charge cooler and may find it is what ill have to go for when the time comes!

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This tea party is getting out of hand - Bring your own booze and camp beds or there is alternative accommodation locally as well as a spare room at weldermans house.

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Yeah, don't rely on Tommy to blow up the camp bed; You'll be waiting all night...

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Todays job is to double check my propshaft measurements and try and get one ordered !!!!

its going to be a struggle getting it in now

Bailey Morris and Dunning and Fairbank are my choices. Let see how there prices compare.

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Todays job is to double check my propshaft measurements and try and get one ordered !!!!

its going to be a struggle getting it in now

Bailey Morris and Dunning and Fairbank are my choices. Let see how there prices compare.

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Todays job is to double check my propshaft measurements and try and get one ordered !!!!

its going to be a struggle getting it in now

Bailey Morris and Dunning and Fairbank are my choices. Let see how there prices compare.

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once you've got the prop sorted (even if its the best possible quality) fit prop some catchers ! - they are cheaper than new knees if it all goes horribly wrong....

I have a price off B&M . More than I expected and not very informative

Spoke to D&F and he was very helpful. Price seemed ok as a budget. I've given him sizes etc, he asked about bhp weight if car etc and we decided on a heavy duty type with stronger uj etc. will have a price by Monday.

While I have the welder out for the Center bearing mounts I think I will stick in some more steel for prop catchers

Tim. Pies up this way are pretty damn good so you have got a pie challenge


Mark. Gave up on northwest props as they did my first kit car pop and I wasn't overly impressed. But it was a bec and I'm not sure if they had done one before

When's the Chorley Pie-Fest?

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When's the Chorley Pie-Fest?

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Well ended up ordering a prop from D&F, quite a bit cheaper than BM, will hopefully have it by next week. Will take pictures once it arrives

Going to make a start on the dash this weekend, going to opt for 2mm ally and stick some real carbon sheet on top, im NOT going to buy a carbon dash .

I also had a Locostbuilder visitor last week and we did a little job on his car.

Well managed to get out of the shopping trip yesterday and started on the dash.

Made up of ally sheet for now, hardest part is/was trying to think where to put all the switches and guages.
Nearly done, couple of more holes and its done.
Might get time on it at dinner, but will see with month end coming up.



Dash

Milestone reached

Got to start her up today. Temp sender problem with fan running but it runs

Uploaded video to YouTube.

Link below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsZv4Fn2Tpo

good to here it running joe, your in a better position than me now.

I bet you're still grinning. How long is it since it ran before?

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good to here it running joe, your in a better position than me now.

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Have you broke it mate ?

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good to here it running joe, your in a better position than me now.

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Have you broke it mate ?

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yes, managed to get 7 trackdays out of it before it spun a bearing at anglesey

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will probably just get a replacement engine, crank and one rod are badly damaged. they're certainly not cheap to rebuild.

Not as cheap as a old blade engine then.

I might be road worthy by the time you get it fixed I hope

Well after a bit of a cooling fan problem i splashed out and bought one of these little beauties.

http://www.cbsonline.co.uk/product/Adjustable_Fan_Controller_Thermostat_STAT

I must say it works better than i thought, i set it to 60 deg then ran the engine and watched the temp gauge, bang on 60 deg the fan kicked in. HAPPY DAYS.

Thanks for your help in a previous thread (shaunB).

Set to come on at 100 deg, maybe its a little high but these bike engines tend to run at high temps.

I will now be happy when im sat in long standing traffic.

Well been a bit of a funny week this, had a visit from a mate last Friday who like me has a CARBON fiber fettish lol

Any way to put it bluntly he made me buy a load of materials to make some carbon fiber flared side panels, so this week ive been preparing myself to do somethings ive never done . LAying up carbon and glass.

Firstly i had to make a mould, this was the easy part, pulled some zintec sheet off the shelf and folded it into a channel shape.


side panel mould

Then on Wednesday i had a delivery of resin, gloves,mixing pots,hardener,brushes, rollers, tons of stuff


So at dinner time i set about going through the process of making a carbon side panel, well after i had mixed the first lot of stuff, dinner was over !!, so carried on regardless and manage to slap it in my mould, long story is, by the time it had dried and i put the carbon in and glass i had finnished work, gone home, came back after tea and finnished off.



laid up carbon in my mould



carbon side panel in mould

went home after it had been all laid up and waited until morning, that was a long wait i tell you.

Boom, its morning and back to work, ran upstairs and pulled the carbon out of the mould, to my suprise it looks absolutly fricking brilliant . Well i think so, there are a few little spots there dust must have dropped on while i was making the part, but im happy as a happy person.




carbon side out of mould


Anyway, far from happy with the very fisrt carbon manufacturing i made another for the other side of the car



Then thought sod it and made a dash blank from the same mould



carbon and ally dash


So im now very happy with the results and i can finally say ive made some carbon bits for my own car.

would like to say looking good joe, but i can't see them properly. its not just these pics though i've been having issues viewing any on this site today

I know some pictures I look at are ok. These ones I've put up are upside down !

It's looking good though lol

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This tea party is getting out of hand - Bring your own booze and camp beds or there is alternative accommodation locally as well as a spare room at weldermans house.

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Yeah, don't rely on Tommy to blow up the camp bed; You'll be waiting all night...

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...and don't rely on Hobbsy to supply the mattreses' either...

One day you too will have a mattress related incident and then you'll be sorry.

MUWHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Or perhaps you won't.

Lol call that a mattress

Not a great deal done since last build post, had a big health and safety issue at work and ive been paper chasing for the last 2 weeks of my life !!!

No one injured thankfully

Well countdown to baby is here, baby is due this week some time, unless its late !.


Ive been on and off doing the car with work and family commitments, decorating and getting the house ready for our new arrival.

But ive have managed to spend the odd hour here and there over the last 5 weeks on the car and i think the over all out come has been good.

Searching on the world wide web ive yet to see a scuttle for the car i wanted, so ive ended up making my own !. boy what a task i set myself here.

Long and short of it is, made a mould from the old one after filling in holes etc etc (proper pain in the bum), bought a load of mould making stuff and heypresto had my first attempt at making a mould from another kit car part.

After quite a few splinters later the mould was made, not the best because the epoxy mix i made while i was laying up the chop strand mat was so carelessly knocked over my some idiot (ME) and spilt all over the floor and soaked up into the blooming carpet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! grggrrggrgrgr. So by the time i had mixed another batch the matting was virtually hard and was beyond using, the pictures say it all lol.


scuttle mould.


scuttle mould..


bad scuttle mould




So, after leaving the mould for a week because i was unable to bring myself to look at it i pulled and prised the mould off the scuttle and to my amazement it aint half bad inside, yay a shouted. Looking closely there were a few scratches and i filled them in and gave it a good olde polish.


splendid inside mould :):):)



Next up is buy some more gel coat, wax release agent matting and materials etc to make the scuttle, had to wait over Christmas for this lot.



Happy New Year and the bits arrive yay, i can start making my scuttle wahooo. Made some templates for it using an old towel and cut the bits of matting up. Few coats of this that and the other lol and bish bash bosh sctuule has been made. Leave it for a day for it to harded up nice and proper.

Next day cut my new scuttle out of the mould, give it a reet good polish and it looks blooming fan blooming tastic. Hope you all agree.



carbon scuttle.


carbon scuttle..


carbon scuttle...


carbon scuttle....

Thats enough for now, still needs a bit of a trim up and a few little bits to tart up, but as its my first go im very very happy with it.

Catch you later, never know next time i post i could be a DAD again

Looking good Joe.

Cheers fella. How's your winter mods coming on

You flash bu**er!

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Nice one Joe. When you starting to make carbon parts for us to buy then?!

Its looking pretty good, im guessing you have no deadline for it to be on the road then?

Just out of interest- how are you attaching the scuttle?

Mark.

Nice! I wonder if I can guess who put the idea of making it in carbon in your head?

I dont think i will be selling any parts, there good enough for me but im sure if i were to re-sell them they would have to be perfect. Im going to fold some small angle fron ally and stick them too the scuttle then fix the sculltle with rivinuts.

Flash ahahhh, no not really, just a plain one would not match the rest of the car

Hmm Ady i wonder who that might be !





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Very inspiring! You, and some of your mates need to come to Canada and show us how it's done.

Not many updates in a while, but did manage a few hours on it a couple of weeks ago, more panes done and fitted, looks like a car now.

Happy so far, just hope it works lol.


nearly there 1


nearly there 2


nearly there 3


nearly there 4

doesn't look so far away from being done now joe, when do you plan on getting it finished?

It's not far off. Dash is nearly done, need some softer front springs and I'm waiting for V5 to come back. Then get an mot hopefully
Couple of little bits then

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Well baby Matilda is 6 months old and how time flies


hah


She loves motorsport, F1 Matilda


F1 matilda

Moto GP Matilda, even taking the corners full tilt holding her feel, hehe. Just to add, I got told off by the Mrs as Matilda nearly fell out of the bouncer, even though she was strapped in going from side to side. We were nearly wetting ourselves laughing lol.


moto gp matilda


oh and just like her Dad, FIRE hohohehehaha


Fire hehehehehehe


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looks like you've got her on the right track - how long till she can hold a spanner ?

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Now the best bit.

Finnished the bonnet, put some louvers in. ( I could probably do these in small sheets of ally if I can get the machine set up to do a few)


home made louvers

Ended up using 3M carbon wrap for the back panel, looks good I think.


inside rear panel



Quite easy to do.



inside rear panel..

And finally took the Procomp to infant school for the middle daughters last day show and tell, Kirsty was well made up, her teacher was froughing at the mouth he was so excited lol.


Kirsty school



done



Done.



Done..



Done...



Done.....


Now a big thanks to you all, Wife and kids for letting me come down to work late at night, My business partner as it takes up room in the work shop . TommyP, Scootz, Steve H, JhonnyP, LocoR1, Bigfoot, Matt, Andy Bates and all those who gave given me a kick up the arse to get it finished lol, sorry if ive missed some one out.

Its now got an MOT and insurance, just need to tax it. Appart from a fueling problem its ready to go.

Cheers eveyone

Congrats. Good to hear you're back on the road

looking good now mate. get the fueling sorted and get it on track

i'd love a passenger ride and see how a turbo BEC goes.

trackaction have a day at oulton in november i'm planning on doing

Bigger jets will be in tomorrow I hope.

Not much of an update, got the bigger jets fitted, its rained and time hard to come by with the little un.

Contemplating selling it as car time is very very hard to come by.

Any one make me a reasonable offer its theres.

very nice build! I imagine a turbo BEC would fit nicely inbetween the rubbish BEC's that have no torque, and the equally rubbish (depending on who you talk to! ) CEC's that are too heavy!!

One quick question though, how did you get those brakes underneath 13"s? and who makes the discs with bells in that diameter? if you could PM me some info would be much appreciated.

cheers,
Patrick

http://locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/34/viewthread.php?tid=185462

joe thats a nice build you have done there mate, it looks cool as normal top job pal

Sorry to say this car has now sold, but theres always another project lol.

Well done. Onto the next 1

Does this mean you now have a free space for me Joe?

Not at the moment fella, got the mini on the ramp at the moment. bit of a problem with it. A wheel fell off lol

Meant to ask this ages ago mate, but did you ever document all of the parts and work needed to turbo the 919? If so would you be interest in selling the details as I would like to do mine at some point.

I'll send over a more detailed U2U later.