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Choosing the seats was a fairly
painful business, the problem was that all the seats
that I really liked were to wide to fit in to the narrow
space of the Rocket's chassis. Eventually I decided on
MK1 Lotus Elise seats as I have owned an Elise in the
past, I new they were fairly comfy and light weight,
saying that they are still going to require a small miracle
to get them to fit properly. After a bit of looking around
these came up on eBay for a reasonable price.
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This picture shows the start of
the installation of the center console. As I have not
decided on which gear lever/ handbrake gator's I will
be using, I have kept the exit holes as small as possible.
Adding the center section also gives me an idea on how
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The Elise seats sliding rails are
actually wider than the seat base and as the seat is
a tight fit already, this obviously presents me with
a fitting problem. I decided on extending the seats
upwards ny using 3/4" angle on the rear and 1" on
the front, at the moment I have no idea how I am going
to fit the safety harness. I will worry about that
a bit later.
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Tony from Matrix
AVI giving a very welcome hand with the wiring
of the car. The existing loom has been shortened or
extended
to the proper lengths and because Tony likes this sort
of thing, all of the wiring was completed within 3 days,
which is nice.
The picture shows the rear engine loom, the ECU bracket
has yet to be manufactured.
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Getting on with the front fuse and
relay board. We decided that this would fit nicely on
top of the pedal box assembly. I would recommend
to any would be builders to buy a copy of a suitable
Haynes manual, this has saved me quite a lot of time
in the long run.
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I decided that rather than using
a push switch for the brake lights I would opt for the
hydraulic type, this saves me the trouble in making
a suitable bracket to hold the switch. The hyd switch
has been placed in between the front brake master cylinder
and the tee
fitting and wired in to the cables pre made on the
loom.
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Vapor digital dash and light switch
panel fitted. The switch panel will be made again to
allow space for a battery/ charge fail light and also
the digital fuel gauge which has yet to be made.
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Reverse side of the dash, a bit of tidying up yet to
be done.
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ECU, Fuses and relays installed, just a few more wires
to the speed sensor and this ends done.
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Fuses and relays at the front, just
need to fix the aluminium cover plate in place. |
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Front lights and indicators fitted
and working, I am currently looking for some stealthy
repeater lights.
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Rear lights fitted and working, waiting for the clear
reversing lens to turn up. |
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Passenger rubber matting cut to
size and center console covered in grey vinyl. A leather
gear lever gator has been attached whilst I have yet to
still source a suitable handbrake gator. |
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Clutch and rear brake pipes securely
fixed along the side of the center tube using special
plastic dual clips and the wiring loom cable tied together
on top of
the
coolant pipes. All I need to do now is fit the throttle
cable. |
MGF
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