Monty the Rwd R1 engined tarmac eating Minus by Alburglar

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Quick update:
Everything is wired now and works, apart from oil level light and neutral light. Possibly need the to get an R1 oil light and neutral light relay? Please correct me if I'm wrong. Also wiring diagram shows neutral light feeding in tho ignition control box, So I need to figure out if I need to do that too?
Actually - also need to wire in number plate recess lights once I've glassed it in properly.

Might wire the reverse through a switch on the dash too, so I can't hit the foot button by accident whislt driving. I'd like to wire it through a relay to the neutral light so It can only be activated when in neutral, but not 100% sure how to go about that yet.

7-14-2009

Slow progress at the moment due to other commiments but did have done about 1day and ahalfs work since on boring jobs. Will put some pics up of bits and pieces soon.

Defo taking beamer - polybushing it asap!

4-10-2010

Hi folk's! Project is back on the go after renovating my house over the winter.

So've been splitting my spare time helping my friend prep a track mk2 golf for a trip to the ring in May and started the minus work again.

Bleeding brakes and clutch has been a nightmare!!!! Clutch would bleed fine with no leaks but use the pedal 3 times and a pool of liquid would appear on the floor, no where near anything to do with the clutch! Turns out that the little olive inside the banjo fitting on braided line was not seated correctly and wouldn't leak, but when under pressure it would squirt to the floor under the px side wheel.
With that sorted I noticed that the clutch slaved moved loads on the standard zcars mount, so I've made a little bracket to tie it in to the rear engine mount.

It's stopped most of the movement but still not good enough. I've gopt a good idea of what to do next. I'm trying to not have to take the powder coating off the cage and weld in supports for the slave mount, if possible.

Brakes have been thwarted by leaky Willwood brake bias unions which have been solved with PTFE tape on the threads. Which I'm happy with because my friend bought a new one recently and they now come with ptfe tape round the threads!
Also had a leaky banjo bolt which eventually got overtightened and snapped where the hole goes through.

Luckily there was enough meat left on the bolt so I cut a slot in it and took it out with a screw driver.

Will reblead next job.

I finished my wiring jobs. I've ditched my old hi level brake light for a nice new one from rally design.

Put my number plate lights in now I've finished glassing the number plate enclosure.