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[wilcooper]

would like a pic plz steve of the rear space

[steveobennet]

i have wired up my savage hazard switch! i think i have come to a solution of a problem everyone has with the hazards, there are 2 switches on the rear. as we all know the wire leading to the back of the switch need to be kept seperate, otherwise when you use the indicators both or no indicator lights will flash. to prevent this i've bridged the feed to the hazard lights (one of the group of 4 wires) to both sides. this is so one side does the left and the other does the right. excuse the spagetti on the back this has now been cleaned up. it works but i've wired the light to the switch on the right hand circuit so every time i indicate right it flashes, so i've only got to put it to a different pin.







excuse the blue wing lights, they're the only bulbs i have!


and as requested the rear space. excuse the mess, basically i'm using the 6disc changer and standard rover radio, so the changer is going behind the passenger side so i have abit of room behind the driver.



this is what i can fit in the rear bins



i've painted the dull grey cards



and finally my interior light is slight blocked by the cage, so i might have to improvise if i want to see inside in the dark

Edited by steveobennet, 01 March 2007 - 08:13 PM.

[Boab]

and finally my interior light is slight blocked by the cage, so i might have to improvise if i want to see inside in the dark

I will take a pic of how mine are done with lights both sides if you want

Edited by bigbadboab, 01 March 2007 - 11:19 PM.

[steveobennet]

that would be great if you could

[wilcooper]

where the back seats are, you could have some crazy secret stash place....like buy some seat material, and the foam, so says its 8" thick, but have a big rectangle cut, or two smaller squares out of the foam, and cut the material to be a lid, then some thin wood/plastic attached to the underside of the material, and so the seat material sits down, and it looks like a normal seat, but underneath there is loadsa space for cans/tools/cd's etc

admit it steve, you loving it

you do get my idea right?

[wilcooper]

Lol, anyway did a pic for you...basic idea....i used maxmini's pic as it was great starter point

Im guessing you aint having back seats, and as i said, this is only for show and hides the secret, you cant sit on them!!!



Plastic lids, covered with the matching material, and a box area inside for everything, could even have some kinda of locking system/secret opening like an electro magnet, so theres a secret switch somewhere where it cant be found, only you know where and what it does, and it de-magnitised the magents, letting you open it! bloody ingenius i might add!!!!

[steveobennet]

bloody ingenius!

[steveobennet]

a wee bit more done



as you can see, the air filter has been fitted, and a new dizzy cap, coil, and 8mm silicone leads have been fitted. also this should be the final arrangement for my boost pipes. i've wired up the fuel pump, it goes via the fusebox, through an inertia switch, to the ignition live. flows fuel quite nicely! my pressure regulator is mounted on the brace bar, and has been plumbed in too.

i'm using the standard radiator for now, just to get it to the body shop, and then when its back i'll uprate it. i've got a bigger battery from work, to power it. i've also started to wire up my mpi style indicator stalks, just done the indicators for now, again the rest will be done when the bodywork has been fixed.

[Boab]

that would be great if you could

Bugger, I forgot will do it in a mo, sorry

If I remember right, they are the small caravan side lights. One each side attatched to the pillars and work really well

Edited by bigbadboab, 02 March 2007 - 10:35 PM.

[Boab]

Sorry for not posting earlier Steve, but here you go
Purple/White wire is soldered into the top terminal switch (via connector and blue wire)
Blue/Yellow goes straight across the roof into the drivers side light, then back to the other terminal of switch via the green and black wire
There is no on/off for the light, just comes on when the doors are opened.

Edited by bigbadboab, 04 March 2007 - 07:54 PM.

[steveobennet]

superb that, i think i'll go with something similar, i.e. one on each b-pillar

[steveobennet]

she runs! and she bloody loud ! spent most of saturday scratching my head trying to figure out how to wire the ignition! the coil was fine it was the fact i was changing the starter from pre-engaged (the one used for the 998) to inertia (the one to use on the new engine), turns out the red wire to switch the solenoid (orignally used in the starter relay) wasn't connected! doh! also the 998 i had used a ballast system, it runs fine on the ballast wire, but i might change it just to be sure.

i got an r1 exhaust just to check whether it was smaller, but its bigger! , so for now i'm going to keep the original carbon one on, but change to a maniflow side exit before it gets on the road.



the boost pipes were originally painted silver but it look abit naff, so they are now polished. also i thought i'd treat you all will an 8 second video! woo! this was the second start, and before you say anything its not set up yet so thats the reason why its a bit lumpy and hunting slightly. once i get it setup with the colour tune, i'll put a longer video on panning around the car, and maybe giving it a little rev!

[wilcooper]

ohhh seexxxweee

[ed4ran]

Cool, its all coming together now!
What bore is the R1 can? and does it need a new home?

[steveobennet]

have been playing around with the engine, made sure everything was tight. the cooling system was very rusty, so i have flushed it several times untill the water became clear again. i've tried tuning the engine with a colour tune but without sucess so far, plenty more weekends to do so though. i plan on taking it to a rolling road once its done anyway. heres a random image.