Jump to content

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 54
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Top Posters In This Topic

Posted Images

  • 3 weeks later...

Hey guys and girls. Small update for you. Been a little busy this time. The engine is now bolted in place with the shafts in and new gearbox oil. I've re wired half of the bay and removed a lot of dead wiring. Also I've bought a three gauge pod for the dash (universal) that I've had to cut and shape to make it fit properly. I've now fitted my wings (thanks charl 😍) and fitted an egt sensor to my exhaust manifold. Loads still to do but at the moment I'm happy with the progress. More to come!

BB71B6D4-64D4-4D4A-BC85-54BD657DA3A1.jpg

C6B1DA90-E7A6-480C-B6F8-F40E2732FEEC.jpg

F94EA5B8-0C03-429A-A881-CA8351F5037A.jpg

E06721B1-B90A-4DA2-A03D-78670B563001.jpg

4039C961-370B-4666-B581-2EA91586FEDB.jpg

15FF2ECC-1D9F-4555-9866-1E0D57AFAD07.jpg

That's all for now folks. Hopefully a bigger update next time as il be finishing off the wiring for the gauges and possibly putting the interior back together. :)

Link to post
Share on other sites
  • 3 weeks later...

Hey guys and girls. Long overdue update is here. Plenty has gone on and I'm going to attempt to tell you all about it.

Firstly the wiring of the gauges. Finally managed to get everything working as it should. I've minimised the wiring as much as possible to make space behind the dash.

3C7665F7-DB96-43C5-900A-44A2EA768214.jpg

148105A1-F867-458E-9C65-333D8CB1B459.jpg

So when they were done I decided to carry on with the engine. So near but yet so far at this point. I decided to spray my rocker cover black as a bit of contrast with the bay.

C9F86CAA-82D7-40C7-B32E-DE193B99EE84.jpg

117FACB7-1225-4582-934A-F5282A9543BC_1.j

So now the engine is in I decided I needed to get some power to it. So I decided to refit the battery in the boot. I've also fitted a master switch that needs locating somewhere at a later time.

B5AFDB51-E2D1-4583-8AA9-0AF50167FE20_1.j

That's about it for pictures for now. But today il be fitting roll cage, rest of exhaust, front seats and harnesses and hopefully having a drive down the road. Exciting stuff!!

Edited by Flaminsam
Link to post
Share on other sites

Cheers guys and girls ;) currently the rear bumper is off and the front will be following it this evening. Charl has ever so kindly offered to spray them for me for an upcoming show this Sunday. While the front is off I will be making a splitter that will bolt to the underside of the car. I will take photos of the process this time (I will try to remember) and see how it looks :) one of my friends has offered to make it out of fibreglass if I can make a template for him. Should be interesting 😋

Watch this space!!!

Link to post
Share on other sites

Ooh yea thanks for reminding me about the spats! Just a little something to finish off the back end a little :) I need to sort tracking out and my camber at some point in the future but il have to take it to work to do that really. Wouldn't mind also lifting the front about 20mm so the splitter won't catch on everything! 🙈

Link to post
Share on other sites

Roach, I'm still using it buddy ;) making an under tray at some point soon so need to trace around it to fab one up :)

Jigga, I've removed the power steering and gone to a manual steering rack from an ep80. Was a little bit of a pain to do as the steering columns are different so had to swap the shafts from inside each steering column to keep the adjustable steering wheel height. I have photos somewhere of the difference. Il see if I can find them at some point.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Roach, I'm still using it buddy ;) making an under tray at some point soon so need to trace around it to fab one up :)

Jigga, I've removed the power steering and gone to a manual steering rack from an ep80. Was a little bit of a pain to do as the steering columns are different so had to swap the shafts from inside each steering column to keep the adjustable steering wheel height. I have photos somewhere of the difference. Il see if I can find them at some point.

Jus curious....did u go manual to accomodate the air filter?

Link to post
Share on other sites

Well it was a sad day last week as another ep82 went to the great big scrapyard in the sky.

5ED737E9-151E-4E71-A8A9-6141013E4E1D.jpg

1B400179-F784-4791-AC59-2D99718A8385.jpg

A moment of silence please .........

Any way moving swiftly on the second show I took the new starlet too, hull motor show. Was a good day out and plenty of cars to see (mainly bloody vauxhalls!)

EF08F51C-A1DB-4FF8-8319-5DBDDF6EE096.jpg

While I was there I noticed that I could do with some proper bonnet stays. A slight breeze and I could hear the fibreglass cracking on the standard bonnet stay (fibreglass wings)

So I created these from a bit of old clothes rail.....

59A3D89A-94F0-40FB-9C75-45BAEFF8E8BB.jpg

Also I smoothed and painted an inlet manifold as the other one looked out of place :/

1396A814-2CDC-450D-A603-859893CBB9F0.jpg

The ports were cleaned out and the inlet manifold decontaminated before fitting :)

That's about it for now. Il have a few more updates after jae all being well. See you all there soon! 🚗💨

Edited by Flaminsam
Link to post
Share on other sites
  • 2 months later...

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.


×
×
  • Create New...