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Yep. Turns out it was plug in drivers footwell had ever so slightly come loose enough to knock out fuel pump. PITA, found with luck!

Bit of tidying to do but getting there

Side impact bars for autograss, only outer skin remains. Fully solid 33mm throughout.

That's why the cage is in bud. There's a massive amount to be removed from doors. I'd rather have cage protecting me bud. Currently building Autograss car too and they literally have only outer skin in place, but a double bar brace on cage in its place

Surprised at that, but I'd be questioning them. Kenny McKinstrys cars all had poly windows and all through MOT, he's only up the road from me. Check MSA rules, if they have polys you're grand and can quote them...

I'd imagine you should be fine with poly windows. Most rally machines have them and must be road legal between stages. We do however live in red tape stone age good old Norn Iron though.

Any more work planned Mark?

Interested in this discussion.

Excellent, cheers mark. I had concerns over bricking issues. I'll disconnect and turn over to make sure all ok. If all good it's more gone. Idle hands and all that...

So you quite literally disconnect airbag ecu and cut back wires? Is that it? Dash lights don't annoy me in the slightest, non road legal anyhow

Got pics or diagram bud?

Does anyone have a definitive guide for losing airbag set up? I learn as i go along but don't want a brick or a go slow because I don't know what I'm doing?

I actually dont run PAS or EPAS, just looped the rack and lost the bits. Shite for parking but great feel on track. Would love to remove airbag wiring but don't know enough to do it. More of a hammer and grinder man. I'll post pics hopefully at weekend of a weightloss tour of mine. Be warned...

Yes and no. Leave plenty of 45 degree 'webbing' for support and it'll be fine. Cut right angles and it'll crack along edge

All cut back from unused plugs to source. Only really plugs for dash cluster (2) and 1 either side of car for lights left. Left in Airbag module and fuse box as i know feck all about them and woukd probably be left with a dead car. Balls not big enough for that yet. Cut test cut test was my...

Sorry, above pic with full loom. After pic at the weekend

Update. Ripped dash out, removed bars and trimmed loom. Filled 2 Tesco carrier bags with wiring alone and fairly weighty (maybe 5kg). Probably same weight in bars etc, and same again roughly in dash. All in all maybe 12 - 15 kg and workings all on show now and easier dealt with. Passengers seat...

OK, Track only Ph1. Removed dash and components to be left with clocks only and huge (heavy) loom. Started tracing wiring back from unused connectors and snipping it. With each plug I did this with I always started car, revved over 3k to be sure she wasn't in 'limp home' and then traced wire and...

OK, Track only Ph1. Removed dash and components to be left with clocks only and huge (heavy) loom. Started tracing wiring back from unused connectors and snipping it. With each plug I did this with I always started car, revved over 3k to be sure she wasn't in 'limp home' and then traced wire...

Ah ok, mine had same but wouldn't fire. Just leaving now. See you up there bud

She wouldn't start if crank was off. Had that myself. It's Brendans car, had engine out after blown box last time. I've a ball of sensors I'm bringing up for him. He seems to think throttle potentiometer. A lot to be said for Ph1 cable!

Ok, not my car. Haven't worked on it. It's a friend I'm meeting at track with a Ph2 172. Recently had engine out and box changed. Apparently after refit will not rev past 3000rpm. Any ideas or suggestions or places to start would be much appreciated as this should be out in 3 hours...

Just want outer skin where possible, not required it's getting cut off!

More work to be done. Doors getting lightened more, tailgate too and dash ripped out. Alrrady trimmed gear box mount, engine mount next. Headlights (most of) gone too

If it cranks & starts its going in!

Probably so but keeps kid happy. Now he's getting his own mine might be due a respray next winter. It all counts bud. Been looking at Yuasa 12v bike battery at 2.5kg as opposed to standard 11kg one. Much cheaper at £20 than 'Race Battery' at £80-£125. As Tesco say, every little helps

No mate, I don't mind getting the hands dirty but keeping this a total budget machine. Big believer in simplicity & weight loss. Have 2 other projects on the go at the moment so monies going else where. If I think it can be cut or shaved it will be. I'll be in garage on sat and will get some pics

Thanks Mark. Got that head on again... Will make a switch panel something like this and weld a new cross beam in

Aye not a lock left anywhere in the car. And boot and doors well skinned (doors getting more skinning though). Standard boot still there but will be going. Will do the old method of cut/check/start with the wiring until I get it down as much as possible. Doing the same with Micra at the moment...

Get cutting Mark! Wouldn't mind getting a look at your shift light set up bud. All i want is necessity items. Autograss makes my Clio look really really overweight! General idea below but I'll tidy up my way...