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 washer then welding that in to the ends of some bits of tube.
Since I dont have the top half of the bulkhead anymore, I had to find somewhere else to mount the header tank, still to finish welding the brackets, will probably get my mate to do them next week.
I had been debating what to do about the wheel well while I was away offshore, I was torn between cutting it out completely and fitting the infill panel like Neil has done, or just shorten it.
The only reason I'm looking at doing anything back here is to allow me to panel in the underside of the car and possibly fit a diffuser.
I figured I might as well have a go at shortening it, if it didn't work out I could always chop the rest out and go for the infill panel instead.
Bit of careful marking out, wanted to get the bottom of the wheel well level with the lower edge of the chassis rails
I then drew another line approx 15mm lower down
Chopped!
I then made a few slits in the lip and folded it to make a return edge, helps to stiffen it up slightly and gives me something to fix the flat floor to
Going to weld the slits up but the welder will need to be turned right down for that though and changed to 0.6mm wire.
Still not finalised what I'm going to do yet but quite happy with how it looks just now, think it should work out quite well.
There's very little weight, if any to be saved taking the wheel well out though, it's no wonder the back of these cars crease easily in a shunt, the metal back there is very thin!
Here's a few for Neil,
Front crossmember,
I had to file a bit off the edges of the swager to get it to fit the profile of the front section, otherwise it would make a right old mess
A few extra holes on the inside, this bit is pretty darn thick!
Then I figured it was beer o'clock