Building, racing, crashing and setting fire to various kit cars…
Sorry, I’ve been a bit busy the past few days to update the site. However, I’m back again now to blether on about things for a while.
Most importantly, I got stuck in on the bodywork while there was a bit of space in the garage. So, there’s been rather a paroxysm of filling, rubbing down, priming, flatting and spraying going on. And, of course, the house smells of cellulose.
The garage is all empty, now the car’s up at Andy’s having its exhaust fitted. OK, there’s still a Fury there but I’m ignoring that.
However, that gave me a chance to tidy the place up a bit and then set about messing it up again.
No photo, but it’s interesting so I thought I’d post something. I sorted the car out to take it to Andy’s to make an exhaust system this evening. With it on the ground, I flicked up the reverse switch and it moved backwards all under its own power. Not that there was very much of that, I suspect the battery wouldn’t last very long without the engine running.
All the same, seems a fun milestone.
Some experimentation shows that there is a problem with air in the master cylinders not getting out of the exit ports. I had a peek down the inside of the master cylinder I’d nadgered and indeed the exit port is a pretty small hole at the top of the cylinder. Experimentally, I loosened off a couple of the master cylinders and jammed it in in a horizontal position, as in the photo.
I trimmed down the dash a bit and mounted the instruments, so far as they go, to the smaller plate; here it is. The space on the right is for the Palm. Traditionally, I put this on the left but the gearchange actuation lever is in the way. I might change the software slightly so as to move the gear indication to the left of the display, although it might not be necessary.
