Birkin S3 Kitcar Build....

[Ben Jk]

ezakimak said:

Hi Ben, You are making great progress.





any chance you can tell me what size the bolts are that are used to hold the pedal box in on the Birkin ?

Read back through thread and realised i'd forgotten to answer this. They are M8 bolts.

Edited by Ben Jk on Monday 6th September 16:44

[Ben Jk]

Gingerbread Man said:

Great build so far.

A sad question from a fellow 7 owner, what size are your headlights....5 3/4" or 7"?

Spoken to my Dad. They are 7" headlights.

Edited by Ben Jk on Monday 6th September 16:45

[Ben Jk]

Quick question if anyone know.

Need the Make & Model (of filter or car preferably) of a short spin on oil filter that will fit the 2.0l Duratec with a Raceline low level wet sump.


Any help appreciated!!

[singlecoil]

Ben Jk said:

Quick question if anyone know.

Need the Make & Model (of filter or car preferably) of a short spin on oil filter that will fit the 2.0l Duratec with a Raceline low level wet sump.


Any help appreciated!!

Are you changing from the Zetec then?

[Ben Jk]

Nope...its always been a Duratec engine.

[Ben Jk]

Ben Jk said:

Quick question if anyone know.

Need the Make & Model (of filter or car preferably) of a short spin on oil filter that will fit the 2.0l Duratec with a Raceline low level wet sump.


Any help appreciated!!

Got my answer too. Bee told theres a 74mm Zetec filter that fits.

[Gingerbread Man]

Ben Jk said:

Quick question if anyone know.

Need the Make & Model (of filter or car preferably) of a short spin on oil filter that will fit the 2.0l Duratec with a Raceline low level wet sump.


Any help appreciated!!

I'm guessing that the standard Ford Duratec oil filter won't fit then? The 2L Duratec is used in the latest Caterhams, so it might be worth asking over on that section of the forum.

[Ben Jk]

Gingerbread Man said:

Ben Jk said:

Quick question if anyone know.

Need the Make & Model (of filter or car preferably) of a short spin on oil filter that will fit the 2.0l Duratec with a Raceline low level wet sump.


Any help appreciated!!

I'm guessing that the standard Ford Duratec oil filter won't fit then? The 2L Duratec is used in the latest Caterhams, so it might be worth asking over on that section of the forum.

It fits but hangs too low. Likely to get wiped out pretty easily!!!

[simonbell]

Do you have the Raceline oil filter adaptor, if so the oil filter should screw on horizontally, I think the standard Ford one screws on vertically.

Anyway if its the Raceline one a Halfords 307 will fit the bill. Some filters have some kind of pressure relief which isn't compatible with the raceline adaptor if I remember correctly

[Ben Jk]

simonbell said:

Do you have the Raceline oil filter adaptor, if so the oil filter should screw on horizontally, I think the standard Ford one screws on vertically.

Anyway if its the Raceline one a Halfords 307 will fit the bill. Some filters have some kind of pressure relief which isn't compatible with the raceline adaptor if I remember correctly

Sounds like that Raceline adaptor could be the solution if it means the filter sits horizintally not vertically.

Thanks.

[dirty boy]

bumpety bump

[ezakimak]

thanks for the measurement Ben.

from Ryan

[Red16]

Liking the throttle bodies Ben... any more updates or expected completion date?

[Ben Jk]

Nothing happened for a few weeks. My Dad's been decorating a bedroom!!!

Hopefully back on it this weekend.

[Red16]

Ben Jk said:

Nothing happened for a few weeks. My Dad's been decorating a bedroom!!!

Hopefully back on it this weekend.

That sounds like fun! lol

Look forward to your update next week

[Ben Jk]

Been a while since update. Mainly because my Dad decided to do some decorating instead!!

Not huge amount of progress.

Exhaust system is in place now and side heat shields are on (but i've no pics)!

Rad, and plumbing all on and in place. Few other bits and bobs done.

Throttle bodies in place.

This weekend the front mudguards were fitted along with rollbar, boot liner, and the cover over the transmission tunnel and panel that goes behind the seats.

Mudguards arent painted obviously. We are getting the car built and through SVA/IVA then we will get it painted etc etc.
May seem an odd way round to do things but after the car passes SVA/IVA (which is a pain in the arse!) we will be changing a few things like putting harnesses in etc etc. So bits can be removed again for painting.

Apologies for the dust sheets. We have got a proper car cover - god knows why my Dad isn't using it!!


There will be "carpet" etc to go in too eventually.

[singlecoil]

It's difficult to tell for sure, but the front wings look like they might fail IVA, inasmuch as the outside parst looks like they are less than 30 degrees of coverage from the top centreline.

[Ferg]

singlecoil said:

It's difficult to tell for sure, but the front wings look like they might fail IVA, inasmuch as the outside parst looks like they are less than 30 degrees of coverage from the top centreline.

[Ben Jk]

I think they should be okay. A Birkin with these has already passed all tests.

If they fail I suppose its a good excuse for some carbon ones!!

We are having to change a few bits and bobs to suit IVA/SVA.

[singlecoil]

Ferg said:

singlecoil said:

It's difficult to tell for sure, but the front wings look like they might fail IVA, inasmuch as the outside parst looks like they are less than 30 degrees of coverage from the top centreline.

have you ever taken an IVA test?


All the builder needs to do is to check the manual, check the wings, and if necessary move them forward a bit. No point in going in with a definite fail point.