fatbaldbloke Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 As some of you know, the original FBB Westie has migrated to the north. In order to redress the balance the new project has made it's way south. Here are a few first pictures.It's a well known car, built and competed successfully by Nick Algar in the early 2000's. My aim is to convert it to road and occasional track use. I'll take plenty of photos and post them either here or on my own website (a completely new site should be on the web in the next 3-4 weeks).Mostly it's going to be tidying up, but amongst the more extensive mods will be an electric reverse, new dash, and a fair bit of bling carbon.So, here's how it is right now (and many thanks to Nick for his enormous help getting it this far). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echoz Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Mate, I'm pretty sure the yellow bit goes on top of the black bit gotta love build threads, looking forward to seeing it finished mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CL290005 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Ian Looks like a good base to build on. Trackdays and a rebuild, I can see your handicap taking a knock. Look forward to the updates Chris p.s.I have my TB's and megasquirt all working its fine tuning now, thanks for the drive in yours and help with your map details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatbaldbloke Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 QUOTE I'm pretty sure the yellow bit goes on top of the black bit I was wondering where that bit went... Such a lot to learn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echoz Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 sure you'll pick it up quickly enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamnreeves Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Fair bit of carbon. See you've bought a roll of carbon fibre cloth of StevieD. Whilst the body is off you going to take some moulds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatbaldbloke Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 Not really decided what I'm going to do yet. I'd like the underbonnet to be really clean and tidy with as few wires and pipes on show as possible. Probably make a carbon bulkhead and the horizontal panelling over the footwell as a minimum. I already have a mould for the tunnel top. I plan to have the car on the road for Easter next year, and it's a balance between meeting that target and how much I do. There's quite a lot of work getting the reverse fitted, it's all a bit tight around the diff, and I think I'll need a bigger fuel tank if I want to go more than about 30 miles. PS: We've had the engine fired up already and it sounds just awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamnreeves Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 What is the engine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatbaldbloke Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 It's a Suzuki Hayabusa, freshly rebuilt by Mistral Engineering. 1300cc and around 180 bhp at 10000 rpm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamnreeves Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Hayabusa, nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 1300cc and around 180 bhp at 10000 rpm. will it pass the noise test edit fert spellin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cast iron Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Where's the surcharger gone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatbaldbloke Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 QUOTE Where's the surcharger gone? That's still with Nick. I scare easier than he does! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Algar - Competition Secretary Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Good to see it stopped raining Looking forward to seeing Ian restoring it to it's former glory it did look pretty and shiny, till I went sprinting with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatbaldbloke Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 QUOTE will it pass the noise test No idea, but I suspect not! Just another hurdle to be crossed at some time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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