[race_prep] 205 1.9 8V Hillclimb Car

[Cameron 16]

picked up my rollcage on wednesday saftey devices one, second hand, looks all good. Also whilst I was there the chap (who was breaking his rally car) had a refurbished steering UJ (square fitment...) with no play in it, so picked that up for £15.... just sayin lol....

 

Now have to decide whether do go to the unit tonight and start on the cage... or to to and drink cheap jagerbombs in leamington all night wake up with a head full of shame and regret....

 

Shame and regret FTW. I'm at GodsKitchen on Saturday night so no car work for me either!

 

Nice work on the steering UJ too. Bare savings.

[alexcrosse 124]

bare cheap man. Hoping for leam tbh, but we'll see. GodsKitchen is for servo users, get to fabric you fairy, bare bass

[Cameron 16]

Never been to Fabric, always wanted to though! The one time we went for my mate's birthday he chundered on the bouncer's feet, needless to say we didn't get in.

 

Ps come pick up this beam.

[alexcrosse 124]

mmmm beef n onion pie! nom nom nom. Coffee at 2? ill be in costa.

 

I told you the beam payment date didnt I! chill winstonnnnnn. Yer, fabrics heavy, always a mess. bare mess.

[Cameron 16]

mmmm beef n onion pie! nom nom nom. Coffee at 2? ill be in costa.

 

I told you the beam payment date didnt I! chill winstonnnnnn. Yer, fabrics heavy, always a mess. bare mess.

 

Well, reading this at 2:10 so I guess not!

 

Are you gonna put up a project thread for the mini too?

[alexcrosse 124]

http://www.16vminiclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9022&page=36

mini project, shant put one on here, too busy trying to build some rubbish little french can.

[alexcrosse 124]

Woke up in Coventry... Cage is yet to go in lol

[Baz 421]

Progress or GTFO!!

[alexcrosse 124]

Lol!!!! Buying stuff counts as progress, brakes are in the post ;p

[alexcrosse 124]

Kind of in...

 

ish...

[Cameron 16]

Nice.

[alexcrosse 124]

Herro! ok, cage is in, took ages (2 days) because the foot mounts were a bit of a mess after the previous owner... so just cut them off and re did them. Need to add little bit of weld on a coupla feet still, but I'll do that when I get back to the garage after christmas; take the cage out and get it re-powder coated.

 

so got the rear plates fabbed up first, lips bent in certain places to contact floor all the way round, welded because I cut about 1.5mm deep to allow for a much better bend and keep the top as flat as possible.

 

so put both of them down and seam welded them, cut new plates for the cage too, surface area way within MSA specs so thatll do... seam welded the tube later. Weld through primer was a nightmare, didnt have time for it to cure so was useless really, hassle. bare hassle.

 

did the same with the centre mounts, captives welded to the back of the 3mm plate, then holes cut to accept them in the body, all weld through primered on mating surfaces to prevent rust for all of 3 microseconds im sure...

 

ok... had to rush home and stuff, didnt have time to get the cage out so I just chucked primer on everything before leaving, so everything is grey like this now. Front box sections were done with sq area and lip running up the inner sill as per MSA specs, 2 captives and 2 normal nuts. Jobs a gooden.

 

left it tucked up for christmas after that

 

Cheers,

 

Al

[Cameron 16]

Nice work, bare welding.

[harryskid 193]

Smart !

[alexcrosse 124]

cheers guys! would like to be in the garage right now so much, damn christmas!

[alexcrosse 124]

not much visible progress sadly. The wilwoods I bought got lost in the post, so awaiting a refund and a trip to one of my mini suppliers... Bit closer to sorting out the custom pistons and conrods for the engine build. Should have the subframe next week (cheques waiting cam). I have got some reservoirs tho, my girling ones were too big to fit in the scuttle so ordered these little puppies.

 

 

need to order some new wheels too (long story)... winter blues.

 

Cheers,

 

Al

[Cameron 16]

Does this mean I have to take the beam off now? But it's cold outside!

[alexcrosse 124]

yep shout if u need a hand, ill let you no if im in dunton this week for

[alexcrosse 124]

Got the diesel crank, condition looks mint which is nice, will drop it off for work after measuring and checking everything

 

picked my other seat up so I can get the mounts sorted on the passenger side

 

and got some wilwood 4 pots... interparcel finally delivered them after I used the word 'stolen' alot

 

more updates v.soon

[alexcrosse 124]

Started bodging a plate in to mount reservoirs right out the way.

Got the wilwoods on, just about got clearance (win). Thanks for the bolts cam.

 

Cheers,

 

Al

Edited January 17, 2012 by alexcrosse

[alexcrosse 124]

Picked up the half way house engine, need to get this done so I dont miss to many sprints, first is 18th of march and its not looking great! lol. Going to put a 1.9 on throttle bodies in it with a 1.6 box for the time being. Picked up a cheap 1.9, shall give it a clean soon and bosh it in.

[Lowercase 56]

the seat looks good mate, been looking for one similar, how much was it and where did you pick it up from?

[alexcrosse 124]

http://www.motordrive.com/acatalog/copy_of_Products_Built_from_Add_Ons.html

 

can get them direct, £375 per seat now with the new FIA construction regs

Edited January 18, 2012 by alexcrosse

[alexcrosse 124]

Ok, picked this up today... last night..? urgh. Subframe from Cam,

 

 

Cleaned it all up

 

 

Got some black on it (and the brackets).

 

 

Its pretty stiff, and all solid mounted so should do the trick, GTI6 rears will hopefully match the fronts nicely too. Fills the hole the old seized subframe was in anyway! Will rebuild it at the end of this season, blast and paint things properly then but for the time being this car really needs to get together!!! Looks OK though, will prime and paint the tube tomorrow, still deciding whether or not to go out, lol.

 

Cheers,

 

Al

[alexcrosse 124]

its in

 

ride height looks about nice

 

 

getting there, engine clean up tomorrow