[race_prep] 205 1.9 8V Hillclimb Car

[Cameron 16]

Touche..

[alexcrosse 124]

box made to put the switchbox plate in... so I suppose I have made a switchbox?... anyway... just need to get some bolts tomorrow and make a battery mount too... all these little ally brackets and bits take forever. Got the fuel tank in and attached to all the breathers and then filler. Hopefully all the electrical system will be in place tomorrow

[wardy18 33 1 Cars]

I was exactly the same building mine, forever making up little brackets....

[alexcrosse 124]

Yer does take a while! Well found that all the pins I had for the connectors were wrong, so had to take them out and redo all of them. But, got that done, switched two wrong wires around, and flicked some switches

 

 

 

 

and got some connectors for the fuel system too

 

 

Cheers,

 

Al

[alexcrosse 124]

ok, finally got the wipers working, intermittent as well absolute witchcraft, the regenerative breaking is what is not well covered on the internet, and if you do not have a column switch handy it is pretty hard to get it running! But its done now, going to get the last couple of earths down this weekend and fix the control box in place properly And its hospitality at brixton so today and saturday are a write off.

[EdCherry 34 1 Cars]

Would you mind sharing your wiper wiring knowledge as im not looking forward to doing mine next weekend!

[alexcrosse 124]

all the fuel lines are done. Need some rivnuts to get the plate on the tank hole tho. Will sort that out soon.

 

Sourced a gearbox, picking it up in a few weeks. And thought I would treat the car to a fancy gearstick too whilst at it. XTrac magnesium loveliness a la 1990-1992 BTCC , cleaning it up on my desk as we speak.

[Cameron 16]

By desk you mean kitchen, right?

[alexcrosse 124]

Nope, at my desk now home girl.

[Cameron 16]

I deduct those previously assigned manpoints then.

[alexcrosse 124]

finally sorted out a proper gearbox. Peugeot sport be1 cr box with ZF diff, and an alloy works end plate nom nom

 

[welshpug 1,661]

nice, that's an OLD casing, no crank sensor hole!

 

guess its not the 6 speed unit is it? thought they were the only ones that had the ally end casing? does it need ZF shafts?

[alexcrosse 124]

Nah, 5 speed, doesnt need ZF shafts. There were a handful of alloy end casings made for the original works gpA cars.

[alexcrosse 124]

starting making a platform for the gear lever to bring it up a bit

 

[alexcrosse 124]

PROGRESS! so buff

 

 

So yer, had a good old play with my knob and then had to go help with a mates 20v turbo caddy conversion, but progress is progress

[calvinhorse 870]

Nice knob

 

I like the way this is staying lightweight, no excessive rollcage!

[Cameron 16]

Any more cage than that is completely unnecessary in mod prod!

[alexcrosse 124]

cheers calvin, I love my knob. And aye no point having a weld in or anything extra from the regs really in mod prod fwd

 

Oh yer - also bought a colchester student 1800 so I can start turning the parts for the gear linkage and some bits to drop the column even more. man purchase. Lovely roundhead 3 phase, gonna give it a good ol' repaint dressed in a technician coat, clear glasses and a pipe.

[welshpug 1,661]

Small hands?

[alexcrosse 124]

small gloves

[welshpug 1,661]

I was referring to the rather strange position of the gear lever support bracket vs handbrake

Edited November 15, 2012 by welshpug

[alexcrosse 124]

lol yer it still works fine. Handbrake is only there for MOT purposes, not for function.

[alexcrosse 124]

 

can finish the linkage now... after cleaning and painting my lathe obvs.

[Cameron 16]

B-b-b-b-b-b-bufffffffff!

[brumster 135 1 Cars]

Nah, 5 speed, doesnt need ZF shafts.

 

Do check that, won't you - I thought all ZF diffs require the shorter stub pin on the left hand side?