Twin Plenum Vitesse restoration
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I made up the hybrid SD1/Cosworth gear leaver last night, as usual I forgot to take enough pictures. These bits used to be joined together until I cut them in half:
That was the SD1 stick.
Welded to the Cosworth base:
And then re-fitted along with all the trim:
It's offset to match the short-shift on the tail, the centre line of the stick/knob lines up perfectly to match that of the box.
I'm really pleased as it looks absolutely standard and not messed about with. All the effort with the tail housing on the big bearing T5 was so that I could get the gearstick to come up in the same place as the original.
That was the SD1 stick.
Welded to the Cosworth base:
And then re-fitted along with all the trim:
It's offset to match the short-shift on the tail, the centre line of the stick/knob lines up perfectly to match that of the box.
I'm really pleased as it looks absolutely standard and not messed about with. All the effort with the tail housing on the big bearing T5 was so that I could get the gearstick to come up in the same place as the original.
More pics:
Modified under-tray to fit the intercooler:
Like this at first:
Then this:
Intercooler in:
A/C Condenser:
Then radiator:
Plenum top:
All done (to a point):
So, things left to do, I still have to get the A/C compressor in which won't be an issue, plenty of space but I will probably need to have some custom hoses made up to clear the air pipes.
But, more immediate problem: The windscreen washer tank used to sit on the suspension turret, top middle-ish:
I don't think that tank will fit anywhere under the bonnet now, I'd like to not move it to the boot as it'd be a massive pain. Any suggestion for either a small tank from another car and where I could put it?
Modified under-tray to fit the intercooler:
Like this at first:
Then this:
Intercooler in:
A/C Condenser:
Then radiator:
Plenum top:
All done (to a point):
So, things left to do, I still have to get the A/C compressor in which won't be an issue, plenty of space but I will probably need to have some custom hoses made up to clear the air pipes.
But, more immediate problem: The windscreen washer tank used to sit on the suspension turret, top middle-ish:
I don't think that tank will fit anywhere under the bonnet now, I'd like to not move it to the boot as it'd be a massive pain. Any suggestion for either a small tank from another car and where I could put it?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12VOLT-UNIVERSAL-WINDSCR...
What about one of these?
Brilliant car by the way!
What about one of these?
Brilliant car by the way!
Duke Thrust said:
Very nice 
This. Is. Amazing.
Can't wait to see the dyno results. This thing will surely be an animal?? Love the work with the short shift- it's stuff like that people don't notice, but the craftsmanship and effort that's gone into making it a decent conversion is what sets projects like this apart- attention to detail. Awesome.
Can't wait to see the dyno results. This thing will surely be an animal?? Love the work with the short shift- it's stuff like that people don't notice, but the craftsmanship and effort that's gone into making it a decent conversion is what sets projects like this apart- attention to detail. Awesome.
bstark said:
Duke Thrust said:
Very nice Sounds bloody great.
Bag tank for the washer arrived, decided the best place was on the OSF wing under the intake pipes. There's now a redundant bracket where the resistor pack for the old injection system was mounted (and power steering fluid tank on series one cars).
Tack welded the bag tank bracket to this, easy to remove should I ever want to move it and gave it a quick lick of paint over the weld:
Bag in and filled. I had to move the fluid pipe and the wiring from the other side, but it's all hidden now so actually looks a little neater than standard:
Tack welded the bag tank bracket to this, easy to remove should I ever want to move it and gave it a quick lick of paint over the weld:
Bag in and filled. I had to move the fluid pipe and the wiring from the other side, but it's all hidden now so actually looks a little neater than standard:
I love the car and the Rovercraft connection. I had several TP's worked on by Rovercraft over the years although this is the only video footage I took of a rolling road session and small road test at Rovercraft. Hope the OP does not mind me posting this.
There are 3 parts to the video taken in 2000.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkQX4jAvvEc&in...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlWWHwXrLB8&in...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi6iCGPi_0Q&li...
There are 3 parts to the video taken in 2000.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkQX4jAvvEc&in...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlWWHwXrLB8&in...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi6iCGPi_0Q&li...
Usget said:
The absolute coolest thing about that, by far, is the "Rovercraft" rocker covers. Fab.
I was just having a little look about, reminiscing a little I guess, and I cam across this post. The weird thing is I used to work at Rovercraft (during the Tony Marsh / Phil Eaves twin turbo era) and I don't remember ever seeing these rocker covers with 'Rovercraft' cast into them??Gassing Station | Readers' Cars | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff