niceperson709
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 posted on 7/8/05 at 12:12 AM |
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Well Chuffed
Got my car out of the garrage on its own wheels for the first timw yesterday having got the adaptors made to conect the MK 1 escort steering arms to
the toyota lie ace uprights . My quick tests of the bump steer situation reveals a defection of about 6mm of the line drawn using a laser at adistance
of 4 ft but this is over a grater travel than the shocks will allow so accoring to my guestamate less than a degree over the operating travel so
I'm quite happy with that .
The car sits level so I think I have fluked the right spring rates with my Motercycle shocks and the front ones (monoshocks from a GSX250) are on
their softest setting . any way I include a couple of photos here to show of a bit
 
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Best wishes IAIN
life is not the rehearsal , it's the show so don't sit there thinking about it DO IT NOW
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niceperson709
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| posted on 7/8/05 at 12:15 AM |
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and from thr other side and after the coments about the angle of my shocks in the steering issues thread coments .
 
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Best wishes IAIN
life is not the rehearsal , it's the show so don't sit there thinking about it DO IT NOW
http://iainseven.wordpress.com/
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chrisf
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| posted on 7/8/05 at 05:50 AM |
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Very well done!!
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Cita
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| posted on 7/8/05 at 06:44 AM |
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Indeed well done!
At least you have something to show off
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Peteff
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| posted on 7/8/05 at 08:35 AM |
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Good progress.
It looks a bit big for you in the pictures, how do you see over the scuttle .
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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suparuss
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| posted on 7/8/05 at 08:37 AM |
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bloody typical ozzy, using a barbeque grill on the front of the car! 
nice job!
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Danozeman
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| posted on 7/8/05 at 09:10 AM |
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Well done mate. Who's make is the nose cone?
If u sit in traffic long enough the bbq grill will get hot enough to cook burgers on.
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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rick q
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| posted on 7/8/05 at 11:08 AM |
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Iain,
Well done the local boy!!!! Mind you, you're not as old as I expected. Still you should be able to finish it by the time you're old
enough for your license
[Edited on 7/8/05 by rick q]
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phelpsa
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| posted on 7/8/05 at 01:12 PM |
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Not sure I like the nosecone design but each to their own.
Altogether im very jelous and it made me get out the garage and do 2 hours work on the car!
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niceperson709
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| posted on 7/8/05 at 09:59 PM |
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Hi folks with regaurd to the none cone , its all my own work based in the S1 lotus Seven . and the" BBQ " grill is made from a grill out
of a toyota Carona cut down .but I may yet make aan Egg crate grill from strips of ally like the original . I tend to think that the nose will be more
areodynamic with less drag than the conventional jobbies but we all know on a Seven that it is a moot point.Any way I am not trying to make a copy of
a Catterham (yes I can say the word ) I had to make a pretty big bump on the bonnet to clear the top of the engine and the fuel injection Plenem but
I think that it looks OK and will look even better with a bit more work and a coat of paint. The wind deflector is of course a mock up and will be
replaced with one made from 7 mm Lexan . The rear arches were made by one of our local lads (P3-7)but I narrowed them by an inch and made them fit
into the cockpit area and be snug to the rear panel .
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Best wishes IAIN
life is not the rehearsal , it's the show so don't sit there thinking about it DO IT NOW
http://iainseven.wordpress.com/
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