Maccaman Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 This is going to be another project/build to watch, bring it on Quote
Keyser Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Looking good mate I will be following for tips Just one question the bushes in the spring carrier make it as long as possible - I though the uppers were as long as possible that sort of beats the effect - or I got em backwards Not a problem as they will need adjusting when you do the alignment. Quote
Keyser Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Looking good mate I will be following for tips Just one question the bushes in the spring carrier make it as long as possible - I though the uppers were as long as possible that sort of beats the effect - or I got em backwards Not a problem as they will need adjusting when you do the alignment. Quote
Chris`I Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Pop over any time Maybe a RR day at SRR? Quote
Chris`I Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Pop over any time Maybe a RR day at SRR? Quote
Daryl Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Hey Jez,nice to see things are going well. Will keep an eye on this thread. Quote
Daryl Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Hey Jez,nice to see things are going well. Will keep an eye on this thread. Quote
Jez @ H-Dev Posted January 18, 2012 Author Posted January 18, 2012 Got the seats mounted: And striped some more interior: Its booked in for cage fitting next week Quote
elfman Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 Good build thread man, shall follow with interest that's for sure! Quote
Neilp Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 Love it! That's gonna shift with all that weight loss! Will watch this closely! Quote
DannyBoy Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 Jez, out of curiosity: I see you've removed the nice heavy airbags, but I thought you'd no longer be able to do this under the new MOT rules. I'm guessing you've thought of that already so how do you plan on getting around it? The reason I ask is because I was planning on getting my dash retrimmed in leather which would need the airbag to be removed/deactivated so it didn't try and deploy through the leather in an accident. Obviously I can't do this under the new rules so have you found a way round it? DB Quote
Jez @ H-Dev Posted January 18, 2012 Author Posted January 18, 2012 Most rules are, ummm, flexible. If it gets to the point where I can't get an MOT then I'll just trailer it to events. I've not studied the new rules, but I'll be going to see a mate who is an MOT tester and see what he says. Hopefully it'll just be a case of getting the lights to do the right thing, if not then it'll be a track only car Quote
Jez @ H-Dev Posted January 18, 2012 Author Posted January 18, 2012 Love it! That's gonna shift with all that weight loss! Will watch this closely! Hopefully We're down from 1471kg to 1290kg now, weighed it today - thats without seats, dash and cage fitted though. We'll be removing the door window motors, rear wiper motor, the heater matrix and air con matrix along with the air con radiator and compressor - so that'll help too Quote
Jez @ H-Dev Posted January 23, 2012 Author Posted January 23, 2012 Got the car on the trailer - off to our cage fabricators tomorrow to get a full weld in cage fitted and booked in at the local body shop to get it all sprayed up afterwards. Looking forward to getting it on track now Quote
Jez @ H-Dev Posted February 15, 2012 Author Posted February 15, 2012 Got the car back from the cage fitters yesterday. Got the chap whos going to do the painting coming round tomorrow to give me a quote. Here some pics if it so far: Quote
Keyser Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 Nice one Jez - any idea how much it added back on the weight yet? Track Monster Quote
Jez @ H-Dev Posted February 15, 2012 Author Posted February 15, 2012 Not weighed it yet - we reckon about 50kg. I'll get it on the scales again soon and we'll know. Quote
tony420z Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 Looking very nice that will make the chassis rigid i think that will be the next thing on my list when i get the zed back Quote
Jez @ H-Dev Posted February 15, 2012 Author Posted February 15, 2012 It should stiffen things up a lot. Certainly did on my old S13 and that just had a bolt in cage. When the car has been sprayed up, I'll be doing as many trackdays as possible - can't wait! Then the decision will be what do I do about the engine. I'm currently thinking a VR38DETT is the way to go... Quote
Dblock Posted February 16, 2012 Posted February 16, 2012 Is it worth seam welding or will that have no effect? Ls2/7 Quote
Jez @ H-Dev Posted March 6, 2012 Author Posted March 6, 2012 Cage is painted - just got to get some of the interior fitted Quote
Jez @ H-Dev Posted March 22, 2012 Author Posted March 22, 2012 The car is pretty much back together now Me, Kyle and a few friends are off to Bedford Autodrome on Monday for a bit of testing - should be a good laugh. Quote
Tomy Redeye Posted March 22, 2012 Posted March 22, 2012 Looks really good! Have you weighed it again? Quote
brillomaster Posted March 22, 2012 Posted March 22, 2012 Mmmm looking good! Interested to see how this handles with so much weight taken out the back of the car - i'd imagine it might be a bit lively under braking. have you thought of shifting any of the front weight rearwards to try and even out the weight distribution? Quote
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