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very nice build, will keep watching your progress jim

No I sold this car. I went through a divorce, the project sat for 3 years because of that, I then decided i wanted to get out of the motor trade because of the stress. Having a long term project was going to get in the way of my future plans. I sold it to a young engineer who is continuing on...

Thank you gents. Hi Claton yes it gets used plenty, I have about 55.000km on it. Like I said Randy anyone who has a suggestion to a name change is welcome. Ryan, yes it is electrical, no heater hoses, that is what attracted me. I did a goggle here is a part # Hyundai. Because diesels take so...

Thanks jim JIM C ALLOY BODIED GT40. but I am open to suggestions. jim

The ducts on the front clip are operational for fresh air so I have made a new entry panel, I have made a butterfly valve to close it off. I will be bringing its hose up to the fan motor entry to help drag it in, I was playing with the fan on the bench and I think I may put a vent and valve on...

Few other mods while I was at it was the floors, I got over having carpet a long time ago and I don't give a shit about sound deadening so I have made alloy covers that rivet in, they do give you grip getting out. I also have a lithium battery in my footrest, and it steels some leg room. I...

The fan housing I decided to make as a separate part as I needed a wall between the evap and fan any way. I have to machine a block to fit onto the evap that will then get the outlets on the outer face of the box, to mount this I need to mount the evap upside down so the mounting pad screws are...

The evap is 300x 130 x 60. Drew up the sheet work and cut that. The holes in the floor is for the water to drain away, I will put a 2nd panel underneath that will catch water and ferry it out through the drain hose. Folded upper flanges inwards and the lid will be nutserted on.

I made a ply model for the Avensis evap, as it was obsolete it ended up being a waste of time to a point but I still used it to get other info for the final design. In my original design I was going to delete the heater core as I have always had an issue having heater hoses inside the car, if...

Well I see the last post was in 2017. I never did sell it, still love it, don't track it anymore but that's not to say I wont. I am going to do an update as it may be of some interest to some people. When I was building this car, I was so tempted to build the under-dash unit for the air con but...

If you have not already done the wiring I would like to give you some advice from experience. I did all the wiring in my 40, and my biggest regret was not putting 3 fuse boxes in the car. One in the front one in the cabin and one in the engine bay, each fuse box has a power supply post for...

As Avon was having issues with supply here in Australia I was left with no choice but to look elsewhere. Nankang do a 295 x 50 x15, there is a road and race version, i went for the race, the Avon was $900 the Nankang was $440. I am impressed with the Tyre for the value, its grip level is good...

When the door is shut you cant get the pins out. The delrin part riveted to the rear bulkhead has a thread as does the pin. On the rear clip it has another delrin collar that the pin passes through, so it does not rattle nor is it metal on metal. Every time I have had the back up doing work I...

Thanks Randy.

hi Clayton yes that is what I thought at first, My fill hole that the nozzle go's in was only large enough say 25mm. I thought ok fumes are not getting out around the nozzle so I opened it up to 50mm and I can get the nozzle in below the breather know. I have never been able to see inside until...

Hi its been a while but thought I would put the question up. My 40 build started back in 2000 and ended in 2010. I made nearly all the components, the only bug I have is filling it with fuel. I was a motor mechanic for 45 years so you know how things should be made or designed. I think the...

I situations like that I have ground the 3rd key off the male so it keys into the female on the 2 lower keys only. Or grind all the keys but one off the male plug, it works for me. Jim

I made an alloy body for mine, the spider has mounting bolts at the base of the A pillars. the front of the spider at the lower screen area is glued and riveted. The front rear clips just swing of the hinges. The doors swing off hinges mounted to the chassis. My build is in the build forum...

Plan a is better ,plan b you may get some feed back of mixtures through the cross over pipe on plan B. Your sensors will need heaters as they will go cold on A and B

Most of that style bearing have a large circlip retaining the bearing not loctite.. jim