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Engine in place, needs a bit of
work before it's fully mounted.
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Rear looking view of the engine. |
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Brake and Clutch Master Cylinders
fitted with appropriate holes cut in the bulkhead, obviously
the pedals are the other side.
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Brackets welded on to the chassis to support the
brake/ clutch reservoir, then painted appropriately.
Once fitted there is about 6mm clearance before the cap
would touch the underside of the bonnet.
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Cutting the engine cover was quite
a nerve racking experience, though it went better than
I thought, I used an angle grinder with a 1mm cutting
blade, this did the trick just right.
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The remainder of the stainless piano
hinge was then used to piece together the two half's
of the engine cover, all
went well apart from the small amount of chipping of the
outer gel coat of the fiberglass. I guess this was my
fault, I was kinda rushing really.
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Jobs a goodun. A thought went through
my head about adding damper rams for when the engine
cover is lifted, but decided this was a non critical
fitment, it may be something that I address once
the car is completed.
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Back to the front again, now to
get the steering column fitted. I know there are various
ways of doing this, but after a lot of thought I have
decided to do it the following way. I have cut the stub
of the
focus
column
joint in
half to reduce its length and welded some 15mm solid
bar up inside
it, this bar then passes through a 15mm self centering bearing
in the bulkhead and...
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.. then fits in to a piece of tube
that has a 15mm ID, this tube has then been welded half
way on to the shaft of the steering
rack, all held in place with a M6 bolt. The column, should
needs be is easily removable from the car. Fitting this
was fairly time consuming due to the lack of space, but
I wanted it right and now I'm happy with the result.
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I felt that the thin aluminum bulkhead
should be reinforced around the steering column bearing
carrier area, so I cut a piece of 2mm aluminum and
using PU
adhesive
stuck it over the mounting area. It won't look so bad
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Once the font panels were finished and primed with acid
etch, Rob gave them a coat of satin black 2 pac
paint for me.
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Panels were fitted by using large
head pop rivets. A thin bead of PU adhesive was applied
afterwards to help stop the panels rattling. |
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The bonnet air vent was also acid
etched and painted black, I made quite an effort to get
the profile just right, not perfect, but pretty close.
PU adhesive was used to fix it in place. |
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Bonnet re attached, time to get
on with the seats.
It's starting to look like a car now.
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