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Got the E36 rear seats in today. All mounting and installed correctly this time, even with seat belts
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I brought them off the NZ's trademe. The pedal effort isn't to bad but is heavier than if it was boosted.
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The flares are getting there A little more bog and hopefully tomorrow night I should have them ready to prime
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Also got the bonnet back today
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Put some fiberglass on the inside of the flares
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I have been away so no progress has been made on the 2002. The rear tyres rub of the flares so this morning I cut the flares and inserted some spaces, then I put some strips of fiberglass in to temporarily hold the new shape.
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Before I started this project someone before me had cut the guards and installed the flares. I removed them to finish repairing the sills .The photo shows how much the wider the track has become. These wheels have a 35mm offset and the original wheels were a 5mm offset
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I got most of the wiring finished, just the speedo, reverse lights and the ignition earths to do now. The head lights work now +++. I also rubber mounted the fuel pump. Got some spot lights mounted and working. The factory 2002 lights are sh*t and the spot lights kind of suit the age of the vehicle, but I'm just not sure about them.
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sorry but sold it
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My new windows/ boot seals turned up today from FCPGroton in the US
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I'm getting through the wiring. The things working so far are the Wipers, horn, tail lights, brake lights, indicators, electric fan. The head lights are basically done I just need a relay for them. I still need to make the changes to the ignition wiring and wire for the speedo, also I'm thinking of adding some spot lights. All the wiring is in for the front (The red wires just hanging there are going to be used for the spot lights) The indicators work a big plus The E36 thermo switch for the fan The wires to the front of the car have been rerun behind the guards and not though the engine bay The coils The E36 column looks like its been in for years The new gauges are mounted and working The car is in a bit mess at the moment but that's only going to get worse when I move on to the panel work
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An update on the ignition Its not 100% yet. I took it back to the guys after work today. They put their scope back on the inputs and the mod's I have made have fixed the wasted spark issues. I still have a small inconsistency in the firing, and the reluctor mount gets a vibration in it around the 6500 rpm mark which also causes a miss fire, never the less we still got smoke off the tyres in third. So- 1- The reluctor mount needs to be made stronger 2- A capacitor has to be installed on the coil supply 3- Rerun the wiring for the igniter so it is mounted in the engine bay and not inside the cabin 4- Run the some more earths from the ignition components to the engine 5- I am also going to change the crank trigger from a reluctor to a hall effect sensor The good news is that for the first time in over 10 years the heater fan now works!!!
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An update on the ignition Its not 100% yet. I took it back to the guys after work today. They put their scope back on the inputs and the mod's I have made have fixed the wasted spark issues. I still have a small inconsistency in the firing, and the reluctor mount gets a vibration in it around the 6500 rpm mark which also causes a miss fire, never the less we still got smoke off the tyres in third. So- 1- The reluctor mount needs to be made stronger 2- A capacitor has to be installed on the coil supply 3- Rerun the wiring for the igniter so it is mounted in the engine bay and not inside the cabin 4- Run the some more earths from the ignition components to the engine 5- I am also going to change the crank trigger from a reluctor to a hall effect sensor The good news is that for the first time in over 10 years the heater fan now works!!!
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no photo's to update. I'm going through sorting out all the wiring. Because I used the E36 steering column I have a bit work in this area in the way of ignition switch,wipers, indicators, horn and lights, basically most electrical functions needed for a WOF
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Yes you are right about the noise, I'm going to rubber mount the pump tonight. The false triggering with the ignition may be sorted now. Got up early this morning and removed the encoder. I put it the lathe and machined the surface true and reinstalled it. First checks look good but it was a little early in the morning to be revving the engine hard.
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Went away for the weekend so the only thing that I got done before I went was bolt down the fuel pump and make a cover for it
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Your comments have made my day. I remember seeing a clock once, and no my race car does not a fusion drive I opted to use a Infinite Improbability Drive instead. Unfortunately last time i used it, it turned into a bowl of petunias. Apparently the chances of this happening are 8,767,128 to 1 against.
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After picking up the car I took it around to the guys that tune my race car to see if they could help me set up the ignition timing. After checking the basic's and setting the base timing we run into a problem with the timing above 2500 rpm. After using their scope and checking the ignition inputs we traced the fault to hall effect sensor that does the wasted spark, at first glance would appear that the cam encoder that I modified is giving us false readings. It looks like a mark II mod is needed. Besides that set back I was really happy with the way the car drove. It still needs a alignment but it drove striaght, the power steer worked well and the brakes stopped the car. I'm pretty pleased considering all the work that has been done to it.
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The car got an exhaust today!!! A bit of a last minute thing, had to go home at lunch time and do a bit of dodgy wiring to get the car going and then off to the muffler shop outside at last some dodgy wiring in need of some gas the new exhaust is fitted
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looking up at the new E36 front end installed in the 2002
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The new gauge cluster I had to make some adapters for the gauge sensors-the oil sensor was a bit big so it had to be mounted on an angled
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The last of brake lines to be built and connected up the steering The heater valve from the E36, this is electrically controlled were the 2002 is cable controlled Battery moved to the boot More wiring to go
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I bailed from work today and did some work on the car instead. Managed to get the last of the brake lines made and bled up the brakes. Got all the radiator and heater hose installed- plus used the heater control valve from the E36 as my 2002 was leaking. Plumbed up the power steering. drive shaft on, check and filled all the fluids. Started on getting some wiring in. got a long way to go here as I want to rerun all the wiring to the front through the guard and not through the engine bay. Also because I'm using the e36 column this creates extra wiring work. Did make up a gauge cluster and mounted the battery in the boot.
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at start I just wanted to change the diff to something a little easier to source, and then from there it seems to have got a little out of control
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The engine and front suspension went back in tonight. I still have a some brake lines to build.