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I tried the engine
on the HiJet today, just to see how it looked. The length
wasn't a problem, which I thought it might have been,
the only thing that bugs me a little is that it sits
a bit low. This should be fairly easy to rectify.
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Suspension sorted,
I cut the links in half and extended them by 40mm, this
should compensate for when the Viper is mounted to the
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Today I started fitting the LED
lights which were supplied by mobilecentre.co.uk.
LED's give a crisper and brighter colour as opposed to
normal filament type lamps. Thanks Tim!
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I need to enlarge the wheel
arch's and change the profile of them a little. Things
are coming together, Slowly and Surely, as Richard Burton
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Full set of LED lamps now attached and the engine frame
has had a coat of paint. I have to say the worst paint
job I have ever done, I guess it will be a sand down and
repaint job when I get chance. |
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Its been bugging me for ages, so
while I have had a spare bit of time I removed the Vipers
bulkhead, which is a standard fitment on the engine. I think
it looks a lot better and more jet engine like.
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Time to pimp it up a little, and
the first person I go to is Amar Dhillon of ' In
Car Systems'. It seems that the HiJet is unique in
the fact that the wheel studs are of an odd diameter
(PCD) of 110mm, this PCD seems only to exist
on quad
bikes and trailers. I spent a lot of time measuring and
trying various PCD108 wheels to get an idea of how big
I could go, eventually I decided that 15"x6J rims would
do nicely
while also providing suffcient clearance. Amar kindly
phoned around and found me a supplier that would
make
me a custom
'one
off' set
of alloy wheels to my specification.
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Combined with a set of Avon 195
45 R15 tyres, I feel that they add a large improvement
on appearance from the
original 12inch rims and 155 80 R12 tyres. |
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Time to see the current weight status
using the HiJet drivers manual as a reference. |
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Good news - all within limits.
440kg Spare on the total weight.
420kg Spare on the rear axle.
260kg Spare on the front axle.
This means that adding the
battery's and fuel tank is not going to put me over the
legal weight limit.
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This is the template for the fuel
tank which is made from 1" thick insulation sheet. I want
to keep the top side of the HiJet free from bits and
pieces
if
possible
so
its
going
to
be mounted
underneath starboard
side. Doing this does mean that the tank size is
restricted to about 6 gallons, not ideal, but enough for
at least one good run at a time. |
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In cab control battery packs fitted
on the left side of the chassis next to the Hi Jet's
battery. These are 2 x 12volt motorcycle battery's which
will be connected is series to produce the necessary
24volts. Charging will be though a connector placed somewhere
in the cab. |
