Hill Climb Car - Converting Into - Tarmac Rally Car by warning634

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More progress, I got my hardy spicer repaired so it's now installed along with the speed sensor;) engine is also filled up with millers oil and coolant system is filled up and I don't have any leaks!

The wiring for the Megajolt is now complete, I made a little heat sink to mount the edis unit and the spotlight relays.










Passenger side door is now built up, with map pocket and map light



Lamp pod done





Will be working on the car for the rest of the week!

9-20-2012

Thank you for all the great comments guys :)

Only 20 days left! Aaaaaahhhhhhgggggg

Well last night I fitted the fuel tank and the new fuel cap, engine bay wiring is almost done same as all the internal switches.

Tonight I will fitting the cv boot clips and once that is done I can then torque all the bolts on that side.

Pics to follow.

9-26-2012

Well it turned over :)

But as yet no oil pressure, so I will have to play around with the engine tomorrow.

Just have a little bit more to do on the wiring ( headlights, washers etc)



I also changed the clutch arm and I'm so glad I did!





I noticed that the clutch adjuster bolt was pretty much fully adjusted due to the bent arm and as well as that check out the extended pin



I'm guessing that this was done due to the fact that the arm was bent and the pin was not long enough to operate the clutch.

Any way when I get oil pressure tomorrow I will be starting it up.

Great news! I have oil pressure, what a relief!

It was around 64-70 psi while I was cranking it over.

So lets see if it starts;)

9-27-2012

Well it's alive :)

Took a bit of cranking over to fill the carb up but it finally sparked into life;)

No it does not need running in, I only changed the head gasket and the clutch, so I jut got to run it up to temp re-torque the head bolts and do the tappets.

Time to plug in the laptop now, wish me luck

I have tomorrow off work, which is great as I now got loads of stuff to do.

9-29-2012

What a session!

Right where to start, all of the wiring is now done and every thing works. Here is a list of what I've fitted:-

Heated screen
Seat bars
Red top 25 battery & cover
Drivers side door
Bolt check

















So tomorrow I will fit the mud flaps, adjust and bleed the clutch. Then I need to get two brake lines made and then get the suspension set up. Less than 2 weeks to go.

10-17-2012

Hi Keith

Some good news and some not so good news.

The mini is now fully ready:)



I had a few little teething problems, but apart from that all is well.

But the rally, I was placed on the reserve list along with 6 other crews, the event only aloud 86 cars to run, so I could only get to run if a car pulled out or failed scrutineering and no one did! So we did not get to do the event.

So my first event will be next year.

Already have a few ideas of some upgrades:)