F355 replica's
Discussion
Thanks guys, I'll do my best. I mean, seriously, could I make it any worse?......
Had a look under it today and noticed one of those 'Predator' style lower engine mounts. You know the ones, you think you see them but they're invisible........clever stuff 'cos you can't even feel them either! (I'd best add one to the shopping list just in case I've been misinformed).
I've made a decision about the filler storage areas behind the side windows and aquired another full set of side glass. Now I know what you're thinking - "Ghostie, you back-of-the-bus gibbon, those are the only windows that you DON'T need!".
Aha! Mistaken you are, understand you will!
l'm knocking out the quarter window glass ("WTF????") from the new ones and cutting out the internals of the vent section. Then it's Paul Daniels time with the trusty Dremell to continue the glass channel around the inside of the metalastic triangular section at the back. "It's magic!" (but without "the lovely Debbie Mageeeeee" gimping it up in the background obviously).
Again with the lack of faith - "Seriously G, you've now got two massive holes in the side of your car and a Dyson full of glass. You can't fool us, we've heard about these sorts of shenanigans before!.......did you buy the car from your smarter twin brother???"
Trust me, I have a plan and fat bloke with a plan is nearly as exciting as watching a greased up, naked , drunk fat woman riding a kids tricycle down a ski slope! (Oh internet how you've 'enriched' the lives of all of us ).
Aaaaaaaaaaanyhow, the plan is to use the door glass from the opposite side as it already has a nice finished trailing edge that echoes the existing door glass. It also has exactly the right compound curvature. Off to Mr Glass cutter with my template and Bob's your mother's brother - full length GLASS quarter windows. None of your B&Q, make-your-own-greenhouse polycarbonate sh*te for Ghostie. I think we can all agree that there's enough plastic bonded to it already.......
Had a look under it today and noticed one of those 'Predator' style lower engine mounts. You know the ones, you think you see them but they're invisible........clever stuff 'cos you can't even feel them either! (I'd best add one to the shopping list just in case I've been misinformed).
I've made a decision about the filler storage areas behind the side windows and aquired another full set of side glass. Now I know what you're thinking - "Ghostie, you back-of-the-bus gibbon, those are the only windows that you DON'T need!".
Aha! Mistaken you are, understand you will!
l'm knocking out the quarter window glass ("WTF????") from the new ones and cutting out the internals of the vent section. Then it's Paul Daniels time with the trusty Dremell to continue the glass channel around the inside of the metalastic triangular section at the back. "It's magic!" (but without "the lovely Debbie Mageeeeee" gimping it up in the background obviously).
Again with the lack of faith - "Seriously G, you've now got two massive holes in the side of your car and a Dyson full of glass. You can't fool us, we've heard about these sorts of shenanigans before!.......did you buy the car from your smarter twin brother???"
Trust me, I have a plan and fat bloke with a plan is nearly as exciting as watching a greased up, naked , drunk fat woman riding a kids tricycle down a ski slope! (Oh internet how you've 'enriched' the lives of all of us ).
Aaaaaaaaaaanyhow, the plan is to use the door glass from the opposite side as it already has a nice finished trailing edge that echoes the existing door glass. It also has exactly the right compound curvature. Off to Mr Glass cutter with my template and Bob's your mother's brother - full length GLASS quarter windows. None of your B&Q, make-your-own-greenhouse polycarbonate sh*te for Ghostie. I think we can all agree that there's enough plastic bonded to it already.......
Thanks Ferg. It's just a small (non-polycarbonate) window into the ever challenging but always entertaining world of Ghostie. In reality I am truly blessed with a ridiculous amount of luck, the only downside is that it seems to err on the negative side..... Ho Hum, "chin up" as my dear old nan used to say - and it took me three years to decipher that as she was toothless and attached to more machines than Stephen Hawkins!
Today took an unusual turn as I was hurrying the E36 back from Tesco's with a boot full of stuff that would have Weight Watchers knocking on my door and preaching to me like the long lost, emaciated second cousins of the Jehovas Biscuit brigade that they are, I recieved a not so gentle reminder of why I like the old Bavarian bangers, in the shape of a loud thump and a rather "broken" (the word doesn't do it justice really) Mercedes repmobile attached to my pristine rear bumper. Cue, very red in the face man with "help me, I need a no cost solution to my stupidity" look on his face climbing out of the crumpled tri-star express, 2013 numberplate staring up at him from the road.........
Now, I was fine and as ever, the BMW was totally unmarked - actually, some of the dirt had been smudged but aside from that it was bonza. I'm a big lad (in height and to a certain extent in girth (stop it ladies, I hear you at the back there) and I think had he been blessed with the colonic construction skills of Fred Dibner that he would have LITTERALLY sh*t a brick when I got out and strode towards him to see if he was ok.
He was fine, I was fine, my car was fine, his was..................*ahem*...........not so fine and the front looked like an explosion in an Airfix factory! "Mercedes sir? Good choice and would sir like a Mercedes bag for the front grill? Could be useful in the future?...."
I'm a kindly soul and, armed with the knowledge that the E36 cost me £600 I took pity on him. However, not before I milked it for a minute or three by standing there rubbing the back of my nexk and saying "I'm with Direct Line matey, we'll have this silliness sorted in no time at all and you can be back on the road and heading for your 'Group corporate synergy expo' or whatever it is you chaps do that pays for shoes that shiney.......". It's minus 2 degrees out but I swear I could see the sweat forming on his rosey forehead....
Long & short of it, he went his way feeling let off and I went mine - Direct Line being none the wiser but crisp picture of his car and number plate on my phone just in case he gets silly and changes his tune from "I'll tell them someone must have reversed into it" to "He did it your honour, lock him him up and keep him out of the prison kitchen or you'll have a riot on your hands!". You never know.....
So, no progress on the 'Definitely NOT a Ferrari F355 replica' today (can you see what I did there?). I might drill some holes in the Scorpio front sidelights to take the the MR2 fittings and indicator stuff just to see if I can save a penny or two and not have to fit OEM ' NOT Ferrari' items. I'm also going to make up a male and female mould out of plywood so that I can press some nice mesh into the right shape to fill the front aperture, including the curves and a 20mm recess all around so it looks nice and not like the early learning centre, straight from Halfords cr*p that seems to adorn the front and back of ever 2nd hand corsa in the land. NOT Ferrari I can live with,
I cannot.
Right, these steak baquettes wont eat themselves so I have duties to attend to.
Today took an unusual turn as I was hurrying the E36 back from Tesco's with a boot full of stuff that would have Weight Watchers knocking on my door and preaching to me like the long lost, emaciated second cousins of the Jehovas Biscuit brigade that they are, I recieved a not so gentle reminder of why I like the old Bavarian bangers, in the shape of a loud thump and a rather "broken" (the word doesn't do it justice really) Mercedes repmobile attached to my pristine rear bumper. Cue, very red in the face man with "help me, I need a no cost solution to my stupidity" look on his face climbing out of the crumpled tri-star express, 2013 numberplate staring up at him from the road.........
Now, I was fine and as ever, the BMW was totally unmarked - actually, some of the dirt had been smudged but aside from that it was bonza. I'm a big lad (in height and to a certain extent in girth (stop it ladies, I hear you at the back there) and I think had he been blessed with the colonic construction skills of Fred Dibner that he would have LITTERALLY sh*t a brick when I got out and strode towards him to see if he was ok.
He was fine, I was fine, my car was fine, his was..................*ahem*...........not so fine and the front looked like an explosion in an Airfix factory! "Mercedes sir? Good choice and would sir like a Mercedes bag for the front grill? Could be useful in the future?...."
I'm a kindly soul and, armed with the knowledge that the E36 cost me £600 I took pity on him. However, not before I milked it for a minute or three by standing there rubbing the back of my nexk and saying "I'm with Direct Line matey, we'll have this silliness sorted in no time at all and you can be back on the road and heading for your 'Group corporate synergy expo' or whatever it is you chaps do that pays for shoes that shiney.......". It's minus 2 degrees out but I swear I could see the sweat forming on his rosey forehead....
Long & short of it, he went his way feeling let off and I went mine - Direct Line being none the wiser but crisp picture of his car and number plate on my phone just in case he gets silly and changes his tune from "I'll tell them someone must have reversed into it" to "He did it your honour, lock him him up and keep him out of the prison kitchen or you'll have a riot on your hands!". You never know.....
So, no progress on the 'Definitely NOT a Ferrari F355 replica' today (can you see what I did there?). I might drill some holes in the Scorpio front sidelights to take the the MR2 fittings and indicator stuff just to see if I can save a penny or two and not have to fit OEM ' NOT Ferrari' items. I'm also going to make up a male and female mould out of plywood so that I can press some nice mesh into the right shape to fill the front aperture, including the curves and a 20mm recess all around so it looks nice and not like the early learning centre, straight from Halfords cr*p that seems to adorn the front and back of ever 2nd hand corsa in the land. NOT Ferrari I can live with,
I cannot.Right, these steak baquettes wont eat themselves so I have duties to attend to.
Can we expect some top-notch wheelbearing-devouring spacers on the rear? We were camped opposite a club at Stoneleigh a few years back and one of these arrived on a trailer(
) and they took it off, put the spacers on, then parked it. Before they left, they took the spacers off, put it back on the trailer and departed.
) and they took it off, put the spacers on, then parked it. Before they left, they took the spacers off, put it back on the trailer and departed.Whaaaat? Is that rear offset not correct then Ferg? Hahaha!
I've had a word with those fine men at NASA and they've let me have the molten remains of Skylab, so once that is melted down I should have just enough material for one spacer then it's back on the old dog and bone to the Russian Government to see if they have any subs that need scrapping for the other one...
On a serious note, I've looked at the feasibility of reworking the rear suspension geometry to bring the wheels out but initially I'll get the Zenkeis on there with spacers until funds allow the complete redesign of the rear end. Ole Woodsy has put an Audi V8 in the back of an MR2 and I think I'd like to go down that route eventually - longditudinally, naturally. The plan is to get it looking half decent and driveable and then the serious work can begin.
I've had a word with those fine men at NASA and they've let me have the molten remains of Skylab, so once that is melted down I should have just enough material for one spacer then it's back on the old dog and bone to the Russian Government to see if they have any subs that need scrapping for the other one...
On a serious note, I've looked at the feasibility of reworking the rear suspension geometry to bring the wheels out but initially I'll get the Zenkeis on there with spacers until funds allow the complete redesign of the rear end. Ole Woodsy has put an Audi V8 in the back of an MR2 and I think I'd like to go down that route eventually - longditudinally, naturally. The plan is to get it looking half decent and driveable and then the serious work can begin.
Slow progress at the moment due to a deplorable excess of other stuff that I have to do. The E36 has developed a misfire of some kind and this has consumed my tinkering time unfortunately. However, I've been sorting the bits that came with the car and now have three distinct piles of dusty cr*p..............
I have the following:
2 x beige leather trimmed door cards - useable but hardly Bentley quality.
2 x GRP headlight covers.
4 x GRP headlight surrounds - maybe he had plans for e Cizeta style front end treatment.............this would NOT surprise me.
4 x headlight assemblies.
2 x TERRIBLE (yes, I'm shouting it) one-piece grp door mirrors - complete with different shapped and different tinted glass.....Awesome....not.
1 x retrimmed (in beige!) 4-spoke MR2 steering wheel - this will not be re-used.
1 x brand new Ferrari F355 Berlinetta badge - this will not be used and wasn't appropriate even if he was building a replica as the car is a T-top........
A complete set of blue (I kid you not) Brembo brake caliper covers that are large enough to fit the brake disks on the Millenium Falcon. Seriously, the front ones are longer than the diameter of the disks.
No seats or belts.
no front or rear glass.
No bonnet or boot release assembly.
No front scuttle panel.
No upper rear trim panel.
No bonnet hook/loop.
No boot carpet.
Deck lid not secured or fixed in any way and none of the vents cut but they have also seen the Halfords black rattle can so they "look like vents, chief, know what I'm saying? Saves cutting them out, init, you know?" - Looking forward to clearing up the coolant leaks mid summer with that mod.....what with mid engined cars being so notorious for running cool all the time......
No rear view mirror.
No Stereo.
No CAT.
No number plates.......the car is registered as a red MR2 16v GTI even though it has become very apparent that it was initially manufactured in metallic purple. Now, much as old Ghostie loves to chat with Welsh birds I'm not enjoying the hoops that the lovely lass at the DVLA has me jumping through at the moment as they wont even let me SORN the thing at the moment which means I'll get a fine when I finally do it.
On to the good stuff:
54,000 miles and the paperwork backs that up. Engine runs very well and the gear change is slicker than Slick Slickerson from Slicksvile.
I have a stash of recently aquired MR2 goodies coming my way next week that should resolve a lot of these issues. You've got to love the Asian car dismantling community - if you need it, they can find it for you. Top marks to Abid and the boys down at Barking, they've found nearly everything I need so far including the Zenkei rims (£100 for 4!!!!). Big thumbs up to MR" BEN on Ebay and MR MR" too as they have both come up with various parts for me - well done lads, keep 'em coming, it's going to be a long road...
I have the following:
2 x beige leather trimmed door cards - useable but hardly Bentley quality.
2 x GRP headlight covers.
4 x GRP headlight surrounds - maybe he had plans for e Cizeta style front end treatment.............this would NOT surprise me.
4 x headlight assemblies.
2 x TERRIBLE (yes, I'm shouting it) one-piece grp door mirrors - complete with different shapped and different tinted glass.....Awesome....not.
1 x retrimmed (in beige!) 4-spoke MR2 steering wheel - this will not be re-used.
1 x brand new Ferrari F355 Berlinetta badge - this will not be used and wasn't appropriate even if he was building a replica as the car is a T-top........
A complete set of blue (I kid you not) Brembo brake caliper covers that are large enough to fit the brake disks on the Millenium Falcon. Seriously, the front ones are longer than the diameter of the disks.
No seats or belts.
no front or rear glass.
No bonnet or boot release assembly.
No front scuttle panel.
No upper rear trim panel.
No bonnet hook/loop.
No boot carpet.
Deck lid not secured or fixed in any way and none of the vents cut but they have also seen the Halfords black rattle can so they "look like vents, chief, know what I'm saying? Saves cutting them out, init, you know?" - Looking forward to clearing up the coolant leaks mid summer with that mod.....what with mid engined cars being so notorious for running cool all the time......
No rear view mirror.
No Stereo.
No CAT.
No number plates.......the car is registered as a red MR2 16v GTI even though it has become very apparent that it was initially manufactured in metallic purple. Now, much as old Ghostie loves to chat with Welsh birds I'm not enjoying the hoops that the lovely lass at the DVLA has me jumping through at the moment as they wont even let me SORN the thing at the moment which means I'll get a fine when I finally do it.
On to the good stuff:
54,000 miles and the paperwork backs that up. Engine runs very well and the gear change is slicker than Slick Slickerson from Slicksvile.
I have a stash of recently aquired MR2 goodies coming my way next week that should resolve a lot of these issues. You've got to love the Asian car dismantling community - if you need it, they can find it for you. Top marks to Abid and the boys down at Barking, they've found nearly everything I need so far including the Zenkei rims (£100 for 4!!!!). Big thumbs up to MR" BEN on Ebay and MR MR" too as they have both come up with various parts for me - well done lads, keep 'em coming, it's going to be a long road...
While I think of it, does anyone on here recognise where the rear lights came from as I can't find suitable lamp holders to suit at the moment and the chimp has bonded them in. Deep joy...
Parts coming next week:
1 x Full black leather interior for the other MR2 so that I can retrim the seats from it and use those in the white one and recycle the door furniture etc.
1 x Pair of electrically folding and adjustable door mirrors so that when the ones from Dave Jones arrive I can modify them to accept the electric folding mechanism - if I can pull it off then I'll make a kit that Dave can sell as the mirrors are very long and could be easily *ahem* 'removed' by any numpty passing to close.
1 x Scuttle panel.
1 x upper rear trim panel - this will need to be trimmed at the same time as the seats. I'll stick with beige for now as the rest of the interior including the headlining has been done and in all honesty, it's not a bad job.
Parts still to aquire:
1 piece roof panel from Dave Jones to replace the t-tops.
4 x wheel spacers (oh shush now, you knew they were coming)
4 x drilled and grooved discs and Mintex pads - I have these on my G-Limited and they have shaved about a quarter off the stopping distance and at £120 they're a steal.
4 x OEM wheel brearings - y'see? I'm thinking with my head not my scr|*tum!
2 x 255/45 17 tyres
2 x 225/45 17 tyres
a stack of grinding, cutting and abrasive discs for the trusty angle grinder.
Core mat and resin.
Unitech are supplying the exhaust tail pipe sections with bends and these will be welded to the 304 stainless back box that I have. - I'm going to try and box clever with the exhaust so feel free to chip in with general banter or mockery if you like...... Just to be clear, I'm absolutely not making a replica here but I like the concept of the 355 exhaust. It has a valve that takes a reading from the tacho to open at higher RPMs and I think I can fabricate this. Ghostie is not without skills as you'll see over the coming weeks/months. It'll be an interesting challenge and I'm looking forward to seeing if I can do it.
At present the car is sat on a set of grubby looking 15s, the origin of which I'm uncertian (ideas?). The are undamaged and non-staggered, each one has a Toyota emblam in the centre. As you'll see from the pictures they look just like the ones from a modern celica but smaller in diameter. They are definitely not Rev4/5 MR2 items even though they bear a passing resemblance.
Until the Zenkeis are refurbed, powder coated in white and fitted with the tyres it will sit on the 17 inch Rota Boosts from the G-Limited, that in turn will sit back on the 1-off, 2-piece split rim SSR MK2 R 15s in my conservatory. Ultra rare, staggered and made specifically for the G-Limited when it was first purchsed by the manager of the Toyota dealership in Japan. The centre caps are missing and SSR are NO help whatsoever. The latest is that they require one of the wheels to be shipped back to them so that they can ascertain exactly which caps they require. I've told them more times than you can imagine EXACTLY which caps they should have - the pressed tin ones with the sticker that shows an old fashined picture of a racing driver with an open faced helmet on. It shouldn't be this hard to give them my money....... I had to replace the 90 degree valves on the SSRs as they were all leaking and they sent them within 5 working days......
Parts coming next week:
1 x Full black leather interior for the other MR2 so that I can retrim the seats from it and use those in the white one and recycle the door furniture etc.
1 x Pair of electrically folding and adjustable door mirrors so that when the ones from Dave Jones arrive I can modify them to accept the electric folding mechanism - if I can pull it off then I'll make a kit that Dave can sell as the mirrors are very long and could be easily *ahem* 'removed' by any numpty passing to close.
1 x Scuttle panel.
1 x upper rear trim panel - this will need to be trimmed at the same time as the seats. I'll stick with beige for now as the rest of the interior including the headlining has been done and in all honesty, it's not a bad job.
Parts still to aquire:
1 piece roof panel from Dave Jones to replace the t-tops.
4 x wheel spacers (oh shush now, you knew they were coming)
4 x drilled and grooved discs and Mintex pads - I have these on my G-Limited and they have shaved about a quarter off the stopping distance and at £120 they're a steal.
4 x OEM wheel brearings - y'see? I'm thinking with my head not my scr|*tum!
2 x 255/45 17 tyres
2 x 225/45 17 tyres
a stack of grinding, cutting and abrasive discs for the trusty angle grinder.
Core mat and resin.
Unitech are supplying the exhaust tail pipe sections with bends and these will be welded to the 304 stainless back box that I have. - I'm going to try and box clever with the exhaust so feel free to chip in with general banter or mockery if you like...... Just to be clear, I'm absolutely not making a replica here but I like the concept of the 355 exhaust. It has a valve that takes a reading from the tacho to open at higher RPMs and I think I can fabricate this. Ghostie is not without skills as you'll see over the coming weeks/months. It'll be an interesting challenge and I'm looking forward to seeing if I can do it.
At present the car is sat on a set of grubby looking 15s, the origin of which I'm uncertian (ideas?). The are undamaged and non-staggered, each one has a Toyota emblam in the centre. As you'll see from the pictures they look just like the ones from a modern celica but smaller in diameter. They are definitely not Rev4/5 MR2 items even though they bear a passing resemblance.
Until the Zenkeis are refurbed, powder coated in white and fitted with the tyres it will sit on the 17 inch Rota Boosts from the G-Limited, that in turn will sit back on the 1-off, 2-piece split rim SSR MK2 R 15s in my conservatory. Ultra rare, staggered and made specifically for the G-Limited when it was first purchsed by the manager of the Toyota dealership in Japan. The centre caps are missing and SSR are NO help whatsoever. The latest is that they require one of the wheels to be shipped back to them so that they can ascertain exactly which caps they require. I've told them more times than you can imagine EXACTLY which caps they should have - the pressed tin ones with the sticker that shows an old fashined picture of a racing driver with an open faced helmet on. It shouldn't be this hard to give them my money....... I had to replace the 90 degree valves on the SSRs as they were all leaking and they sent them within 5 working days......
On the subject of wheels... The E38 is riding on a mint set of 18 inch, staggered Style 32s and I've flirted with using those on this project as the 355 sits on 18s. Thoughts?...
I've gone up a profile with the 17s in order to get the rolling radius appropriate for the cavernous wheel arches. Both the Zenkeis and the Style 32s are 9js so only an inch shy of the 10js that 355s sit on. Unfortunately the Rota Boosts are 8j at the front and 8.5j at the rear so they'll be a little narrow for my tastes, even if I have the spacers made longer by 0.5 of an inch.
I can also lay my hands on a full Rev3 turbo rear subframe with the legs, engine, gearbox and anciliaries but I'm not keen if I'm honest. My experience with turbo power (Saab 9000 - 325BHP, s13 - 345BHP, Metro turbo engined mini - 101BHP) always ended in tears and frequent trips to the local ATM. I've had much more fun with NA motors in the past (MK3 cortina with a 302 V8 - 366BHP, plenty of Group 4 replica escorts with various screaming crossflows, Twink powered Omega - 275BHP, Warrior Pinto powered transits - now THAT's fun!!!). I've also had so proper sh*tters Hahahaha! The green Skoda Favorit was a prime example of budget motoring while the s13 was throwing oil about.
I've gone up a profile with the 17s in order to get the rolling radius appropriate for the cavernous wheel arches. Both the Zenkeis and the Style 32s are 9js so only an inch shy of the 10js that 355s sit on. Unfortunately the Rota Boosts are 8j at the front and 8.5j at the rear so they'll be a little narrow for my tastes, even if I have the spacers made longer by 0.5 of an inch.
I can also lay my hands on a full Rev3 turbo rear subframe with the legs, engine, gearbox and anciliaries but I'm not keen if I'm honest. My experience with turbo power (Saab 9000 - 325BHP, s13 - 345BHP, Metro turbo engined mini - 101BHP) always ended in tears and frequent trips to the local ATM. I've had much more fun with NA motors in the past (MK3 cortina with a 302 V8 - 366BHP, plenty of Group 4 replica escorts with various screaming crossflows, Twink powered Omega - 275BHP, Warrior Pinto powered transits - now THAT's fun!!!). I've also had so proper sh*tters Hahahaha! The green Skoda Favorit was a prime example of budget motoring while the s13 was throwing oil about.
The more observant of you will have noticed various typos and spelling mistakes and there's a good explanation for that - PS3 controller! This is not the instrument of choice for touch-typists or journalists. Although I am neither of these I'm also quite clearly also not a 12 year old boy who spends every waking hour 'teabagging noobs'(?) on Call Of Duty. iPhone era? Not me, oh no.
Excellent!
The E36 is sapping my energies as the misfire is intermittent and throwing up no fault codes. Frustrating as I'm only running it until the project's done and then it's out withe the 4 pot and in with the Mustang 302 for the ultimate sleeper. The car is mint and unmolested and that's how it's going to stay apart from the v8 and some brakes, even the cloth interior is staying although I may badge it as a 350is....
More updates as the MR2 bits arrive. The MOMO wheel looks great now so that's 'win' number 1 to Ghostie (win number 2 has just arrived from Pizza Hut so I'm signing off to work on my ballast.....).
The E36 is sapping my energies as the misfire is intermittent and throwing up no fault codes. Frustrating as I'm only running it until the project's done and then it's out withe the 4 pot and in with the Mustang 302 for the ultimate sleeper. The car is mint and unmolested and that's how it's going to stay apart from the v8 and some brakes, even the cloth interior is staying although I may badge it as a 350is....
More updates as the MR2 bits arrive. The MOMO wheel looks great now so that's 'win' number 1 to Ghostie (win number 2 has just arrived from Pizza Hut so I'm signing off to work on my ballast.....).
Newromancer said:
Why not make it something original, something like the showroom cars that show a vision of the future ... make it look like this:
This actually is a designstudy from Italdesign for Alfa, and I'm not telling to copy this car ... but make something as spectacular futuristic as this ... or something brutal. (The effort is exactly the same!!!)
GHOST KATA said:
The nex project after these 2 are finished will be completely scratch built from the ground up, I'm just get my skills up to speed.. I'm pretty sure I can do better than that pic you posted but I'll let you be the judge.
I'm thinking a blind five year old could do better than that....... 
Trust me, it'll certainly be different! What do we think about a white carbon wrap for it? Either that or black with a deep red sparkle? I'm still undecided about the colour at the moment so I might have to wait until the wheels are on and then decide.
With the interior totally stripped I've taken some measurements and managed to convince myself that I can make it central a driving seat kind of deal.
Chopping out the centre tunnel and the front bulkhead is no problem, the rest is just meccano to get working. Cable gear linkages can be put anywhere and steering, pedals and rerouting the coolant pipes is no big deal. There's room to relieve the rear bulkhead a few inches too so I could slide a couple of slender grp buckets in there if I chop the dash and move the column forward 6 inches.
It's crying out for it but it would lengthen the build a bit......
Off topic (not the nutty bar of course , don't be daft!), we've just finished dropping an SR20 into a 3DFS RX7 and it's finally on the road! Never again!!! It's a tidy job but seriously hard graft if you dont want a bonnet bulge or poor steering geometry!!!
I'll post some pics of it this week so you can see the work involved...... the front bulkhead is chopped right back to the heater matrix.....nice....
With the interior totally stripped I've taken some measurements and managed to convince myself that I can make it central a driving seat kind of deal.
Chopping out the centre tunnel and the front bulkhead is no problem, the rest is just meccano to get working. Cable gear linkages can be put anywhere and steering, pedals and rerouting the coolant pipes is no big deal. There's room to relieve the rear bulkhead a few inches too so I could slide a couple of slender grp buckets in there if I chop the dash and move the column forward 6 inches.
It's crying out for it but it would lengthen the build a bit......
Off topic (not the nutty bar of course , don't be daft!), we've just finished dropping an SR20 into a 3DFS RX7 and it's finally on the road! Never again!!! It's a tidy job but seriously hard graft if you dont want a bonnet bulge or poor steering geometry!!!
I'll post some pics of it this week so you can see the work involved...... the front bulkhead is chopped right back to the heater matrix.....nice....
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