An English HillClimb rebuild.

some little things made. i wonder where they may go.

As some may have seen it is out with the old lightweight Kevlar Sparco seat. i got it to go in the Cox in 96 out of Ferrari for 40 quid.he foam back and seat were gone and the red fabric was failing the fact i could no longer get my arse in it had nothing to do with it.

so one 6 hour trip later. many seats sat in one decided on.

this brings about a problem. the cage was basically built about my driving position in that old seat.

time to make changes for a wider and taller seat.

need to get it roughed out first.

ok now to find a friend who can bend up some brackets for me. and i still need to patch the floor where the old seat mounts were welded in.

was a bit dark when i finished.

those funny plastic elbows are now fitted


just touch on full lock so will have a small trim when the adhesive is dry.

decided to give the welder some love.
todays delivery

fitted


tomorrow it will be put to use adding these.

well today.

I have flushed out the engine with some Motul rad flush
https://www.louis-moto.co.uk/a…r-cleaner-300-ml/10037698

while i was running the engine for the required 30mins i noticed some fuel coming from the Filter king breather.
seen here to the right of the IDA

well i decided to have a look at the diaphragm. Ok this was originally fitted to an earlier car circa 1995 before unleaded fuel was the norm and ethanol was not added to the fuel.



so please if you have similar items in your fuel line please check them.

oh i forgot the seat was fitted at the weekend.

now to dust.

wanted a new expansion tank for the coolant as the old MK1 Metro one has seen better days.

so after lots of googling and trying to see what size and configuration many were it took a change on a MINI one.

almost looks like like it was made for it. this is not attached to anything.

so made up a bottom bracket

and this is the top part drying
as i dont weld Alu. this it steel

all in place

also fitted some checker-plate in the foot-well for my heels been meaning to do this for years.

better check that things fit.

yep pedals do pedally stuff

4th gear is doable.

reverse

who needs that.

Harness is in

the trailer is in for a bit of work as i need to balance up the nose weight.

Zitat von Vaku

Hey Nick,
great project and so thanks a lot for sharing it!
Looks like you are almost ready for a test run? Eichenbühl Hillclimb 8/9th Sep is just around the corner.

I like that thermostat housing/addtl engine mount. Any info on it?

it is from DSN there a few different verions
http://www.dsnclassics.co.uk/r…ort-shop/engine-steadies/

unfortunately for the German regs i must have a Catalytic converter which means a new exhaust system. not that the Cat. will do anything other than change the standing wave pattern in the system. so it will not be out yet as i still have work to do and money to spend.
but as per normal it will be at

if anyone wants to chat.

today has been fun.
needed to get to the back of the engine.

now this is why i like the DSN stabiliser.
one bolt and i have access


need to modify some wrenches to finish of the tightening the bolts.

Zitat von Niclas92

Cool, but these steadies won't fit LHD cars, will they? At least according to their website.

true, sure they will come up with something. cant see it being too complex. must have a look at a few LHD cars for ideas.

well it has been a while and i have seen a few of you between.
just before going to the AMDA i was looking at a picture i took when the engine was out.

as the carb was off i had a feel. opps they were loose so made a mini tool to get in there


all back together for the AMDA meet

Ok German regulations require the car to have a cat fitted.

so new exhaust time.


and a cat

unfortunately the Manifold will not fit as i have a strange thing on the back of the block.

fitted