Do you mean internal hex nuts?
Fiesta XR4 (aka Spac’s latest half baked race car idea).
jamesincDo you mean internal hex nuts?
The wheels actually came with the small OD security nuts that require the special socket, which are even worse. They will be replaced with the 12mm internal hex nuts (which is what I was calling “tuner nuts”).
At least you can buy a 12mm male hex impact socket, which can go straight onto the rattle gun.
2 months later
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Progress… (as in: actually doing something to it) …
She’s a proper race car now, boyz! ?
Bonnet pins and the boot hold down springs were two pretty painless mini-projects after a displeasing day at work.
The bonnet pins line up perfectly - no fiddling and the bonnet closes over them without catching, which is nice.
However, the angle of the bonnet means that they need some trimming to get the rings over them - you can jiggle them into place now, but it is a fiddly, annoying process.
A few minutes with the grinder should sort this out tomorrow.
Not the most enjoyable job ever…
It began to rain about halfway through the job , and it was miserably cold.
But this made the adhesive easier to remove, so I stood in the almost sleet and finished the job.
Obviously a long way to go, but the cosmetics are coming along to my satisfaction…
I love the livery go the green eyed monster now you just have to channel your inner Craig Lowndes at the next meeting!
7 days later
Seat mount is today’s goal.
Putting it on rails because El Wifeo will also be driving it. She’s been using a big chunk of foam as a booster seat but it is a time consuming pain in the butt. Plus having the seat on rails can be used as a way to adjust the harness.
Rails are a shed find. Possibly old Datsun rails.
The blue adjuster lever is a piece of old trampoline net.
Next step is to cut the sump guard down to become a base plate.
And done…
I got lazy with the hole for the harness crotch strap - it isn’t really a rectangle, but whatevs.
The range of adjustment is goes from “too close for El Wifeo” to “too far back for me”, which should just about cover it.
New wheels. 195/50s on the rear, 205/50s on the front.
Both are just test fits.
Rear springs and shocks are in… maybe.
I have a set of lowered Eibachs, but the rears appear to be softer than the originals. So I tried some MX5 Eibachs that were floating around since I had the NA MX5, combined with some ex-Gemini Bilsteins.
Looks about right, but I am guessing until I drive it.
Also began removing the racing stripes from the roof. Had the awful realisation that the roof stripes are twice as long as the bonnet ones, and harder to reach.
why not grind the paint off and them buff it to a polish and cover with fish oil?
Saves weight and you might even be able to use it to blind all your opponents on a bright day
Philia_Bearwhy not grind the paint off and them buff it to a polish and cover with fish oil?
Saves weight and you might even be able to use it to blind all your opponents on a bright day
I like it.
Won’t say that this is a particularly difficult job, but it presented its own challenges simply by being new/different in the way it is assembled.
I took it to Lochleigh Enterprises today, to have the rollcage parts bent up.
Pick up tomorrow or Thursday.
De-striped!
Also, rollcage stuff has happened.
I know, I know… I should be installing a rollcage, or fitting a motor that runs or… but this is more fun.
Got sick of the rain stopping me doing stuff.
Kicked the stalled 940 project out of the garage…
… and installed the Fiesta into the garage.
It takes up a lot less room than the Volvo…
Looks REALLY happy to be loved like this too.
*Sell decal kits for these cars....
6 days later
Began on the cage yesterday. Mostly getting my head around the process, but I did lock in the hoop location.
Oh, and made up a bunch of plates for the mounting feet. There’s at least two cages’ worth here.
