Build Day 168.....Fuel Tank

I spent Saturday completing the fuel tank. Took a little work to get it completely air tight on the welds, but it's done now. Had planned to start painting it on Sunday, but it was far to cold to do anything in the garage. I'll probably try and get it painted during the week (probably in the spare bedroom where it's warm). I'll post some pics when it's done.

Build Day 166 & 167.....Water Pump and Fuel Tank

Made some good progress again this weekend. The thing I've been spending the most time on is designing and building the fuel tank. So far so good, but it's not complete yet. I will post pics when it's done.

The other thing I've done is to finally manage to work out how to fit the water pump. What I've done is modified the engine block water outlet I made earlier so that the water pump can bolt straight to it:




It's at a rather jaunty angle on purpose. This is to ensure the pump isn't too close to the exhaust.
I fitted it all to the car temporarily to make sure it all works:




As you can see, there is a slight issue with the water pipe fouling the flexi brake line. This should be solved with putting a slight kink in the pipe. I've now taken it all off again to paint the outlet.

Build Day 165.....Cracking On

Making much better progress now. I've permanently fitted the side panels of the car now (to allow me to permanently fit the charge cooler) and I've also got a lot further with the plumbing:

Build Day 164.....Frustrating Progress

It's all very slow and frustrating progress at the moment. I've spent a lot of time today simply looking at how I'm going to plumb up the water pipes for the charge cooler. Anyway, I think I've worked it out now and have started fitting the pipes etc. Not much to see yet, but will post some pics when I'm further on.