Adam's furio - 16v - Page 10 - Saxperience

Lippy · 18th April 2010, 21:13

this is gonna be a seriously stripped car when its all done! furio with vtr speeds due to no weight

Liking what youve done so far but im not so sure the dash is gonna turn out so good chopping off the ends!?!

Any plans to fit an S engine in the future? obviously when the insurance is less of a problem.

Keep it up!

adamskiTNR · 18th April 2010, 21:26

If the insurance allows it then a vts lump will be in asap
And the dash. Well it's the only way i can get it in now. And for the future is the only way i can remove it to do any work. Don't worry i'll do the best job i can and paint the rivets black

adamskiTNR · 19th April 2010, 21:07

Ok i decided to crack on with the dash today. It turned out surprisingly good. It was a doddle, despite what i had expected.
Anyway here's the pics. I had to remove both the vents to fit the cage.
Now it's just those pesky steering column bolts to do. I don't know if any of you have done them, but if you have you'll understand. They cross thread so easily.

This is the dash after i had cut the ends off. (a get it right or nothing moment.)

Then this is the dash fitted. kind of. The center is fulled bolted up, I have a plan for the joints.
I'm gonna get hold of some lengths of panel seals. Just slot it in between them and that should look nice and tidy.

Please note that the gaps be as big when it's finished. It's just how they sit

samueljonburgess · 19th April 2010, 21:52

i see what you had to do

cut it out to fit it in then stick them back in

adamskiTNR · 19th April 2010, 22:19

Yeah, i fitted the side pieces first so then i could slide the main section in between the cage bars

samueljonburgess · 19th April 2010, 22:39

ye

... good idea mate.... what did it look like with out the side bits fitted in place??

adamskiTNR · 19th April 2010, 23:20

Not sure. I had to fit them before the main part so i never saw it without the side bits. I would guess pretty messy . As the cut goes through lots of plastic vents and stuff. All of it would be on show

samueljonburgess · 19th April 2010, 23:31

less weight is i was thinkin

haha

gotta think about it all with these little engines

adamskiTNR · 19th April 2010, 23:33

lol. tempting to weight them. Probably about 0.3 kg for the pair. Every little helps

samueljonburgess · 19th April 2010, 23:37

haha it gets way to obsessive all this weight stuff

mines still got the rear seats in atm

adamskiTNR · 19th April 2010, 23:47

If you take lots of passengers then it's probably a good idea anyway. I've decided not to have rear passengers in exchange for bloody good fun

samueljonburgess · 19th April 2010, 23:49

na there guna be gone but at the moment i pick bro up from school with his mates

Aly · 20th April 2010, 00:33

Nice progress nice to see you getting your hands dirty.
The Saxo badges are unique but I like them.

Matt_16v · 20th April 2010, 13:05

Mate to the younger generation you are an inspiration. I wish I had your determinatin and view when I was your age! Not that I've ever been a fan of bodykits etc as they are disgusting. Fast road was my view before. Now building a track car.

Check out my build thread for my latest project currently fully stripped except for heater...will take that out when I grow a pair of bigger balls lol.

Massive well done to you mate, it's a pleasure to see a youngster doing things right first time round!

adamskiTNR · 20th April 2010, 13:09

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Originally Posted by Matt_16v

Mate to the younger generation you are an inspiration. I wish I had your determinatin and view when I was your age! Not that I've ever been a fan of bodykits etc as they are disgusting. Fast road was my view before. Now building a track car.

Check out my build thread for my latest project currently fully stripped except for heater...will take that out when I grow a pair of bigger balls lol.

Massive well done to you mate, it's a pleasure to see a youngster doing things right first time round!

Cheers mate, have you got a link to your progress thread? Maybe put it in your signiture. It's nice to be recognised for my work. Makes the money worth while lol

Matt_16v · 20th April 2010, 13:24

I would have it in my sig if i had 100 posts lol. here's the link not much in it yet though... http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=306646

adamskiTNR · 20th April 2010, 21:10

This evening was reassemble time.
I finished securing the dash.

I Fitted the clocks and indicator stalks back in

The windscreen wipers were refitted. And yes there is several weeks of rain dirt all over it. I blame the volcano in iceland lol

The painting for the rear half of the cage and the feet are done. I still need to clean the edges up, but i'm pretty happy with it

adamskiTNR · 21st April 2010, 14:31

Progress is cruising (for now).

I took the masking of the finished harness mounts. Just the front 4 cage feet to go.

Then came the extinguisher.
It is fixed to the floor and plumbed in now. including pull cable.

From this you can see where i have mounted the two nozzles. I have sacrificed the engine compartment to remove the guilt of a burnt friend.

I just need to wait for a delivery that includes a load of p clips to organise the cables.

I also fitted the heater controls back in.
I also in that delivery is some more battery cable and terminals to finish off the killswitch before i can finish mounting the dash.

adamskiTNR · 21st April 2010, 20:30

I sent an email to demontweeks earlier seeing if i could return a set of my harnesses. This is because one of them is the current logo and the other is the old one. This kind of irritates me when they cost as much as they do. Not sure if i will pull it off though. They have fia dates and stuff on them

gsavill90 · 22nd April 2010, 01:28

Looks good mate

Money well spent

Have you got any plans for suspension and braking in the pipeline?