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Had a bit of a clear out today to make room and just generally get rid of stuff I don't need, filled he car with all interior bits, seats, door cards and other bits, who says a racecar can't be practical ey?! ;) lolimage.jpegimage.jpeg

 

For some reason for months and months I had been putting off installing the passenger harnesses.. It took about 5 minutes and 3 bolts lol but that's done now, set them up so they're equal and fit right :)image.jpeg

 

Had a brainstorm the other night that since my exhaust points up and out the bumper.. That'd make it a little more attractive for people to put stuff in there....or for animals to crawl into, I remembered I had some aluminium mesh spare so I made a cover for the exhaust then using a jubilee clip to hold it on its a nice fit and will do the job! Hopefully make it a bit less noticable by the police lol :)image.jpegimage.jpegimage.jpegimage.jpegimage.jpegimage.jpeg

 

3 hours ago, dr_broon said:

Most people go for the mg zs arb for the rear.. Thicker than the standard mb6 one and much thicker than the non existent aerodeck one ;)

Even one off an MB6 will be a big help :)

Ahh I see! Thank you, I'll be on the hunt for one of them! I had the same sort of setup on my old micra k11, soft at the front and stiff at the back, handled like an absolute go cart :)

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Not much of an update I'm afraid, aside from installing a short shifter the other day (which I'm still getting used to) I've just been brainstorming and looking at other raced out civics and planning things for Vietnam, eventually I would like to remove the dash to get remove that last bit of interior weight, either remove it, completely, tidy the wiring, remove the rest of the air con stuff, but trying to keep the heaters, heater piping and radio.

along with the weight cutting theme I'd like to get some plastic windows all around, as well as the sunroof except the rear as I'm unsure of how I'd go around the curvature yet.. but after watching a video of a 430odd hp supercharged k20 EG I do quite like the completely gutted look, with the cage and how simple it looks. Either way I'll be removing the dash to get the air con stuff out so I'll see how everything looks and how I'd go about keeping stuff. :)IMG_5501.JPG 

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On 19/01/2017 at 11:56 PM, Jayhoath83 said:

Shes coming along nicely dude 

Thank you very much, a lot more to come :)

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Took a little trip the the local scrappy today and in all its glory there was an MG ZS intop of another car with the wheels off, it had an anti-roll bar so I had to get it! Thankfully it wasn't too much of an arse to get off, and only cost me a tenner :)

I am going to wait till I am next at the unit then I will get it all clean and bare, paint then fit with new bolts :DIMG_5528.JPG

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4 hours ago, Krzys said:

I follow the owner of that EG on Instagram, crazy car!

 

I couldn't go that hardcore on the car I use everyday though, maybe I'm getting old!

Ooh you do? What is his instagram, I'd be interested to see the build and more pics :)

 

Yeahh she is my daily driver but the way I think about it is, the less weigh I'm carrying, the less fuel I'll use and the faster it'll be when I go on the track, maybe I'm just going a bit OTT but oh well lol :P

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Ordered some plastic DTM mirrors, but due to seller not being able to find any plastic ones they upgraded me to carbon ones! Bargain :D mounted up onto rover 45 baseplates, they were alittle hard to see out of first but I got used to them and I love them :)

also cut out the grill thingy as it's something I wanted to do for a while:)IMG_5552.JPG.4ab219316b738f1b625c7b9cbf286b80.JPGIMG_5556.thumb.JPG.36ecdbf2ddffa17b8b86e02be2b309b9.JPGIMG_5557.thumb.JPG.c45527ac7f1ec29eeab0544db336531d.JPGIMG_5656.JPG.12b96061d0c83eb9cc508277599ae11e.JPGIMG_5659.JPG.9898b6aca4256e6640d35a8572cbd36f.JPG

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So my exhaust has recently been doing my own head in. It's not too bad just tootling along but any sort of hill or push of the accelerator that's when car alarms start going off and houses are falling down. Not ideal :shock: So I've decided to go for a full stainless system to the back! 

But due to being low the back box I have got don't fit between the bumper and ground. So that gives me the perfect opportunity to go ahead with one of my other mad, pointless and OTT plans... cutting out the wheel well and making it a flat floor..

 

So that is exactly what I done yesterday.. i died a little inside but deep down I knew that the finished product would pay off well and it'll look awesome.

i set out cutting around the wheel well, chiselled off the soundproofing and cleaned up the metal around where I'll be welding

this morning i picket up a 2x1 sheet of 1mm steel and 2x1 sheet of 0.9mm Aluminium.

i traced around the cut out wheel well and added on an inch or so all around so that I had plenty to play with and trim down if needed

i then placed it in the boot, measures where I needed to fold to step up the boot, this will also give the new floor extra strength.

placed it back in the boot and everything still lined up great :)

 

i then set to making the second piece that comes up (last picture)

same process, made a cardboard template and cut that out the sheet metal too, slotted into position and made markings on where to fold for weldind onto the top piece, this will also give it strength

it is coming along really well, it was daunting at first but once you set your mind to it and you don't rush there's not much that can go wrong

tomorrow will consist of trimming the top piece to the cleaned area of metal on the car, then weld it all up and apply body sealer, and paint underneath to protect from rust :)

apart from making more room for the big back box I got the other reason for cutting the boot out is so that I can make a big diffuser hence why I bought a sheet of aluminuim :P 

but the diffuser may wait for a bit until my exhaust is nearly done, so that I know where to mount everything and just make everything as easy as possibly for myself :)

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