Category Archives: Winter 2009 Rebuild

Finally Getting ready for Brands

Posted on June 13, 2010 by AdrianM

Well, in the last three weeks we’ve achieved a fair bit of small but critical works, in the run up to the cars first outing at Brands next weekend. First up I created, an actuation mechanism for the reverse system, … Continue reading →

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Blimey. Never done that before!

Posted on May 22, 2010 by AdrianM

Ok there’s been a fair bit of progress since the last post, following the succesful test of the cooling system last time round I decided that I probably no longer need a manual fan override, and that I  should just … Continue reading →

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WhoHoo! She Rolls and Runs :-)

Posted on May 2, 2010 by AdrianM

I’ve made great progress today. First up was the lefthand, side pod duct.  this was still only roughly trimmed to remove the rough edges from the moulding process, so it needed trimming to fit around the radiators at the back, … Continue reading →

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Close to running her up now.

Posted on April 26, 2010 by AdrianM

Ooh, getting close to starting her now. Much progress was made last week,  the oil cooler has now been positioned next to the left hand radiator, and the oil lines appropriately rerouted, thus completing the oil circuit.  This, only occurred … Continue reading →

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Ok Lets Get back in the Game

Posted on April 14, 2010 by AdrianM

Right,  Firstly I seem to have fixed (or at least circumvented) the image loading issues with WordPress, so I can get back in the game of updating this blog apologies for the interrupted service of late. Secondly and more importantly … Continue reading →

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Apologies

Posted on April 8, 2010 by AdrianM

Sorry for no posts for a while,  I have a whole stack of content to place on the site (including some old content relating to painting the car requested by the guys at Piston Heads) But after a recent code … Continue reading →

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Fitting up the new floors

Posted on February 28, 2010 by AdrianM

With both floors and side channels now made, it is time to fit them to the car.  So we postioned the car on the stands, and started fitting things together. At the rear this involved reworking the radiator mounts, as … Continue reading →

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Old Engine Strip

Posted on February 28, 2010 by AdrianM

I’ve spent a few hours stripping all of the usuable parts out of my engine that went boom last year. As usual I’m both hugely surprised that these little engines stay together under the sort of loads we put on … Continue reading →

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