At some of the kit car shows I’ve seen some great looking cars – look a little closer at the wiring and some look a little ropey. I am spending plenty of time in this area aiming to get the best standard of wiring possible for aesthetic reasons and efficiency.
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July 13, 2008
Final Exhaust parts
The left hand image shows the final elements of the exhaust, the can is a standard ZX12R can which is a challenge to fit but will work. A little more grinding is needed on the header welds and heat wrap will be used to keep the engine bay temperature down as much as possible.
December 24, 2007
Sprocket and Hub
The top left of the picture is the new hub that replaces the sprocket – the nut and brass washer can be reused. Some thread lock will be needed when tightening and close attention to bending the brass washer over the nut will be required as about 160bhp + will be passing through it and [...]
October 3, 2007
All ready for floor pan
With the floor pan, prepped and mapped out, at this stage I am ready to bond and rivet the floor pan on. Needed an assisant to help lower the floor pan on the chassis, difficult to get in the right place, first time. Once the floor pan is on we turned the chassis over, [...]
September 23, 2007
Floor pan fun….
It’s quite difficult to make out but this is the main floor pan marked out and drilled. As sad as it sounds I quite enjoyed doing this bit, what I didn’t like was the bad back I had for nearly a week, this is part of the blood sweat and tears!!!!
September 23, 2007
More Rivetting
OK at this stage the two sides the front panel on the n/s and the front bulkhead panel are now bonded and riveted solid . The chassis is now upside down and ready for the floor pan !!!! its nearly a car?
September 23, 2007
prep work
As you can see from the picture above the first panel has been preped and is ready for fitment. The tape is there to protect the powder coating on the chassis.
