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[twistedtorment]

this is great, love your approach to fabricating parts, custom!

[Monstrous]

Once again im hoarding parts for this ready for summer when i can attack full steam ahead

Few bits turned up yesterday, firstly a brand new Alloy rad for £55





Ford fiesta coil pack and crank sensor for the megajolt installation

[Monstrous]

Managed to get a few little bits done over Easter, although been busy with Uni work and my 21st over easter weekend.

Firstly i have stripped the engine back down again, as i wasn't happy with the build-up, i believe the shells were the wrong size and was not confident of the build tolerances. I am therefore taking the bits to Rob Walker on Saturday to build up the short block and fit the straight cut drops i've purchased.

Drops and Duplex setup acquired..





Finished fitting the fuel lines. Inline fuel tap in the cabin.











Also needed to figure out a solution to the different thickness manifolds. The Mirage exhaust manifold has thinner flanges than the metro turbo inlet manifold so to allow them to both be clamped up tight to the head i made some stepped washers.

[mymini007]

Looking good mate, I like the fuel tank, where did you get thsi from?

Still have no managed to try out my springs yet,

[Monstrous]

Tank is from OPB mate

Ah maybe i'll beat you to it then

[mymini007]

Tank is from OPB mate

Ah maybe i'll beat you to it then

I need to be on the road and MOTd in 21 days, so I hope not

[Monstrous]

Been cracking on a bit with the mini

Waiting for the engine to come back from Rob Walker still so struggling to find stuff to do at the moment.

I therefore have designed the new wiring loom that i will be making from scratch as the old loom is fudged, and as i don't have half the electrical components of the standard car, as well as having a Digidash, megajolt etc. i thought it would be much easier to start from scratch and make a loom that is much better than the original. I am going to have individual fuses for each circuit unlike the original shared fuse box, all mounted in the cabin along with the relays, flashers etc.

I made a circuit diagram in TinyCAD to give me something to work with when my cable and connectors arrive.



Also have made diagrams in excel for the fuse connections, relay connections and all electrical connectors that will be present on the car. This way, when i have a problem in the future, i have all the documents to refer to when troubleshooting.

I was dreading this task, however now that i have got my head around it, it all seems simple.

Also managed to get the bootlid on with the seal, and put a new cam lock in which works a lot better, the fit is pretty good for a F/G panel and the seal is tight all the way around so hopefully no leaks.



Got lots of bits coming this week so stay posted!

Edited by Monstrous, 10 June 2012 - 03:53 PM.

[jack mac]

looking good mate , is your radiator off ebay
( http://www.ebay.co.u...a#ht_2078wt_960 ) ???

cheers Jack

Edited by jack mac, 11 June 2012 - 04:32 PM.

[Monstrous]

Mine was from a company called Motocross Spares or something, i imagine they're all the same units.

Good quality though for the money.

Got my Polycarbonate rear windows today, and after trying to put the rear quarters in myself, i gave up and will wait for a spare pair of hands to help.

[Monstrous]

Few little bits done tonight.

Headlights and indicators mounted to the front end



Dummy Petrol Tank Neck and cap fitted with new seal



And took the brave decision to drill a two inch hole in the rear valance to fit the LED rain light that will be my fog light. Still a bit of fettling to do to the hole to allow the unit to be angled up to a more horizontal position.

Edited by Monstrous, 13 June 2012 - 07:48 PM.

[Monstrous]

Started the wiring....manic...



Ran out of cable and connectors so ordered a bulk load hopefully turning up tomorrow,

[kcchan]

Once you've got it figured out you might find it quite enjoyable. I hated it to begin with but I found wiring to be kinda theraputic. Progress is looking good too

[Monstrous]

Yeah it's ok now i've got my head around it all. Im just breaking it down into small sections to make it manageable.

[Monstrous]

Got the front end wiring all sorted, Neatly secured out of sight in the cotton braiding.

All the front end electrics converge to a single multiplug connector for easy front end removal.







Also made my aluminium parcel shelf



Ready to start the dashboard panel tomorrow

[Monstrous]

Got the ol' dash sorted out today, template first..



Then the aluminium







While i was there i made a switch panel too







Pretty basic really, but as im having a digidash mounted above the column, the dash is only really there to hide the mass of wiring as well as provide somewhere to mount the fuse boxes, relays and megajolt