Cobra 427 Build

[KugaWestie]

Now I have remembered how far I got, time to crack on

Tonight I rebuilt the handbrake calipers with new internal components and pads

 

These got fitted to the main calipers

 

During the kit car show last weekend, I had a good chat with Intatrim. Today on my travels I called into them and borrowed a shallow padded seat to have a looking at trying to maximise legroom. 

The chassis has a flat floor but the perimeter is surrounded by 80mm high structural members. The rear bulkhead is 80mm further back from the rear structural member.

If the seat is positioned on the floor inside the chassis rails as you would expect, this means there is 80mm of wasted space behind the seat. Not good for me at 6'3"

 

View from above

 

Rear bulkhead chassis area

 

View from side

 

 

 

[B.RAD]

Is the depth to accommodate the lean of the seat?

[KugaWestie]

After finishing the calipers and having a tidy up, I mocked up my planned seat position in the drivers side. Basically if I raise it 80mm off the floor, I gain 80mm of legroom. My concern is that by doing this I will put the top of the windscreen frame right in the line of vision.

I got a couple of close-ish measurements of the windscreen I will be buying from Brasscraft at the kit car show last weekend. With the seat in position and me sat in the seat holding a tape measure in position to get a rough feel for where the screen will be, it is close but looks like it might work. I really need to revisit this when the body is on and I have the screen. 

 

Seat in position and packed up

 

Rear of the seat from the side sat on top of the chassis rails

 

View of the seat from the rear sat on the chassis rail

 

Gap between the seat and the floor

 

Side view of the seat from the passenger side, sitting up slightly higher than the tunnel

[KugaWestie]

6 minutes ago, BCF said:

Is the depth to accommodate the lean of the seat?

It may be, although having the seat where I have postioned it in the above post makes the back of the seat run almost parallel to the rear bulkhead.

If I position the seat within the rails there is no way I would be able to get in and out or drive the car, so I need to use that 80mm somehow

[KugaWestie]

So I am fairly comfortable with what I have seen tonight on the seat mock up. Intatrim have also told me they can reduce the foam thickness and use a denser foam on the bottom of the seat which will effectively reduce the ride height of the driver by 30mm, which could be a key consideration

[KugaWestie]

Last job of the night was to start building up the drivers side rear corner, so the half shaft and hub assembly got fitted, still needs tightening up and the suspension to be fitted

 

[KugaWestie]

I have been working on the pedals over the last few days

I decided to try and adapt a set of mx5 pedals.

So after some cutting and drilling, I almost have a clutch pedal in the right positon. It needs top fixing and shortening and then the footpad repositioning, but I am getting there

 

[KugaWestie]

Pedals all complete, very pleased with the result

 

[KugaWestie]

I removed the brake fluid reservoir from the top of the master cylinder and inserted some barbed elbows. This will allow me to use the XJS remote reservoir as there is no room underneath the body in this area

 

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

42 minutes ago, Gary (KugaWestie) - North Oxfordshire AO said:

Pedals all complete, very pleased with the result

 

A neat solution; is that footwell as tight as it looks?

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

39 minutes ago, Gary (KugaWestie) - North Oxfordshire AO said:

I removed the brake fluid reservoir from the top of the master cylinder and inserted some barbed elbows. This will allow me to use the XJS remote reservoir as there is no room underneath the body in this area

 

That’s interesting, not seen those sort of barbed elbow adaptors before.

[KugaWestie]

13 minutes ago, Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary said:

A neat solution; is that footwell as tight as it looks?

Thanks

It is similar to the Westfield footwell, maybe a touch wider

[KugaWestie]

13 minutes ago, Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary said:

That’s interesting, not seen those sort of barbed elbow adaptors before.

They are reducers, 10mm one side and 6mm the other side

[Kingster]

@Gary (KugaWestie) - North Oxfordshire AO There’s a Cobra leather interior for sale on locost site.

[KugaWestie]

Can’t view it, can you screen dump for me?