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Post by mattapo on Nov 28, 2012 8:55:33 GMT
Hi fellow builders. I have recently ordered my Exocet and thought I would introduce myself. Im Matt and Im and alcoholic.......hold up wrong place for that. I brought a doner a couple of months back, long story short, had a few dramas, was meant to be an 1800 not a 1600, ended up swapping it with a local dismantler, Ross from MX5Mart. He delivered an 1800 model with a service history that some pore fellow had put backwards through a fence. So now with a car partly stripped and no workshop I decided it was time to unpack all my workshop and get it set up (I have recently moved form christchurch in the south island to The Waikato up the north island). Now I have a working space I can get started on stripping and cleaning up all the bits i need whilst I await my kit to be built. I have started with a resetting my odometer to 000000    |
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Post by nzexo on Nov 28, 2012 9:31:25 GMT
Matt, that's an awesome luxury of space you have there! Great to see you have started your blog - all we need to do now is build you your chassis etc!
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Post by jgilbert on Nov 28, 2012 19:34:56 GMT
Matt, good luck with the build. One question, where's the bed for those late nights when you get carried away with the build  Certainly enough space. Great workshop. Hours of fun ahead. |
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Post by kiwicanfly on Nov 29, 2012 7:36:07 GMT
So another MEV in NZ, soon we will have enough for a NZ chapter of the MEV Owners Group!
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Post by mattapo on Dec 2, 2012 6:39:02 GMT
Got to spend a couple of hours on the donor over the weekend, all stripped down and the body is ready to come off but it was wet out so that will have to wait until one night after work to lift the top off.
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Post by gwnwar on Dec 2, 2012 16:41:06 GMT
Don't forget the E brake cable, ground to PPf and ground to body by exhaust header.. they will stop you dead in the air..
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Post by mattapo on Dec 2, 2012 23:31:38 GMT
Yep, that is already disconnected.
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Post by mattapo on Dec 3, 2012 6:58:39 GMT
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Post by jgilbert on Dec 3, 2012 23:50:43 GMT
Great work. Think your steering wheel maybe slightly out of alignment??! I bet everybody has done the same thing having removed the body!
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Post by nzexo on Dec 4, 2012 5:45:47 GMT
Love it !!!
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Post by mattapo on Dec 9, 2012 4:58:25 GMT
got to spend a couple of hours in the shed over the weekend so stripped the chassis down into many bits ready for cleaning and painting. Still don't know if I'm going to replace the bush's yet, I do need a couple new engine mounts though.  |
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Post by scooby1929 on Dec 9, 2012 17:04:03 GMT
The engine mounts are a known weakness and i would advise all would be exocet builders to check them. My passenger side one was gone with the rubber separated. I changed them both
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Post by mattapo on Dec 21, 2012 8:05:26 GMT
not much in the way of progress but have ordered some solid engine mounts, new swaybar mounts and links and some chassis black paint.
Also changed to a 6 speed gear box to.
Rumor has it my frame is ready to so hoping to collect it in the next few days!!!!
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Post by gwnwar on Dec 21, 2012 17:43:25 GMT
Don't really think you will need the 6 speed box.. Did you get the shifter with it (5 sd one won't work).. When you go to fill the box with lube make sure you pull the right plug to fill.. wrong one will drop the linkage inside.. Why did you go to solid engine mounts??
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Post by mattapo on Dec 22, 2012 9:47:39 GMT
The reason for the 6 speed are they are stronger and they have shorter ratios. I know some people complain that they have to change gears to often e.t.c but I love it. As for the engine mounts again Im used to solid mounts and the plan is for a bit of track work and more power.  |
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Certainly enough space. Great workshop. Hours of fun ahead. 
