Mike84

Custom hubs using starlet oe wheel bearings , calipers have built in handbrake mech as car needs to be road legal Should save about 10kg overall

I've a friend helping to make custom rear brakes using Kad mini light weight calipers

Cheers Was hoping for more but don't we all ! Main thing is how quickly it comes on boost

Yes I got it sorted out and working with the cop I used Matty at MB motorsport ellon who I recommend

Long over due update !! Well to cut along story short it's now running coil on plug and is mapped at 1 bar of boost and making full boost by 3000rpm I've covered 500 miles now that it's on the road just suspension to tweak before first race 206bhp

I know but for the intended use and length of tracks coupled with minimal rear braking , I'm hoping the lack of surface area shouldn't be a problem

Cheers I'm well chuffed to get it running Anyway last week or so the ecu was sent back to motorsport electronics to check the issues with the ign drivers for COP conversion. I've been informed it was a simple firmware issue and should be back sorted for COP While ecu was away decided to sort a few other items to get finished off. Mainly the brakes which consisted of fitting my custom mounting brackets and custom machined front discs along with bling purple braided hoses . Which took longer than I thought to fit as had to order high tensile bolts for caliper

I have no idea why other pics have disappeared. But anyway there has been lots of progress even with the lack of updates. The car now starts and runs I replaced all the front fuel lines with aero fittings and socketless hose . Just before the first start up I downloaded a base map and set iso output settings after much advice from Matt at Motorsport Electronics . So nervously tried starting using the ign key I primed the pump a few times watch fuel pressure gauge slowly climbing. Then pop the return rubber pipe at the fuel tank burst!!! Bugger the only pipe I never repla

Can anyone help why my pictures have all disappeared???

Small progress this week as was on holiday happy days Anyhow Intercooler mounted properly and 99% of intercooler pipes mocked up for welding with obx racing wiggens style clamps . Intercooler is rubber mounted so hopefully there's enough movement with the clamps. I've tried to keep intercooler pipe work as short as possible , which involved trimming the slam panel and re-drilling intercooler . Not 100% happy with sizing of pipe work into cooler but hopefully doesnt affect it too much. Mounted fuel pressure regulator and ordered rest of fuel fittings and socketless hose. Al

Cheers , hope it goes as well I hope not but itb , gripper diff and a sorted chassis makes it tuff , oh and a good driver (my auldman) it does a lot of this

Well some picture let the picture whoring begin That's it back where it belongs , feels like a milestone has been reached . The works office looks empty now !! Engine trolley worked to an extent needs a few tweaks to work better but in the whole worked very well

Hope you get to the bottom of the issues Great build

Looks really clean You must have bought better gold reflective tape than me as mine doesn't stick worth a crap . keep up the work

Almost D-day for engine refit Getting there definitely engine in this week So proceeded to buy a battery box for new battery then chop it up to meet my needs This will bolt into place of original battery tray that was removed previously. I also found time to refresh old steering rack with a lick of paint and renew rack ends / trackrod ends . Along with blanking off power steering pipe work While rack was off I swapped out fuel and brake lines with my other set , while also removing complete evap setup . So this week seems to be the week

Cheers Bro Engine in this week I hope but been saying that since February

Yeah that's the exact one I bought I'm sure it took just over a week to arrive but much cheapness It is approx 1kg lighter than stock and still has the rubber for harmonic dampening so won't cause any issues buy it up

I bought these as well to fit original terminals need to machine them smaller for jap battery terminals .

I discussed it with the battery supplier and we both reckoned this was enough. However he did assure me that he would take it back if it wasn't fit for purpose so time will tell ?

Lithium ion battery I'm using is 190cca And measures a miniscule 150mm long and 87mm wide

Small odds and sods done this week in prep for engine installation. Which included fitting up all vacuum lines and sorting out other fittings . Seems to be taking forever but engine should be in this week Meanwhile removed original battery tray as this needs removed for intercooler pipe clearance . I will be welding a small plate on top to bring strength back to mount. Also will be running a small race battery which weighs only 1kg

I've still my passenger side to make , also agreed seating position is very hi I find

I originally bought a bride low seat base but never realised my motordrive bucket seats were a lot wider So ended up chopping them up and rewelding them making them lower and wider. Would have been alot cheaper making them from scratch