Hi again guys, here is a bit of an update on the car. We are now preparing the car for rally, as that is what we really want to do. At first the car was just going to be an occasional track car, but over time we slowly drifted to the idea of building a full on rally car, and have now fully committed to this. Obviously this does bump up the time scale and cost of the project, but this has always been our real passion from the start.
First off the biggest change is that the interior is now white. As you can see on the picture we have fitted braided brake lines throughout which make for a very neat finish. You can see the brake line coming from the master cylinder in the engine bay, to the bias valve and off to the rear beam where it meets a t piece to go off to the rear callipers.
The line has been fixed in place using rubber lined P clips which keeps everything nicely in place.
Next up we have lightweight aluminium door cards, we also have alumimium panels in the rear to blank off the cavities. These tidyed the interior up no end and look much better than having the internals of the doors on show.
From the rear you can see that there are now boot springs and mudflaps. The huge size of the mudflaps is to comply with the MSA rallying regulations.
If we take a look under the car from the back you can see the braided brake lines running along the rear beam, which we have painted to add some rust protection. It looks like the fuel tank needs this treatment next!
In the cabin all excess wiring has been removed, leaving just the bare essentials for the car to function. We have a black sack full of wiring and connectors that came out of the car, who knew you could remove so much.
We are also in the middle of rewiring and rerouting the wideband lambda sensor to make it more neat and tidy, you can just see the lambda connector sticking up through the floor infront of the gear stick.
Up at the front you can see the mudflaps also on the front wheels, along with the new tyres fitted to the new wheels.
We are hoping to have bought the cage within a month of the new year but for now we are keeping busy making the car look as tidy and professional as possible. The dash will be going back in once we have finished with the wiring and brake lines. The plan is to have the car ready for competition somewhere near the end of next year, I hope you enjoy the pictures.
Just to finish off, here are a couple of recent videos.
First off the biggest change is that the interior is now white. As you can see on the picture we have fitted braided brake lines throughout which make for a very neat finish. You can see the brake line coming from the master cylinder in the engine bay, to the bias valve and off to the rear beam where it meets a t piece to go off to the rear callipers.
The line has been fixed in place using rubber lined P clips which keeps everything nicely in place.
Next up we have lightweight aluminium door cards, we also have alumimium panels in the rear to blank off the cavities. These tidyed the interior up no end and look much better than having the internals of the doors on show.
From the rear you can see that there are now boot springs and mudflaps. The huge size of the mudflaps is to comply with the MSA rallying regulations.
If we take a look under the car from the back you can see the braided brake lines running along the rear beam, which we have painted to add some rust protection. It looks like the fuel tank needs this treatment next!
In the cabin all excess wiring has been removed, leaving just the bare essentials for the car to function. We have a black sack full of wiring and connectors that came out of the car, who knew you could remove so much.
We are also in the middle of rewiring and rerouting the wideband lambda sensor to make it more neat and tidy, you can just see the lambda connector sticking up through the floor infront of the gear stick.
Up at the front you can see the mudflaps also on the front wheels, along with the new tyres fitted to the new wheels.
We are hoping to have bought the cage within a month of the new year but for now we are keeping busy making the car look as tidy and professional as possible. The dash will be going back in once we have finished with the wiring and brake lines. The plan is to have the car ready for competition somewhere near the end of next year, I hope you enjoy the pictures.
Just to finish off, here are a couple of recent videos.
Keep us updated...
