Gives it away slightly doesn't it lol. I was thinking of painting the bonnet and boot, leaving a small strip through the paint, but then I think it would be rude to cover up all the weave?!

Cheers Lewis-I-Take-All-Year-To-Do-1-Job :p

I'll think about the tints, I still like the fact it hides the cage so the only bit you can see is the A pillar, and because its a weld in cage it follows the A pillar more than a bolt in cage so its not very visible

Yeah unfortunately Sams contract ran out at work so he's been keeping himself busy by helping me Chris, he's at gokarting on Thursday so you can have a chat with him then :)

Lol I know, I know! Only need a few more bits now and should be all good to build it all up

Pah, wash your mouth out with soap Matthew! The carpets staying for now mate, if I can't get it down to 800kgs I might have to take drastic measures... You coming the ring trip with us then mate?!

Lol Tom, Sorry mate... I've got loads of pictures from yesterday's shift on the mango - didn't finish until 9:30pm lol. Ive uploaded them to my photobucket if you fancy a sneak peek :p I'll get them posted up straight after work today buddy :)

Lol you bastard! :D

My cage actually sits proper tight to the a pillar whereas in the Saxo it didn't. I guess it's how it's fitted that makes the diff. Consider the tint removal mate, jokes aside it will make more 'mature' and classy. I think having tints lends itself to highlighting the chav image saxos already have. Trust me on this one brother! When you get to my age you'll look back an think "why on earth did I have tints?!" The 90's have long gone dude ;)

:D

Agreed. but maybe its all part of the deception / sleeper look, then the light goes green and the pub talk ends :cool:


So last night I got a fair amount done with the help of my brother....

Firstly gave the interior bungs some back to black that had sat and soaked in over the previous night





Some general close ups of the engine bay....

Smoothed (not with filler!)







Strengthening across the lower chassis leg



Strengthening on the ecu engine mount



One of the general Engine bay



So we started with fitting the satshifter, first up was drilling out the hole through the bulkhead



& then the 2 holes for the gearstick...



Once we were 100% happy that it was perfect we double checked with the plate over it



Then we popped some sealant down onto it and stage 1 tightened it into place





Finally we fitted the unit to the bulkhead and the lower arm on that goes through the exhaust tunnel as well.



By this point it was 9:30pm so we finished up for the night. More progress tomorrow :)

[QUOTE=jpsaxo;5911226]Gives it away slightly doesn't it lol. I was thinking of painting the bonnet and boot, leaving a small strip through the paint, but then I think it would be rude to cover up all the weave?!

I like painted carbon fibre parts. far more understated, and look like it's there for a function. only when you open the bonnet and they see the underside in bare carbon

it soo clean!!! looks good! not alot of good looking mango sax's out there!

Wooo very nice josh, looks fapping gorgeous!

[quote=adamskiTNR;5912065]Very true, I might do it over the winter....

Definitely not many / if any left in this condition mate, thanks :)

Aye not bad eh Lewis, will look even better once it has a Sandy Brown engine sitting the engine bay :D

Im giving the ring trip some thought mate. Need to get a few trackdays on the new setup under my belt first. Also im looking for a new daily drive/work horse so not sure what the situation will be with that, might have to get a tow bar fitted etc.

What did you use to cut the big hole for the gearstick of the satchshift? Looking to fit mine fairly soon.

Have you thought about painting the carbon with a really thin coat of paint like I did with mine so you can still just about see the weave?

big hole cutter then a long half moon file buddy...... allow a decent amount of time to get it bang on :)

i likey that idea craig :)

Do they just go into a drill i take it? What size hole cutter did you use? I think in colins guide it say 70-75mm hole?

I wont be rushing it, dont see the point when working on cars :y:

Dont paint the carbon.... Leave it as it is IMO Itl look the tits with the bonnet on!

Loving the latest progress josh :)

Bet you cant wait for that engine to go in!

Ok mate, let me know if you want to come so i can try and get you a space in the hotel with us mate

Got a pic of that 180? interesting idea...

It took ages with our hole saw, im sure with better tools you could breeze through it in no time. We used the size it says on the guide. I fitted one in Nickheads car when I built that up last year so knew what i was doing :)

Cheers Berg, you going to be at FCS this year mate? be good to catch up.


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As im sure everyone knows the weather is terrible at the moment so I havent been able to get much done. Firstly I decided to tackle finishing off the satshifter set up. Firstly the gearstick so I was lying underneath the car and not getting too wet lol. Then I fitted the upper rod through the bulkhead, All thats left is to connect it up with the gearstick







Nice and close to the steering wheel




As the weather cleared up I started to carefully modify the black plastic scuttle part that runs along underneath the window screen to make it fit with the extended scuttle while trying to keep it looking standard

If weather is dry for a few hours tomorrow I'll re-wax the bay if I get the chance as mine needs a wash polish and wax yo :)

Awesome mate. I am looking forwar to seeing this all come together! Can I still have a blast on track with ya at FCS? ;)

this car will look amazing once its built back up

Ill be at FCS mate yer, ill come and hunt you down (if your ever off the track lol)

I'm sure josh won't mind you riding shotgun Lewis :)

Yeah of course you can Lewis :) should give you the perfect motivation toget yours finished?!

Thanks for the kind words Gaz

Definitely do come over and have a chat mate, can take you out as a passenger hopefully :)



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Got a bit more done today inbetween the rain, Mark took out the PAS rack so wasn't sure how it went back together so we worked that out, went to fit it all but Mark still has the 2 bolts that go at the back of the rack for the PAS lines

Anyway then I sorted out all the parts to send for powdercoating along with a load of parts for Willsy :)

Next I fitted a new set of track rod ends to the steering arms as mine were both fucked



After that I fitted the new Carbon Lorraine rc5+ pads





And fitted the brakes onto the car...



Tomorrow morning I'll hopefully be picking up all the bits and bobs that are at Marks so I can carry on building the car up tomorrow after the f1 :)