New car...again....Kit car content

[Ol’ Tarby]

Actually looking at it, I don't think your arm would fall into a natural position where it'd touch the exhaust. You'd have to reach for it I think, and the harnesses would probably stop you leaning forward enough to reach it.

I'll try it later

 

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Never in all my years have I ever had anyone touch an exhaust with their hand and burn themselves

Legs however when wearing shorts or skirts loads of times

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[JB21]

Never in all my years have I ever had anyone touch an exhaust with their hand and burn themselves

Legs however when wearing shorts or skirts loads of times

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Always knew you were a crossdresser.

 

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I will admit to having variants with the exhaust on the passenger (zetec x-flow) and on the drivers (k-series) side

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[Ol’ Tarby]

Having a few problems bleeding the brakes at the moment. Just cant seem to get a peddle at all. No air flowing from the bleed nipples, but there must be air trapped somewhere. Put a whole litre of fluid through it, and now I've ran out

Only thing I can think of is the rear bleed nipples arent the highest point in the system, so air may be getting trapped above them? The rear hoses loop up and into the top of the caliper from above. This sound feasible @harvsurrey ?

 

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I have a decent one man bleed unit , 7 type cars are notorious for being a pain to bleed

2 choices , rubber tube , jam jar and a mate to pump the pedal.

Or invest in a decent one man bleed system.

https://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Prod...pwj6UzCr1hp-PUq0MaBoCRNwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

You can try other ones but I did (the cheap 15 quid jobbies) and my only real success is with a decent one .

I also recommend Castrol SRF fluid and changing it every spring before using the car for the summer

Just works well in those type of cars

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[Ol’ Tarby]

Hmmmm yeah I've been using the cheap gunson one. Might go old school on it at the weekend

 

[Mr R.]

I have a decent one man bleed unit , 7 type cars are notorious for being a pain to bleed

2 choices , rubber tube , jam jar and a mate to pump the pedal.

Or invest in a decent one man bleed system.

https://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Prod...pwj6UzCr1hp-PUq0MaBoCRNwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

You can try other ones but I did (the cheap 15 quid jobbies) and my only real success is with a decent one .

I also recommend Castrol SRF fluid and changing it every spring before using the car for the summer

Just works well in those type of cars

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I have that very bleeder but bought it for the Impreza, in my stupidity I didn't realize that the bleeder only fitted european reservoirs.

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

I have that very bleeder but bought it for the Impreza, in my stupidity I didn't realize that the bleeder only fitted european reservoirs.

Fancy selling it? Lol

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

I have that very bleeder but bought it for the Impreza, in my stupidity I didn't realize that the bleeder only fitted european reservoirs.

Is it possibly to make alternatives? My rally car runs Compbrake reservoirs and none of the caps in my Gunson kit fitted it, so I bought a spare reservoir and made my own cap.

 

[Mr R.]

I have that very bleeder but bought it for the Impreza, in my stupidity I didn't realize that the bleeder only fitted european reservoirs.

Fancy selling it? Lol

I also own a vauxhall and a Volvo mate. [emoji23]

Tbh I did buy it for the Impreza and was gutted when I couldn't use it but I did use it on the van when giving it a service.

 

[Mr R.]

I have that very bleeder but bought it for the Impreza, in my stupidity I didn't realize that the bleeder only fitted european reservoirs.

Is it possibly to make alternatives? My rally car runs Compbrake reservoirs and none of the caps in my Gunson kit fitted it, so I bought a spare reservoir and made my own cap.

I have no idea mate, the kit is bloody good quality and the cap is a solid bit of kit.
It's the good tight seal that you need and I think the Impreza cap is a half turn thing so I don't think it would work even if you was to modify a spare cap.

You might be able to buy extra cap's but I haven't looked into it.

Sorry James for going slightly off topic. [emoji16]

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

It's all good lol

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Another job crossed off tonight. New headlights fitted along with new connectors. Replaced the shitty old ones with something a bit better and also waterproof

Old Vs New

New rear arches arrived this morning aswell. REALLY close now

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

You driven this properly yet?

Have had an eBay search on the go for a while, this is the type of spam I get...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123122800790?ul_noapp=true

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

You driven this properly yet?

Have had an eBay search on the go for a while, this is the type of spam I get...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123122800790?ul_noapp=true

Oh dear! That's the problem with most of these. They're built and owned by the older gentleman, and they have some very strange ideas on what looks good


I've driven mine about a mile since I bought it in November. It's only a full weekend off being ready for the road now

 

[Djw John]

You driven this properly yet?

Have had an eBay search on the go for a while, this is the type of spam I get...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123122800790?ul_noapp=true

Needs red wheels

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

I personally liked the bit where the speedo appears to be blocked by the steering wheel

 

[charltjr]

My eyes. Make it go away.

 

[Scrooge]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Westfiel...943685?hash=item41e19b9385:g:E7oAAOSwenla8hbt


mmmm

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Westfiel...943685?hash=item41e19b9385:g:E7oAAOSwenla8hbt


mmmm

Very nice! Interesting roll bar design tho!

I'd have to make the interior more pleasing to the eye though. I know it's functional etc but still needs to look good

 

[Scrooge]

Very nice! Interesting roll bar design tho!

I'd have to make the interior more pleasing to the eye though. I know it's functional etc but still needs to look good

I agree mate

 

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Very common roll bar use as a forward support is used to give protection from the bar folding .

Usually on sprint cars where the passenger seat is rarely used but you can sit in it.

Full cages which is now the desired way negates their use.

And agree on terrible interiors .... hate them

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[Ol’ Tarby]

Finally got the brakes to bleed up today. What an utter pain in the f**king arse!
Gave up with the easibleed in the end and went back to the old way of doing it with a one-way valve and manually pumping the pedal. s**t load of air came out of the passenger rear caliper.

Things left to do now;
Fit new rear arches
Fit new rear lights
Wire up the auxiliary switch panel
Fit newly painted diffuser
Wrap the nosecone
Paint windscreen surround and brackets

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Quick reminder of how the rear end looked originally

And now

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

I can sort of see where they were coming from with white and chrome, but the white diffuser, dodgy plate and leather tonneau cover don't help.

I like what you've done with it!

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

I can sort of see where they were coming from with white and chrome, but the white diffuser, dodgy plate and leather tonneau cover don't help.

I like what you've done with it!

Cheers mate
Unfortunately I think the tonneau cover will be going back in as there isn't really another solution for covering the boot compartment. Not a simple one anyway.

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

I quite like the molded ones, but you could probably just give that one a going over with some conditioner to give it a bit of life again. It won't be contrasting against everything now either!

 

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Cheers mate
Unfortunately I think the tonneau cover will be going back in as there isn't really another solution for covering the boot compartment. Not a simple one anyway.[/QUOTE]





Do you need boot access ? I didn't find the space that useful so I covered it with a sheet of honeycomb carbon sandwich

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[Ol’ Tarby]

Cheers mate
Unfortunately I think the tonneau cover will be going back in as there isn't really another solution for covering the boot compartment. Not a simple one anyway.[/QUOTE]





Do you need boot access ? I didn't find the space that useful so I covered it with a sheet of honeycomb carbon sandwich

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I'd like to keep it accessible if possible yeah, as granted it's not a huge space, but it'd fit a small tent and a few beers in.

I think I'll look into making something like yours but with a lockable flap in it.
I just want get it on the road now though

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

Huge improvement. Can't wait to see it all back together.

 

[Waitey]

Why are the rear arches so wide?

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Why are the rear arches so wide?

Same width as the standard arches. Narrow bodys have wider arches apparently as the outer track is the same. So to get the wider body, the arches are narrower. According to the guy who made my arches anyway.


Either way, both standard and these are 315mm wide

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

It does look f**king wide as f**k in person though to be fair

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

 

[Matthew]

Looks f**king real does that.

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Looks f**king real does that.

Real what? Real s**t?

 

[Clio_fool]

Good effort, it looks loads better. Bought a silly engine for it yet?

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Good effort, it looks loads better. Bought a silly engine for it yet?

I'm sure the current one has enough power to get me into trouble. If I get on with it over summer, then this winters job will be cambelt and cams

 

[Matthew]

Real what? Real s**t?

Haha. I shall translate from yorkshire. Real = smart