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Secondary bar made and welded on as well as the uprights to support it. We bent up and welded on the radiator brackets. The whole front bar is completely removable so the engine can be pulled out through the front.
I also cut and shaped a front slam panel. Next week I shall get the intercooler brackets and headlight brackets made
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Yeh that’s all you need to do. It’s a 19mm die so needs a 19mm hole saw. It’s from a company on eBay, paid £23 for it. Debated making it myself but it’d cost me more than that for high carbon steel and quenching oil
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Made up a few more bits for further work on the tube front later on in the week.
Braces for the corners on the main bar done, these will be dimple died once it arrives.
Made up the radiator brackets, once the height on the main bar is set they can be bent to shape and fitted.
Made up some brackets for another brace either side to tie in the turret/chassis braces and the main front bar. -
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Plenty more fabrication to do. Should have the front end done this week with a bit of luck
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Started work on the tube front with a friend of mine.
I machined some collars for a sliding system for the bash bar.
Tubs were cut out first and chassis to turret braces welded to boxes.
The front bar is removable to allow the engine to come out easily.
Next up is some braces and radiator brackets are next on the list
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I did that to both, the photo was taken before cleaning it up
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Seems fine apart from the slightly bent cable. Tightened up the selectors quite nicely. We shall see what happens when it’s back on the road though
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1 minute ago, JamesD89 said:
Where was the bearing kit from mate? I bought a set from ID Works a few years ago and came with 5 washers for each bearing, this put me off fitting them as it looks sloppy. dont think il bother if this is the same kit.
That’s where mine is from. The bearings have to be pressed in, I did it in situ and wasn’t quite as careful as I should have been. I used a big then a small washer at the back then the bearing then a small washer and a 3.6 mm washer. It has improved it just be careful when you press the bearings in. If you want I can post a pair of big washers to you at material cost?
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As the intercooler pipework was off I decided to fit the gear selector cable bearing kit I’ve had laying around for years. A job I will never bother to do again! I wasn’t too keen on number of washers with the kit so I machined up some thicker washers. Unfortunately one cable is now slightly bent and the gearstick doesn’t quite move to centre from 5th but nothing major. All fitted up and ready for the rest of the car to be put back together once the throttle body gasket arrives.
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I’ve always run my idle around 1100 as the idle control and wax stat were shot so idle sometimes plummeted at a standstill and sometimes didn’t so I shall aim to maintain what I had already. Throttle response has always been pretty crisp so I shall probably leave the tps where it is
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12 minutes ago, glanzagee said:
you wont have high idle with this removed at cold start and the rev will only rise when warm
That’s the plan. It’s slowly got more sloppy so took the plunge to remove it. I’ve been controlling the idle via the screw on the throttle body for years to try and counter it anyway
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Had a few quite productive days so far though suffering with welding in the heat now. Got the wing brackets cut out, welded on and the wings are now mounted. I need to sort out the gap between those and the bonnet.