5 GT Turbo 11 years later silver bullet comes home

[Duncan Grier]

Stunning work.
Absolutely stunning.

Sure is, really happy with it

 

[Duncan Grier]

Big day today

 

[Duncan Grier]

A massive thanks to @Mark_L for everything he has done in moving my project to the next level and really happy with all the fantastic work he has done and putting up with me certainly harder work lol

With a very late one last night and back on it today we got most bits done, few jobs for to finish as we just ran out of time and energy and needed to get back on the road

Some cage gussets to finish making, front cage in and few front brace parts but stuff I can do

Mark has tools to make nice things.....my below small contribution

 

[Duncan Grier]

And in no particular order here is a super mega DG phot bomb

 

[andybond]

Basically if this isn’t running by next week I’ll be surprised

 

[Raj]

I can't wait for this

 

[Adey]

she thick! looking forward to seeing it moving

 

[Renny 5]

This is absolutely mental

 

[Leigh5t]

Love this! Can’t wait to see it develop. Top progress

 

[andybond]

Is it finished yet?

 

[Turbell]

That's man strong.
Right blokes doing it, it'll be a beastie.

 

[Duncan Grier]

Time for the forum to readjust to my power hours, photo updates

Had an hour earlier and did a temporary fix to the gearbox/suspension pickup. Need to beef it up as it had bent while trailing home, having the solid bars on as never got time to put suspension last week no doubt contributed to it with the full engine and box weight. But better to happen now than later minor damage and rear quarter needs either a pull or cut out which is no real drama.





Much better


Will sort once off car and engine out so I can measure up properly before v2 tweaks

 

[Duncan Grier]

Then not long back from gifted another power hour

Got on with finishing drilling holes for the cage etc into the front and got section of tube ready for notching......as per pics the plan is to then tie into the bar between front suspension pickups




Have the challenge of servo as looking to keep the one to match calipers and easier starting point. Also give you an idea on planned extra strength for steering rack, other wishbone pickups atm

 

[Duncan Grier]

So before welding in the extension of cage leg I came to be looking at the oem battery mounting point and tray realising once in not only will the battery not fit but super difficult to remove/tweak after......

Now while I have a view on what I will do, thought it would be interesting to get your views and/or suggestions.

In reality the battery itself will be relocated to the pax side scuttle with more space to accommodate or more likely consider mounting lower in the car....maybe a lightweight one depending on how the weight disruption looks.

Pics of said area and yes will be welding non std holes from previous routing of aftermarket stuff.



Clean smooth scuttle, and save a touch of weight retain oem feature and touch of strength no hassle somewhere in the middle of the two

 

[Duncan Grier]

Power hour update posted the wrong way round to the vote on battery tray, but thought try to get the forum input on these fun dilemmas I like to overthink

Anyway marked and cut angle on tube so it sat against the front cage leg flat. Marked up and got angle grinder action on the go to cut notch out, quick grind and bevel the edges to get more weld coverage and ready to stick on. More important as I will not be able to get a complete weld around it amd want a good join.

I only have 8 notches to do so will stick with this old school cave man method and save a few £ not buying a cheap notcher

 

[Duncan Grier]

Well the poll option post never worked on battery tray.....try again next time and not add an expiry time

Nothing exciting, plenty of measuring drill some holes bit of die grinder action to give enough angle to get the tube in......more measuring and notch the end, needs a final tidy but happy enough for a quick blast in the garage




Also need to decide on how I finish the tubes coming out at front of the turrets and can get welding

 

[DaveL485]

Put the battery in the same place the Clio V6 has it, low down on the front subframe in the (former) engine bay.

 

[Duncan Grier]

Yep definitely makes more sense there, same as the lotus stuff also.

Just need to work out fuel tank and cooling first in the front. Be nice to have a small storage area for helmet/small bag etc but could be pushing my luck

Need to get some scales to have a play with weight distribution also

 

[DaveL485]

Can you not locate the fuel tank somewhere else other than exposed at the front of a fairly weak chassis by todays standards? If you hit anything remotely modern you're basically in a bomb. Again referring to the vee its between the engine and driver, behind the seats, with a bulkhead.

 

[andybond]

Can you not locate the fuel tank somewhere else other than exposed at the front of a fairly weak chassis by todays standards? If you hit anything remotely modern you're basically in a bomb. Again referring to the vee its between the engine and driver, behind the seats, with a bulkhead.

We had this chat ..

For me Id have it at the front for weight balance.

Id also have a deformable bag like the Ferrari F40 so that if an impact did occur your tank would squish , rather than split.