Tuesday, 25 November 2008
New gearbox!
I drove down to Middlesex today to vist Peter Englezos from Cogbox and pick up our new IRS gearbox. I'll post the full specs later but its basically a Type 1 IRS single side cover (SSC) case with spool and a whole host of goodies! While I was there I also picked up a pair of Sway Away race axles and a solid rear mount and a solid nose cone mount. The bug will be back in our own workshop next weekend and we have lots to do!!
Saturday, 22 November 2008
Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Quick Update...
We seem to be finally getting somewhere with the car now, just waiting for the OK to pick it up from Chris's.
We realistically have 16 weeks or 112 days to get the car finished which would leave us with just over a week until the Volksworld show. I would like to think that it will be done, at the moment we pretty much have all the funds sorted to fully complete the build (touch wood!) thanks to some sponsorship for the paint also. It feels like we have come on more in the last 6 months that we have in the last 3 years!!
From This
To This 
There are just a few more things that we need to mock up before the car can go across to Martins for the paint in early december . Lets just hope that after all the hard work that my back can keep up with it :)
We realistically have 16 weeks or 112 days to get the car finished which would leave us with just over a week until the Volksworld show. I would like to think that it will be done, at the moment we pretty much have all the funds sorted to fully complete the build (touch wood!) thanks to some sponsorship for the paint also. It feels like we have come on more in the last 6 months that we have in the last 3 years!!
From This
To This 
There are just a few more things that we need to mock up before the car can go across to Martins for the paint in early december . Lets just hope that after all the hard work that my back can keep up with it :)
Friday, 7 November 2008
Narrowed A Arms
Well it was another mission today to get some work done on the car! After last sunday at Chris' we dropped the A Arms off to Wayne Allman to get narrowed and being the guy that he is, they were done and ready to go Wednesday night! My best friend Adie Harper kindly picked them up for us and we finally got them this morning! They have been narrowed a total of 1" per side and Wayne has done an absolutey cracking job as usual. I cannot recommend Wayne (and Chris) highly enough for their fabrication skills! Once we had picked up the A Arms at 6am this morning we drove down to Peter at Cogbox to pick up a gearbox casing which we could be used for mock up. Our gearbox wasn't quite ready so Pete had sorted out a bare case which was perfect for what we needed! From Pete's we then headed over to Chris' 'shop and got everything fitted up. Pics below!
As you can see the bearing carrier was cut out and repositioned the maximum of an inch further in giving us more clearence on the rear.
We arrived at Chris' to find our 4cm wider rear wings had arrived from CSP which we got a cracking deal through Micheal at Machine 7. You can tell here that they are wider but once everythings all button'd up and painted they will look a treat.
Chris also made a really cool bracket to house the staging brake right next to the shifter.
He had also fitted our custom Simpson Window net..
After that we got cracking, gearbox going in..
This was a really cool part, the engine going in!
We then got all the A Arms and brakes back on for a trial fit of everything, we are super chufted with the results!
Packing up and tucked in for the night!!
The car is due back from Chris' with all his work complete in less than 2 weeks! We can't wait!
As you can see the bearing carrier was cut out and repositioned the maximum of an inch further in giving us more clearence on the rear.
We arrived at Chris' to find our 4cm wider rear wings had arrived from CSP which we got a cracking deal through Micheal at Machine 7. You can tell here that they are wider but once everythings all button'd up and painted they will look a treat.
Chris also made a really cool bracket to house the staging brake right next to the shifter.
He had also fitted our custom Simpson Window net..
After that we got cracking, gearbox going in..
This was a really cool part, the engine going in!
We then got all the A Arms and brakes back on for a trial fit of everything, we are super chufted with the results!
Packing up and tucked in for the night!!The car is due back from Chris' with all his work complete in less than 2 weeks! We can't wait!
Sunday, 2 November 2008
Photo Update
Well today we drove the 400 mile round trip down to Chris' in Wickford, Essex to pick up the A Arms and check out the car! Yet again Chris' work just amazes us! The man is a genius!!! The arms are being dropped off to another metal work genius Wayne Allman tomorrow ready to be narrowed an inch! Anyways the photos..!
To get the correct position for the funny car style (which is quite a bit further back in the car than stock seats) the shifter needed to be moved 5" backwards. See below pics!
The driving position feels great, no stretching for the shifter or being too close up front.
The removable steering wheel is complete now, the wheel is fitted with a Mark Williams quick release adapter. The quick release is one of the nicest kits we've seen and although its got small splines there is a 'master' spline to ensure you are fitting the wheel in the correct position!
These are the mounts for the 5 point harness, the bottom mount is for the crotch strap, the other mounting points are on the cage and a threaded plate welded into the tunnel. You can also make out in the bottom picture a support mount off the tunnel for the seats.
Some more detail shots of the seats, very comfy they are too!
Another one of my ideas was to fit a vertical bar to the door exactly in place of where the stock quarter light would be, the idea being once the bar was chromed it would from the outside resemble a stock quarter light...
I'm pretty pleased with how they came out, they should look cool once they are chromed!
And finally the all important chassis builders tag. Incredibly proud of this!!
To get the correct position for the funny car style (which is quite a bit further back in the car than stock seats) the shifter needed to be moved 5" backwards. See below pics!
The driving position feels great, no stretching for the shifter or being too close up front.
The removable steering wheel is complete now, the wheel is fitted with a Mark Williams quick release adapter. The quick release is one of the nicest kits we've seen and although its got small splines there is a 'master' spline to ensure you are fitting the wheel in the correct position!
These are the mounts for the 5 point harness, the bottom mount is for the crotch strap, the other mounting points are on the cage and a threaded plate welded into the tunnel. You can also make out in the bottom picture a support mount off the tunnel for the seats.
Some more detail shots of the seats, very comfy they are too!
Another one of my ideas was to fit a vertical bar to the door exactly in place of where the stock quarter light would be, the idea being once the bar was chromed it would from the outside resemble a stock quarter light...
I'm pretty pleased with how they came out, they should look cool once they are chromed!
And finally the all important chassis builders tag. Incredibly proud of this!!
Saturday, 1 November 2008
149 Days to go until Volksworld 
Plans have changed slightly, the car was going to come back from Chris's this weekend and then to Jon for a day or so to finish up the few bits of metal work and then back to Chris's in a few weeks once the A-Arm issue was sorted however, the car is now staying at Chris's to finish everything off!
We are going down tomorrow to pick up the A-Arms, straight to Wayne's to be narrowed, then back to Chris next Friday firstly knocking on Pete's door for the gearbox then round the M25 with the box, A-Arms and Engine so Chris can mock up the rear end, fit the new widened CSP wings, modified Valance, Decklid and finish it all off, to then go down again Friday after and pick up the car.
We then have 2 weeks free to dry mock up anything we need and then its off to Martin Curbishley for 8 weeks for the paint http://www.curbishleypaint.com/
And here is me thinking we may get a few weeks off now its Winter
This is along with Steve and I out of the house 12 hours a day with our 'normal' jobs !!
Plans have changed slightly, the car was going to come back from Chris's this weekend and then to Jon for a day or so to finish up the few bits of metal work and then back to Chris's in a few weeks once the A-Arm issue was sorted however, the car is now staying at Chris's to finish everything off!
We are going down tomorrow to pick up the A-Arms, straight to Wayne's to be narrowed, then back to Chris next Friday firstly knocking on Pete's door for the gearbox then round the M25 with the box, A-Arms and Engine so Chris can mock up the rear end, fit the new widened CSP wings, modified Valance, Decklid and finish it all off, to then go down again Friday after and pick up the car.
We then have 2 weeks free to dry mock up anything we need and then its off to Martin Curbishley for 8 weeks for the paint http://www.curbishleypaint.com/
And here is me thinking we may get a few weeks off now its Winter
This is along with Steve and I out of the house 12 hours a day with our 'normal' jobs !!
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