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My Haynes Roadster Build


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Wrinkle paint needs to be cured at 90C for an hour. It was too big for my little garage oven and wouldnt put it in the kitchen one as the fumes are a bit bad! I ended up using my heat gun into the bottom of that big box and using my multimeter with the temp probe to monitor. kept an eye on it and it cured in the hour.

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So got the pedal box finished and painted. It is designed to take a Wilwood m/c for the clutch and the original mx5 brake m/c

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I reached the big milestone of mounting the engine and gearbox.

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Only problem so far is the alternator is right in the way of the steering shaft. My only real solution is to route the shaft under the alternator. Did think about swapping alternator to other side, but wanted the space round there for a turbo in the future.

So fabricated a bracket and mounted a bearing carrier the end result is solid.

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Cracking good thread St3v3 am watching with more than a passing interest, as my locost draws closer to Iva ready, keep up the good work.

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  • 3 months later...

Not updated this in ages, not because I've been doing nothing, just not bothered updating the build thread.

 

Got some body panels temp fitted to check clearances

 

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Built a battery bay at the bottom of the passenger footwell. Also houses the ecu. accessed via a hinged panel in the engine bay (not shown)

 

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Engine and box have come out to be cleaned up, painted and checked over with new seals etc.

 

This shows the de-oxidising gel removing the rust from the block. Awesome stuff and very very effective

 

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Bought myself a zinc plating kit so have been restoring all sorts of parts then wrapping them up ready for final build later on.

 

Here's the plating tank

 

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Nuts, bolts etc post plating and yellow/gold passivate

 

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Hub carriers were done in clear passivate as were the alternator brackets and bolts

 

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Also, stripped and rebuilt the rear prop shafts, and hubs which were all plated and look brand new again.

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Cracking good thread St3v3 am watching with more than a passing interest, as my locost draws closer to Iva ready, keep up the good work.

 

Are you thinking of building one next? they are a great challenge and I find the build more satisfying than a 'kit'.

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Hi st3v3nw, as much as I'd like to my job keeps me away all week so finding time even to get my car iva'd is taking a deal of weekends, however your skills, inginuity, and tenacity are quite inspirational, I will look forward to seeing the finished car, keep up the great work.

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hey as always great to see the pics.

question about the rear end... does the diff get fixed at the rear? the pic shows no bracket at the moment so wondered if it didn't need one or if this was before you fitted a bracket. Thinking about building a subframe using the haynes rear end as a base to start so useful to know how you've done it.

 

thanks

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cool thanks. I guess being over half as light as a sierra means its won't be taking the same kind of forces as before, and the suspension isn't using the diff as part of the mount now either so makes sense to me

 

thanks.

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  • 1 year later...
Howdy :wave:


Been a long long time since I've updated this thread but a lot of work has gone on since the last update.


I've also had a baby and moved house in the mean time.


I've re-made my upper front wishbones to the book spec as the originals I made with camber adjusters built in but didn't like how they turned out.


Moving out my old garage:


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New garage:


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Car in there, temp wheels for moving it and dummy shocks


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Bought my wheels, pro race 1.2 in satin black. 15"


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Battery and ecu bay in front passenger footwell


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Loads of time has been spent on the wiring loom, I've used the original mx5 loom but made loads of changes and mods to it.


Everything is working so far


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LED side repeaters. Will need to be removed and repositioned in the front mudguard as they fail the IVA test as they are obscured from the rear by the rear indicator :o


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Billet aluminium pedals from OBP with remote adjustment


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Fog and reverse lights mounted to rear tub along with numberplate light


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Had these seats made by intatrim in telford. GRP shells with padding in black vinyl. Really comfy and surprisingly light


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Wilwood Ultralite 4 pots up front, rears are Audi S3 aluminium calipers, light and have a good handbrake function


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