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Getting down to the finer fabrication jobs now before the complete teardown, which i'm really looking forward to as i'm tired of looking at this thing in bare steel and crap looking components, bring on the pretty stuff as quicky as possible!
Radiator mounted, this is the largest rad i could find that will fit into the nosecone area, i've fitted it at a 45* angle rather than flat in the original Hood, it's from a BMW E30 and the outlets point in the correct direction for me which is nice.
http://www.twobrutal.co.uk/forum/ima...2018/08/58.jpg
Also got my screen mountings done, i've made that screen from MG midget parts, very happy with it as it looks factory but different from the usual 7 screen.
Left rad hose, reason for doing this now, the solid pipe is bracketed to the chassis, so will get painted during final assembly, the front hose is from a Celica GT4 and the rear hose is from a Mk3 Mr2 that also has the take off for the header tank, both pipes just happen to be the right diameter and shape, those exhaust manifolds are temporary, i will be making all new stainless 3 into 1 items.
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Handbrake is in, no cables for me, i'm going full hyrdaulic onto separate spot calipers. That's an MX5 lever modified onto a universal master cylinder, it's very compact and simple, no messing around with custom cables and all of the nonsense that comes with them.
http://www.twobrutal.co.uk/forum/ima...2018/08/60.jpg
Fuel tank bracketry will be done this weekend and at this point i think i can pretty much tear it all apart now, paint everything and begin final assembly.
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Was there not an issue on MOT with a hyd handbrake? Not sure but I seem to remember rally and drifto crews needing to add them as additions rather than replacements as the cable system was a mandatory requirement?
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As far as i'm aware the definition is it needs to be a separate mechanical system to the normal hydraulic footbrake, which of course it is, but the interpretation of "mechanical" could be drawn into question if someone wanted to be pedantic about it...… that does however raise a question mark over the modern electronic handbrakes on production cars, none of those have cables either.
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My understanding was that it can't be solely hydraulic due to the risk of the brake releasing after fluid which had been expanded cools down. If you are saying this would be a completely independent circuit including fluid then that might swing it.
The modern ones are solenoid operated I believe, don't know if that works on hydraulics or some direct mechanical link though.
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The VW affairs i have been involved with are mechanical direct to the piston, much like the MR2 ideas with just a motor direct on the lever.
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I tigged up an aluminium fuel tank which is upside down L shaped, so it maxes out the area above the diff as well as behind it, it holds around 55 litres which is massive for a Seven type car, but i wanted some range on this thing with it having the V6 fitted. My Robin Hood with its 1600 Pinto needs frequent fill ups due to its small tank, so i wanted to make sure this car had a decent tank.
It is fully internally baffled for surge and also has a small sump right were the pump sits, the whole pump/gauge assembly is from the Mx5 donor which makes it compatible with the gauges i'm going to use. I've also fitted the Mk2 Mr2 NA fuel pump into the Mx5 carrier as we know that pump works perfectly with the V6.
http://www.twobrutal.co.uk/forum/ima...2018/08/77.jpg
Oh yeah, added a Fiat Coupe Cobra style filler cap assembly too.
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You need a film student, filming you, and you could make a killing on youtube uploading all of these.
Bet you could get one from Teesside/Durham that had a passion for cars too.
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LOL not sure about that, i have a face for radio :)
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With a weekend at home to spare (Robin Hood stays at home, the Valtezza is at the garage/work) i decided to facelift the Robin Hood dash, this is exactly what i am going to do on the Valtezza too.
I love Burr Walnut, it harks back to my love of old classics and gives any dashboard a touch of class about it, to be honest i hated the leather covered steel sheet that was there before.
So although not 100% finished, i've added a few more Smiths gauges, converted my defuct ETB speedo and tacho to modern (but retro looking) equivalents, i've also added a glovebox which wasn't there before. The wood i used for this was taken from an old wardbrobe door i bought from Ebay for pennies, i have the other door which will go into the Valtezza dash.
http://www.twobrutal.co.uk/forum/ima.../2018/09/1.jpg
http://www.twobrutal.co.uk/forum/ima.../2018/09/2.jpg
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Butchering old wardrobes for a dashboard?
http://www.twobrutal.co.uk/forum/ima.../2018/09/5.jpg
...just hold on a minute!