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[haggi961]

Fuel cap fitted with black stainless steel bolts.


More nuts and bolts and stainless steel jubilee clips.


My rear wishbones are all painted now and have the ball joints and bushes pressed in.
A couple of photos to show the difference in how the custom wishbones sit compered to the oem wishbones. I also measured the new wishbones and each one is 0.5 kg lighter so a 2kg saving on them all is good going.

[haggi961]

New bolts for the hubs front and rear.


All the crash box cleaned and ready for bolting the radiator back on.


Radiator foam fitted down both sides to stop the air from being lost up the sides and back.


Nearly all done for the front end and I'm just waiting on some smaller thread length stainless steel bolts to finish off bolting the radiator to the housing.

[haggi961]

New complete 8.8 grade zinc plated suspension nut and bolt kit and air filter feed pipe.


Hubs with new bolts and washers.


Air feed pipe fitted.



New bolts and lock tabs sitting in place and ready for the wishbones. Just waiting on new balljoint nuts to come then I can fit them all.

[ufods]

...is your itg filter fitted directly on the throttle body?

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

...is your itg filter fitted directly on the throttle body?

It has a silicon reducer connecting the two up

[ufods]

Hard to see on the picture

[ChrisS1]

Getting there now Luke

[haggi961]

Fitted the new titanium exhaust bolts and also drilled and tapped them to a m7 size.



Started rebuilding the wishbones


Painted a few more bits with the toe link like the spacers


My other bolts arrived for the radiator housing so I could finally get it bolted down.

[haggi961]

Right I made a start on installing the Dash2 which was not an easy job but a big thanks to chill for his help as in the end we got it sorted.



Lots of new wire and connectors for the dash. I also managed to find some new rubbers for the horn.



Getting there now  

[haggi961]

Most of the wiring done now and a test fit with the dash top on.



Had to cut out the holes on the steering column for the dash2 button set.


New nuts for the ball joints



Horn rubbers fitted

[haggi961]

Attached the alarm properly as it was just dangling before.


Bought some spot calipers and also the brackets to mount the 2 pots to the rear.


Decided to upgraded my stereo to a dab top of the range one as I had lost my aerial due to the conversion as the vx mounts to the rollover bar and the lotus seem to mount under the front clam. With this stereo it has a stick on aerial that sticks to the windscreen so no need to have wires going everywhere.


Got my shocks back from there refurb and looking like new now.


Fit perfect now and loads of clearance.


Fitted the extra front speakers I've had for years under the dash.

[haggi961]

AP 2 pots all refurbished and painted a nice Matt back. Cleaned the spot calipers and painted the brackets and everything come up like new. The spot calipers were not clamping properly as it had formed a layer of rust so once cleaned off they started working perfect.


All fitted now but having problems with the pads not gripping the disc due to the pads being worn down too much on one side from when they were not clamping right. New pads ordered.



Right now the fun started again trying to get all the sensors working with the dash2, so the first batch of adaptors.


Had to wire in some resistors into the wiring for the sensors to get it to work with the dash.


Then wiring it into the dash.

[haggi961]

Wire from the dash to the sensors



New bracket to mount my tablet to the stereo.


Stereo and bracket all fitted but still not happy how the bracket sits.



I spent ages trying to find these plugs for the head lights on the internet but to no luck could I find them. I could of just cut the plugs off the headlights and wired in a new plug but didn't want to butcher the oem lighting wiring and plug so I bought 2 new wiring harness's and plugs from lotus. Cut the plugs off and wired them into the car. I did have a picture but can't find it but they look and work perfect now and the lights stay oem. 2 new abs shims as I already have the other side.

[haggi961]

New full length brake vacuum pipe now all fitted.


Coolant bled and wheels back on and first start up in a while. It sounded great and to see the dash2 working started to feel like a real car again.


A few videos of the car running and the dash2 working.


Dash2


Right I decided to change all the brake lines and clutch lines for braided HEL hose from front to back to match the ones on all the four calipers. I didn't really want to change them as mine were mint still but i noticed Dan had cut through mine and bodged with a fitting which didn't fill me with confidence.


Measured up what sizes and length I need from front to back and also got them fitted with a heat sleeve front to back to run the risk of them touching the coolant pipes and melting.

More sensors adaptors and sensors along with the plug for the laptop and dash2 as my other wasn't working for some reason.

[haggi961]

Fire extinguisher mounted to the harness bar and all plumed in now with the nozzles fitted to the top of the bulkhead aimed at my engine and fuel rail.


Made a new panel for the tablet and bracket I had so it fitted above the stereo this time. Its not finished yet as it needs the edges and painting but I was just seeing if it works. It sits perfect and I can now play with the Dutch software while on track days ect so I can monitor my engine.





A video of the stereo working now and the to show the tablet on its new bracket

[haggi961]

New black windscreen fitted


Right got all my braided hose back from Hel now and this is were the fun begins threading them through the sill and pulling the old ones out.


Treated myself to a early Christmas present 😍😍



Figured how to set up the dash2 thanks again Chill with the laptop and changed a few settings so my sensors were reading ok. Quick video to show this.


New side Vibra engine mounts


All fitted and look shiny

Edited by haggi961, 01 January 2016 - 02:19 PM.

[haggi961]

Made a start threading the brake and clutch lines through the sills


Clutch line fitted



More adaptors and sensors for the dash2 and now finally cracked it for the oil temp. Had to drill and tap then drill and tap the other one to finally get it to work and not block the oil.



All fitted and now wired in and should work perfect.


So I have oil temp, boost and water reading on the dash2 so far. I'm just in the process of buying a OBD cable which should then give me inlet temps and water on the dash. This then means I have the water temp sensor free so might connect it to the charge cooler and read the water temps from there.

[haggi961]

Right some more Xmas present for the car An fittings, braided hose and fuel filter. I already have the braided hose from the fuel rail to the fuel filter so it seemed daft not to finish it off since I'm fitting the PA fuel tank. New brake pads for the spot calipers which now work perfect and grip the disc nice and tight.



All the braided lines fitted and cabled tied out the way. Bleed the clutch and brakes and all seem fine. Just need another litre of fluid so I can do a complete flush with new stuff but their working for now.




Old lines all out


Fitted my new reservoir while doing the brake lines.


I'm just in the process of fitting my new tank and will update this once it's all in and plumbed in.

[Ormes]

I make a point of congratulating people on their projects, and for some reason this one passed me by?

 

Congratulations... fcuking awesome skills and a great project

[haggi961]

Thanks for the comment and it's gives me just as much satisfaction spending hours in the garage as it does sharing with you guys 😀