The Sportster is back out of the garage!
After a good clean up in there to clear out the back log of Compact parts its looking good again. Took the metro master cylinder off today and test fitted...
We’ll be back soon
..hopefully! Richard's Compact is going well. The engine is running as can be seen in this video (Xvid - 8Mb) - not much left to do on this 'side project'...
Progress Halted
Hmm ok another little side project has slipped in the way of the Sportster! Due to an unhealthy engine Richard's 316i Compact needs a bit of work: What's this? ......
Little update
The exhaust has been tacked into place thanks to Black-Cat (from TalkAudio.co.uk)! A little work will be needed to align all the parts, once the exhaust is in the correct...
A few things
Nothing worth photographing this week, but some progress! We've made up the joiner pipes for the second exhaust box. Just need to talk nicely with Black-Cat on talkaudio.co.uk to see...
Exhaust continues
Probably not the best way to join exhaust pipes but this what we have so it will have to do! Anyway this is how the back boxes will join to...
Exhaust
Its been a while since the last up date, other things having gotten in the way of spending time working on the car! The stunning BTB 6 branch bought via...
Exhaust Pipes
Spent a little bit of time in the garage tonight. Chopping the centre resonator out of the old two piece exhaust. This is where the 6 branch will connect when...
Tank, ARB & Bodywork
Been busy working on moving the tank up to make more room for the exhaust boxes. A few issues, go too high and the tank gets in the way of...
New Parts
More exhaust parts, this time from www.jetex.co.uk. Ordered yesterday morning, arrived today!
Exhausting
Back boxes are here! Too much? Nah!
Bodywork
Yesterday we changed the old gearbox mounts with new ones and fitted the battery clamps. Today it was time for some body work: Rear wing fitment - nothing quite seems...
Loud
M20, no back box :D centre resonators and twin pipes out the back: Download (MP3)
Spaced Out
The 30mm (per side) H&R spacers came from http://www.performancealloys.com/ They are very solid and not too heavy!
Tuning
Added a few more items that cropped up during the build so far to the tuning section
It drives!
It drives! Replaced the clutch slave and master cylinder today and bolted on the old E30 exhaust. There was nothing stopping us from taking it for a quick spin! (Literally...
Spot light mounting
Today the spot lights were mounted. Seemed like a simple task but took longer than expected. The first step was to grind the back edge of the brackets so that...
Wiring Continued
Back to the wiring jungle :) After the success of getting the engine running the rest of the wiring needs to be completed. The headlight wiring was first on the...
Cars Back
Its been a bit of a saga, but the car is back in the garage. Sadly minus an exhaust. The were issues with both of the two companies involved; we...
First exhauast pictures
First pictures from Eclipse of the exhaust mockup up - this should give a good idea of the final product. We'll be going back on Friday to check the progress....
Exhaust
Car is at the exhaust place now! Parts didn't come for the clutch, so wasn't able to take it for a drive - never mind, time for that later! We'll...