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1st July 2009, 09:05
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Serial number inspection is on Tuesday they accepted the paperwork
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8th July 2009, 07:18
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all registered, taxed and road legal on a current 09 plate
Just need to remake a hose over the weekend and should be ready to rock
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8th July 2009, 11:57
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Yepppee.
Well done mate.
Always a good feeling when you can drive it on the road legally.
Just need the weather to pick up a bit. But I bet that won't stop you popping out with your new plates!
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21st August 2009, 14:55
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24th September 2009, 11:51
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amazing car. yo created.congrats.
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14th October 2009, 07:41
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Engine sensor loom progress
Although still not quite finished, here are a few photos of the wiring loom in progress...
Each wire has been colour coded with heat shrinkable "idents" to allow easy diagnosis of problems and allow tracability throughout the system - it also allows you have 100+ different colour codes so you never have to have the same coloured wire twice
Wires all coded up, crimped and ready to be inserted into the connector
The motorsport connector (20mm diameter!)
Close up of the sensor ends of the loom
The engine loom ready for the sensor connectors
Just need to finish off the sensor connectors then there's 8 other loom sections to build!
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14th October 2009, 08:06
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Looking good Chris.
I know how you feel. Takes a lot of time to do the wiring and get right.
Trouble with the wiring is, once finished and looking neat, people don't realise what work has gone into it and the amount of hours involved.
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18th December 2009, 13:58
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Nearly complete...
Rear engine bay power harness to fuel pumps and accusump
Rear engine bay sensor harness to oil pressure & temp. fuel pressure, lambda, fuel level and rear wheel speed sensors
Wheel speed sensor connector
Connectors passing through rear bulkhead
Auxillary sensor connector for future proof expansion
Souriau connector with wiring inserted
Harness being laid up in the cockpit
Should fire up before christmas
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18th December 2009, 14:23
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fingers crossed Chris all goes well for Christmas.
Talk some video of it's first start up.
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18th December 2009, 14:35
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Will do I think I'll save the wiring up of the digital dash for later once I've run the engine in as I'll be running it on the laptop during that time doing some road mapping
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6th February 2010, 17:55
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6th February 2010, 19:06
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Looking good Chris.
Those silicon hoses look nice and brighten up the engine bay.
Hope you get better soon.
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19th February 2010, 11:31
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Just got my custom radiators, all copper/brass for durability rather than lightness!! (and cost!)
Mockup:
2 core Charge Cooler Rad:
3 core Engine Coolant Rad:
The charge cooler rad fixes to the main rad with the fans bolted onto a mounting flange on the front of the main rad. The flaps that are on the main rad are also to fit the cowling to guide the flow from the front grill openings
Got some fibreglass arriving later so will make the cowling out of that
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19th February 2010, 16:19
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They look meaty! Should have no trouble cooling there!
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19th February 2010, 16:22
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a total thickness of about 115mm
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3rd March 2010, 10:36
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Quick update, so far so good, the engine has oil and water in it for the first time since November 2007!
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5th March 2010, 13:46
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it lives
Road testing next week hopefully
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5th March 2010, 14:00
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Great stuff. Can you take some video of it started? Would love to hear it.
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5th March 2010, 18:29
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Will do, it looks like I've got a couple of oil leaks I need to sort first and there's one follower that hasn't filled with oil yet so I'll get that lot done early next week
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5th March 2010, 21:21
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Teething problems. We all have them.
Can't test for leaks etc until she's started and under pressure.
I had the same with oil and water. God that oil is under some amount of pressure. Especially when it goes all over the engine bay and floor!
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