Pretty sure this thread probably requires a massive update but I'll try shorten it as to be honest i cannot remember everything I've done and all the issues I've had since the last update in.... wow 2017....
- Early 2018 had to move the car from my g/f parents garage back to my parents drive. This caused a massive bomb in motivation having to brave the elements.
- I ditched the Nodiz in the end as it was just problem after problem. Ended up going with the DTA from MED
- Coil placement with the DTA was a *******. The wiring that come with it was the shortest ever and was just unnecessarily a pain. If that wasn't enough the only place I had space meant that the HT leads somehow had to flow over the wastegate so not ideal either. Time to think of a plan.
- More wiring hell, ******* i hate wiring.
- Make external wastegate
- Tidying
None of the above was also helped by the fact that in Apr18 i also moved up to Chester from sunny Surrey so it was pretty hard to get to the car to work and every time I made the journey to work on it the stupid UK weather had other plans.
Early 2019 I also reached out to Alex from TCK to look at doing my I/C set up. Paired with his busy schedule and me scampering to sort out the above and then some while living 200 miles away 2019 was an interesting year. Finally Jan20 the car went off the Alex for him to work his magic and roll on to this weekend just gone where I picked her up after the RR and then drive her the 200 miles home :)
While at Alex's the car had:
- Full suspension set up
- Bucket seat mounts
- Custom Intercooler
- Custom Ducting
- Relocated the coil pack for me.
- Carb area had a few issues
- Few other issues i probably missed :-P
- MOT
- Rolling Road
The car made 120 odd at the wheels @14psi which was a bit lower than i was expecting. The engine is definitely built for more and i know it has more in it. Some tinkering in the future maybe and i'd like to add she is no slouch so for now certainly fast enough
As with all these things now it's on the road the never ending 5% to get the car "finished" starts.
Things on my list are:
- Internal gear linkage
- Fix the leaky windscreen (random)
- Check as i might have a battery drain somewhere (again also random)
- Tidy up the inside. I think she spent a lot of time outside uncovered maybe and with the leaky windscreen it could do with a wire brush and paint.
- Bloody good clean, she is filthy!! The paint is flat and while i love the look the oily hands could do with being removed.
- Paint the bonnet.
- Potentially look at getting the IC duct made out of Ali. I know Alex wanted to do out of Ali but as time was limited as i had my train booked to come collect her he opted for fiberglass. I know he wished he could have had more time on it but I am happy as it does the job and is a great template if i wanted to explore that road next year.
So in short. Car drives amazing so thank you Alex for all your work and although he doesn't have his TM anymore Lee for helping me build the engine to the professional tolerances and spending my money haha!
Few pictures for your eyes