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Looking good chris.when you had the cobra seats did you sit quite high up?,have you decided to go for side mounts or basemounts.I have a spare set of sliders if you interested Smile


Thanks Sam Smile

I went for side mounts (had to due to new seats) The sliders I have only my current base mounted subframes wont fit, but looking at placement of fixed, might be alright without them. We will see. I did sit quite high in the old setup I think. I am 6ft2 and with a helmet on I was basically wedged between seat and roof Laugh

eddy_gti6 wrote:
He has gone for side mounts mate. Lookung good chris. Have you got ur tickets for fcs yet? What time is your track session?


Cheers Eddy Smile

Yeah got tickets through last week but can't remember the time for track slot. Around 3, maybe 3:15? I will check when I get home.

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Posted 16th May 2012 at 13:23
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Think am on same time as you then Smile

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Posted 16th May 2012 at 16:16
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Are you on in the morning for the open pitlane Chris?

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Posted 16th May 2012 at 17:19
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Are you on in the morning for the open pitlane Chris?


No mate decided against it and just got the one session. Saving the money to do another proper track day instead.

You doing the open pit? Fancy giving us a passenger ride? Smile

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Posted 16th May 2012 at 19:28
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Yeah i'm doing open pit, there's a few mates wanting passenger rides but you are more than welcome to have one too. Thumbs up

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Posted 16th May 2012 at 20:57
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Chris i am booked on at croft 10th june, week before FCS. Not fancy it? £160, sign on at 8am last session finishes at 5pm, 105db Big grin

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Posted 17th May 2012 at 03:37
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Yeah i'm doing open pit, there's a few mates wanting passenger rides but you are more than welcome to have one too. Thumbs up


Much appreciated, give me a bit of a sighting lap. Cheers Ste Thumbs up

eddy_gti6 wrote:
Chris i am booked on at croft 10th june, week before FCS. Not fancy it? £160, sign on at 8am last session finishes at 5pm, 105db Big grin


Track day will be after FCS mate, broke at the minute and the money I have is for getting the car sorted before its spent on track days Sad

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Posted 17th May 2012 at 08:38
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Another part of the update..

Had a MOT today, all good but need to sort my lights out, so not there yet. For some reason all of my sidelights are not working, plus number plate lights. Tried the rear cluster etc from my other 306, no change. Tried the fuses from other car and no change, no idea what that could be Unsure

Maybe something has come loose at back of fuse box so will get that checked over tomorrow.

Few little bits done as I had a few minutes free..

Started mocking up the fitting of the new seats. Cant fit them as still need plates welded in, but thats in the week.




Cobra side mounts decide to think its a good idea to make the holes slightly too small to get my 12.9 m8 bolts through Roll eyes

So out comes the drill, and within minutes we are set to go.



In the first fitment, wanted to mock up if I can get the seat located how I want it to drive. By the looks of it, should be able to do it without having to buy some runners, thank god!




These are too close for what I need but will have another crack tomorrow.

New gearstick..



and fitted..




FCS pack turned up and another sticker so thought I would move them to a different spot.



Oh while on the topic of FCS, my track slot is 3:15, think same time as Eddy Yes

And the eyelet bolt things that need to be welded in..



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Posted 19th May 2012 at 21:51
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I have cut all unwanted wires from my interior loom and now my n/s rear indicator has stopped working but i didnt even touch the plugs for rear light Huh?
You need a lick of paint in there mind

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Posted 20th May 2012 at 00:52
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I know mate, its a state in there, and makes it look even worse after looking at Ste's one (prism7guy).

The wires worry me, I havent actually removed anything yet, and things are already stopping working. French electrics Sad

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Posted 20th May 2012 at 13:43
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French electrics Sad


LOL need to get mine sorted, my alarm siren is f**ked aswell so need to get that off next. What colour you going for? just keeping it china? check out mine, just painted mine yesterday Cool

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Posted 20th May 2012 at 13:45
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Update on the new seats...

Until I can get my eyelet plates welded in for the new harnesses etc, I decided to utilise some standard points for harness mounting. Used the same points as Eddy, which meant using a tap and die for the exhaust tunnel point.

Please note that this update is temp, and will have proper welded in points soon. I just wanted something for the time being.

Borrowed a tap and die kit from work, and within 5 minutes I was done, happy days.

Making the thread


And voila..


Next up was fitting the seats to the base mounts, and I am not happy about this. I bought the OMP mounts as they used standard fittings etc, and assumed it would make things easier... WRONG!

To get it so all 4 bolts fit the mounts, means fitting them wonky. Think I heard something about this, anyone else had these issues with OMP base mounts?

s**te!!



I have used a couple of washers to space it out slightly, hopefully this will be ok?





Took it for a drive after fitting and have to say I think its all good. The mounting of seat to sidemounts was an educated guess for height and position, and think I am ok with it and wont need sliders, which is good news. Also, on the last seats I had very limited head room with a helmet on, so mounted these seats lower down. Loads more room, but feels strange sitting that bit lower.. Feels more like a race car though Devil

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Posted 24th May 2012 at 10:45
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Nice work mate. My seats are proper low like, couldnt go any lower or i wouldnt be able to see over the steering wheel LOL

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Posted 24th May 2012 at 12:01
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How easy was it to remove your dash, strip wiring and sound proofing then refit dash? Think it could be done in a days work?

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Posted 27th May 2012 at 23:33
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If its the first time you are removing the dash i reckon it will take you a few hours to do, likewise on refitting.
Stripping the wiring on mine took several evenings but only doing an hour or two at a time.

Now i've taken the dash out a few times it would only take a few hours to get out and refit, but the first time i did it it took me a weekend to do the heater matrix.

Easy-ness wise its pretty easy to do, just time consuming and sometimes a bit fiddly.

EDIT: I'd get some harness plates welded in asap Chris, i know it's only a temporary measure what you've done but tapping that outer skin really wouldnt hold out with the forces involved if you were to be in an accident.

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Posted 28th May 2012 at 00:06
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Av done a matrix before... In the dark! Laugh my ass off that was a f**k on like

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Posted 28th May 2012 at 00:26
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prism7guy wrote:


EDIT: I'd get some harness plates welded in asap Chris, i know it's only a temporary measure what you've done but tapping that outer skin really wouldnt hold out with the forces involved if you were to be in an accident.


He tapped out the existing seat/belt anchor point by the look of it, it's about 8mm thick there if I'm right.

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Posted 28th May 2012 at 12:56
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He tapped out the existing seat/belt anchor point by the look of it, it's about 8mm thick there if I'm right.


Car has been stripped for quite a long time, and cant remember what was there Doh

Eddy, can you shed some light on this as got the idea from you Whistle

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Posted 29th May 2012 at 11:56
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From what i remember there was nothing there but it is thick and tripple skinned. Its just above where the mounting point for the seat frames go so i cant see it being any problem holding a harness in if its strong enough to hold a seat in Thumbs up

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Posted 29th May 2012 at 13:06
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Yeah I was thinking the place will be stong enough for that reason, just couldnt remember if that hole was used for anything Laugh

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Posted 29th May 2012 at 13:48
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Na nothing from what i remember mate

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Posted 29th May 2012 at 13:58
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Ah, my bad then.
For some reason i thought it would only be single skinned there.

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Posted 29th May 2012 at 17:06
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Bit of an update, getting there slowly...

Spent some time at the weekend with a friend for him to weld in some plates to bolt the cage to.




After they were welded in, he decided to go a bit mad and try and tidy it up with filler etc, he's a tart and thought it would look better, so left him to it.




Will get some pictures loaded up when finished..

A friend of mine owns a bodyshop so was meant to be painting it for me, he is a slack f**ker and still not been done, so a friend rattle can'd it for me, but ran out of paint so only half way there.




Rear half fitted and all holes drilled etc for the front, just need to get more paint to finish it off, and bolt it all up together.





The areas in primer will be finished in china, and will be doing some other tidying with a rattle can.

Also got the new 4 point harnesses from John (t400 pug), cheers mate. They will be fitted soon, and be nice that they are going to the cage rather than floor Smile


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Looking goodThumbs up

What do you think of the gearlever/quickshift set-up?Smile

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Posted 11th Jun 2012 at 20:25
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Looking goodThumbs up

What do you think of the gearlever/quickshift set-up?Smile


Thanks mate Smile

I think its good, but to be honest its about the same as my last setup (standard gearstick with Compbrake quickshift). I notice with this one, there seems to be some lateral travel in the stick when its in gear. Need to check that out.

What wont help is the other day, I tried to turn round on a neighbors driveway and beached it on the path. It hit my exhaust clamp and hit the gearshift. This popped the circlip out, and popped the gearstick out. Need to get under the car and check out its all good. Seems it to be honest Unsure

Pics of said fail....





Ooops Laugh my ass off

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Posted 12th Jun 2012 at 08:41
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