Another Wreck, another Race Car.....

[Peter Jones]

Project's slowed a little whilst I accumulate funds for engine components.

Meanwhile I'm trying to knock off all the chores, the little stuff that takes more time than it should.

I lobbed the 16v and a spare box in the bay so I could figure out some stuff.

I decided against the recommended routing of the CAE shifter cables as I've read the less bends the better.

As this isn't a street driven car I can lose the slack in the cabin.

I also did some welding on the exhaust manifold to include the o2 sensor bung. I needed to have it in the car to see where it would fit.

Now the manifold is sorted I can send it out for ceramic coating.

I'll need to fab a heat shield for that steering boot.



Haven't bothered doing much adjustment to the shifter. This was just to locate the firewall holes.









There's a bit of slack in the shifter cables, I think I'll hold them down to the floor with some sort of clamp.



Installed the remote for the kill switch. I had to make a spanner to do the effing nut up under there.

Cable enters the cabin via a grommet directly below the handle.

Haven't figured out a final position for the main kill switch yet.



I'm not planning on using a dizzy so here's the beginnings of a blank off plate.

I made it in 2 pieces because that's the scraps I had lying about.

Not going to buy a billet for a little thing like that.



Geoff Hale donated some stub axle spacers to the cause.

"Some assembly required."



I managed to find an original Rallye Racing decal online from Germany.

Top decal is the original below it is a reproduction I made from it in vinyl.

Now that I've done the artwork I'm going to scale a pair of the to fit the headlights nicely.

[Jarred]

Great work Pete!

[VR6man]

Love the shifter and pedal set up, looks so cool.
Awsome work.

[GoLfMan]

this is coming along very nicely!!!

[Peter Jones]

Made some parts.

I needed some clamps to hold stuff to the rollcage so I made some from some 16mm aluminum plate.

Here's some pictures in no particular order.












Local wildlife helping out again.







Bit of cleaning up to do at this stage, you'll see what they're for in a post or two.

[Peter Jones]

Got around to finishing off attaching the throttle throttle cables to the pedal box.

This is a delicate little job, that bit is only 3mm diameter.



Put a flat on the pedal shaft for the grub screw to lock onto.





This is the part that attaches the cable to the pedal. I really hate unreliable throttle linkages, this is probably over engineered.







Cables coming into the engine bay.



And the pedal box back in the footwell.

[Preen59]

Good stuff, mate. Looking very nice.

I see you bought some machines, Pete. Nice work. Had the mill long?

[Peter Jones]

Another quick job, I mounted up the rear view mirror.

This came with rollbar mounting clamps but I couldn't use them as there's not enough room between the bar and the windscreen frame to use them.

So rather than use the included clamps I made up a couple of new ones that bolt into a couple of nutserts I put into the bodywork.



Here's the bracket I knocked up from some 5mm aluminium angle.



Brackets installed.



Super wide angle 17" mirror from Joes Racing.

The view is crazy wide you can see out of the doors!

[Peter Jones]

Good stuff, mate. Looking very nice.

I see you bought some machines, Pete. Nice work. Had the mill long?

Not long, trying to remember all the stuff I forgot in TAFE 20 years ago.

[Preen59]

Not long, trying to remember all the stuff I forgot in TAFE 20 years ago.

Nice. Mill is next on my list, mate. I know the feeling- Hard enough remembering the stuff you did 2 weeks ago! haha.

[Peter Jones]

The clamps above were so I could mount the oil tank.

There wasn't enough room in the engine bay for the tall tank and it's fittings so It had to come inside with me.

CAMS won't allow this unless it's shielded off from the driver so I re-purposed a lightweight aluminium tool box from Bunnings!

Rather than use bulkhead fittings to get through the metalwork I used nylon cable glands and saved about $1500 in alloy hose fittings. I'll use the same in the firewall.

Meet my co-pilot!





Here's where those clamps went to.









Lid is quickly removable and held in place by cam over latches. I put a foam seal around the edge.

[Jarred]

nifty pete.

Good to see its all still progressing!

[GoLfMan]

awesome Pete! Will have to drop around and see the progress in person!

[Peter Jones]

Moving into the fuel system now.

I won't be using the vacuum port on this reg so I'll replace the banjo fitting with a plain screw and o ring.




This is the low pressure side of things Fuel comes from the tank via the FRAM filter to the Carter 4070 pump and on into the surge tank.

I'm still roughing everything in at the moment, there's tidy up work required yet.



This tank will contain the high pressure pump, a Bosch 044.

I've just temporarily mounted it for the moment to size the hoses. I still need a couple of fittings for the 044 before I can lock it in place.



More hoses and pipes to come.





tidied up the hoses through the cabin by making some aluminum restraining clamps backed with neoprene foam.

I'll trim those cable ties in a week or so once everything settles in and takes on it's new shape.





Firewall penetrations came up nice and neat.



Catch can mounted up.

Note the modified bonnet hinge, The roll cage leg is the way of the stock hinge.



Wheels are being sorted this week and the tyres are on their way from Tire Rack.

With a bit of luck I'll have the race rubber on the car next weekend.

[alex g]

Looking great Pete. Cable glands are a nice idea. Great solution.