Love the Rad and IC setup, looks great

Well done on the big effort so far. Love the exhausts out the back. Will look good when they are sending some flames out from up there.

Awesome stuff!

I assume the mounting of the exhausts is so you can install a big ass diffuser?

Thanks fella, took a fair bit of jiggery pokery to get it really low. :)

Thanks Darryl, should be entertaining, as the left pipe is slightly longer it should be phased flamage too !! lol

Hi Jimbo, exactly for that very reason, a complete flat floor with big diffuser !! :)

Look good Dave:)

lol, thanks my good man. :)

Righty, First tonight was to position the extinguisher bottle and prep the gearstick to accept the Shimano neutral release


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Then started the fabrication for the exhaust covers.


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And voila, these are the sides that will be welded down and the cover will be bolted to them when we make them tomorrow.

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And another bigish job was to fabricate the gearbox tunnel cover.... more cardboard !! :D


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I've cut a lot of the process out but here was the end result and the almost completed cockpit including the transfer of
the handbrake lever to the other side. :thumbsup:


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This is one of the most bad ass cars/builds I've ever seen and I read through build threads on all the forums I'm on.

I really wish I had money.

Thanks very much, it's comments like that that keep my enthusiasm up and want to carry on !! :)

OK, tonight was dedicated to the exhaust cans cover, positioning the dash to accept the gear select lever and
the passenger footwell floor (no pics yet).

The Exhaust cover


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And the dash work to accept the gear selector lever.


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And the almost finished article with all the controls now in place. :)


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And a slightly out of focus one from the other side.


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Hi m8,

what gear box are using for your project please?

REgards,

Hi Iwan, this is a MakTrak sequential gearbox. :nod:

http://maktrak.com/

Right, another few jobs done tonight, we needed to get the rear hatch sorted so Stando and Eyo got to work on that
horrible job.

Plenty of Aerocatch's to go on :thumbsup:


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And the finished article......


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The other job was to fix the gearbox cover into place, Balky is our welding man for the job. :D :thumbsup:


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I had Roger tig weld the selector release bracket that we made a few days earlier onto the tunnel cover this morning.


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Loving fab work,as per usual. gear box looks great too:)

The throttle pedal went on today (no pics as I started feeling ill)

We put the rear stansions and wing on together with the rear lights... starting to look like a car again !! :thumbsup:

Only prob is we're not happy with the way the rear wing sits so the stansions will have to be re-made with a more aggressive angle.


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Very cool build!

what wing is that? I'm not happy with the way the wing sits either haha. Looks plenty strong....but a little tooo "erect"

This weekend the wiring commenced. :D :thumbsup:


Most of this on the floor is being binned, we just strung it all out incase there are any connectors that are required.


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These are the two protagonists on the wiring case 1!! :thumbsup:


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Sooo neat, you can't really make out that the fueling system wiring is complete. :)

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And it all continues today. :D

Not many pics for a lot of wiring work.. soz.


This is obviously the best way to wire an FD !!! :D


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This is the hub of the wiring, took plenty of working out and planning. :thumbsup:


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And laid in the car (will be higher and fixed to the bulkhead) together with the battery nicely positioned on the tunnel.

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Thanks David, much appreciated. :thumbsup:


This will keep us busy this weekend, the full MoTeC wiring loom and to the right is the MoTeC rotary switch for 10 boost settings. :)


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This is the new lighter and smaller race alternator, would have been MUCH smaller if K-II wasn't going to be
road legal, but this little baby still knocks out 120 amps.


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Phase II of the wiring proved to be VERY problematic

The new MoTeC looms don't match up to the older ECU's even though theyre still labeled M600 and M800, thus ALL the pins had to be
taken out of the blocks, tested and re-routed, this took UBBER amounts of time.


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This was Geoffs re-routing diagram. loooooool !!!


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Once all the pins were put back in the correct places the loom could then be prepared for installation


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And in it goes


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And lastly I installed the boost rotary switch, Sparco extinguisher kit and 'kill switch' into the dash.


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Your Building a "Champion"

Thanks fella, my aim is to be one of the fastest track FD's in the world and STILL be road legal, a few compromises in the build
to achieve that but not too many !! :)

The external Fire Extinguisher and Kill switches are now installed and ready to be wired in.

And just finished the drivers and passengers floors and sat them in place, looks quite neat if I do say so myself. :D


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Wow. That is going to be a beast of a street car... And not remotely enjoyable in traffic. :lol:

nice build

Thanks guys, believe it or not the sequential box isn't too bad for the road even with the OS Giken triple plate clutch, but
the only issue might be the heat... gunna be a sauna in there in traffic !!! lol

Wow, I wish you were doing this a couple years ago when I was in England, I'd have offered some free help just for a ride.

I have to say, yours is shaping up to be my favorite 20B FD, not including mine, of course :)
Keep up the good work!

Maybe by the time you get it done I will find another job in the UK and I can come see it...

Thank you my good man, I hope she lives up to all our expectations, and if you come back to the uk you're more than welcome to have a pax ride, I'm
always happy to have new cup-holders on board !! :)

We're still here but I've got my laptop with me at the garage so here are a few more pics as we go. :D


The New race seat is installed. :thumbsup:


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I'm sure things should be tidier than this !!! :eek:


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Nice neat work behind the drivers dash panel


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Just installed the MoTeC dash control buttons (red & green) into the control panel, and a few more connections
have now been made to the electrical panel. getting there :thumbsup:


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Only one pic took tonight.... sorry slacking.

The entire exhaust has now been welded, just one small bracket to fabricate and then thats another job done

The passenger floor is now in place and we've started dismantling the whole car ready for the rolling shell to go to paint either
on Sunday or Monday.


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ONLY ONE PIC!

One pic is enough to bring back the love I have for your vehicle.

PMSL, thanks Ryan, I'll try and take a few more tonight as we've lots to do. :)

We all got on with our jobs today, Balky with welding tasks, Ejo with grinding tasks and me with the coil pack tray.


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This is the only shot I took of the coil pack shelf, I've done a lot to it and will take further pics tomorrow. :D


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The aim of tonight was to finish the coil pack tray, finish the exhaust system and then start prepping the car for it's
move to the paint shop.

Here is the finished coil pack shelf.


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And in situe.


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Exhaust is now complete and ready for painting and ceramic coating


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One 20B and sequential gearbox removed :thumbsup:


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Engine now on the stand ready for the brackets to be made for the power steering,Alternator and water pump.


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2nd that.

Right, sorry for the lack of pics, to be honest not much has happened as I seem to have lost all motivation but
we loaded K-II into the caravan and took her to her new home for the next 2-3 weeks, just went down there to
drop the rear lights only to find they've already started work on her. starting to feel a bit more with it again.


This is a very novel place to install the inside door handle !! lol


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And here are a few of her as they're getting the shutlines and surfaces prepared.


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Yay, body work. Any specific date you guys plan on having this finished?

Lol, she should be at the body shop for 2 weeks Ryan, I'm taking the exhaust for ceramic coating on Monday and I've sent a few engine bay
bits away for polishing, it's starting to get to the exciting stage now. :)

Wow! Amazing build my friend! Look forward to the continued progress!

Thank you, the shell will come back shortly so things will happen quite quickly then. :)

Pics from Zircotec.......

From this .....

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To This.... :thumbsup:


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The bumper being surrounded by Porkers !! :)


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The primeval ooze !! :)


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The ooze being applied :)


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It looks so much better in the flesh but here is the finished paintwork.


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A few more of the beastie outside the booth, the inner wheel arches have now been treated and hardened and the
engine bay has a fresh white layer. :)


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amazing build, great fab work. posting to subscribe for updates