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Post by coleman262 on Aug 8, 2011 18:11:11 GMT
Houses are over rated... (sort of.) Love that picture of the inside! although its not helping my lust after carbon  |
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Post by Stephen on Oct 5, 2011 11:28:01 GMT
Does my bum look big in this?  |
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Post by oldgit on Oct 5, 2011 19:34:19 GMT
YES!!!!!!!!!
And out of it ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Stephen on Oct 10, 2011 12:13:49 GMT
I decided to go about things a bit more systematically as it wasn't progressing too quickly. So Now I'm working from the back forwards, not going any further forwards through the car until it's done at the back. Up to the B-pillars is now complete apart from fitting the exhaust. Fuel cell all plumbed in, quick release bootlid fitted with my modified hinges and rear windows in. If you thought that getting a glass window in is tricky, polycarbonate is near on impossible. Did it eventually, but it's a two man job, and much swearing required.  |
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Post by monkeyjim on Oct 11, 2011 19:26:33 GMT
My mk1 perspex window were tricky and they were done by a windscreen company .
I have some quick release boot hinges too , stainless steel pins , just need paint .
Been thinking about quick release door hinge pins but thats a bit more work and from what Dean was telling me about what Nick Swift was saying to him about the ones on his Goodwood race Cooper -alighnment does go out .
Maybe with lighter aluminium skinned doors its more feasable .
I wonder what Force Racing mk1 outer door hinges will look like when they start making them.
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Post by Miniböttcher on Oct 11, 2011 20:08:44 GMT
force racing have started to make there hinges, i not a fan of them , he had a basic one quickly knocked up at castle combe, also with the pins in the door, is the security , or what security, and i bet some little bugger will nick one of the pins if you left it parked up at a show, but great on a race car for quick access, shame brian is back in france, you should of got him to knock up a few , i would like to see them, thursday?  lets see a photo of you boot fixings |
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Post by Stephen on Oct 11, 2011 21:30:51 GMT
Punch the pin out, cut a slot in the hinge, press the pin back in. Simples  |
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Post by Miniböttcher on Oct 12, 2011 17:49:39 GMT
Very clever. Plus no ne knows once it's on. I like those kind of mods.
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Post by monkeyjim on Oct 13, 2011 6:13:02 GMT
very good
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Post by Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 9:55:34 GMT
Admittedly I copied that from someone else, good idea though!
As long as you cut the slot straight down or at the rear of the hinge, the boot will still be very secure up against the rubbers. You could mount any bootlid like this, wish I'd done it years ago as it saves undoing the four nuts everytime you need to work in the boot.
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Post by Stephen on Oct 24, 2011 11:34:32 GMT
Got my seat finally bolted in on new brackets. My arse is now only an inch from the floor - perfect.  |
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Post by biggelmo on Oct 24, 2011 14:34:08 GMT
You might want to move the harness eyes for the lap belt backwards from the standard seatbelt fixing on the inner sill.
Your harness will try to pull the fixing straight out of the sill if it all goes pear shaped.
Somewhere back by the roll cage foot would be better.
Also having the fixings further back will increase the harness wrap around your hips and reduce the risk of you submarining under the lap belt as you don't have a crotch strap.
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Post by biggelmo on Oct 24, 2011 15:05:42 GMT
Just checked a few harness manufacturers and some say to have the lapstraps pulling vertically from the floor with the eyes close to the seat (Willans), and some say put the eyes on the floor slightly behind the seat (Securon).
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Post by Stephen on Oct 24, 2011 16:13:55 GMT
I see what you're saying, but if I had an impact big enough for me to rip the seat belt eyes out, there wouldn't be much left of me anyway!!
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Post by OldEnglish on Oct 24, 2011 18:59:37 GMT
my arse would look good in that Stephen  |
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