Cossy sold and Jag bought - the hard work begins next week

[Penelope Stopit]

Have you considered fitting an anchor point to the underside of the panel to clip the cables to, this will prevent the weight of the cables and vibration from loosening your termination points?

Edited by Penelope Stopit on Thursday 27th June 12:33

[magpies]

Penelope Stopit said:

Have you considered fitting an anchor point to the underside of the panel to clip the cables to, this will prevent the weight of the cables and vibration from loosening your termination points?

Edited by Penelope Stopit on Thursday 27th June 12:33

Hi Penny yes the cables go to anchored cable ties within 100mm directly under the opening and again every 150mm towards the dashboard. These have not yet been tightened.

Edited by magpies on Thursday 27th June 14:22

[Penelope Stopit]

magpies said:

Penelope Stopit said:

Have you considered fitting an anchor point to the underside of the panel to clip the cables to, this will prevent the weight of the cables and vibration from loosening your termination points?

Edited by Penelope Stopit on Thursday 27th June 12:33

Hi Penny yes the cables go to anchored cable ties within 100mm directly under the opening and again every 150mm towards the dashboard. These have not yet been tightened.

Nicely done, it was simply something that came to mind and I thought worth mentioning just in case

[magpies]

Almost there

[88S1]

magpies said:

Almost there

Looking good

[magpies]

Upper inlet manifolds now have their trumpets welded. Need internal smoothing. Height looks OK with the Alfa plenum

Edited by magpies on Monday 1st July 21:52

[EffTee]

Looking good Mick

[88S1]

Don’t envy you trying to fault find when you try to get it running. Good luck, let’s hope it fires 1st time. Looking awesome.

[magpies]

Dash wiring almost complete

[DamianS3]

magpies said:

Dash wiring almost complete

Epic.. dash out is the only way to do a propper job..

Is the ecu controlling the water pump? Could it not do the fuel pump too?

Cheers

Damian S3

[magpies]

Started to look at the inlet side of things. I'm using an Alfa plenum and fbw throttle body which has been paired with the Jag throttle pedal. I'm hoping that it will be low enough to allow the removal of the great big power bulge and do something like the S4 bonnet.

[Penelope Stopit]

Bluemin heck

Happy testing

[GreenV8S]

It looks as if those joining hoses are going to be under vacuum, which might be a problem. (You might get away with it if they are joining metal tubes which butt up tight to each other.)

[magpies]

GreenV8S said:

It looks as if those joining hoses are going to be under vacuum, which might be a problem. (You might get away with it if they are joining metal tubes which butt up tight to each other.)

If they do start to collapse I'll fit more stainless tube in them so only the actual bend is un-supported.

[Penelope Stopit]

magpies said:

Dash wiring almost complete

I like the way you have wired plugs to the dash for quick removal

Is all the wiring finished now?

[magpies]

Today I had a go at cutting and fitting new carpet to the passenger side footwell. Also glued new blue leatherette to the glovebox and lower dash panel....fibreglassed over the redundant ashtray.

[Alan Whitaker]

Looking good there Mick

[magpies]

Body back on to check exhaust manifold clearances. Nearside is good but offside too close to the starter motor and needs modifying.
Cleaned and repainted inlet plenum

[magpies]

[v8s4me]

Nice work Mick