Have had the car a few weeks now had it out for two drift days, its time I did some work to it now though!!




As I bought it boggo besides a welder, the cage some bonnet pins and a kill switch








First couple of days out in it went well

Somebody managed to catch a photo of me going in the right direction



The second day out I fitted a carbon fibre bucket seat that I had from my last car and an out of date TRS harness and sidemount I picked up from www.johnmoynihanrallying.com

First off I had to make up a solid base to bolt the aluminium sidemount to...


I Couldn't fit the eyebolts for the harness in the original holes for the be;ts so I welded in some eyebolts with load spreader plates. It was tough enough not to blow holes in the floor with the stick welder but I got there in the end and gave it a lick of paint.


Seat with the sidemount fitted:


During the second drift day I hit a tyre pushing the rad back onto the viscous, I was lucky not to do any damage so I took it as a warning and made up a bar going between the two front impact dampers. While I was preping the car for this I took out the aircon rad and fan, it probably wan't doing any favours for cooling.



I don't have a pipe bender so I cut a V out of the bar like this


Then put it against the wall and hammered it until it was at the right angle and put some weld across the gap.


Mounted


Painted:


I've lost the use of the impact bars now as they are welded but I can take the bar off whenever I want so i reckon its a better job than welding to the chassis legs. Note to anyone doing the same, be prepared for the impact bars to make a fair bang when the gas gets too hot inside them and wants to get out

Must trim some of the bumper brackets to get it sitting right with the new bar


Badly needs coilovers and possibly a hydro too for next day out.