Trident's Exocet Build

[bauer]

marvellous

[makoto]

Brilliant .........love the idea on the fuel filler! Might pinch it.... I am still not sure on which way to fit the tank

[trident]

Jun 7, 2014 16:07:42 GMT makoto said:

Brilliant .........love the idea on the fuel filler! Might pinch it.... I am still not sure on which way to fit the tank

Pinch away… I turned the tank 180 degrees and sat it on some M10 rubber mounts which are 30mm high.
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281280860449?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

The petrol cap I received was not the one I ordered so I'm hoping to get the correct one soon as it's got a slightly bigger OD so will look better. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280361388538?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649   I might also get the dog bowl powder coated black when everything else is done so it blends in a bit more. 

Connecting it to the tank only required a 90 degree elbow which I just had to trim on one end. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290578454518?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

[doubletrouble]

Great thread with some interesting ideas for the future , me being at the beginning of the build and not afraid to steal others ideas!! At least I am building now. Far more fun!

What colour scheme you going for? Going with silver?

[trident]

Jun 8, 2014 14:57:13 GMT doubletrouble said:

Great thread with some interesting ideas for the future , me being at the beginning of the build and not afraid to steal others ideas!! At least I am building now. Far more fun!

What colour scheme you going for? Going with silver?

The car will be silver chassis black body panels with a few red bits here and there ..

[trident]

Need some advice… My floor seatbelt mounting points are flush on the top. Once I fit the floor i will have a void between this bracket and the floor it's self. Has this been place in the wrong position and it should in fact be in contact with the floor when it's fitted.

Thanks in advance..  

[andybaird]

Hi

This is the same as the Sonic7.
The nut that holds the seatbelt sits between the floor and bracket on the frame. Then the bolt goes down through the seat belt bracket and the bracket on the frame into the nut.
Hope this helps

Andy

[trident]

Cheers Andy. Many thanks

[makoto]

Hi trident, did you remove the silver bulky bit from under the tank? Wanna turn mine around but foul on that....

[trident]

Jun 18, 2014 16:46:12 GMT makoto said:

Hi trident, did you remove the silver bulky bit from under the tank? Wanna turn mine around but foul on that....

Not sure what silver bulky bit your talking about... I take some photos of mine tomorrow and post some photo. To show what I did.

[makoto]

Thanks. Might be that it is just on the MK2 . There a silver cover under the tank , which might have been used to mount the tank in the car...

[trident]

Here are some photo's of my fuel tank. I have welded new supports as I wanted to move the tank over to the left as much as possible to allow as much space as possible for the fuel filler. It's a bit of a bonus that my tank cover is a bit wider that the standard one.  I know others have mounted their tanks this way by just re using the original mounts, so welding is not nessesarily needed. 


Still just need to add the breather hose. 





Rubber mounts to lift the tank slightly.  Ignore the two nuts.. one of them it for the bottom - safest place I could find to store them  




Turning the tank does give nice easy access to the drain plug if it was ever needed in the future. 

[makoto]

Thanks, much appreciated... I can see your tank doesn't have the cover underneath . I removed mine anyway.

[trident]

So having seen NITRAM's car at Southampton VOSA for it's IVA test and having spoken to the examiner at the same time it became apparent that if I wanted a first time pass I would need to add some kind of in fill to prevent the examiner getting his 100mm ball 200mm into the engine bay and contacting sharp bits.

I first looked to fully enclose the side engine bay openings but found it difficult to get a nice shape around the brake servo.  My solution was to make a smaller panel.  As long as the ball can't enter the engine bay then there is no need to have it fully enclosed.

I used the perforated steel that I was planning on using for the side passenger panels.  Bent it into a curve shape to suit the area it was in filling and attached it with some bits of tubing I had left over from some of the kitchen drawers that I didn't use when I fitted our new kitchen units earlier this year.  Glad I never threw them away now….. 

I just flattened the ends down so that I could have a decent surface to bolt through. I've not fitted them in properly at the moment. I'll do this when I remove the chassis. That way I'll have more space without the engine getting in the way, especially on the drivers side.      









Obviously the perforated steel will have some edge trim added once it's all powder coated. Not sure at the moment if I get them done sliver or black. Just need to do the drivers side but at least it's another small job almost done.

[scooby1929]

Yep nice one as long as the examiners ball does not enter then he cant fail you. Never thought of partially covering this area. I think we all need to do what Nitram did and make up one of these 100 mm dia prodding balls.