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Well I`ve sold the Fireblade  so that frees up some funds to get this finished. I`ve been waiting to borrow a Rollover jig for ages, but the other chap who had borrowed it keeps forgetting to bring it back up with him..... he needs it but hasnt started the resto on his yet so I was going to whip in first and get mine finished. But I got fed up with waiting / being let down and Ive pushed the button on one of these  MAde by Mk2Mania, its self loading and height adjustable and I figure I`ll buy it and finish mine then probably sell it on again ;D Should be here next friday  ;D |
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bstardchild
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Does the shell need much work - thought it was surface rust - or is this for further mods
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Aug 10, 2012 11:37:08 GMT
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Does the shell need much work - thought it was surface rust - or is this for further mods It needs a few bits sorting, but it also wants stripping, prepping, painting throughout etc and a spit is going to make it a whole lot easier to do all that stuff...... Oh and I might need to do a new Gearbox tunnel and Exhaust tunnel, depending if the six speed fits or not ? Just trying to justify a new portamig at the moment   |
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Last Edit: Aug 10, 2012 11:38:22 GMT by CR500Dom
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bstardchild
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Aug 10, 2012 12:24:40 GMT
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Does the shell need much work - thought it was surface rust - or is this for further mods It needs a few bits sorting, but it also wants stripping, prepping, painting throughout etc and a spit is going to make it a whole lot easier to do all that stuff...... Oh and I might need to do a new Gearbox tunnel and Exhaust tunnel, depending if the six speed fits or not ? OK enough needs there to justify - they seem to hold their value fairly well Just trying to justify a new portamig at the moment You don't need to justify a portamig in my opinion - you just have to get it bought  |
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Aug 11, 2012 21:28:23 GMT
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Well actually got some time in at the barn today, With the spit ordered and due to arrive next Friday I needed to get a bit organised. I managed to get a load of stuff tidied away that needed doing and boxes sorted and cleared out, basically Andy had kindly boxed everything up for collection and I just transferred it from the barn in leamington, to a barn in Norfolk ! I needed to go through it all and see what was needed and what could be thrown. After that I did some more measuring and a good dose of looking at it, tried the oil pump on the dummy engine in car (looks like its all good there) and struggled with halfshafts for ages then stopped tickling it  It's gone !  There it is after some attention from the hacksaw to get the half shafts out And there it is with the shafts out  Now I've just got to design the new bearing retainers that will incorporate the caliper mounts too, with the shafts out I have the option of reducing the track width slightly if needed as well. The easy option would have been to arch it and run 15" wheels, but I want it period, it rides better on 13's and the tyres are half the cost Now to see if I can get 9x13's under standard arches !! |
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Last Edit: Aug 11, 2012 21:30:44 GMT by CR500Dom
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Coming along nicely unlike mine at the moment! Good luck getting the nines in there  |
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Aug 12, 2012 15:06:29 GMT
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There's just enough room to get 9's under stock arches with an 8" wide tyre, but I am liking 8" with 185/60/13 at the moment which just look right 8" wheels give me the option to run some proper sticky tyres at sensible cost too Nice thing is, I can run 195/50/15 general road tyres to stay at the same rolling radius, and still have sticky 13's for track day use |
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Aug 25, 2012 21:13:04 GMT
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Well the rollover jig has arrived !!
Not even had a chance to unpack it yet but hoping to have a trial fitment on it tomorrow.
I had a chance to start cleaning up the half shafts last weekend and I pressed out the wheel studs at work too.
They will get replaced with some longer ARP ones once everything is painted and ready to go back together.
Getting them out meant I can try the discs on and finalise the caliper mounting details.
I have managed to find 2 wheel bearing kits online so that's a relief, I can get those ordered this week and crack on with removing the old ones and making the caliper mountings up.
I also mounted the dry sump pump on the perpex trial bracket but I'm not entirely convinced ?
Think it might end up on the exhaust side after all ? The plumbing will just be too tight and look really messy if I carry on down this road.
I'll grab the engine mount off the dummy motor tomorrow and bring it home.
I'll get some pics up later
Cheers
Dom
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Aug 30, 2012 19:58:01 GMT
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Some pics at last, sorry for the delay !! Half shafts out, degreased but pre clean up and stud removal  Pump mounting and masking tape belt run  Not entirely convinced by this position so I think it'll have to go exhaust side  Dry sump pan showing both scavenge ports and the feed in to internal oil pump  Inner wing stripped of paint a bit further ready for repair  Engine out again  Ready for mounting on this !  So that was last weeks little update..... Tomorrow I'm off to the soda blasters with some engine components as a trial and hopefully get the mountings sorted for the spit Cheers Dom |
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Last Edit: Sept 3, 2012 12:36:39 GMT by CR500Dom
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sonus
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Aug 30, 2012 20:07:21 GMT
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no pics in the last post is showing I want to see pics |
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Aug 30, 2012 20:35:22 GMT
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Showing up fine for me ?
Anyone else having issues ?
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bstardchild
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Aug 30, 2012 22:07:45 GMT
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Showing up fine for me ? Anyone else having issues ? Yep me too - spent ages at the weekend trying to get pics to upload with photobbucket seems like spaces and dashes have become an issue on proboards Quote and copy just the picture links and the work fine |
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Sept 3, 2012 12:51:28 GMT
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Lets try that again shall we: Some pics at last, sorry for the delay !! Half shafts out, degreased but pre clean up and stud removal   Pump mounting and masking tape belt run  Not entirely convinced by this position so I think it'll have to go exhaust side  Dry sump pan showing both scavenge ports and the feed in to internal oil pump  Inner wing stripped of paint a bit further ready for repair  Engine out again  Ready for mounting on this !  So that was last weeks little update..... Tomorrow I'm off to the soda blasters with some engine components as a trial and hopefully get the mountings sorted for the spit Cheers Dom |
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Sept 3, 2012 13:02:43 GMT
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Update: Had a great weekend on it Shell now looks like this:  Thats everything out of it ready to mount on the spit and have the welding finished ;D  Ok might have stripped some paint off too   Headlining out, not too bad  And best of all no horrors lurking under the window seals !!  Its now a totally bare shell, and tonight it goes off for a weeks holiday to see the nice Fabricators ;D |
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bstardchild
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Sept 3, 2012 22:06:35 GMT
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Its now a totally bare shell, and tonight it goes off for a weeks holiday to see the nice Fabricators ;D  - it's so great to see progress - lots of it in fact |
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Sept 4, 2012 22:07:29 GMT
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Cheers guys, I'm feeling a bit better about the whole thing too
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rysz
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What's happening at the fabrication place? Just repairs or anything else special?
I love this build!
Rysz.
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Seth
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Cheers guys, I'm feeling a bit better about the whole thing too A bit of regular progress has a habit of doing that |
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Sept 5, 2012 21:36:59 GMT
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What's happening at the fabrication place? Just repairs or anything else special? I love this build! Rysz. Basically 2 of the best race fabricators I know are spending a week on it to get the final awkward bits finished, pedal box mountings, rear lower 3/4, back section of cill, front corners of the engine bay, basically just finishing the steelwork that I havent got time to do.... That means the time I have got can be used on prepping and painting components and the shell after blasting, and finishing off the design work on the machined parts etc I will still be adding brackets and stuff but the bulk of the steel work will be completed by those who are far better at it than I am (basically in 2 man weeks they will hammer through what it would take me probably 4 -5 weeks to do....... And I haven't got 4-5 weeks continuous to spend on it) Then I just need IRSM to come up for a weekend with his tube bender and tube notcher and we can get the additional cage bracing done !!! |
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so that frees up some funds to get this finished.
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- it's so great to see progress - lots of it in fact
