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Not too bad, I was looking at ordering one soon so hopefully be back in stock by time I get round to it. Still piss poor that they've wrecked your current one, did you not try and take up the matter with them?

Some nice work there. I'm still debating what to do regards wihsbone mounts, I bought the powerflex ones ages ago, they're in but the sleeves haven't been welded so not commited to anything, might enquire about the revised ones. Whats the delivery date on the heated windscreens?

Having seen the OBP stuff first hand I wouldnt recommend it. I know a lot of folk who have bought them and been unhappy with the quality. I had a Tilton 3 pedal floor mounted set up for my car but couldnt get the seat back far enough to make it comfortable to use so I sold it on to a mate with...

Who is it that makes these? do you have contact details for them? I wasn't planning to go with composite panels but at that money I might think about it, as long as the delivered price inc taxes is still reasonable.

No bother. I've still got a long way to go before I would class myself as being fully proficient at welding, I have good days and not so good days but the only way to get better is practice. I've done a few bits of welding on some really thin bits of the shell, once you get the machine dialled...

Not going to go that far, would be quite flash but dont know how easy they would be to operate with gloves on? Already got the toggle switches so it's more to do with what they're going to be mounted on ;) well hopefully anyway lol

I'm going to be entering it in "Modified series production up to 2000cc" or B2 as it's known where I am, not sure if other clubs use the same class structure, imagine it will be similar. So yes, I'm building the car to comply with those rules For sprints and hills this is the part of the blue...

I stumbled across your build blog a while ago when I was looking for something but havent been able to find it again, some very nice fabrication on it from what I recall. Yip, agreed. There's a lot of cheap nasty rubbish out there but these are amoung the best switches I've found. They also do...

Yeah thats the plan will probably do a few track days in it too. Going to be kept road legal, just so I can put some miles on it and get all the bugs out before taking it to an event/circuit. For all the difference it makes in the wiring looms to keep the road legal stuff figured I might as...

Wee update: Never really got anything done on the car that time home :( was busy fitting a new bathroom for my parents and then had to come back to work a week early, double :( :( I have however managed to keep a few things moving in the background. I've finished drawing the wiring diagrams...

Regards using a normal brake bias adjuster, I had also intended on doing this, partly because the load adjuster/proportioning valve from the original donor 172 Cup was a ball of rust! and also to have some adjustment, appreciate they dont need much rear braking effort but figured there may be...

It's stangely satisfying chopping weight out and while flaring the holes does help put some strength back you need to draw the line somewhere. It's also worth bearing in mind that if the car is intended to be used competitively, the technical regs for most championships will follow the MSA blue...

Good stuff, dont be disheartened by the seemingly minimal weight saving, it all counts! As soon as you start saying, " there's not much weight to come out of that" or "there's no point doing that" you end up with a heavy car. I weighed all the bits I saved from hole sawing too, think it was...

Very nice guys, best of luck with the season.

Cheers Mark, PM sent Neil, yeah they've basically got all the bits to make a set of coilovers for the Clio but it's the fronts which are the problem, they have the bare outer case with no lugs on them so I'm going to make these my self, or possibly get them cut out on a water jet, then get my...

Who says that? As far as the MSA/Blue Book is concerned you are allowed to strengthen the chassis and modify suspension pick up points, on a modified series production car anyway. It would only become a spaceframe if you started to remove the original material from between the hub centres and...

Well thats me back at work again, not much to report really. Physical progress pretty much ground to a halt last week, lots of time spent sitting drinking tea and thinking about things, trying to work out solutions to a few problems. Think i've got a plan for the fuel tank, thought about loads...

I'm not aware of the finer details of all the championships and their rules, but appreciate you might not be able to do that in some of them. Given the design of that brace imho it would certainly benefit from being attached to the cage if it's allowed. I've just been going by the Blue Book for...

Nice idea, are you going to triangulate this to the cage? I thought about tying the rear beam mounts to the cage on my car, still think about it but dont want to add anymore weight unless I have to lol. Is that it fitted in that picture, just wondered what was going on with the N/S pick up...

I've not put any holes in that bit of the tailgate, i've cut mine right down to the swage line where you've got your hole centres marked out.

Yip, the tops of the doors are mega thick! I nearly killed my airsaw doing them, they're not designed for 3-4mm steel. I found a 32tpi hacksaw blade was better for the thicker stuff, but obviosuly cant make sharp turns with them. Regards the tailgate, by all means drill out the holes you've...

Progress has been a bit slow recently. I've been spending quite a lot of time sitting staring, thinking about stuff, (while drinking tea and eating chocy biscuits lol) fuel tank design&location. I did a bit more with the steering column the other day but uncovered another slight issue which I...

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He I know a few folk with the clubman trailers, I was initially going to get one too but since had a look at a few alternatives. The Woodford stuff seems to be pretty good too and reasonably priced, the one I...

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He That's it's gross weight, kerb weight or unladen needs to be 1500kgs +/- and a gross of 2000kgs to give you the best ratio. It's unlikely you'll run with it right on that limit but you have to base your...

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He Dont know if its been asked or mentioned already, but what trailer have you got? My limit for trailer with car on it and any spare wheels, fuel cans etc will be 1450kgs. Was looking at a Woodford lightweight...

:o Thanks I'm by no means a professional panel beater or metal worker/welder, just what I've picked up over the years. I'm actually a sparkie by trade but my old man is a mechanic, I was shown how to change spark plugs on a 1.1 Mk2 Fiesta when I was 7 I didn't get much done on the car today...

Cheers James, nice to know it's well received. It saved 0.5kg too which I was quite surprised about Glad to hear yours is going well, I keep reading peoples track day reports, shake downs etc, then I realise how much I've still got to do :(

Yesterday and today I have been working away at my idea for making up a new panel for the boot floor. I wasn't sure how well it would work or indeed if it would work at all but figured it was worth a shot, nothing ventured and all that. I knew i'd need some chunky bits of steel so I went along...

Managed to get a few wee jobs done today, Main Fuse & Relay box mounted up on the bulkhead, also going to have some fuses in the main switch panel for the stuff critical to making the car run so they are easy to get to, ie ecu, fuel pumps etc The stantions were made by welding a nut onto a big...

That looks fantastic mate