It has been many months since my last post about genuine work on the car but that is largely because it has been many months since I have actually done any! Between preparing the house for our new baby, Christmas and then the arrival of our baby (Lilly), the car has just had to wait. [...]
Archive for the ‘Engine’ Category
This is probably the most boring and least relevant post of the entire build process as I doubt anyone else will have to do the same thing. But what the Hell, I have nothing else to write about! Throughout the car build, the engine has something that I have largely ignored. An aluminium lump that [...]
The car is now finished. Not virtually finished or just about there, no, it is honest to god finished! And by that, I mean that there are no more small but vital bits missing (fuel filler), no gapping holes in the bodywork and no last hurdle to overcome, it is all done. But… That does [...]
Talked to Mark at MAC#1 today just to check everything was progressing OK for next Tuesday’s SVA and not only did he confirm that the engine (and exhaust) are now fitted and fixed, but he even sparked up the engine and revved it on the phone for me a couple of times. It was great [...]
In many ways this is a sad day because this will be my final report from the garage as the car will be tailored over to MAC#1 tomorrow and I don’t expect to get the car back until after it has passed SVA! I am not sure how I feel about this to be honest. [...]
This was the first job yesterday and it only took about 5 minutes to do. The fan is held on using special ‘zip tie’ type things that pass right through the radiator. I used a small screwdriver to to gently part the radiator fins enough to push the tie through. Once it was threaded through, [...]
A month ago I posted a blog entry in which I included a short YouTube video of me starting the engine. This proved three things: 1. My wiring was OK and all the safety checks had been passed by the ECU so it allowed the engine to start. 2. Fuel and power were getting to [...]
18:15 on the 22/04/2007 which is nearly six months to the day after picking up the kit, the engine sprang to life. If you have read my previous post you will see that I tried to start the engine last weekend but ended up with petrol spraying everywhere due to what I thought was a [...]
In the last post I outlined the work I had been doing on the wiring loom in getting all the connections to the engine all extended and in place. But that is only half of the exciting progress made this week. I set myself the goal of attempting to fire up the engine this weekend. [...]
Well it has been a massive week for kitcar progress. I worked through to 1am every night last week plus put in a full day on Saturday. And what have I been doing? Well, I was tackling the job that most car builders dread the most. Fitting the wiring loom and breathing life in to [...]
