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RB PH1 172 Rally Car Progress
Thankyou, got one booked on 12th May at a welsh tarmac rally stage. Should be mint :smile:
Pressed the new bearings into the hubs today and refitted the alternator to the car after removing it to trim down the bracket.
Then bolted the coilovers and new ball joints, ready to be fitted on the car. Just waiting on the arrival of some new solid top mounts that I've ordered from someone off Facebook - looking forward to testing them out as they're a new design; look really well made.
Pete was sandblasting our front calipers for us when we left today so that Alex can paint them and then after they've dried, I can fit the new seals and re-grease the slider pins. Once they're fitted up I can then fit the calipers on the hubs along with the new pads.
Then bolted the coilovers and new ball joints, ready to be fitted on the car. Just waiting on the arrival of some new solid top mounts that I've ordered from someone off Facebook - looking forward to testing them out as they're a new design; look really well made.
Pete was sandblasting our front calipers for us when we left today so that Alex can paint them and then after they've dried, I can fit the new seals and re-grease the slider pins. Once they're fitted up I can then fit the calipers on the hubs along with the new pads.
When we got there today the front calipers & carriers were all sandblasted ready for Alex to paint them. We first coated them in red oxide primer to prevent them from rusting avoiding the feed, bleed nipples and slider holes. They've now had a coat of hammerite black but need another one so didn't bother with any pictures yet.
We also went to pick up the radiator and water jacket today from Pete's friend. He's turned some posts and welded them on the bottom of our radiator as requested so that we can sit them in some rubber mounts that Pete is going to weld on our subframe.
Really wish I could TIG weld it looks so cool 😢
He's also welded a boss on the water jacket as requested and tapped it out, so that we can screw in our water temp sensor. (Ft. Alex's sock)
That means we can now crack on with:
And after that's done it's time to cut down the wiring, spray the interior, tidy all wiring, fuel lines etc and build the car!
We also went to pick up the radiator and water jacket today from Pete's friend. He's turned some posts and welded them on the bottom of our radiator as requested so that we can sit them in some rubber mounts that Pete is going to weld on our subframe.
Really wish I could TIG weld it looks so cool 😢
He's also welded a boss on the water jacket as requested and tapped it out, so that we can screw in our water temp sensor. (Ft. Alex's sock)
That means we can now crack on with:
- Refitting the water jacket.
- Paint water jacket silver.
- Plumb in water temp sensor.
- Fabricate and weld radiator mounting brackets.
- Mount radiator and fan.
- Finish wiring in fan override switch.
- Fit coolant hoses and fill coolant up.
And after that's done it's time to cut down the wiring, spray the interior, tidy all wiring, fuel lines etc and build the car!
Got bored this evening so made a spec list of the car including bits we haven't done yet and or are in the process of doing. It's made me realise I've forgotten about a whole load of stuff that we've done to the car but also made me realise we've got a quite a lot to do before May!:nomouth: Luckily looking at the list at least most of the things are either in progress or should be quite quick to do like fitting harnesses, seats, service,brake pads etc etc. The car will be quite a nice spec once it's complete with a few mods I've not seen on other cars so it'll be interesting to see what it's like :tongueout:
Engine + Exhaust
Standard Exhaust with Decat and Magnex Silenced Centre Section
Polybush Backbox Mount - 0 Miles
Uprated Renault Centre Mount – 0 Miles
Vibratecnics Upper Engine Mount
Vibratecnics Lower Gearbox Mount
EVOL Engineering Race Dogbone Mount
PH1 172 Airbox (To be fitted)
RS Lower Inlet
Direnza POLO Alloy Radiator (To be fitted)
New coolant bottle
Cup Alternator Setup (AC Delete)
New Genuine NGK Spark Plugs (To be fitted)
FUCHS Titan Pro S Oil (To be fitted)
New Genuine Oil Filter (To be fitted)
Fuel System
Genuine CUP Racer fuel rail
AN-6 Braided Hose fully in car
Ralloy 12 Gallon Alloy MK2 Escort Fuel Tank (with OE Filler location)
Built in swirl pot
Internal baffles
Bosch 044 equivalent fuel pump
Sytec in-line filter
Suspension
Solid top mounts (In Post)
Gaz Gold GGA Coilovers (450lb Front, 350lb Rear) (Fronts to be fitted)
Fully Rebuilt NOV 2017 - 0 Miles
New Rear Top Mounts
Camber Bolts
182 Cup Front Hubs (To be fitted)
New Wheel Bearings FEB 2018 - 0 Miles
182 Cup Subframe (Wider Track)
182 Cup Wishbones (Increased Caster)
New ball joints FEB 2018 - 0 Miles
Purple Powerflex ARB Bushes
10.9 High Tensile Bullet Tipped Stud Conversion (To be fitted)
Safety + Ergonomics
Custom Cages 6 Point weld in cage
2x Sabelt 6 Point Harnesses (Red – Out of date) – Mounted to MSA Spec (To be fitted)
2x Magnum Bucket Seats (Non-FIA) (To be fitted)
Weld in seat rails
FIA Kill Switch
2.25 Litre Plumbed in Lifeline Extinguisher (To be plumbed in)
1.75 Litre Handheld Lifeline Extinguisher (To be fitted)
Renault Sport Sparco Steering wheel (New)
Genuine MOMO boss
Flocked PH1 172 Dash with Fusebox Relocation to Passenger vent
CM Composites dash pod
CM Composites Door Cards (Fronts to be fitted)
Motamec Navigator Footrest (To be fitted)
Extra Wide Rear-view mirror (To be fitted)
Electronics + Gauges
EPAS Conversion w/ toggle switch
Oil Pressure Sensor (To be fitted)
Ammeter (To be fitted)
Water Temperature Sensor (To be fitted)
Radiator Fan Override Switch (To be wired up)
Internal Blowers w/ switch (To be fitted)
Ignition, Start and Fuel Pump Switches
Relocated Odyssey PC680 Battery
Brakes
Wilwood Remote Bias Bar Adjuster (Adjuster cable to be fitted)
CompBrake Clio V6 Bias Box
Wilwood Master Cylinders (Front .625, Rear .7 – 0 Miles)
FULL Braided Hose in Car, ABS and Servo Removed (Rears to fit & buy)
In Line Bias Adjuster (To be fitted and bought)
Drilled + Grooved Front Discs
Standard Calipers (Fronts Rebuilt MARCH 2018 – 0 Miles) (To be fitted)
PBS Race Front Pads (To be fitted)
PBS Race Rear Pads (To be fitted)
Hydraulic handbrake (To be fitted + lined up)
Bodywork
182 Boot Floor
Fibreglass Cup Spoiler (To be fitted)
FULL Respray in Racing Blue J45 (To be completed)
All Polycarbonate Windows (To be fitted & finish making)
Interior FULLY Stripped, Including Brackets, all sound deadening etc
Wheels & Tyres
Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2 ET35 15” White (On Order)
Silverstone FTZ Medium Wet Tyres
Engine + Exhaust
Standard Exhaust with Decat and Magnex Silenced Centre Section
Polybush Backbox Mount - 0 Miles
Uprated Renault Centre Mount – 0 Miles
Vibratecnics Upper Engine Mount
Vibratecnics Lower Gearbox Mount
EVOL Engineering Race Dogbone Mount
PH1 172 Airbox (To be fitted)
RS Lower Inlet
Direnza POLO Alloy Radiator (To be fitted)
New coolant bottle
Cup Alternator Setup (AC Delete)
New Genuine NGK Spark Plugs (To be fitted)
FUCHS Titan Pro S Oil (To be fitted)
New Genuine Oil Filter (To be fitted)
Fuel System
Genuine CUP Racer fuel rail
AN-6 Braided Hose fully in car
Ralloy 12 Gallon Alloy MK2 Escort Fuel Tank (with OE Filler location)
Built in swirl pot
Internal baffles
Bosch 044 equivalent fuel pump
Sytec in-line filter
Suspension
Solid top mounts (In Post)
Gaz Gold GGA Coilovers (450lb Front, 350lb Rear) (Fronts to be fitted)
Fully Rebuilt NOV 2017 - 0 Miles
New Rear Top Mounts
Camber Bolts
182 Cup Front Hubs (To be fitted)
New Wheel Bearings FEB 2018 - 0 Miles
182 Cup Subframe (Wider Track)
182 Cup Wishbones (Increased Caster)
New ball joints FEB 2018 - 0 Miles
Purple Powerflex ARB Bushes
10.9 High Tensile Bullet Tipped Stud Conversion (To be fitted)
Safety + Ergonomics
Custom Cages 6 Point weld in cage
2x Sabelt 6 Point Harnesses (Red – Out of date) – Mounted to MSA Spec (To be fitted)
2x Magnum Bucket Seats (Non-FIA) (To be fitted)
Weld in seat rails
FIA Kill Switch
2.25 Litre Plumbed in Lifeline Extinguisher (To be plumbed in)
1.75 Litre Handheld Lifeline Extinguisher (To be fitted)
Renault Sport Sparco Steering wheel (New)
Genuine MOMO boss
Flocked PH1 172 Dash with Fusebox Relocation to Passenger vent
CM Composites dash pod
CM Composites Door Cards (Fronts to be fitted)
Motamec Navigator Footrest (To be fitted)
Extra Wide Rear-view mirror (To be fitted)
Electronics + Gauges
EPAS Conversion w/ toggle switch
Oil Pressure Sensor (To be fitted)
Ammeter (To be fitted)
Water Temperature Sensor (To be fitted)
Radiator Fan Override Switch (To be wired up)
Internal Blowers w/ switch (To be fitted)
Ignition, Start and Fuel Pump Switches
Relocated Odyssey PC680 Battery
Brakes
Wilwood Remote Bias Bar Adjuster (Adjuster cable to be fitted)
CompBrake Clio V6 Bias Box
Wilwood Master Cylinders (Front .625, Rear .7 – 0 Miles)
FULL Braided Hose in Car, ABS and Servo Removed (Rears to fit & buy)
In Line Bias Adjuster (To be fitted and bought)
Drilled + Grooved Front Discs
Standard Calipers (Fronts Rebuilt MARCH 2018 – 0 Miles) (To be fitted)
PBS Race Front Pads (To be fitted)
PBS Race Rear Pads (To be fitted)
Hydraulic handbrake (To be fitted + lined up)
Bodywork
182 Boot Floor
Fibreglass Cup Spoiler (To be fitted)
FULL Respray in Racing Blue J45 (To be completed)
All Polycarbonate Windows (To be fitted & finish making)
Interior FULLY Stripped, Including Brackets, all sound deadening etc
Wheels & Tyres
Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2 ET35 15” White (On Order)
Silverstone FTZ Medium Wet Tyres
Fitted the 10.9 wheel studs into the hubs today with blue loctite.
Alex also finished painting the thermostat housing and front calipers front calipers, tomorrow - when they're dry, I will build them back up with new seals and regrease the pins.
Also began fabrication of the radiator mountings today! So far we've made the two bottom mounts off the subframe which locate the radiator. The two posts we got welded on the bottom of the radiator will sit in grommets in the brackets we've made. Then the radiator will be held in place by two rubber bushes and bolts which will mount to the front crash bar. We will make the top two mounts tomorrow.
Bottom mounts fabricated and welded on after some measurements and making sure the radiator is level with a spirit level.
Sprayed black to prevent rust...
And picture of the radiator in place! The two upper mounts will bolt into the radiator in the threaded holes that can be seen on the picture below and then bolt to the top of the crash bar.
Alex also finished painting the thermostat housing and front calipers front calipers, tomorrow - when they're dry, I will build them back up with new seals and regrease the pins.
Also began fabrication of the radiator mountings today! So far we've made the two bottom mounts off the subframe which locate the radiator. The two posts we got welded on the bottom of the radiator will sit in grommets in the brackets we've made. Then the radiator will be held in place by two rubber bushes and bolts which will mount to the front crash bar. We will make the top two mounts tomorrow.
Bottom mounts fabricated and welded on after some measurements and making sure the radiator is level with a spirit level.
Sprayed black to prevent rust...
And picture of the radiator in place! The two upper mounts will bolt into the radiator in the threaded holes that can be seen on the picture below and then bolt to the top of the crash bar.
Fabricated the top radiator mounts today as described in the last post and attached them to the rubber mounts. Also began fitting the coolant hoses to make sure everything was fitting nicely still. Ordered some new stainless steel jubilee clips for the coolant hoses as the original Renault ones are rusty :mask:
Once we bolted the rad in we started to think of where to mount the PH1 airbox. After some playing about we've decided the best solution for our engine bay is to run a 45 deg silicone hose from the inlet manifold into the airbox. We tried using our 90 which we bought months ago but it's just too big to fit at most angles, but luckily due to relocating the battery we are able to run on a 45 degree hose, giving us plenty of room to play about with for cold air feeds into the airbox too. A blue silicone hose has been ordered for that along with 2 new jubilee clips :up:
We then thought about what would happen to the oil breather pipe which is usually on the 90 degree induction pipe, but due to getting rid of this it would be left open. Instead of blanking it off which would be a bit crappy for the engine we're going to fit an alloy catch tank and plumb the oil breather into that instead. We've ordered a cheapo one off ebay tonight and also a small breather filter for it :up:
Also need to mount the cooling fan so we're going to get some more brackets welded onto the radiator to mount that to, instead of using the cheap 'pull through' mounts which will probably end up damaging the cores after prolonged use.
Tomorrow nights jobs for me and Alex are:
Once we bolted the rad in we started to think of where to mount the PH1 airbox. After some playing about we've decided the best solution for our engine bay is to run a 45 deg silicone hose from the inlet manifold into the airbox. We tried using our 90 which we bought months ago but it's just too big to fit at most angles, but luckily due to relocating the battery we are able to run on a 45 degree hose, giving us plenty of room to play about with for cold air feeds into the airbox too. A blue silicone hose has been ordered for that along with 2 new jubilee clips :up:
We then thought about what would happen to the oil breather pipe which is usually on the 90 degree induction pipe, but due to getting rid of this it would be left open. Instead of blanking it off which would be a bit crappy for the engine we're going to fit an alloy catch tank and plumb the oil breather into that instead. We've ordered a cheapo one off ebay tonight and also a small breather filter for it :up:
Also need to mount the cooling fan so we're going to get some more brackets welded onto the radiator to mount that to, instead of using the cheap 'pull through' mounts which will probably end up damaging the cores after prolonged use.
Tomorrow nights jobs for me and Alex are:
- Build up the calipers with new seals and pads
- Fit front brake discs onto hubs and fit calipers
- Paint upper inlet - can then start blanking un-used vacuums off such as brake servo etc when dry
Thankyou! Got the week off work so I'll be heading down every day after uni to do even more :grinning:
Solid top mounts have just arrived so will try get them fitted tonight :hearteyes:
Had a really productive couple of hours tonight managed to get a few things done.
I began by rebuilding the calipers. Firstly, taking out the pistons, cleaning and re-greasing and fitting new seals with red rubber grease. I then cleaned the sliders that I fitted back on yesterday and greases them up with silicone grease and fitted the seals to the carriers. Then fitted our new PBS pads with some more silicone grease applied to where they sit. Bolted all that together and it looks quite smart!
While I was doing that Alex was painting the inlet manifold up which is looking really nice atm - not done yet tho so no pictures. And after she'd finished a section of that we both began to fit our new top mounts which arrived earlier.
Bottom halves fitted onto the coilovers! Leaving setting up the height on the coilovers until the cars 'finished' as there's really no point yet.
After measuring 1000x and alligning the back holes perfectly using a stretched piece of string I drilled the holes in the strut tops for the top half of the mounts.
Ran out of time by this point but will get both sides all fitted back up to the car tomorrow night after uni!
I began by rebuilding the calipers. Firstly, taking out the pistons, cleaning and re-greasing and fitting new seals with red rubber grease. I then cleaned the sliders that I fitted back on yesterday and greases them up with silicone grease and fitted the seals to the carriers. Then fitted our new PBS pads with some more silicone grease applied to where they sit. Bolted all that together and it looks quite smart!
While I was doing that Alex was painting the inlet manifold up which is looking really nice atm - not done yet tho so no pictures. And after she'd finished a section of that we both began to fit our new top mounts which arrived earlier.
Bottom halves fitted onto the coilovers! Leaving setting up the height on the coilovers until the cars 'finished' as there's really no point yet.
After measuring 1000x and alligning the back holes perfectly using a stretched piece of string I drilled the holes in the strut tops for the top half of the mounts.
Ran out of time by this point but will get both sides all fitted back up to the car tomorrow night after uni!
Thanks mate, starting to see light at the end of the tunnel now haha
Fitted the top mounts to the car yesterday along with the coilovers etc. Really pleased with the fit on them and can't wait to try them out they're really well made and a good design imo.
Connected the brake lines back up and re-screwed the fittings into the calipers.
Changed the oil and put a new genuine filter on the car today as they've been sitting in my garage for just under a year now 😂
Also finished making our rear windscreen polycarb window. Very surprised to have gotten it as good as it is from a flat piece of 5mm polycarbonate, it took some bending! Needs to come back out now all the holes are drilled so the boot can be prepped for paint but that's a job for another day - just glad we've managed to make it fit so well.
Won't be down until the weekend now unfortunately but hoping to get the following done then: driveshafts back in, fit the airbox, the radiator fan mounted and the radiator bolted in. Waiting on delivery of our catch can and breather filter, jubilee clips for coolant hoses and the fan switch which we can also make a start on fitting at the weekend if they're here by then.
Connected the brake lines back up and re-screwed the fittings into the calipers.
Changed the oil and put a new genuine filter on the car today as they've been sitting in my garage for just under a year now 😂
Also finished making our rear windscreen polycarb window. Very surprised to have gotten it as good as it is from a flat piece of 5mm polycarbonate, it took some bending! Needs to come back out now all the holes are drilled so the boot can be prepped for paint but that's a job for another day - just glad we've managed to make it fit so well.
Won't be down until the weekend now unfortunately but hoping to get the following done then: driveshafts back in, fit the airbox, the radiator fan mounted and the radiator bolted in. Waiting on delivery of our catch can and breather filter, jubilee clips for coolant hoses and the fan switch which we can also make a start on fitting at the weekend if they're here by then.
Put both driveshafts back in today with the new nuts that came with the ball joint kit and fitted the ball joints to the wishbones along with the track rods to the hubs. All the front suspension is now bolted up so we put the wheels back on. Loving the ease of the stud conversion already... hate wheel bolts.
Also fitted the inlet manifold back on after finding some shiny new bolts for it - paintings not quite finished. Alex is painting the 'Renault Sport' writing in Racing Blue and the stripes yellow next time she's down and then it'll be done; looking good tho. Also fitted the airbox with our new 45deg elbow so it now fits exactly where we want it! Also blanked off the brake servo vacuum and the acoustic valve vacuum and connected the ICV up. Hopefully this along with the exhaust being on solves the car sounding like a motorbike:tearsofjoy:
After fitting those we moved onto making something to mount our catch can with due to the dreadful bracket provided with it. Can just see the new bracket in this picture, it's nothing fancy but does the job perfectly. Need to drill 4 holes in the bulkhead tomorrow and bolt/rivet it on so we can plumb in the catch can. Would have done it today but had to paint it and so was still wet!
Have ordered some new feet for our radiator fan as one of them has snapped and unfortunately are gonna have to look at another method of mounting it as the guy who does our TIG welding wont weld the stips on we want, due to the rad having a coating making his welds crappy 😧
It's starting to look like it's getting somewhere now, still shed loads to do before May though
Also fitted the inlet manifold back on after finding some shiny new bolts for it - paintings not quite finished. Alex is painting the 'Renault Sport' writing in Racing Blue and the stripes yellow next time she's down and then it'll be done; looking good tho. Also fitted the airbox with our new 45deg elbow so it now fits exactly where we want it! Also blanked off the brake servo vacuum and the acoustic valve vacuum and connected the ICV up. Hopefully this along with the exhaust being on solves the car sounding like a motorbike:tearsofjoy:
After fitting those we moved onto making something to mount our catch can with due to the dreadful bracket provided with it. Can just see the new bracket in this picture, it's nothing fancy but does the job perfectly. Need to drill 4 holes in the bulkhead tomorrow and bolt/rivet it on so we can plumb in the catch can. Would have done it today but had to paint it and so was still wet!
Have ordered some new feet for our radiator fan as one of them has snapped and unfortunately are gonna have to look at another method of mounting it as the guy who does our TIG welding wont weld the stips on we want, due to the rad having a coating making his welds crappy 😧
It's starting to look like it's getting somewhere now, still shed loads to do before May though
Thankyou very much :blush:
It's just to the right of it ye haha, I need to get some nimbus type stuff and make a heat shield at some point when the cars done - bit tight on funds atm unfortunately or I'd of done it:sweatsmile
lan is to sorta bend it round the engine to the right so that it covers all our brake lines, reservoirs, and the catch can. Seen quite a few people do it and it looks niceThat'd be mint dunno what you're on about :wink:
Fitted the catch tank today using the bracket we made yesterday and connected up a pipe from the oil breather. Need to fit a small breather filter now to the other outlet when it arrives.
Alex finished painting the manifold today too, it looks so nice :hearteyes:
I've also finished the wiring for the fan override switch and the fan switch itself, just need to get the radiator mounted next and we can start cutting wires next!
Engine bay is looking sweet now :smile:
Alex finished painting the manifold today too, it looks so nice :hearteyes:
I've also finished the wiring for the fan override switch and the fan switch itself, just need to get the radiator mounted next and we can start cutting wires next!
Engine bay is looking sweet now :smile:
Managed to convince our guy to weld the mounting straps on the radiator now thankfully so whilst we're waiting for those to be welded on we've decided to focus on getting all the polycarb windows finished. Tonight I drilled all the all the holes for the rear windows and riveted them in with a few random rivets. The idea behind drilling the holes now is so when the car gets painted we wont have to damage the paintwork by drilling everywhere.
Look good considering they were made of materials we had laying around :grinning:
Drivers Side
Passenger Side
Once I'd finished putting those on, we set on making the front windows. Using the original glass as a template we cut out two new windows once again out of 5mm polycarbonate. These will be bolted into the door along the flat edge of the bottom of the window.
Test fit to the door - perfect! (Note this isn't one of the doors we will be using, it's just a scrap one off the one we scrapped! Hence it being battered)
Scraped off all the paint overspray off the windscreen using some single edge razors, looks so much better:tearsofjoy: Just needs a wipe down now. Also started to flat down the bodywork ready for paint which hopefully isn't too far away:anguished:
Also we started the car up Tuesday out of curiosity to see how it ran with an airbox and all the vacuums sorted out. For some strange reason it's only running on 2 cylinders so we're putting a new set of plugs on it and we'll see what happens. Apart from that it sounds better, but and our fuel pump is whining its head off as the pressure is too high, so we need to buy a pressure regulator. Luckily it's payday tomorrow so will get my wallet out then and buy a Sytec one
Look good considering they were made of materials we had laying around :grinning:
Drivers Side
Passenger Side
Once I'd finished putting those on, we set on making the front windows. Using the original glass as a template we cut out two new windows once again out of 5mm polycarbonate. These will be bolted into the door along the flat edge of the bottom of the window.
Test fit to the door - perfect! (Note this isn't one of the doors we will be using, it's just a scrap one off the one we scrapped! Hence it being battered)
Scraped off all the paint overspray off the windscreen using some single edge razors, looks so much better:tearsofjoy: Just needs a wipe down now. Also started to flat down the bodywork ready for paint which hopefully isn't too far away:anguished:
Also we started the car up Tuesday out of curiosity to see how it ran with an airbox and all the vacuums sorted out. For some strange reason it's only running on 2 cylinders so we're putting a new set of plugs on it and we'll see what happens. Apart from that it sounds better, but and our fuel pump is whining its head off as the pressure is too high, so we need to buy a pressure regulator. Luckily it's payday tomorrow so will get my wallet out then and buy a Sytec one
Regulator is mounted now and just needs plumbing in, done one side of it and the other fitting we need has arrived today so will get that on tonight. Also awaiting on delivery of a pressure gauge which will fit into the side of the regulator.
Whilst we've been waiting for our radiator to be welded we decided to strip the car and flat it down ready for painting. The majority of the car is done now apart from the boot, front & rear bumper, underside of bonnet and a few patches here and there.
Done a few other little bits like making a bracket for the airbox to mount to so it doesn't move around, removed the key barrel so no more steering lock and secured the key up by the decoder ring. I think the radiator is back with us now so will see tonight about fastening that in permanently now and put on all the coolant hoses - gave up with that crappy ECP Coolant bottle in the end as couldn't get the cap to tighten fully so will be putting a grubby genuine one back on for now.
Whilst we've been waiting for our radiator to be welded we decided to strip the car and flat it down ready for painting. The majority of the car is done now apart from the boot, front & rear bumper, underside of bonnet and a few patches here and there.
Done a few other little bits like making a bracket for the airbox to mount to so it doesn't move around, removed the key barrel so no more steering lock and secured the key up by the decoder ring. I think the radiator is back with us now so will see tonight about fastening that in permanently now and put on all the coolant hoses - gave up with that crappy ECP Coolant bottle in the end as couldn't get the cap to tighten fully so will be putting a grubby genuine one back on for now.
Our key began to play up after removing the key barrel (even though it wasn't plugged in) and we now have to press the key twice in order for the immobiliser to turn off. Therefore we've decided it's a good idea now to send off the ECU to EFI to get the immobiliser removed before anything else goes funny - then we can get rid of the decoder ring wires etc. Removed that today and awaiting an e-mail back off EFI before sending it off to them.
On the subject of wiring... with the deadline of 12th May FAST approaching, we've decided not to cut down the loom before the event and instead just fasten it up neatly out the way for now and then cut it when we get back. We have however today removed all the ABS wiring from the engine bay as the whole part of that loom is just on a plug and a fuse that we took out.
Since the last update the radiator was given back to us after the brackets being welded on - shown below.
We then made two thick aluminium strips and bolted them to the brackets and fan. The rad is all mounted up to the car now with the fan on nice and secure. Can also see in the picture the progress of tidying the wires up neatly and all the coolant hoses connected up ready for some coolant to be put in.
Earlier this week I finished plumbing in the regulator in after the delivery of the fitting we we're waiting on. The fuel pump sounds much happier now and the engine runs much better by the sound of it too. Need to fit a pressure gauge to confirm it's running at the correct pressure, which has now been delivered but not got round to doing it yet.
Alex has been busy today masking up the interior ready for painting and suspending all the wires and fuel lines out the way so that the remainder of the interior can be painted now we've got a plan for the wiring. It's all been sprayed now so just need to wait for it to dry before beginning building the inside! Think the first thing we'll do is rivet the fuel lines down and secure the wiring, then probably time to purchase some brake lines and make/plumb those in.
Looking good even in the dark lighting:hearteyes:
Alex's dad sprayed a wing for us today too to see if he would be confident enough to spray the entire car for us to save us some money. Turned out great so if it's ok with him he'll do the whole car for us once it's all flatted down. We're hoping to finish flatting it all down over the 2 week break off uni which me and Alex have got now :grinning: Can't wait for the whole car to be re-sprayed.
On the subject of wiring... with the deadline of 12th May FAST approaching, we've decided not to cut down the loom before the event and instead just fasten it up neatly out the way for now and then cut it when we get back. We have however today removed all the ABS wiring from the engine bay as the whole part of that loom is just on a plug and a fuse that we took out.
Since the last update the radiator was given back to us after the brackets being welded on - shown below.
We then made two thick aluminium strips and bolted them to the brackets and fan. The rad is all mounted up to the car now with the fan on nice and secure. Can also see in the picture the progress of tidying the wires up neatly and all the coolant hoses connected up ready for some coolant to be put in.
Earlier this week I finished plumbing in the regulator in after the delivery of the fitting we we're waiting on. The fuel pump sounds much happier now and the engine runs much better by the sound of it too. Need to fit a pressure gauge to confirm it's running at the correct pressure, which has now been delivered but not got round to doing it yet.
Alex has been busy today masking up the interior ready for painting and suspending all the wires and fuel lines out the way so that the remainder of the interior can be painted now we've got a plan for the wiring. It's all been sprayed now so just need to wait for it to dry before beginning building the inside! Think the first thing we'll do is rivet the fuel lines down and secure the wiring, then probably time to purchase some brake lines and make/plumb those in.
Looking good even in the dark lighting:hearteyes:
Alex's dad sprayed a wing for us today too to see if he would be confident enough to spray the entire car for us to save us some money. Turned out great so if it's ok with him he'll do the whole car for us once it's all flatted down. We're hoping to finish flatting it all down over the 2 week break off uni which me and Alex have got now :grinning: Can't wait for the whole car to be re-sprayed.
Pete has known someone for years who's got a painting business, he rang them up yesterday to ask them for some advice on paint prep for the car. It's obviously not ideal as the workshop where the car is is full of dust and dirt so he just wanted to ask what the best way forward was. Whilst he was on the phone to them they very kindly offered to paint the car for us for FREE at their business in their proper paint booth, providing we supply the paint and flat all the bodywork down. Was a good surprise when he told us both yesterday as it's going to save Pete a lot of time as it's not just our car we've got to get ready for the track day in May... 44 days away penmouth:
Alex and myself went down yesterday to the lockup and unmasked all the roll cage and everywhere else in the car... Mainly Alex 😂 It's grubby in a few places because of the masking tape being stuck on for nearly a year now literally.. but Alex has started cleaning it and it's coming off slowly. Love the colour scheme we've chosen:hearteyes:
Whist Alex was doing that I tidied the two pieces of loom up for the rear light clusters and cable tied them to the side of the car using self adhesive cable tie mounts. It's not that neat but it's really hard because of all the unused plugs that I had to tidy away too. Will be much much neater after they're all cut off and I've put some trunking around all the cables to make them neater. Still waiting on instructions from Chris at EFI so can't send the ECU off yet, we're also having a base map put on the ECU - anythings better than nothing and it'll be mapped there on the RR one day anyway.
Speaking of colour schemes.. Alex has roughly designed our livery for once the car has been painted. She couldn't find a diagram of a PH1 so she did it on a PH2 but you get the general idea of how it will look. The angles and positioning of all the logos are only rough etc and there'll obviously be a tonne more stickers to add once the car's sprayed but this is the basic plan. Would like to know peoples thoughts on it!
Alex also sprayed the horrid plastic gearstick surround yesterday in a much better satin black. I've removed the gearknob as we've bought a Motamec nylon black one which I'll fit when it arrives - much better looking than the standard setup imo.
We also realised yesterday that we'd fit the pipes into our regulator the wrong way around and so had to quickly make a longer pipe to fit it and reverse the mounting bracket on the regulator. It's all fitted back up now and whilst off the car we fitted the gauge also.
Tomorrow's plan is:
- Rivet all the fuel lines down and continue to tidy up any more wires
- Continue to flat down the car so it can be painted ASAP
- Carry on tidying up with roll cage and touch up any areas we need to
- Mount our switch panel, relay panel, handbrake etc
In the next few days:
- Spray the inside of the doors so they can be fitted to the car with the door cards etc
- Maybe spray the inside of the boot lid also?
penmouth:Alex and myself went down yesterday to the lockup and unmasked all the roll cage and everywhere else in the car... Mainly Alex 😂 It's grubby in a few places because of the masking tape being stuck on for nearly a year now literally.. but Alex has started cleaning it and it's coming off slowly. Love the colour scheme we've chosen:hearteyes:
Whist Alex was doing that I tidied the two pieces of loom up for the rear light clusters and cable tied them to the side of the car using self adhesive cable tie mounts. It's not that neat but it's really hard because of all the unused plugs that I had to tidy away too. Will be much much neater after they're all cut off and I've put some trunking around all the cables to make them neater. Still waiting on instructions from Chris at EFI so can't send the ECU off yet, we're also having a base map put on the ECU - anythings better than nothing and it'll be mapped there on the RR one day anyway.
Speaking of colour schemes.. Alex has roughly designed our livery for once the car has been painted. She couldn't find a diagram of a PH1 so she did it on a PH2 but you get the general idea of how it will look. The angles and positioning of all the logos are only rough etc and there'll obviously be a tonne more stickers to add once the car's sprayed but this is the basic plan. Would like to know peoples thoughts on it!
Alex also sprayed the horrid plastic gearstick surround yesterday in a much better satin black. I've removed the gearknob as we've bought a Motamec nylon black one which I'll fit when it arrives - much better looking than the standard setup imo.
We also realised yesterday that we'd fit the pipes into our regulator the wrong way around and so had to quickly make a longer pipe to fit it and reverse the mounting bracket on the regulator. It's all fitted back up now and whilst off the car we fitted the gauge also.
Tomorrow's plan is:
- Rivet all the fuel lines down and continue to tidy up any more wires
- Continue to flat down the car so it can be painted ASAP
- Carry on tidying up with roll cage and touch up any areas we need to
- Mount our switch panel, relay panel, handbrake etc
In the next few days:
- Spray the inside of the doors so they can be fitted to the car with the door cards etc
- Maybe spray the inside of the boot lid also?
Gonna save us a hell of a lot of money yeah!
Nope nothing mate, Alex's dad said the guy owed him a favour - he let him keep one of his banger racing cars down his lockup for years for free so probably just repaying him for that:blush: Will probably get some stickers done of their business and shove them on the car as a thankyou though.
Put the drivers seat in yesterday to finalize the location of the switch and relay panels. Once Alex fit that I drilled the holes for them both and riveted them down. We also begun tidying up the wires and fuel lines that we'd put in the car - and fitted the new gearknob which is much less of an eyesore than the standard one.
Need to p-clip the fuel lines down next time we're down there and tidy the main battery lead up.
Starting to look like a car again finally!
Need to p-clip the fuel lines down next time we're down there and tidy the main battery lead up.
Starting to look like a car again finally!
Handbrake is a bit OTT imo, it's not a drift or rally car !
Can you even reach it once strapped in ??
Can you even reach it once strapped in ??
Loving the graphics! Back to the old Renault F1 car which alonso drove wasn’t it??
It will be used on more rally stages than tracks probably - hence having it. Our first event is on a tarmac rally stage so it's there if we want to use it. Yeah can reach it really easily which is why we designed it there.
Brill thanks was hoping people would like it as much as us, yeah that's what it's inspired by!
Cheers mate! It will be vinyl so we can remove it if we ever want to change it or anything :blush:
Ah ok... makes more sense now, thought it was a pure track day car
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Sprayed the door and boot areas on the shell yesterday along with the inside of the doors and boot themselves. Doing this as they wouldn't be painted when the car gets sent to the bodyshop and sprayed as a car, this way it's had a full respray everywhere. Just the underside of the bonnet left to go which is the only thing not flatted down on the car now.
I also riveted the fuel lines down yesterday and tidied up all of the wires so that's now complete. The car's pretty much ready to be sent off to the body shop now, just needs the bits we did yesterday lacquering. In the meantime we'll continue to build the car as time is really tight between the rally day now!
Next jobs:
I also riveted the fuel lines down yesterday and tidied up all of the wires so that's now complete. The car's pretty much ready to be sent off to the body shop now, just needs the bits we did yesterday lacquering. In the meantime we'll continue to build the car as time is really tight between the rally day now!
Next jobs:
- Change rear discs as bearings are knackered & fit new pads and stud conversion.
- Order and make up rear brake lines.
- Put back bumper back on ready for paint.
- Plumb fire extinguisher in along with attaching pull cables.
- Put passenger seat and footrest in along with handheld extinguisher.
Car is ready to be sent off for paint now so will try and arrange that ASAP to continue the build.
Got back our ECU from EFI with the immobiliser removed and a performance map added. I've also bought all the brake lines and fittings so now we just need to wait until the rest get delivered in order to line up the rears.
Yesterday we fitted the ECU to the car and plugged it back in.. however the immobiliser is for some unknown reason still there and so I need to get it back to EFI to solve that. The car started before sending it off however it now doesn't and we haven't changed anything - must be something they've done unfortunately 😢 Immobiliser light is doing it's nut and there's no power to the coil pack even when the light goes off while cranking. Bit annoyed but nothing we can do but wait for them to get back to us now!
At least yesterday we ticked off a few more little jobs. Rear calipers are back on with new pads and new discs+bearings and also the stud conversion is now on the rear too so that's complete. While the car was up I reconnected the handbrake cables and we removed all the abs wires, sensors and old copper brake lines.
Also mounted the OBP bias valve ready for making up the brake lines when they arrive - looks neat on the side of the handbrake!
Picture of all the wires tidied up and fuel lines in place finally!
Alex and I are going to nip down later and bolt the passenger seat in along with the handheld extinguisher and footrest. Tempted to put the harnesses in too but think we'll leave them as need to clean up some more areas of the roll cage still.
Got back our ECU from EFI with the immobiliser removed and a performance map added. I've also bought all the brake lines and fittings so now we just need to wait until the rest get delivered in order to line up the rears.
Yesterday we fitted the ECU to the car and plugged it back in.. however the immobiliser is for some unknown reason still there and so I need to get it back to EFI to solve that. The car started before sending it off however it now doesn't and we haven't changed anything - must be something they've done unfortunately 😢 Immobiliser light is doing it's nut and there's no power to the coil pack even when the light goes off while cranking. Bit annoyed but nothing we can do but wait for them to get back to us now!
At least yesterday we ticked off a few more little jobs. Rear calipers are back on with new pads and new discs+bearings and also the stud conversion is now on the rear too so that's complete. While the car was up I reconnected the handbrake cables and we removed all the abs wires, sensors and old copper brake lines.
Also mounted the OBP bias valve ready for making up the brake lines when they arrive - looks neat on the side of the handbrake!
Picture of all the wires tidied up and fuel lines in place finally!
Alex and I are going to nip down later and bolt the passenger seat in along with the handheld extinguisher and footrest. Tempted to put the harnesses in too but think we'll leave them as need to clean up some more areas of the roll cage still.
You need to cut a wire. Email EFI about this, or search in my thread, as I've quoted his email.
I cut it mate still nothing, I spoke to Chris about it and he said do what you said. Think it's because he mapped it at the same time. It's in the post to be fixed now :smile: Thankyou for the advice now
Mine was mapped at the same time as well. Must be something else then. Good luck with it. :up:
He wasn't sure if he reset it again afterwards, so hoping it's that! Cheers
Keep meaning to update this but not found the time recently. Outcome of the ECU is that the immobiliser is off and everything working as it should, but somethings stopped working even though we've touched absolutely nothing :blush::blush::blush::blush: Waiting for it to arrive back to us so we can diagnose the issue, annoying as everything was working before we had it sent off but all we can do is wait and find out the issue now - hopefully it will be back with us soon.
Passenger seat is bolted in tight now along with the handheld extinguisher and footrest.
I've also managed to do all of the brake lines this week including everything in the car and the rears - with no leaks!
(I know the banjo bolt in this pic is too long I just put it there to hold it in place until the correct length arrived in the post! - Pic also doesn't show the line to the adjuster inlet from the bulkhead as that wasn't made at this point)
The large loop leading into the T-Piece is too big deliberately at this stage - I need to wind up the rear ride height and work out how much the beam is going to move under load so I can accommodate for the length this piece of hose needs to be. In the meantime I've deliberately made it too long so that it wouldn't stretch the hose under load or damage anything - it's not doing any harm being this long anyway.
Today we've spent a day doing some pretty simple but important stuff:
Coolant is now in - we have the slightest of leaks coming from a hose we've blanked off but should be an easy fix.
Brake fluid is in and the brakes are bled fully - pedal is too hard atm so will have to sort that tomorrow, there's only a few mm of travel even when you absolutely stamp on them:tearsofjoy: The hydraulic handbrake feels good though.
Also filled the gearbox back up with oil.
Put a new filter in the airbox.
Fitted a new o-ring to a leaking injector which should cure the issue.
In theory the car is drivable now if it would start 😂 Not sure what we will do tomorrow as running out of things to do before it needs painting. Possibly the fire extinguisher plumbing after fixing the brake pedal travel.
Passenger seat is bolted in tight now along with the handheld extinguisher and footrest.
I've also managed to do all of the brake lines this week including everything in the car and the rears - with no leaks!
(I know the banjo bolt in this pic is too long I just put it there to hold it in place until the correct length arrived in the post! - Pic also doesn't show the line to the adjuster inlet from the bulkhead as that wasn't made at this point)
The large loop leading into the T-Piece is too big deliberately at this stage - I need to wind up the rear ride height and work out how much the beam is going to move under load so I can accommodate for the length this piece of hose needs to be. In the meantime I've deliberately made it too long so that it wouldn't stretch the hose under load or damage anything - it's not doing any harm being this long anyway.
Today we've spent a day doing some pretty simple but important stuff:
Coolant is now in - we have the slightest of leaks coming from a hose we've blanked off but should be an easy fix.
Brake fluid is in and the brakes are bled fully - pedal is too hard atm so will have to sort that tomorrow, there's only a few mm of travel even when you absolutely stamp on them:tearsofjoy: The hydraulic handbrake feels good though.
Also filled the gearbox back up with oil.
Put a new filter in the airbox.
Fitted a new o-ring to a leaking injector which should cure the issue.
In theory the car is drivable now if it would start 😂 Not sure what we will do tomorrow as running out of things to do before it needs painting. Possibly the fire extinguisher plumbing after fixing the brake pedal travel.
